Amber Salter, Ph.D.

Section Head, Statistical Planning & Analysis

Associate Professor

Endowed Title: Kenney Marie Dixon-Pickens Distinguished Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis Research
School: Medical School
Department: Neurology | Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Biography

Dr. Amber Salter is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at UT Southwestern. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a PhD in Biostatistics in 2015 and has a MPH in Epidemiology. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Population and Data Sciences and the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute.

Dr. Salter’s research interest are in the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials and epidemiologic studies with a heavy focus in the area of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She is also interested in the design and analysis of large complex databases and the issues and implications of their use in practice. She has been conducting research in the disease area of MS for over 10 years, specifically working with a disease registry, the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Registry, which collects self-report data from persons with MS semi-annually.

Publications

Intermittent documentation of blood pressure values does not provide comprehensive evaluation of the hemodynamic response during continuous intravenous medication administration: Doyle BR, Nairon EB, Jones E, Salter A, Olson DW Scientific reports 2025 Dec 15
3D printed vitamin D impregnated catheters for magnetic resonance-guided interventions: proof of concept and imaging characteristics: Cunningham LO, Ganapathy A, Eldeniz C, Weisman JA, Lindsay KE, Jammalamadaka U, Tappa K, Salter A, An H, Woodard PK, Ballard DH 3D Printing in Medicine 2025 Dec 11
Strategies for Improving Access in Academic Neurology: Trivedi J, Salter A, Clamp D, Kramer A, Landon C Neurology: Clinical Practice 2025 Oct 15
Strategies for Improving Access in Academic Neurology: Trivedi J, Salter A, Clamp D, Kramer A, Landon C Neurology: Clinical Practice 2025 Oct 15
Evaluation of the impact of neurology electronic consults (e-consults): Experiences of a neurology resident clinic in a safety-net hospital: Tardo L, Hirczy S, Blackburn K, Mejia M, Salter A, Huynh M, Khan S Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2025 Oct 31 1270-1277
Effects of cognitive rehabilitation and exercise on brain structure in progressive multiple sclerosis: results from the CogEx trial: Author Collaboration CR, Romanò F, Rocca MA, Pagani E, Amato MP, Brichetto G, Chataway J, Chiaravalloti ND, Cutter G, Dalgas U, DeLuca J, Farrell R, Feys P, Freeman J, Inglese M, Cipriano E, Meza C, Motl RW, Salter A, Sandroff BM, Feinstein A, Filippi M Journal of neurology 2025 Oct 272
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia-Related Diagnoses in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Lobue C, Bickart KC, Bieniek KF, Brett BL, Cabrera H, Chiang H, De Los Santos Y, Gonzales MM, Hart J, Hernandez RS, Hromas G, Peters ME, Salter A, Schaffert J, Thakkar VJ, White CL, Cullum CM Neurology 2025 Aug 105
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia-Related Diagnoses in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Lobue C, Bickart KC, Bieniek KF, Brett BL, Cabrera H, Chiang H, De Los Santos Y, Gonzales MM, Hart J, Hernandez RS, Hromas G, Peters ME, Salter A, Schaffert J, Thakkar VJ, White CL, Cullum CM Neurology 2025 Aug 105
Infection, Relapses, and Pseudo-Relapses in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: Salter A, Lancia S, Sharma M, Cutter GR, Fox RJ, Marrie RA Neurology: Clinical Practice 2025 Aug 15
The caregiver burden of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Brady P, Hernandez RS, Salter A, Hua C, Wilson L, Lubinus M, Hu YP, Nandakumar D, Bhashyam AR, Bhai S Quality of Life Research 2025 Jul 34 1913-1924