Kerrie Nelson
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Kerrie P Nelson, PhD

Research Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2790
kerrie@bu.edu
Crosstown Center - 318
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Biography

Kerrie Nelson is a Research Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Boston University. She is from New Zealand originally, and after her undergraduate studies at the University of Auckland, worked as a Research Fellow in Christchurch, New Zealand. She completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of Washington where her research focused on correlated data and generalized linear mixed models. She currently spends her time on both methodological research and applied projects focusing on developing statistical methods for assessing agreement in screening and diagnostic tests and has worked in a collaborative role with several groups at Boston Medical Center including Emergency Medicine, Diabetes and Nutrition, and Women's Health. She often enjoys teaching BS704 Introduction to Biostatistics.

Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • University of Washington, PhD Field of Study: Statistics
  • University of Washington, MSc Field of Study: Statistics
  • University of Auckland, BSc
  • Univ of Auckland, BCom/BComm Field of Study: Finance

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS730

Publications

  • Published on 7/1/2025

    Nelson KP, Zhou TJ. Accounting for Patient Characteristics in a Model-Based Kappa of Agreement Between Two Experts' Ordinal Ratings. Stat Med. 2025 Jul; 44(15-17):e70141. PMID: 40662445.

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  • Published on 5/19/2025

    Gonzalez F, Welsh L, Caicedo J, Clark A, Okafor IM, Nelson KP, Frausto S, Cleveland Manchanda EC. Differences in language used to describe racial groups in emergency medicine standardized letter of evaluation. AEM Educ Train. 2025 Jun; 9(3):e70054. PMID: 40395228.

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  • Published on 3/27/2025

    Bigham Z, Holder EX, Rodday AM, Breeze JL, Nelson KP, Palmer JR, Freund KM, Bertrand KA. Reproductive determinants of mammographic density in black women. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Sep; 36(9):911-921. PMID: 40146429.

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  • Published on 12/2/2024

    Bigham Z, Holder EX, Rodday AM, Breeze JL, Nelson KP, Palmer JR, Freund KM, Bertrand KA. Lifecourse Growth and Development Determinants of Mammographic Density in Black Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Dec 02; 33(12):1640-1650. PMID: 39093038.

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  • Published on 10/19/2024

    Holder EX, Bigham Z, Nelson KP, Barnard ME, Palmer JR, Bertrand KA. Mammographic density and breast cancer risk among Black American women. Int J Cancer. 2025 Mar 15; 156(6):1173-1180. PMID: 39425554.

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  • Published on 6/27/2024

    Mujic E, Parker SE, Nelson KP, O'Brien M, Chestnut IA, Abrams J, Yarrington CD. Implementation of a Cell-Enabled Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Program During the Postpartum Period at a Safety-Net Hospital. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jul 02; 13(13):e034031. PMID: 38934890.

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  • Published on 6/8/2024

    Howard EC, Murray Horwitz ME, Gunn CM, Bak S, Nelson KP, Morton S, Flacks-Dunning JG, Battaglia TA. Burden and trajectory of social needs after breast cancer diagnosis at a safety-net hospital. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Oct; 207(3):579-585. PMID: 38851661.

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  • Published on 1/20/2024

    Shapiro JP, Pino EC, Goodridge A, Dholakia A, Nelson K, Hoch A, Kendi S, Boyle TP, Kistin CJ. Disparities in Child Welfare Referrals for Patients Seen in a Pediatric Emergency Department for Unintentional Ingestions. Acad Pediatr. 2024; 24(4):686-691. PMID: 38253175.

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  • Published on 9/12/2023

    Pino EC, Gonzalez F, Nelson KP, Jaiprasert S, Lopez GM. Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority-serving hospital emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jan; 31(1):6-17. PMID: 37597262.

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  • Published on 1/3/2023

    DiLorenzo MA, Davis MR, Dugas JN, Nelson KP, Hochberg NS, Ingalls RR, Mishuris RG, Schechter-Perkins EM. Performance of three screening tools to predict COVID-19 positivity in emergency department patients. Emerg Med J. 2023 Mar; 40(3):210-215. PMID: 36596666.

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