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Recai Yucel

  • College of Public Health

    • Epidemiology and Biostatistics

      • Professor

      • Assistant Director of Biostatistics

Biography

Recai Yucel is a professor and the director of the Biostatistics Core in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Prior to joining Temple University, he was a professor of biostatistics and the chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany. Following his doctoral training at Pennsylvania State University, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. He then worked as a statistical advisor at the Institute for Health Policy at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During this time, Dr. Yucel was awarded a fellowship by the American Statistical Association and the National Center for Health Statistics to develop and disseminate methods for handling item nonresponse in complex sample surveys.

Dr. Yucel’s research is mainly centered around missing data in complex data structures, measurement error, and causal inference. Substantive issues in health services research, prevention research, social sciences, and more public health problems motivate his statistical research agenda. Some of his other research topics include computational algorithms and software development, hierarchical and latent variable models, models and methods for response errors, and applied Bayesian statistics. To date, he has published close to 100 research articles in refereed journals, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Statistics in Medicine, The American Statistician, and Medical Care. He has also been PI and co-PI on numerous research grants funded by the NIH, CDC, and NSF, providing a continuous funding stream since 2002.

Education

  • PhD, Statistics, Penn State University
  • MA, Statistics, Penn State University
  • BS, Statistics, Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey)

Curriculum Vitae 

Labs: Biostatistics Core

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Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

EPBI 8012

Multivariable Biostatistics

Graduate

EPBI 8204

Multilev Mod in Int Res

Graduate

EPBI 9187

Biostat Cnslt Practicum

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Hocagil, T.A. & Yucel, R.M. (2024). A computationally efficient sequential regression imputation algorithm for multilevel data. J Appl Stat, 51(11), 2258-2278. England. 10.1080/02664763.2023.2277669

  • Li, X., Yucel, R., Clervius, H., Kamalakar, K., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Zhang, J., Adimora, A., Collins, L.F., Fischl, M., Kassaye, S., Maki, P., Seaberg, E., Sharma, A., Vance, D., & Gustafson, D.R. (2023). Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease in Women With and Without HIV. JAMA Netw Open, 6(11), e2344194. United States. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.44194

  • Balnis, J., Lauria, E.J., Yucel, R., Singer, H.A., Alisch, R.S., & Jaitovich, A. (2023). Peripheral Blood Omics and Other Multiplex-based Systems in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 69(4), 383-390. United States. 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0153PS

  • Shkolnik, B., Sore, R., Salick, M., Kobbari, G., Ghalib, S., Parimi, A.S., Fish, K.M., Deluca, R., Yucel, R., & Judson, M.A. (2023). The Relationship Between Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Level and the Decision to Escalate Treatment of Sarcoidosis. Lung, 201(4), 381-386. United States. 10.1007/s00408-023-00629-3

  • Ruth, A.L., Rehman, U., Stewart, P., Moore, L.E., Yucel, R., & Wilson, R.T. (2023). Maternal and Paternal Household Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Occup Environ Med, 65(7), 595-604. United States. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002859

  • Alolod, G.P., Gardiner, H.M., Blunt, R., Yucel, R.M., & Siminoff, L.A. (2023). Organ Donation Willingness Among Asian Americans: Results from a National Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities, 10(3), 1478-1491. Switzerland. 10.1007/s40615-022-01333-3

  • Feiler, M.O., Yucel, R., Liu, Z., Caserta, M., Lawrence, B.P., Pason, C.H., Hardy, D.J., Thevenet-Morrison, K., Dozier, A., & Jusko, T.A. (2023). Trends and Non-Clinical Predictors of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Influenza Diagnosis in an Urban Pediatric Population. Int J Pediatr Res, 9(1). United States. 10.23937/2469-5769/1510112

  • Ye, B., Yucel, R., Qu, Y., Thurston, G., Deng, X., Ryan, I., & Lin, S. (2022). Impact of environmental programs on student test scores mediated by school attendance rate. Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 4, 100028-100028. Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.heha.2022.100028.

  • Judson, M.A., Adelstein, E., Fish, K.M., Feustel, P.J., Yucel, R., Preston, S., Vancavage, R., Chopra, A., & Steckman, D.A. (2022). Outcomes of prednisone-tapering regimens for cardiac sarcoidosis: A retrospective analysis demonstrating a benefit of infliximab. Respir Med, 203, 107004. England. 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.107004

  • Gustafson, D.R., Yucel, R., Apple, S.J., Cirrone, G., Gao, H., Huang, A.J., Ma, X., Saad, A., Wilson, J., Kabariti, S., & Motov, S. (2022). Mental Health of Emergency Department Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 in Brooklyn, New York. Med Res Arch, 10(7). United States. 10.18103/mra.v10i7.2903

  • Judson, M.A., Yucel, R., Preston, S., Chen, E.S., Culver, D.A., Hamzeh, N., Lower, E.E., Sweiss, N.J., Valeyre, D., Veltkamp, M., Victorson, D.E., Beaumont, J.L., Singh, N., Shivas, T., Vancavage, R., & Baughman, R.P. (2022). The association of baseline sarcoidosis measurements with 6-month outcomes that are of interest to patients: Results from the On-line Sarcoidosis Assessment Platform Study (OSAP). Respir Med, 196, 106819. England. 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106819

  • Gao, H., Ma, X., Apple, S., Cirrone, G., Huang, A., Kabariti, S., Saad, A., Yucel, R., Gustafson, D., & Motov, S. (2021). 50 Depression in Emergency Department Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Brooklyn, NY. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 78(4), s21-s21. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.058.

  • Fernández, D., Giné-Vázquez, I., Liu, I., Yucel, R., Ruscone, M.N., Morena, M., García, V.G., Haro, J.M., Pan, W., & Tyrovolas, S. (2021). Are environmental pollution and biodiversity levels associated to the spread and mortality of COVID-19? A four-month global analysis. Environ Pollut, 271, 116326. England. 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116326

  • Butts, C.D., Bloom, M.S., McGough, A., Lenhart, N., Wong, R., Mok-Lin, E., Parsons, P.J., Galusha, A.L., Yucel, R.M., Feingold, B.J., Browne, R.W., & Fujimoto, V.Y. (2021). Variability of essential and non-essential trace elements in the follicular fluid of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 209, 111733. Netherlands. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111733

  • Zhang, W., Vásquez, E., Botoseneanu, A., & Yucel, R. (2021). Metabolic Risk and Depression among Elderly Mexican Americans: The Roles of Nativity Status. Ethn Dis, 31(2), 243-252. United States. 10.18865/ed.31.2.243

  • Butts, C.D., Bloom, M.S., McGough, A., Lenhart, N., Wong, R., Mok-Lin, E., Parsons, P.J., Galusha, A.L., Browne, R.W., Yucel, R.M., Feingold, B.J., & Fujimoto, V.Y. (2021). Toxic elements in follicular fluid adversely influence the likelihood of pregnancy and live birth in women undergoing IVF. Hum Reprod Open, 2021(3), hoab023. England. 10.1093/hropen/hoab023

  • Friedman, S., Fussell, E., Nakatsuka, M., & Yucel, R. (2021). Hispanic Disaster Preparedness in the United States, 2017: Examining the Association with Residential Characteristics. Cityscape, 23(3), 205-239. United States. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35222771.

  • Medarov, B., Pluto, L., Fina, L., Ilyas, F., Sukhu, I., Yucel, R., & Judson, M. (2020). Assessing the reliability of obstructive sleep apnea screening instruments in isolation or in combination. Respiratory Medicine: X, 2. doi: 10.1016/j.yrmex.2020.100019.

  • Figueiro, M., Steverson, B., Heerwagen, J., Yucel, R., Roohan, C., Sahin, L., Kampschroer, K., & Rea, M. (2020). Light, entrainment and alertness: A case study in offices. Lighting Research and Technology, 52(6), 736-750. doi: 10.1177/1477153519885157.

  • Shkolnik, B., Judson, M.A., Austin, A., Hu, K., D'souza, M., Zumbrunn, A., Huggins, J.T., Yucel, R., & Chopra, A. (2020). Response. Chest, 158(4), 1783-1784. United States. 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.076

  • Butts, C.D., Bloom, M.S., McGough, A., Lenhart, N., Wong, R., Mok-Lin, E., Parsons, P.J., Galusha, A.L., Yucel, R.M., Feingold, B.J., Browne, R.W., & Fujimoto, V.Y. (2020). Seafood consumption is associated with higher follicular fluid arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) concentrations in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Environ Res, 188, 109753. Netherlands. 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109753

  • Shkolnik, B., Judson, M.A., Austin, A., Hu, K., D'Souza, M., Zumbrunn, A., Huggins, J.T., Yucel, R., & Chopra, A. (2020). Diagnostic Accuracy of Thoracic Ultrasonography to Differentiate Transudative From Exudative Pleural Effusion. Chest, 158(2), 692-697. United States. 10.1016/j.chest.2020.02.051

  • Schell, L.M., Gallo, M.V., Pfeiffer, S., Lee, F., Garry, D., Yucel, R., & Environment, A.T.F.o.t. (2020). Trends in height, weight, BMI, skinfolds, and measures of overweight and obesity from 1979 through 1999 among American Indian Youth: The Akwesasne Mohawk. Int J Obes (Lond), 44(3), 656-663. England. 10.1038/s41366-019-0349-5

  • Tanner, E.M., Bloom, M.S., Kannan, K., Lynch, J., Wang, W., Yucel, R., & Fitzgerald, E.F. (2020). A longitudinal study of polychlorinated biphenyls and neuropsychological function among older adults from New York State. Int J Hyg Environ Health, 223(1), 1-9. Germany. 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.10.012

  • Tote, K.M., Bradley, H., Martin, E.G., Yucel, R., & Rosenberg, E.S. (2019). Factors associated with incomplete toxicology reporting in drug overdose deaths, 2010-2016. Ann Epidemiol, 38, 65-69. United States. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.08.006

  • Friedman, S., Yucel, R.M., Wynn, C.E., & Gibbons, J.R. (2019). Muslim-Non-Muslim Locational Attainment in Philadelphia: A New Fault Line in Residential Inequality? Demography, 56(4), 1327-1348. United States. 10.1007/s13524-019-00797-z

  • Bloom, M.S., Wenzel, A.G., Brock, J.W., Kucklick, J.R., Wineland, R.J., Cruze, L., Unal, E.R., Yucel, R.M., Jiyessova, A., & Newman, R.B. (2019). Racial disparity in maternal phthalates exposure; Association with racial disparity in fetal growth and birth outcomes. Environ Int, 127, 473-486. Netherlands. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.005

  • Judson, M.A., Preston, S., Hu, K., Zhang, R., Jou, S., Modi, A., Sukhu, I., Ilyas, F., Rosoklija, G., & Yucel, R. (2019). Quantifying the relationship between symptoms at presentation and the prognosis of sarcoidosis. Respir Med, 152, 14-19. England. 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.03.012

  • Wu, M. & Yucel, R. (2019). Model-based inference on average causal effect in observational clustered data. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 19(1), 36-60. doi: 10.1007/s10742-019-00196-2.

  • Jaitovich, A., Khan, M.M., Itty, R., Chieng, H.C., Dumas, C.L., Nadendla, P., Fantauzzi, J.P., Yucel, R.M., Feustel, P.J., & Judson, M.A. (2019). ICU Admission Muscle and Fat Mass, Survival, and Disability at Discharge: A Prospective Cohort Study. Chest, 155(2), 322-330. United States. 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.023

  • Savadatti, S.S., Bell, E.M., Gates, M.A., Hosler, A.S., Yucel, R.M., & Misra, R. (2019). Metabolic Syndrome Among Asian Indians in the United States. J Public Health Manag Pract, 25(1), 45-52. United States. 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000738