Ryan T. Pohlig

Ryan T. Pohlig, PhD


Director of the Biostatistics Core
Associate Professor
 302-831-8384

Office Location:
The Tower at STAR – Suite 614

Ryan Pohlig is the Director of the Biostatistics Core and a faculty member in the Epidemiology Program for the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. He graduate from the University of Scranton in 2005 and obtained a Ph.D. in Research Methodology from Pitt in 2013. He has participated in research in a wide range of fields including health sciences, psychology, biomechanics, social work and law, resulting in over 130 publications and being the lead statistician on more than 20 NIH grants. His interests include Structural Equation Modeling, Mixed Modeling, mediation and moderation, and study design.

Hiscox, L. V., McGarry, M. D.J., Schwarb, H., Van Houten, E. E., Pohlig, R.T., Roberts, N., Huesmann, G. R., Burzynska, A. Z., Sutton, B.P., Hillman, C. H., Kramer, A. F., Cohen, N. J., Barbey, A. K., Paulsen, K. D., & Johnson, C. L. (in press). Standard-space atlas of the viscoelastic properties of the human brain. Human Brain Mapping.

Miller, A., Pohlig, R.T., Reisman, D. S. (in press). Social and physical environmental factors in daily stepping activity in those with chronic stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2020.1803571

Huesmann, G. R., Schwarb, H., Smith, D. R., Pohlig, R.T., Anderson, A. T., McGarry, M. D. J., Paulsen, K. D., Wszalek, T. M., Sutton, B. P., & Johnson, C. L. (in press). Hippocampal stiffness in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy measured with MR elastography: Preliminary comparison with healthy participants. NeuroImage: Clinical. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102313

Mennella, J. A., Reiter, A., Brewer, B., Pohlig, R.T., Stallings, V. A., Trabulsi, J. C. (in press). Early weight gain forecasts accelerated eruption of deciduous teeth and later overweight status during infancy. Journal of Pediatrics. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.019

Smiljanec, K, Mbakwe, A., Ramos-Gonzalez, M., Pohlig, R.T., Lennon, S. (in press). Antioxidant cocktail following acute high sodium meal improves endothelial function in young, healthy males. Nutrition Research. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2020.05.011

Goodkind, S. Shook, J.J., Kolivoski, K., Pohlig, R.T., Little, A., & Kim, K. (2020). From child welfare to the criminal justice system: Mediating effects of juvenile justice and other system involvement. Child Maltreatment 25, 410-421. doi: 10.1177/1077559520904144

Sprague, A. L., Awokuse, D., Pohlig, R.T., Cortes, D. H., Silbernagel, K. G. (2020). Relationship Between Mechanical Properties (Shear Modulus and Viscosity), Age, and Sex in Uninjured Achilles Tendons. Translational Sports Medicine, 3(4) 321-327. doi: 10.1002/tsm2.148