Mari Palta

Biography

Mari Palta received her PhD in Biostatistics in 1977 followed by postdoctoral training in Epidemiology, both from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She also holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, and English from the University of Lund, Sweden. She was a faculty member in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Iowa 1979-1982, and a Scientist in the Biostatistics Center at the University of Wisconsin, 1982-1987. She has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1987 and holds joint appointments in the Departments of Population Health Sciences, and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. Professor Palta directs and collaborates in several different research projects, and has an over-riding interest in evaluating and developing methodology. Her statistical methods research has addressed longitudinal models with measurement error, confounding and missing data, and the analysis of preference scored health outcomes. She has been the Principal Investigator of two epidemiologic cohort studies of very low birth weight and diabetes which continue to generate spin-off studies and new analyses. Her clinical subject matter interests range from maternal and child health to respiratory conditions, diabetes and sleep.

Research Interest

child health to respiratory conditions, diabetes and sleep