John R. Bassler, DrPH, MS
About
Drawing on extensive analytical experience within academic research settings, I leverage spatial and survival statistical methods to drive public health initiatives. I am specifically focused on addressing HIV and oncology disparities throughout Alabama and the Deep South.
I currently serve as Clinical Database Manager II in UAB’s Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and I am completing my Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Biostatistics at UAB (defended: July 2026, graduation: December 2026), with a dissertation on shared frailty models for spatial data applied to time to HIV viral suppression. My work sits at the intersection of time-to-event analysis, spatial and Bayesian statistical methods, and structural determinants of health outcomes, including a study on historical redlining and delays in HIV treatment.
Research interests
Time-to-event / survival analysis · Frailty models · Spatial and Bayesian spatial modeling · HIV/AIDS and infectious disease · Oncology · Substance Abuse · Environmental health · Health Policy · Structural determinants of health
Education
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Biostatistics — University of Alabama at Birmingham (expected December 2026)
Dissertation: Shared Frailty Models for Spatial Data, with Application to Time to HIV Viral Suppression
Committee Chair: Dr. Jeff M. Szychowski
Committee Members: Dr. Dustin M. Long, Dr. Emily Levitan, Dr. Aadia Rana, Dr. D. Scott Batey, Dr. David T. Redden, Dr. Stacey S. Cofield
Master of Science (MS), Biostatistics — West Virginia University, May 2017
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics — West Virginia University, December 2013
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Industrial Mathematics and Statistics — West Virginia University, December 2013
Minor: Communication Studies
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