Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Kevin E Thorpe M.Math

Research Interests

• Clinical trials
• Survival analysis
• Statistical computing
• Statistical education

Current Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• CHL 5201H Biostatistics I (Course Director)
• CHL 5202H Biostatistics II (Course Director)
• CHL 5226H Mathematical Foundations in Biostatistics (Co-Instructor)
• CHL 5209H Survival Analysis I (Guest Lecturer)

Representative Publications

Selected Publications (from 250 total)

• Maguire JL, Birken CS, Khovratovich M, DeGroot J, Carsley S, Thorpe KE, Mamdani M, Parkin PC. Modifiable Determinants of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Status in Early Childhood. JAMA Pediatr 2013; doi:10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.226
• Witt CM, Aickin M, Baca T, Cherkin D, Haan MN, Hammerschlag R, Hao JJ, Kaplan GA, Lao L, McKay T, Pierce B, Riley D, Ritenbaugh C, Thorpe K, Tunis S, Weissberg J, Berman BM. Effectiveness Guidance Document (EGD) for acupuncture research – a consensus document for conducting trials. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012; 12.
• Laupacis A, Lillie E, Dueck A, Straus S, Perrier L, Burton JM, Aviv R, Thorpe K, Feasby T, Spears J. Association between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis. Can Med Assoc J 2011; 183:16; doi:10.1503/cmaj.111074
• Saposnik G, Teasell R, Mandani M, Hall J, McIlroy W, Cheung D, Thorpe KE, Cohen LG, Bayley M. Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using Wii Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation. A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial and Proof of Principle. Stroke 2010; 41: 1477-1484.
• Steinhart B, Thorpe KE, Bayoumi AM, Moe G, Januzzi JL (Jr), Mazer CD. Improving the Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure Using a Validated Prediction Model. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54; 1515-1521.
• Thorpe KE, Zwarenstein M, Oxman AD, Treweek S, Furberg CD, Altman DG, Tunis S, Bergel E, Harvey I, Magid DJ, Chalkidou K. A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers. Can Med Assoc J 2009; 180(10).
• Thorpe KE, Zwarenstein M, Oxman AD, Treweek S, Furberg CD, Altman DG, Tunis S, Bergel E, Harvey I, Magid DJ, Chalkidou K. A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers. Journal Clin Epidemiol 2009; 62: 464-475.
• Taylor DW, Barnett HJM, Haynes RB, Ferguson GG, Sackett DL, Thorpe KE, Simard D, Silver FL, Hachinski V, Clagett GP, Barnes R, Spence JD, for the ASA and Carotid Endarterectomy (ACE) Trial Collaborators. Low-dose and high-dose acetylsalicylic acid for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 1999; Vol. 353 No. 9171.
• Barnett HJM, Taylor DW, Eliasziw M, Fox AJ, Ferguson GG, Haynes RB, Rankin RN, Clagett GP, Hachinski VC, Sackett DL, Thorpe KE, Meldrum HE for the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate or Severe Stenosis. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:1415-1425.