Robert Vogel:  

Hello Patricia. I hope you are doing well. Life I received a BA in mathematics from Hanover College and a Ph.D. in Biometry and Statistics from Emory University. I was a professor of biostatistics and chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia. I taught experimental design, longitudinal data analysis, sampling theory and statistical methods in diagnostic medicine. My research interests involve clinical trials and statistics applied to medical research. Some of my favorite work include observational studies in the early days of ECMO; insulin pulsatility studies and the advantage of multiple dosing over bolus injections of insulin; modeling cure rates for stage 2 breast cancer treatments; and of course my most recent work with cardiac index and examination of parameters to determine if the heart has the needed reserve for elderly to survive surgery. I seem to have come full circle as my work with cardiac index for frail elderly has taken a new direction. We are explor...Expand for more