Raymond G. Hoffmann, PhD

Titles
Investigator, Children's Research Institute; professor and associate director, Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Quantitative Health Sciences

Research interests
Clinical effectiveness and outcomes, genetic diseases/genomics

Study interests
Statistical methods for fMRI, spatial data analysis, statistical methods for epidemiology, longitudinal data analysis and genetic data analysis.

Education
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; master of science, Mathematics, University of Wiscosin-Milwaukee; doctorate, Johns Hopkins University Traineeship in Biostatistics.

Honors
Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society).

Representative publications

• Kotchen TA, Lindquist T, Miller-Sostek A, Hoffmann RG, Malik K, Stanfield B. Outcomes of NIH Peer Review of Clinical Grant Applications. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2006.
• Rowe DB, Hoffmann RG. Multivariate Statistical Analysis in fMRI. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 2006; 25(2):60-4.
• Rowe DB, Meller CP, Hoffmann RG. Characterizing Phase-only fMRI Data with an Angular Regression Model. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 161(2):331-41. 2007.
• Jadcherla SR, Hoffmann RG, Shaker R. Effect of maturation of the magnitude of mechanosensitive and chemosensitive reflexes in the premature human esophagus. Journal of Pediatrics. 149(1):77-32. 2006.
• Brousseau DC, Hoffmann RG, Nattinger AB, Flores G, Zhang Y, Gorelick M. Quality of Primary Care and Subsequent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization. Pediatrics. 119(6):1131-8. 2007.
• Zimbelman JL, Paulsen JS, Mikros A, Reynolds NC, Hoffmann RG and Rao SM. fMRI Detection of Early Neural Dysfunction in Preclinical Huntington's Disease. Journal Int. Neuropsychological Society. 2007. 13, 758-769.
• Okunsen C, Pajewski NM, McGinley EL, Hoffmann RG. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Reported Pediatric Orthodontic Visits in the United States. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 67(4):217-23. 2007.
• Phillips SA, Jurva JS, Syed AQ, Kulinski JP, Pleuss J, Hoffmann RG, Gutterman DD. Beneit of Low-Fat over Low-Carbohydrate Diet on Endothelial Health in Obesity. Hypertension. 51(2):376-82. Feb. 2008.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 955-7634
Fax: (414) 955-6331
E-mail: rhoffmann@mcw.edu