Erika Helgeson

About

Erika Helgeson, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Her research primarily focuses on the design, management, and analysis of clinical trials and epidemiological studies, with specific interests in oral health, lung health, and transplantation. Her methodological research includes clinical trials, risk prediction, and the development of statistical machine learning methods for complex, high-dimensional data. Dr. Helgeson holds a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, obtained in 2017, and a BS in Mathematics and Biology from Gonzaga University, earned in 2012. She also serves as the Associate Director of the Coordinating Centers for Biometric Research and teaches courses such as Statistical Methods for Correlated Data.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Sociology
• Internal medicine
• Anthropology
• Genetics
• Demography
• Biology
• Virology
• Psychiatry
• Psychology

Selected publications

• Safety and virologic impact of the IL-15 superagonist N-803 in people living with HIV: a phase 1 trial

  Nature Medicine · 2022 · 105 citations

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• Characterizing COVID-19 clinical phenotypes and associated comorbidities and complication profiles

  PLoS ONE · 2021 · 68 citations

  Purpose Heterogeneity has been observed in outcomes of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Identification of clinical phenotypes may facilitate tailored therapy and improve outcomes. The purpose of this study is to identify specific clinical phenotypes across COVID-19 patients and compare admission characteristics and outcomes. Methods This is a retrospective analysis of COVID-19 patients from March 7, 2020 to August 25, 2020 at 14 U.S. hospitals. Ensemble clustering…

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• Persistent racial and ethnic disparities as a potential source of epilepsy surgery underutilization: Analysis of large national datasets from 2006–2016

  Epilepsy Research · 2021 · 31 citations

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• Time‐restricted eating, caloric reduction, and unrestricted eating effects on weight and metabolism: a randomized trial

  Obesity · 2025-02-19 · 18 citations

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  OBJECTIVE: Metabolic improvements may precede weight loss. We compared the effects of self-selected 8-h time-restricted eating (TRE), 15% caloric restriction (CR), and unrestricted eating (UE) on weight, body composition, caloric intake, glycemic measures, and metabolic flexibility. METHODS: In this 12-week randomized-controlled trial, we measured weight (primary outcome), body composition (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry/magnetic resonance imaging), caloric intake (24-h recall), metabolic flex…

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• Reduced mouth opening in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy: an analysis of the Clinical Registry of Dental Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients (OraRad)

  Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology · 2023-11-26 · 8 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Sunita Singh

  Health First

  120 shared

• Arthur J. Matas

  University of Minnesota

  113 shared

• Osama Gaber

  110 shared

• Katherine R. Tuttle

  Providence Health & Services

  110 shared

• Prabir Roy‐Chaudhury

  W. G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

  110 shared

• Vikas S. Sridhar

  110 shared

• Vivekanand Jha

  Imperial College London

  110 shared

• David Z.I. Cherney

  University of Toronto

  110 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Public Health

  University of Minnesota

  2010

• M.S., Public Health

  University of Minnesota

  2006

• B.A., Environmental Studies

  University of Minnesota

  2004

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