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Bakeerathan Gunaratnam, PhD
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
Assistant Professor
485 E. Gray St., Room 135
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-852-3525
Fax: 502-852-3294
b0guna01@louisville.edu
About
I joined the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics at UofL in the Fall of 2013 at the rank of Postdoctoral Scholar.
Education
Ph.D. Statistics (2013), Case Western Reserve University
M.Phil. Statistics (2007), Cardiff University, United Kingdom
M.Sc. Applied Statistics (2003), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
B.Sc. Mathematics (2000), University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Research Interests
My primary research interests include stable and Linnik processes, logistic regression and clinical trials. I also collaborate with the Department of OB/GYN and Women's Health, and the School of Dentistry.
Teaching
PHST 620 - Introduction to Statistical Computing (SAS)
PHST 624 - Clinical Trials
PHST 640 - Statistical Methods for Research Design
PHST 681 - Biostatistical Methods
PHST 710 - Advanced Statistical Modeling I (R)
PHST 751- High Throughput Data Analysis
OBIO 501- Biomedical Data Analysis and Design
Publications
B.Gunaratnam and W.A. Woyczynski, 2016. Creation and Preservation of Shocks in Linnik Conservation Laws, “Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive System”, 23, 231-250.
D.Torres, J.Shiber, R.Pasic, S.Biscette, B.Gunaratnam and G.Lang, 2015 . Identifying the Rate-Limiting Step in Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in a training Hospital, “The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology”, 22(6), 974-979.
B.Gunaratnam and W.A. Woyczynski, 2015. Multiscale Conservation Laws Driven by Lèvy Stable and Linnik Diffusions: Asymptotics, Shock Creation, Preservation and Dissolution, “Journal of Statistical Physics”, vol 160(1), 29-59.
T.E.Franklin, C.V.Salyer and B.Gunaratnam, 2015.Monthly Trends in Abortion Access and Care in Kentucky, “Contraception”, vol 91(5), pp 427-428.
G.Bakeerathan and N.Leonenko, 2008. Linnik Processes, “Random Operators and Stochastic Equations”, vol 16(3), pp 109-130.
G.Bakeerathan and S.Samita, 2003. A Non-Parametric Approach in Testing Higher Order Interactions, “Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics”, vol 4, pp 15-25.
