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Nate Mercaldo, M.S.

 

Biostatistician II, Department of Biostatistics


Email: nate.mercaldo@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615)322-3997
Introduction

Nathaniel (Nate) Mercaldo is a Biostatistician II who joined Vanderbilt's Department of Biostatistics in June 2008. He received his MS in Biostatistics from the University of Washington in Seattle and worked as a Biostatistician at the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center prior to his arrival in Nashville. Bayesian analyses, correlated data and resampling techniques are a few of the statistical techniques currently commanding Nate's interest, but applied methods, statistical computing and teaching/consulting remain at the forefront of his activities. He is currently dedicating about 50% of his effort to Anesthesiology.

Education & Training

BS - Applied Mathematics & Microbiology, University of Idaho, Moscow
MS - Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle

 
Recent Publications

  1. Lau, D., B. Briesacher, N. Mercaldo, L. Halpern, E. Osterberg, M. Jarzebowski, J. McKoy and K. Mazor. Older Patients' Perceptions of Medication Importance and Worth : An Exploratory Pilot Study. Drugs & Aging. 2008; 25: 1061-1075.

  2. Knopman, D., J. Kramer, B. Boeve, R. Caselli, N. Gra -Radford, M. Mendez, B. Miller and N. Mercaldo. Development of methodology for conducting clinical trials in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Brain. 2008; 131: 2957-2968.

  3. Mercaldo, N., K. Lau, and X. Zhou. Con dence intervals for predictive values with an emphasis to case-control studies. Statistics in Medicine. 2007; 26: 2170-2183.

  4. Lau, D., N. Mercaldo, A. Harris, E. Trittschuh and S. Weintraub. Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Community-Dwelling Elders with Dementia. Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders. Accepted. 2008.

  5. Weintraub, S., D. Salmon, N. Mercaldo, S. Ferris, N. Gra -Radford, H. Chui, J. Cummings, C. DeCarli, N. Foster, D. Galasko, E. Peskind, W. Dietrich, D. Beekly, W. Kukull, J. Morris. The Alzheimer's Disease Centers' Uniform Data Set (UDS): The Neuropsychological Test Battery. Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders. Accepted. 2008.

  6. Knopman, D., C. Jack, J. Kramer, B. Boeve, R. Caselli, N. Gra -Radford, M. Mendez, B. Miller and N. Mercaldo. Brain volumetric changes over 1 year in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Submitted to Neurology. 2008.
Recent Presentations

  1. Mercaldo, N. On the analysis and interpretation of the results from a questionnaire. De- partmental Seminar. Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, October, 2008.

  2. Meckes, B., N. Mercaldo and X. Zhou. Summarization and Optimization of the Modi ed Hachinski Score Using the Uniform Data Set. Poster Presentation. Amgen/UW Undergrad- uate Research Symposium, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, August, 2007.

  3. Mercaldo, N. Extracting Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Migration Patterns Using Vi- sual and Acoustic Location Data Gathered o Pt. Barrow, AK. Informal Seminar. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, April, 2006.

  4. Mercaldo, N., I. Cao-Berg and S. Sanchez. The Demographic E ects of Increasing An- thropogenic Noise on Mysticeti Whales. Poster Presentation. XIII Undergraduate Research Symposium, Department of Mathematics, Unviersidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October, 2002.
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