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John Kidd

Faculty Member

Dr. John Kidd

Biography

John joined the Mathematics Department at UVU in the fall of 2021 after completing his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His goal when instructing students is to help them not only understand the concepts so that they can succeed in statistical procedures but also to incorporate additional applications so that students of all levels can recognize good and poor analyses and studies. He puts a great emphasis on critical thinking and scientific rigor.

John and his wife have four children. Running is a big part of John's life; he has run 4 marathons, though half marathons are his preference.

John has worked in genomic cancer research since 2014 and made genetics a focus during his Ph.D. work. His dissertation developed new statistical tests and methods for conducting mediation analysis in genetic studies.

Education

Ph D, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 2021

Major: Biostatistics

MS, Utah State University, 2014

Major: Statistics

BS, Utah State University, 2013

Major: Statistics

Teaching

STAT 4100

Design of Experiment, Spring 2023

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Spring 2023

STAT 2040

Principles of Statistics QL, Spring 2023

Presentations

Kidd, John , Tea Time Talks, "Mediation analysis of multiple mediators with incomplete omics data.", Utah Valley University Department of Mathematics, Array. (January 25, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Kidd, John , Raulerson, Chelsea K, Mohlke, Karen L, Lin, Dan-Yu , (2022) "Mediation analysis of multiple mediators with incomplete omics data" (Issue: 47). United States: Genetic Epidemiology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36125445/
Kidd, John , Lin, Dan-Yu , (2021) "Improving the power to detect indirect effects in mediation analysis" . https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.09812
Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Kidd, John , Bernhisel, Ryan , Shehayeb, Susan , Frankel, Paul , Blazer, Kathleen R., Turco, Diana , Nehoray, Bita , McGreevy, Kim , Svirsky, Kira , Brown, Krystal , Gardiner, Anna , Daly, Mary , Hughes, Elisha , Cummings, Shelly , Saam, Jennifer , Slavin, Thomas P., (2021) "Multigene assessment of genetic risk for women for two or more breast cancers" (vol. 1). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06201-y
Culver, Julie O., Ricker, Charit\'e N., Array , Bonner, Joseph , Kidd, John , Sturgeon, Duveen , Hodan, Rachel , Kingham, Kerry , Lowstuter, Katrina , Chun, Nicolette M., Lebensohn, Alexandra P., Rowe-Teeter, Courtney , Levonian, Peter , Partynski, Katlyn , Lara-Otero, Karlena , Hong, Christine , Morales Pichardo, Jennifer , Mills, Meredith A., Brown, Krystal , Lerman, Caryn , Ladabaum, Uri , McDonnell, Kevin J., Ford, James M., Gruber, Stephen B., Kurian, Allison W., Idos, Gregory E., (2021) "Psychosocial outcomes following germline multigene panel testing in an ethnically and economically diverse cohort of patients" (Issue: 8, vol. 127). Cancer. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33320347/
Calip, Gregory S, Kidd, John , Bernhisel, Ryan , Cox, Hannah C, Saam, Jennifer , Rauscher, Garth H, Lancaster, Johnathan M, Hoskins, Kent F, (2020) "Family history of breast cancer in men with non-BRCA male breast cancer_ implications for cancer risk counseling" . Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32918117/
Raulerson, Chelsea K, Ko, Arthur , Kidd, John , Currin, Kevin W, Brotman, Sarah M, Cannon, Maren E, Wu, Ying , Spracklen, Cassandra N, Jackson, Anne U, Stringham, Heather M, Welch, Ryan P, Fuchsberger, Christian , Locke, Adam E, Narisu, Narisu , Lusis, Aldons J, Civelek, Mete , Furey, Terrence S, Kuusisto, Johanna , Collins, Francis S, Boehnke, Michael , Scott, Laura J, Lin, Dan-Yu , Love, Michael I, Laakso, Markku , Pajukanta, Paivi , Mohlke, Karen L, (2019) "Adipose tissue gene expression associations reveal hundreds of candidate genes for cardiometabolic traits" (Issue: 4, vol. 105). The American Journal of Human Genetics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31564431/