John Connett, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Division of Biostatistics

Contact Info
PhD, Mathematics, University of Maryland, 1969
AM, Mathematics, University of Missouri, 1964
AB, Mathemeatics, Univeristy of Missouri, 1963
Summary
My research focuses on clinical trials in pulmonary disease, smoking, ophthalmology, and cardiovascular disease; case-control studies; estimation of odds ratio; random effects models; coefficient-of-variation models for laboratory data; and statistical computing.
Expertise
Chronic diseases, methods, biostatistics, clinical trials
Awards & Recognition
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Minnesota Researchers to Study Non-drug Treatments for Back Pain: Professor John Connett is a member of a research team conducting a $14 million study examining non-drug approaches to prevent chronic low back pain.
Research Funding Grants
- 2016–2021, NIH Nat'l Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., "Access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory in patients without ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction resuscitated from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest (The ACCESS Trial- DCC)," Principal Investigator
- 2016–2018, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, "Experience of Safety Net Primary Care Providers, Staff, and Patients in Payment Reform," Principal Investigator
- 2015–2017, Northwestern Health Sciences University, "Short term treatment versus long term management of neck and back disability in older adults utilizing spinal manipulative therapy and supervised exercise: a parallel-group randomized clinical trial evaluating relative effectiveness and harms," Project Principal Investigator
- 2015–2017, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, "Filtered Sunlight Phototherapy to Treat Significant Jaundice: Safety and Efficacy in Neonates," Project Principal Investigator
- 2015–2020, University of Colorado Denver, "Sigh Ventilation to Reduce the Incidence of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome," Principal Investigator
- 2015–2020, NIH Natl Inst of Diabetes/Dig/Kidney Dis, "Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women: Bladder Health Scientific and Data Coordinating Center (PLUS-SDCC) (U01)," Principal Investigator
- 2015–2020, NIH Natl Inst of Diabetes/Dig/Kidney Dis, "Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women: Bladder Health Scientific and Data Coordinating Center (PLUS-SDCC) (U01)," Principal Investigator
- 2014–2017, University of Washington, "Biostatistical Support for Research Performed by University of Washington Collaborators of Rachel Isaksson," Principal Investigator
- 2014–2017, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, "Stress and the Electronic Medical Record," Principal Investigator
- 2014–2017, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, "Biostatistical Support for MMRF," Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator
- 2016–2021, NIH Nat Inst of Neuro Disorders & Stroke, "Circuit-based deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease," Co-Investigator
- 2016–2021, NIH Nat'l Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., "Training in Biostatistics for Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease Research," Co-Investigator
- 2016–2018, NIH, "Cannabinoid-based therapy and approaches to quantify pain in sickle cell disease," Co-Investigator
- 2015–2019, NIH Nat'l inst of Neuro Disorders & Stroke, "Predictors of progression to freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease," Co-Investigator
- 2015–2018, NIH Nat'l Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., "Effects of antiretroviral therapy on pulmonary function in a randomized trial," Co-Investigator
- 2015–2019, NIH, "Genetic Association and Personalized Medicine," Co-Investigator
- 2014–2019, NIH Nat'l Inst of Neuro Disorders & Stroke, "Lysosomal Disease Network," Co-Investigator
- 2014–2019, NIH Nat'l Inst. on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoh, "Dismantling the Components and Dosing of CBT for Co-Occurring Disorders,"
- 2013–2018, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, "Long-Term Deterioration of Kidney Allograft Function (DeKAF),"