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

PhD, 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 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Fall 2025

MATH 1000R

Math Leap, Fall 2025

STAT 4710

Mathematical Statistics-Probability and Statistics, Fall 2025

STAT 2040

Principles of Statistics, Fall 2025

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Summer 2025

STAT 4100

Design of Experiment, Spring 2025

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Spring 2025

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Spring 2025

Presentations

Kidd, John , Tea Time Talks - Mathematics Colloquium, "Generalized Sample Allocation for Preclinical Trials Improving Power in Post Hoc Tests", Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley University. (September 29, 2025)
Kidd, John , MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society Conference - 2025, "Expectation-Maximization Algorithms and Mediation Analysis", MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. (March 28, 2025)
Parry, Alan (Presenter & Author), Kidd, John (Presenter & Author), Political Subdivisions Interim Committee 2024 Wednesday October 16, 2024, "Ranked-Choice Voting Presentation", Utah State Senate Building. (October 16, 2024)
Kidd, John , International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies, "Mediation Analysis of Multiple Mediators with Incomplete Omics Data", Utah Valley University. (May 24, 2024)
Etherington, Jordan (Presenter & Author), McKinney, Kaylee (Author Only), Taylor, Ben (Author Only), Kidd, John (Author Only), DeFouw, Emily (Author Only), Olmi, Joe (Author Only), The 2023 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, "Predicting High School Student’s Social-Emotional Risk Amid a National Mental Health Crisis", National Center for School Mental Health, New Orleans, LA. (December, 2023)
Kidd, John , Tea Time Talks - Mathematics Colloquium , "Mediation analysis of multiple mediators with incomplete omics data.", Utah Valley University Department of Mathematics. (January 25, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Kidd, John , (2025) "ieTest package" . CRAN.
Kidd, John , Parry, Alan , (2025) "Increase Error Rates in RCV and the Impact on Election Outcomes" . https://www.uvu.edu/herbertinstitute/docs/addressing-increased-error-rates.pdf
Kidd, John , Howard, Annie Green, Highland, Heather M., Gordon-Larsen, Penny , Bancks, Michael Patrick, Carnethon, Mercedes , Lin, Dan-Yu , (2025) "Hypothesis tests of indirect effects for multiple mediators" . Statistical Methods & Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-024-00777-7
Naghi, Leah A., Culver, Julie O., Ricker, Charité , Sturgeon, Duveen , Kingham, Kerry , Hodan, Rachel , Chun, Nicolette M., Kidd, John , Bonner, Joseph , Hong, Christine , Morales-Pichardo, Jennifer , Mills, Meredith , Lindsey, Sidney , McDonnell, Kevin , Ladabaum, Uri , Ford, James M., Gruber, Stephen B., Kurian, Allison W., Idos, Gregory E., (2025) "Breast Cancer MRI Screening of Patients After Multiplex Gene Panel Testing" (Issue: 1, vol. 8). JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54447
Parry, Alan , Kidd, John , (2024) "Deficiencies in Recent Research on Ranked Choice Voting Ballot Error Rates" . Institute for Mathematics and Democracy. https://mathematics-democracy-institute.org/deficiencies-in-recent-research-on-ranked-choice-voting-ballot-error-rates/
Kidd, John , Lin, Dan-Yu , (2024) "Improving the Power to Detect Indirect Effects in Mediation Analysis" (Issue: 1, vol. 16). Statistics in Biosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12561-023-09386-6

Awards

David and Lucy Hardison Scholarship

Scholarship given to 1st year Biostatistics interested in genetics at the University of North Carolina.