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Research Interests
Dr. Welty's research interests include the application of biostatistics to psychiatry and environmental research and the development of software tools for reproducible research. She leads the development team for StatTag (stattag.org) - free, open-source software connecting Microsoft Word to R, SAS and Stata. She is also the lead biostatistician for the Northwestern Juvenile Project, a large-scale longitudinal study of psychiatric disorders and risky behaviors in delinquent youth, as well as NJP: NextGen, a study of the children of the original Northwestern Juvenile Project participants. She directs the Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Feinberg's core biostatistics resource for non-cancer research.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Chicago
… → 2003
Research interests
- Biostatistics
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- HIV Infection
- Health Disparities
- Psychiatry
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HIV
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Medicine & Life Sciences
Risk-Taking
Medicine & Life Sciences
Trihexyphenidyl
Medicine & Life Sciences
Odds Ratio
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Dystonic Disorders
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Grants 2005 2024
Collateral Consequences of Parents Incarcerations for Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Teplin, L. A., Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Petitclerc, A., Wakschlag, L. S. & Welty, L. J.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
6/10/19 → 1/31/24
Project: Research project
An examination of psychomotor disturbance in current and remitted MDD: An RDoC Study
National Institute of Mental Health
4/8/19 → 3/31/24
Project: Research project
Psychomotor Agitation
Major Depressive Disorder
Research
Depression
Actigraphy
Firearm Involvement Among Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of At-Risk Youth
Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Jakubowski, J. A., Teplin, L. A. & Welty, L. J.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/1/18 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
longitudinal study
parents
adolescent
violence
juvenile offender
Drug Abuse and Related Health Disparities: An Intergenerational Longitudinal Study of Offspring of Delinquent Youth (Northwestern Offspring Project)
Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Jakubowski, J. A., Petitclerc, A., Teplin, L. A. & Welty, L. J.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
9/1/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
drug abuse
longitudinal study
parents
health
substance abuse
Firearm involvement of parents and their adolescent children: A prospective intergenerational study of high-risk youth
Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Jakubowski, J. A., Teplin, L. A. & Welty, L. J.
7/23/18 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
parents
adolescent
violence
juvenile offender
victimization
Research Output 2002 2019
Antibiotic prophylaxis after urethroplasty may offer no benefit
Manjunath, A., Chen, L., Welty, L. J., Wong, V. J., Amarasekera, C., Gonzalez, C. M. & Hofer, M. D., Jan 1 2019, In : World journal of urology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Pathologic Constriction
Urine
Recurrence
Wounds and Injuries
Approval-adjusted recall rates of high-risk medical devices from 2002-2016 across food and drug administration device categories
Ghobadi, C. W., Janetos, T. M., Tsai, S., Welty, L. J., Walter, J. R. & Xu, S., Mar 1 2019, In : Issues in law & medicine. 34, 1, p. 77-92 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
United States Food and Drug Administration
Equipment and Supplies
General Hospitals
Anesthesiology
Device Approval
A Qualitative, Cross-Sectional Study of Positive and Negative Comments of Residency Programs Across 9 Medical and Surgical Specialties
Dulmage, B. O., Akintilo, L., Welty, L. J., Davis, M. M., Colavincenzo, M. L. & Xu, S., Sep 1 2018, In : American Journal of Medicine. 131, 9, p. 1130-1134.e6Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Surgical Specialties
Internship and Residency
Social Media
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Cross-Sectional Studies
Moderators of treatment outcomes in a partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient program for eating disorders
Hayes, N. A., Welty, L. J., Slesinger, N. & Washburn, J. J., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Eating Disorders.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Medical Day Care
Outpatients
Quality of Life
Depression
Therapeutics
Social support networks among delinquent youth: An 8-year follow-up study
Zwecker, N. A., Harrison, A. J., Welty, L. J., Teplin, L. A. & Abram, K. M., Oct 3 2018, In : Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 57, 7, p. 459-480 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Social Support
social support
adulthood
social network
human being