Jennifer D. Parker

Jennifer D. Parker is an American statistician who works as the Director of the Division of Research and Methodology at the National Center for Health Statistics.[1] Her publications include highly-cited works relating socioeconomic status, air pollution, and birth weight of infants.

Education and career[edit]

Parker completed her Ph.D. in biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and did postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco.[2]

As well as her position at the National Center for Health Statistics, Parker holds a position as adjunct research professor in the Department of Applied Environmental Health of the University of Maryland School of Public Health.[2]

Recognition[edit]

Parker served as the president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics in 2010.[3] In 2017, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[4]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Parker, J. D.; Abrams, B. (May 1992), "Prenatal weight gain advice: an examination of the recent prenatal weight gain recommendations of the Institute of Medicine", Obstetrics and Gynecology, 79 (5): 664–669, PMID 1565346
  • Parker, J.D.; Schoendorf, K. C.; Kiely, J. L. (July 1994), "Associations between measures of socioeconomic status and low birth weight, small for gestational age, and premature delivery in the United States", Annals of Epidemiology, 4 (4): 271–278, doi:10.1016/1047-2797(94)90082-5, PMID 7921316
  • Ingram, D. D.; Parker, J. D.; Schenker, N.; Weed, J. A.; Hamilton, B.; Arias, E.; Madans, J. H. (September 2003), "United States Census 2000 population with bridged race categories", Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2 (135): 1–55, PMID 14556588
  • Parker, J. D.; Woodruff, T. J.; Basu, R.; Schoendorf, K. C. (January 2005), "Air pollution and birth weight among term infants in California", Pediatrics, 115 (1): 121–128, doi:10.1542/peds.2004-0889, PMID 15629991, S2CID 28645356
  • Woodruff, T. J.; Parker, J. D.; Darrow, L. A.; Slama, R.; Bell, M. L.; Choi, H.; Glinianaia, S.; Hoggatt, K. J.; Karr, C. J.; Lobdell, D. T.; Wilhelm, M. (April 2009), "Methodological issues in studies of air pollution and reproductive health", Environmental Research, 109 (3): 311–320, Bibcode:2009ER....109..311W, doi:10.1016/j.envres.2008.12.012, PMC 6615486, PMID 19215915

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rothwell, Charles J. (June 19, 2018), NCHS Update to the Board of Scientific Counselors (PDF), National Center for Health Statistics
  2. ^ a b Jennifer Parker, University of Maryland School of Public Health, retrieved 2019-01-04
  3. ^ Presidents 1971–2017 (PDF), Caucus for Women in Statistics, retrieved 2019-01-04
  4. ^ "Many Honored at Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony", AMSTAT News, October 1, 2017
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