Bautista, Dianne Carrol Tan

Research Interests:

Dianne's doctoral thesis was on the simultaneous optimization of multiple goal functions via computer experiments-an alternative to physical experiments when assessing the risk of high consequence systems that cannot be tested physically, among its many applications. Presently, she's interested in methods for evidence synthesis, exploring applications of computer experiments in biomedical research, and assisting clinician-investigators develop their research ideas. Her current projects include constructing local pediatric growth charts, investigating factors predictive of conversion to psychosis among youth-at-risk as well as features of Asian depression, and reviewing the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese herbal medicine for vascular dementia. She's part of a team that provides training workshops on doing Cochrane systematic reviews.

Selected Publications:

Dworkin, A., Ridd K., Bautista, D., Allain, D., Iwenofu, H., Roy, R., Bastian, B., Toland, A., “Germline variation controls architecture of somatic alterations in tumors”, PLoS Genetics 6(9):e1001136.doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001136, 2010.

Majumdar, A., Debashis, P., and Bautista, D., “A Generalized Convolution Model for Multivariate Non-Stationary Spatial Processes,” Statistica Sinica Vol 20 pp 675-692, 2010.