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Amber Salter, Ph.D.

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
    Association of patient-reported cognitive impairment with quality of life and employment in multiple sclerosis
    Lancia S, Marrie RA, Cutter G, Fox RJ, Salter A Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2024 Jul 87
    Social Cognitive Theory Variables as Correlates of Physical Activity Behavior Among Hispanics With Multiple Sclerosis
    Silveira SL, Motl RW, Salter A, Marquez DX Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2024 Jun 105 1083-1088
    Focusing on neural mechanisms of exercise training benefits in multiple sclerosis
    Sandroff BM, Motl RW, Salter A Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2024 Jun 86
    Female-specific pancreatic cancer survival from CT imaging of visceral fat implicates glutathione metabolism in solid tumors
    Ballard DH, Nguyen GK, Atagu N, Camps G, Salter A, Jaswal S, Naeem M, Ludwig DR, Mellnick VM, Peterson LR, Hawkins WG, Fields RC, Luo J, Ippolito JE Academic radiology 2024 Jun 31 2312-2323
    Prevalence and Associated Clinical Characteristics of Walking-Related Motor, Cognitive, and Fatigability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Baseline Results From the CogEx Study
    Ramari C, D’hooge M, Dalgas U, Feinstein A, Amato MP, Brichetto G, Chataway J, Chiaravalloti ND, Cutter GR, DeLuca J, Farrell R, Filippi M, Freeman J, Inglese M, Meza C, Motl RW, Rocca MA, Sandroff BM, Salter A, Kos D, Feys P Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2024 May 38 327-338
    Diffusion basis spectrum imaging and diffusion tensor imaging predict persistent black hole formation in multiple sclerosis
    Wooliscroft L, Salter A, Adusumilli G, Levasseur VA, Sun P, Lancia S, Perantie DC, Trinkaus K, Naismith RT, Song SK, Cross AH Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2024 Apr 84
    Off-Road Testing: Outcome Reporting Bias in Multiple Sclerosis Trials
    Marrie RA, Salter A Neurology 2024 Mar 102 e208099
    Investigating the Prevalence of Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Populations
    Salter A, Lancia S, Kowalec K, Fitzgerald KC, Marrie RA Neurology 2024 Mar 102 e209135
    Increased healthcare utilization in the year before multiple sclerosis diagnosis
    Razzak AN, Hernandez RS, Salter A, Obeidat AZ Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2024 Mar 83
    Introducing a core dataset for real-world data in multiple sclerosis registries and cohorts: Recommendations from a global task force
    Parciak T, Geys L, Helme A, van der Mei I, Hillert J, Schmidt H, Salter A, Zakaria M, Middleton R, Stahmann A, Dobay P, Hernandez Martinez-Lapiscina E, Iaffaldano P, Plueschke K, Rojas JI, Sabidó M, Magyari M, van der Walt A, Arickx F, Comi G, Peeters LM Multiple Sclerosis Journal 2024 Mar 30 396-418