Dr. Jimmy Efird holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and as Epidemiologist/Chief Statistician (Leader, Shared Resources) in the Center for Health Disparities Research under the direction of Dr. Hope Landrine. He also serves as Director of Epidemiology and Outcomes Research for the ECU Heart Institute and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.  Prior to joining ECU, Dr. Efird was Director of the Biostatistics Facility at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (Honolulu, Hawaii) and an Associate Member of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. Additionally, he headed the Shared Resources Unit for the Hawaii EXPORT Center (diabetes disparities and associated complications in Native Hawaiians and Pacific peoples) and continues to serve as the Consulting Statistical Director for the PILI Ohana Program (Partnerships to Overcome Obesity Disparities in Hawaii) and Consulting Statistician for the Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research. He is Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Informatics, Associate Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics, Associate Editor of Advances in Computational Research, and serves on the editorial board for Rare Tumors Journal, Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis, Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy, American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics, Hawaii Journal of Public Health, and Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. Dr. Efird has over 100 publications in scientific journals and proceedings.

Education

• Advanced analytic methods in epidemiologic research
• Genetic epidemiology
• Cardiovascular epidemiology
• Neuro epidemiology
• Cancer research (brain, skin, HPV-related)
• Health disparities research

Courses Taught

• MPH 6011  Introduction to Epidemiology
• MPH 6021  Chronic Disease Epidemiology
• MPH 6991/2  Professional Paper I &II

Website and Publication Links

The Combined Influence of Oral Contraceptives and Human Papillomavirus Virus on Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma 

Blocked Randomization with Randomly Selected Block Sizes

Epidemiology of Glioma

Dr. Efird CV