Ron Gangnon
· ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison · Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Active 1997–2026
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About
Ron Gangnon is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research interests include spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology, high-dimensional variable selection with applications to spatial cluster detection, small area estimation including ranking and clustering, age-period-cohort modeling, modeling complex chemical mixtures, and epidemiologic applications of multi-state models. He has active collaborations in cancer, infectious disease, environmental epidemiology, asthma and allergic diseases, and geriatrics. Additionally, he is an Affiliate Faculty member in the Department of Statistics, as well as in the College of Letters and Science at UW–Madison.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Psychology
- Computer Science
- Gerontology
- Demography
- Immunology
- Environmental health
- Biology
- Bioinformatics
Selected publications
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020 · 95 citations
Annals of Internal Medicine · 2021 · 73 citations
BACKGROUND: Screening mammography guidelines do not explicitly consider racial differences in breast cancer epidemiology, treatment, and survival. OBJECTIVE: To compare tradeoffs of screening strategies in Black women versus White women under current guidelines. DESIGN: An established model from the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network simulated screening outcomes using race-specific inputs for subtype distribution; breast density; mammography performance; age-, stage-, and subt…
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2020 · 71 citations
Psycho-Oncology · 2020 · 42 citations
OBJECTIVES: This pilot trial tested the effect of adding a multi-level, technology-based physical activity intervention module to a standard survivorship care plan for breast and colorectal cancer survivors. The objective of this analysis was to determine whether the physical activity module improved health-related quality of life, sleep, and factors key to lasting behavior change (eg, social support, self-efficacy). METHODS: Breast and colorectal cancer survivors (n = 50) were enrolled alongsid…
Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021 · 33 citations
Recent grants
NIH · $40.4M · 2019
NIH · $32.6M · 2019
Frequent coauthors
- 399 shared
Amy Trentham‐Dietz
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
- 319 shared
Brian L. Sprague
University of Vermont
- 280 shared
Diana L. Miglioretti
- 273 shared
Karla Kerlikowske
San Francisco VA Health Care System
- 254 shared
Natasha K. Stout
West Virginia University
- 251 shared
Oğuzhan Alagöz
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 248 shared
Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
Georgetown University
- 230 shared
Clyde B. Schechter
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Education
- 1990
Ph.D., Biostatistics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1986
M.S., Biostatistics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1983
B.S., Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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