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Joan Reisch, Ph.D.

Joan Reisch, Ph.D.

Professor

School
School of Public Health
Department
Public Health | Family and Community Medicine
Graduate Programs
Clinical Psychology
  • Biography

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    Dr. Joan S. Reisch earned MS and PhD degrees in Mathematical Statistics at SMU. She returned to UT Southwestern in 1974 as a faculty member in the Department of Medical Computer Science and as a member of the Biometrics group in the Medical Computing Resources Center (the predecessor of Academic Computing Services). She continued her consulting responsibilities after she assumed management of the Biometrics group in 1976. She accepted the position of Acting Director of Academic Computing Services (ACS)in 1988 and was named Director the following year. As ACS Director she had responsibility for professional statisticians and database management systems personnel. In December 2003 she was named Assistant Director of the new Center for Biostatistics and Clinical Science with Dr. Milton Packer as Director. When the Department of Clinical Sciences was established in January 2007, she headed the Division of Biostatistics in the Department. Dr. Reisch directed the Statistics and Data Management Core for the Alzheimers Disease Center at UT Southwestern from 1988 to 2016. Her expertise is recognized as a frequent reviewer for the National Institutes of Aging in NIH. In 2006 UT Southwestern was awarded the contract for the Data Coordinating Center for the Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium which was led by Dr. Reisch until its focus was changed in 2019.

    Dr. Reisch has provided instruction and training since 1974. She teaches in the Conceptual Biostatistics course in the fall; and is responsible for the second semester Biostatistics II course in the spring. She also coordinates an elective in Critical Reading of the Literature offered twice a year for senior medical students. Dr. Reisch has served on more than 27 committees for M.S. and doctoral students primarily in Clinical Psychology and chaired committees for two PhDs awarded in Medical Computer Science. She has a broad background in reviewing protocols and manuscripts for appropriateness of experimental design and statistical analyses. Relevant University service includes 40 years on the Institutional Review Board for Human Research. Dr. Reisch participates on a variety of other University committees. She served as the Statistical Review Editor for Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal from 1983 to 2000. Dr. Reisch is a co-author of more than 180 articles and chapters plus abstracts, book reviews, and proceedings.  She has taken responsibility for compensation equity analysis for the university since 1999. 

  • Education
    Graduate School
    Southern Methodist University (1965), Statistics
    Graduate School
    Southern Methodist University (1974), Statistics
  • Research Interest
    • Computing in statistical data analysis
    • Design of Clinical Trials
    • Teaching Biostatistics in the Health Sciences
  • Publications

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    Diversity in selected leadership position in United States Academic Pediatric Gastroenterology Programs:
    Sanghavi R, Reisch J, Tomer G JPGN 2022 74 2 244-247
    Derivation of a clinical prediction score to identify the isolation of Pseudomonas in pneumonia
    Maskov Y, Sanders J, Tilahun B, Hennessy S, Reisch J, Johns M. Microbiol Spectr 2022 10 3
    Development and internal validation of the post-operative analgesic intake needs (PAIN Score):
    Johnson ZD, Connors SW, Christian Z, Badejo BS, Adeyemo E, Caruso JP, Kafka B, Neeley OJ, Hall K, El Ahmadieh TY, Dahdaleh NS, Reisch JS, Aoun SG, Bagley C GSJ 2022 12 1-9
    High School Science Fair: Ethnicity Trends in Student Participation and Experience”
    Grinnell F, Daily S, Reisch JS PloS 2022 17 3
    Palliative Care Consultation and End-of-Life Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 patients”,
    Cheruku S, Barina A, Kershaw CD, Goff K, Reisch J, Hynan LS, Ahmed F, Armaignac DL, Patel L, Belden KA, Kaulman M, Christie AB, Deo N, Bansal V, Boman K, Kumar VKK, Walkey A, Kashyap R, Gajic O, Fox AA Resusitation 2022 170 January 2022 230-237
    Carvedilol does not improve exercise performance in Fontan patients: Results of a crossover trial
    Butts R, Atz, AM, Baez Hernandez N, Sutcliffe D, Reisch J, Mahony L Pediatric Cardiology 2021 42 934-941
    Academic Medicine Faculty Perceptions of Work-Life Balance - Before and Since COVID-19
    Matulevicius SA, Kho KA, Reisch J, Yin H. JAMA Network Open 2021
    Prediction of Outcomes for Rupture Aneurysm Surgery, the Southwestern Aneurysm Severity Index.
    Ban, V.S., El Ahmadieh, T.Y., Aoun, S.G., Plitt, A.R., Lyon, K.A., Eddleman, C., Beecher,J., McDougall, C.M., Reisch, J., Welch, B.G., Samson, D., Batjer, H.H., and White, J Stroke 2019 10 595-601
    Creation and Use of a Database in Clinical and Translational Research.
    Smith, J.P., Elliott, A.C., Hynan, L.S., Waddell, S.A. and Reisch, J.S. J. Invest.Med 2010 58 544-553
    The Texas Alzheimer’s Research Consortium Longitudinal Research Cohort: Study Design and Baseline Characteristics
    Waring, S.C., O?Bryant, S.E., Reisch, J.S., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Knebl, J. and Doody R. Texas Public Health Journal 2008 60 9-13
  • Honors & Awards
    • Member
      Sigma Xi (1975)
    • Fellow
      Texas Academy of Science (1968)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Statistical Association
    • Society For Clinical Trials
    • The Biometric Society