Bruce A. Craig

About

Bruce A. Craig is a Professor of Statistics at Purdue University and serves as the Director of Statistical Consulting. His research interests encompass Bayesian methodology, bioinformatics and biologically related disciplines such as genomics, nutrition, proteomics, and statistical genetics. He also focuses on computational methods for statistical inference, experimental design, genomics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, modeling and model selection, spatial analysis, and statistics education. Dr. Craig has supervised numerous Ph.D. students and has been recognized with several awards, including the College of Science Outstanding Service Award in 2022, the College of Science Leadership Award in 2017, and fellowships with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Statistical Association. His educational background includes a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Washington University, and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Craig's contributions to the field are reflected in his leadership roles, awards, and extensive research in statistical methodology and applications.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Food science
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Psychiatry
• Biology
• Gerontology
• Environmental health
• Surgery
• Physical therapy
• Geography

Selected publications

• Falls in young adults: The effect of sex, physical activity, and prescription medications

  PLoS ONE · 2021 · 50 citations

  Falls are a major public health issue not only for older adults but also young adults, with fall-related injuries occurring more frequently in adult females than males. However, the sex differences in the frequency and circumstances of falls in young adults are understudied. This research quantified the frequency and circumstances of falls as a function of sex, physical activity, and prescription medications in young adults. For 16 weeks, young adult participants (N = 325; 89 males; 19.9±1.1 yea…

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• Validation of a Novel Wearable Electromyography Patch for Monitoring Submental Muscle Activity During Swallowing: A Randomized Crossover Trial

  Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research · 2020 · 35 citations

  = 0.226). Conclusions Our new wearable sEMG patch is equivalent with widely used conventional sEMG electrodes in terms of technical performance. In addition, our patch is safe, and healthy older adults are satisfied with it. With lessons learned from the current COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to develop optimal swallowing telerehabilitation devices are more urgent than ever. Upon further validation, this new technology has the potential to improve rehabilitation and telerehabilitation efforts for pa…

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• Nutritional contributions of food pantries and other sources to the diets of rural, Midwestern food pantry users in the USA

  British Journal Of Nutrition · 2020 · 31 citations

  Food pantries provide free food to individuals at nutritional risk given lack of available foods. Frequent use of food pantries is associated with higher dietary quality; however, neither the nutrient contributions of food pantries to participant diets nor their relationship with household food security are known. This cross-sectional analysis used secondary data from rural food pantry participants, including sociodemographic characteristics, household food security and 24-h recalls. Mean intake…

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• Evaluating a Food Pantry–Based Intervention to Improve Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Quality in Midwestern Food Pantries

  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022-02-26 · 11 citations

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• Swallowing and Motor Speech Skills in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: Novel Findings From a Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study

  Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research · 2022-08-11 · 10 citations

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  Purpose: Our purpose was to start examining clinical swallowing and motor speech skills of school-age children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) compared to typically developing children (TDC), how these skills relate to each other, and whether they are predicted by clinical/demographic data (age, birth history, lesion type, etc.). Method: Seventeen children with UCP and 17 TDC (7–12 years old) participated in this cross-sectional study. Feeding/swallowing skills were evaluated using the Dysp…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R03EY012254

  NIH · $112k · 2000

• NIH Grant R01AI048067

  NIH · $144k · 2004

Frequent coauthors

• Michael Weiner

  University of Indianapolis

  58 shared

• Laura P. Sands

  Virginia Tech

  51 shared

• Marc B. Rosenman

  Indiana University School of Medicine

  46 shared

• Huiping Xu

  Indiana University Health

  43 shared

• Joseph Thomas

  42 shared

• W. W. Campbell

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  29 shared

• Caroline Carney Doebbeling

  Healthwise

  23 shared

• Deborah W. Knapp

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  22 shared

Education

• B.A., Mathematics and Economics

  Washington University

  1989

• M.S., Statistics

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  1991

• Ph.D., Statistics

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  1996

Awards & honors

• College of Science, Outstanding Service Award, 2022
• College of Science Leadership Award, 2017
• College of Science Team Award, 2015
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sc…
• College of Science Engagement Award, 2014

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