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      Dana Glei has a PhD in sociology with a specialization in demography from Princeton University. She has been doing research consulting since 1996 and has worked with researchers in health and social policy, demography, and sociology. Dana currently works as an independent research consultant from her home in Santa Rosa, CA. She assists clients with social, demographic, and health research including locating data sources, formulating a research plan, identifying appropriate methods, performing statistical programming, analyzing the data, and reporting results. In addition to a strong background in research design and quantitative methodology, Dana has extensive experience doing statistical programming and data analysis.

Examples of current and prior consulting engagements:

• Currently working with researchers at Princeton University, Georgetown University, and UCLA on an NIH-funded project investigating the effects of social environment on morbidity and mortality among the elderly in Taiwan.
  
  
• Estimated multivariate linear and logistic regression models predicting parent readiness for a chapter of a Commonwealth Fund book based on results from a national survey of families with young children.
  
  
• Analyzed data collected in a survey of residents of a planned community in New Jersey for a study of community cohesion.
  
  
• Calculated patterns of teen sexual activity and contraceptive use based on a national survey and combined with population estimates in order to project the number of teen pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use for a study funded by the California Wellness Foundation.
  

Background

      After finishing her master’s degree at the University of Virginia in 1993, Dana started her research career as an analyst at Child Trends, a think tank in Washington, DC, that specializes in policy-related research on children and families. In 1996, she moved to the San Francisco Bay area where she worked as a SAS programmer and senior analyst in the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente until returning to graduate school to complete her PhD. She returned to the east coast in order to receive training in demography at Princeton University’s Office of Population Research. While at Princeton, she collaborated with faculty members on various research projects and served as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate research methods course and a graduate level seminar on empirical research. Her research interests include health and reproductive health, fertility, marriage and family, and methodology. Apart from research, her other interests include playing basketball, volleyball, and soccer, hiking, cross-country skiing, contra dancing, horticulture, and reading.

Expertise

Statistical Software Experience

• SAS
• Stata
• S-plus
• SPSS
• MLwiN
• Bayesian Inference Using the Gibbs Sampler (BUGS)

Methodological Training

• Demographic Methods
  Life tables
  Population projection
  Parametric and non-parametric hazards models
  
  
• Generalized Linear Models
  Linear and Poisson regression
  Logit, probit, and multinomial logit models
  Log-linear models
  Survival (or event history) analysis
  
  
• Econometrics
  Fixed effects models
  Instrumental variables and simultaneous equation modeling
  Time series methods
  
  
• Multilevel Modeling (Hierarchical Linear Models)
  Random intercept (or variance-component) models
  Random slope models

Database Experience

• Current Population Survey (CPS)
• Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
• General Social Survey (GSS)
• Guatemalan Survey of Family Health
  (Encuesta Guatemalteca de Salud Familiar or EGSF)
• National Educational Longitudinal Survey (NELS)
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)
• National Survey of Children (NSC)
• National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)
• National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
• Taiwan Surveys of Health and Living Status of the Elderly
• Census and vital statistics data from various national statistical organizations

Publications

Yeager, D,M., D.A. Glei, M. Au, H.S. Lin, R.P. Sloan, and M. Weinstein. (Forthcoming). "Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan." Social Science and Medicine.

Goldman, N., C. Turra, D. Glei, C. Seplaki, Y.H., and M. Weinstein. (Forthcoming). "Predicting Mortality from Clinical and Non-clinical Biomarkers." Journal of Gerontology:Medical Sciences.

Glei, D.A. and N. Goldman. (2006). “Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate (DHEAS) and Risk for Mortality Among Older Taiwanese.” Annals of Epidemiology [Epub ahead of print]. [PDF]

Turra, C.M., Goldman, N., Seplaki, C.L., Glei, D.A., Lin, Y.H., and Weinstein, M. (2005). "Determinants of Mortality at Older Ages: The Role of Biological Markers of Chronic Disease." Population and Development Review 31(4):675-698. [PDF]

Wilmoth, J.R., Andreev, K., Jdanov, D., Glei. D.A. with the assistance of Boe, C., Bubenheim, M., Philipov, D., Shkolnikov, V., Vachon, P. (2005). Methods Protocol for the Human Mortality Database, Version 4. Available at www.mortality.org.

Glei, D.A., S. Bruzzone, and G. Caselli. (2005). "Effects of War Losses on Mortality Estimates for Italy: A First Attempt." Demographic Research 13(15):363-388. [PDF]

Goldman, N., D.A. Glei, C. Seplaki, I.-W. Liu, and M. Weinstein. (2005). "Perceived Stress and Physiological Dysregulation." Stress 8(2):95-105. [Abstract]

Seplaki, C.L., Goldman, N., Glei, D.A., and Weinstein, M. (2005). "A Comparative Analysis of Measurement Approaches for Physiological Dysregulation in an Older Population." Experimental Gerontology. 44(5):438-449. [PDF]

Glei, D.A., D.A. Landau, N. Goldman, Y.L. Chuang, G. Rodríquez, and M. Weinstein. (2005). "Participating in Social Activities Helps Preserve Cognitive Function: An Analysis of a Longitudinal, Population-Based Study of the Elderly." International Journal of Epidemiology 34:864-71. [PDF]

Glei, D.A., M.-C. Chang, Y.-L. Chuang, Y.-H. Lin, H.-S. Lin, N. Goldman, and M. Weinstein. (Forthcoming). Results from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) 2000. (To be translated into Chinese).

Seeman, T., D.A. Glei, N. Goldman, M. Weinstein, B. Singer, Y-H. Lin. (2004). "Social Relationships and Allostatic Load in Taiwanese Elderly and Near Elderly." Social Science and Medicine 59(11):2245-57. [PDF]

Weinstein, M., D.A. Glei, A. Yamazaki, C. Ming-Cheng. (2004). "The Role of Intergenerational Relations in the Association Between Life Stressors and Depressive Symptoms." Research on Aging 26(5):511-30. [PDF]

Glei, D.A., N. Goldman, M. Weinstein, and I.-W. Liu. (2004). "Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate (DHEAS) and Health: Does the Relationship Differ by Sex?" Experimental Gerontology 39:321-31. [PDF]

Goldman, N., D.A. Glei, and M.-C. Chang. (2004). "The Role of Clinical Risk Factors in Understanding Self-Rated Health." Annals of Epidemiology 14(1):49-57. [PDF]

Cornman, J.C., N. Goldman, D.A. Glei, M. Weinstein, and M.-C. Chang. (2003). "Social Ties and Perceived Support: Two Dimensions of Social Relationships and Health among the Elderly in Taiwan." Journal of Aging and Health 15(4):616-44. [PDF]

Glei, D.A., N. Goldman, and G. Rodríquez. (2003). “Utilization of Care During Pregnancy in rural Guatemala: Does Obstetrical Need Matter?” Social Science and Medicine 57(12):2447-63. [PDF]

Goldman, N. and D.A. Glei. (2003). “Evaluation of Midwifery Care: Results from a Survey in Rural Guatemala.” Social Science and Medicine 56(4):685-700. [PDF]

Moore, K.A., D.A. Glei, A.K. Driscoll, M.J. Zaslow, and Z. Redd. (2002). “Poverty and Welfare Patterns: Implications for Children." Journal of Social Policy 31(2):207-227.

Garfinkel, I., D.A. Glei, and S.S. McLanahan. (2002). “Assortative Mating Among Unmarried Parents: Implications for Child Support Enforcement.” Journal of Population Economics 15:417-432.

Goldman, N., D.A. Glei, A. Pebley, and H. Delgado. (2001). Atención Prenatal en Guatemala Rural: Resultados de la Encuesta Guatemalteca de Salud Familiar. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP).

Glei, D.A. and N. Goldman. (2000). "Understanding Ethnic Variation in Pregnancy-Related Health Care in Rural Guatemala." Ethnicity and Health 5(1):5-22.

Glei, D.A. (1999). "Measuring Contraceptive Use Patterns Among Teen and Adult Women." Family Planning Perspectives 31(2):73-80.

Kahn, J.G., C.D. Brindis, and D.A. Glei. (1999). “Pregnancies and Pregnancy Consequences Averted by the Use Of Contraceptives in U.S. and California Teens.” Family Planning Perspectives 31(1):29-34.

Moore, K.A., J. Manlove, D.A. Glei, and D.R. Morrison. (1998). “Non-Marital Childbearing: Family, Peer, and School Influences.” Journal of Adolescent Research 13(4): 433-457.

Moore, K.A. and D.A. Glei. (1995). “Taking the Plunge: An Examination of Positive Youth Development.” Journal of Adolescent Research 10(1):15-40.

Moore, K.A., D.R. Morrison, and D.A. Glei. (1995). “Welfare and Adolescent Sex: The Effects of Family History, Benefit Levels, and Community Context.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues 16(2/3):207-237.

Zuckerman, B., K.A. Moore, and D.A. Glei. (1995). “The Association Between Child Behavior Problems and Frequent Physician Visits.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 150(February):146-153.

Brody, G., K.A. Moore, and D.A. Glei. (1994). “Family Processes During Adolescence as Predictors of Parent-Young Adult Attitude Similarity: A Six-Year Longitudinal Analysis.” Family Relations 43:369-373.

Presentations

Goldman, N., C. Turra, D. Glei, Y.H. Lin, M. Weinstein. (2006). "Physiological Dysregulation and Changes in Health in an Older Population." Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, March 29-April 1.

Glei, D.A. (2005). "The Sex Gap in Mortality: Historical Patterns Across Twenty-Four Countries." Paper presented at the XXV International Population Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Tours, France, July 18-23.

Glei, D.A. and N. Goldman. (1999). “Understanding Ethnic Variation in Pregnancy-Related Care and Birth Outcomes in Rural Guatemala.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, NY, March 25-27.

Robles, A., N. Goldman, and D.A. Glei. (1998). “Variation in Birthweights Across Latin American Countries.” Poster presentation at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 1-4.

Glei, D.A., B.E. Swain, A. Ferrara, A.J. Karter, J.Y. Lui, and J.V. Selby. (1997). “Race/Ethnic Differences in Short-Term Risk of Stroke Among Persons with Type II Diabetes Mellitus: Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes Registry.” Paper presented at the American Diabetic Association 57th Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, June 21-24.