Timothy C. Heeren, PhD
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Dept of Biostatistics

PhD, Boston University




Timothy Heeren, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics (Statistics) from Boston University, and has been on the faculty of the School of Public Health since 1981. Dr. Heeren has developed and taught both introductory and advanced applied biostatistics methods courses at the School of Public Health. Currently, he alternates between teaching the core biostatistics course and the more advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. Dr Heeren also teaches a graduate level applied statistical methods course through the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Dr. Heeren’s research interests are in applied biostatistics, observational studies, behavioral trials, regression models and complex survey design. His current applied research includes serving as biostatistician on a clinical trial of extended caffeine treatment for premature infants, a trial of a text-message oral health program for children, a prospective study of cognitive development in children born prematurely, and a prospective study of the impact of substance use in HIV positive patients.

Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology


Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Pediatrics


Boston Medical Center



2008 School of Public Health, Boston University: Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching


Early Identification of Rising Risk Families and Parent Guided Team Based Care to Prevent and Mitigate Toxic Street
05/01/2020 - 04/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation JPB Foundation


Impact of Marijuana Policies on Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Mortality
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIAAA
5R01AA026268-03

Community collected Data to make the Case for Homes for Health (Children's Health Watch)
01/01/2018 - 10/31/2019 (Co-Investigator)
Boston Medical Center Corporation The Kresge Fdn


Children's Health Watch Data Collection (BMC ID 6400)
01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation


Children's Health Watch: Timely Frontline Data to Inform a Better Future for Children (BMC 6402)
01/01/2018 - 10/31/2018 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation JPB Foundation


Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Young Adult Follow-Up
04/01/2011 - 03/31/2017 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIDA
5R01DA006532-25

Research and Evaluation: Boston University's Noyce Scholarship Programs
09/01/2012 - 08/31/2015 (Co-Investigator)
National Science Foundation
DUE-1240057

Center to Prevent Alcohol Problems Among Young People
02/01/2004 - 01/31/2010 (Co-PI)
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
3 P60 AA13759 05S1

Shared Decision-Making for Colorectal Screening Data Management
09/30/2004 - 09/29/2008 (PI)
Boston Medical Center HHS AHRQ

Cocaine Exposure In-Utero, A Longitudinal Follow-up Through Elementary School (PEP)
08/01/1999 - 07/31/2004 (PI)
Boston Medical Center NIH NIDA



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2021 Biostatistics and Data Management Core 1P01AA029546-01-9252
2008 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P60AA013759-05-9001 33
2007 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P60AA013759-04-9001 33
2006 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P60AA013759-03-9001 33
2005 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P60AA013759-02-9001 33
2004 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 1P60AA013759-01A1-9001 33
2002 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P50AG011669-10-9002 43
2001 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 3P50AG011669-09S1-9002 43
2001 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P50AG011669-09-9002 43
2000 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS 5P50AG011669-08-9002 43
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  1. Krengel MH, Zundel CG, Heeren T, Yee M, Spiro A, Proctor SP, Grasso CM, Sullivan K. Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: the Ft. Devens cohort. Environ Health. 2022 Jan 08; 21(1):7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34998396; PMCID: PMC8742929; DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00812-0;
     
  2. Lira MC, Heeren TC, Buczek M, Blanchette JG, Smart R, Pacula RL, Naimi TS. Trends in Cannabis Involvement and Risk of Alcohol Involvement in Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities in the United States, 2000?2018. Am J Public Health. 2021 11; 111(11):1976-1985.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34709858; PMCID: PMC8630490; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306466;
     
  3. Belfort MB, Ramel SE, Martin CR, Fichorova R, Kuban KCK, Heeren T, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Systemic Inflammation in the First 2 Weeks after Birth as a Determinant of Physical Growth Outcomes in Hospitalized Infants with Extremely Low Gestational Age. J Pediatr. 2022 Jan; 240:37-43.e1.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34508750
     
  4. Steele L, Klimas N, Krengel M, Quinn E, Toomey R, Little D, Abreu M, Aenlle K, Killiany R, Koo BB, Janulewicz P, Heeren T, Clark AN, Ajama J, Cirillo J, Buentello G, Lerma V, Coller JK, Sullivan K. Brain-Immune Interactions as the Basis of Gulf War Illness: Clinical Assessment and Deployment Profile of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans in the Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) Multisite Case-Control Study. Brain Sci. 2021 Aug 26; 11(9).View Related Profiles. PMID: 34573153; PMCID: PMC8467437; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11091132;
     
  5. Keating D, Zundel CG, Abreu M, Krengel M, Aenlle K, Nichols MD, Toomey R, Chao LL, Golier J, Abdullah L, Quinn E, Heeren T, Groh JR, Koo BB, Killiany R, Loggia ML, Younger J, Baraniuk J, Janulewicz P, Ajama J, Quay M, Baas PW, Qiang L, Conboy L, Kokkotou E, O'Callaghan JP, Steele L, Klimas N, Sullivan K. Boston biorepository, recruitment and integrative network (BBRAIN): A resource for the Gulf War Illness scientific community. Life Sci. 2021 Nov 01; 284:119903.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34453948
     
  6. Kuban KCK, Boynton-Jarrett R, Heeren T, O'Shea TM. A Consideration of Racism in Pediatric Epidemiologic Studies. J Pediatr. 2021 12; 239:225-227.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34390694
     
  7. Smith ML, Heeren TC, Ranker LR, Fredman L. Associations of spousal and non-spousal caregiving with six-year trajectories of depressive symptoms among older women in the Caregiver-Study of Osteoporotic Fractures study. Aging Ment Health. 2021 Aug 06; 1-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34353186
     
  8. Gnatienko N, Calver K, Sullivan M, Forman LS, Heeren T, Blokhina E, Emenyonu N, Ventura AS, Tsui JI, Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Ngabirano C, Bridden C, Bryant K, Bazzi AR, Hahn JA. Heavy Alcohol Use Among Women and Men Living With HIV in Uganda, Russia, and the United States. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2021 07; 82(4):486-492.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34343080; PMCID: PMC8356791; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.486;
     
  9. Torres A, Camayd-Munoz C, Perez B, Pou J, Alvarado M, Heeren T, Jonas R, Douglass L. A Novel Parent Questionnaire for the Detection of Seizures in Children of Spanish Speaking Families. J Child Neurol. 2021; 6(36):461-467.
  10. Lohman-Payne B, Koster J, Gabriel B, Chilengi R, Forman LS, Heeren T, Duffy CR, Herlihy J, Crimaldi S, Gill C, Chavuma R, Mwananyanda L, Thea DM. Persistent Immune activation in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Initiating cART Post Conception. J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 29.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33780543
     
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