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Kevin Lutz, Ph.D.

Kevin Lutz, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
School of Public Health
Department
Public Health
  • Biography

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  • Education
    Graduate School
    Villanova University (2004), Mathematics
    Graduate School
    University of Texas at Dallas (2023), Statistics
  • Research Interest
    • Bayesian methodology
    • Biostatistics
    • Methods for microbiome data analysis (differential abundance analysis, integrative analysis, network analysis)
    • Stochastic block modeling
  • Publications

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    MiCoDe: A web tool for performing microbiome community detection using a Bayesian weighted stochastic block model.
    Lutz KC, Yang S, Bedi T, Neugent ML, Madhavaram N, Yao B, Zhan X, De Nisco NJ, Li Q, Bioinformatics 2025 Jul
    Exercise-induced arterial hypoxaemia in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
    Leahy MG, MacNamara JP, Tomlinson AR, Wakeham DJ, Brazile TL, Abulimiti A, Lutz KC, Levine BD, Sarma S, Babb TG, Balmain BN, J Physiol 2025 Sep
    A Generalized Bayesian Stochastic Block Model for Microbiome Community Detection.
    Lutz KC, Neugent ML, Bedi T, De Nisco NJ, Li Q, Stat Med 2025 Feb 44 3-4 e10291
    From Exams to Engagement: Evaluating Project-Based Learning in Introductory Biostatistics With R for Public Health Students.
    Lutz KC, Young SG, Chambers L, Su LJ, J Med Educ Curric Dev 2025 12 23821205251376539
    Very long-term outcomes of robotic mesh sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse repair.
    Guérin S, Suzman E, Alhalabi F, Lutz K, Zimmern P, J Robot Surg 2024 Dec 19 1 25
    Pulmonary gas exchange in relation to exercise pulmonary hypertension in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
    Balmain BN, Tomlinson AR, Goh JT, MacNamara JP, Wakeham DJ, Brazile TL, Leahy MG, Lutz KC, Hynan LS, Levine BD, Sarma S, Babb TG, Eur Respir J 2024 Nov
    Inflammatory markers for improved recurrent UTI diagnosis in postmenopausal women.
    Ebrahimzadeh T, Basu U, Lutz KC, Gadhvi J, Komarovsky JV, Li Q, Zimmern PE, De Nisco NJ, Life Sci Alliance 2024 Apr 7 4
    Recurrent urinary tract infection and estrogen shape the taxonomic ecology and function of the postmenopausal urogenital microbiome.
    Neugent ML, Kumar A, Hulyalkar NV, Lutz KC, Nguyen VH, Fuentes JL, Zhang C, Nguyen A, Sharon BM, Kuprasertkul A, Arute AP, Ebrahimzadeh T, Natesan N, Xing C, Shulaev V, Li Q, Zimmern PE, Palmer KL, De Nisco NJ, Cell Rep Med 2022 10 3 10 100753
    A survey of statistical methods for microbiome data analysis
    Lutz KC, Jiang S, Neugent ML, De Nisco NJ, Zhan X, Li Q Frontiers 2022 8 Statistical Data Science - Theory and Applications in Analyzing Omics Data
    A Survey of Statistical Methods for Microbiome Data Analysis.
    Lutz KC, Jiang S, Neugent ML, De Nisco NJ, Zhan X, Li Q, Front Appl Math Stat 2022 8