Kristin Sainani (n e Cobb)
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Research & Policy - Epidemiology
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-6879
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- Teaching Award, Div of Epidemiology (HRP) (2005, 2007, 2009)
- Rennie Taylor/Alton Blakeslee Fellowship for Science Writing, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (2001-2002)
- Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow in the Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997-2002)
Professional Education
| Certificate: | UC-Santa Cruz, Science Writing (2002) |
| PhD: | Stanford, Epidemiology (2002) |
| MS: | Stanford, Statistics (1999) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Science writing, science communication, biostatistics. Research areas: osteoporosis, stress fractures, sports injuries, female athlete triad.
Publications
- Avoiding careless errors: know your data. PM R. 2013; (3): 228-9
- Clinical versus statistical significance. PM R. 2012; (6): 442-5
- Communicating risks clearly: absolute risk and number needed to treat. PM R. 2012; (3): 220-2
- Dealing with non-normal data. PM R. 2012; (12): 1001-5
- How statistics can mislead. Am J Public Health. 2012; (8): e3-4; author reply e4
- Propensity scores: uses and limitations. PM R. 2012; (9): 693-7
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