Curtis Tatsuoka, Ph.D.
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences /JJN3

Telephone: 216 444-6254
Fax: 216 445-2781
tatsuoc@ccf.org

Positions:
Associate Staff, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, 2007-present

Education:
Ph.D., Cornell University, Statistics, 1996

Key Interests:
Statistical models of cognition, sequential experimental design, quality of life measurement, group testing

Selected Publications:
Jaeger, J., Tatsuoka, C., Berns, S., Varadi, F., Czobor, P., and Uzelac, S. (2006). Associating functional recovery with neurocognitive profiles identified using partially ordered classification models, Schizophrenia Research, 85, 40-48.

Jaeger, J., Tatsuoka, C., Berns, S., and Varadi, F. (2006). Distinguishing neurocognitive functions using partially ordered classification models, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32, 679-691.

Tatsuoka, C. (2005). Optimal sequencing of experiments in Bayesian group testing. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 133, 479-488.

Ferguson , T. and Tatsuoka, C. (2004). An optimal strategy for sequential classification on partially ordered sets. Statistics and Probability Letters, 68, 161-168.

Tatsuoka, C. and Ferguson , T. (2003). Sequential classification on partially ordered sets. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, 65, 143-157.

Tatsuoka, C. (2002). Data analytic methods for latent partially ordered classification models. Applied Statistics (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C), 51, 337-350. See also Corrigendum (2005), 54, 465-467.

Tatsuoka, C. (2001). A method for remediation. U.S. patent.

Tatsuoka, C. (2001). A method for interacting with a test subject with respect to knowledge and functionality. U.S. patent.

Tatsuoka, C. (1998). A method for classifying test subjects in knowledge and functionality states. U.S. patent.

Grants:
NIMH, Principal Investigator, R01 MH65538-01, “Statistical Models of NP Functioning for MH Services”, Methodology Research Program, 2/01/03-8/31/07. (NP stands for Neuropsychological, MH stands for Mental Health)

NIMH, Research Supplement Grant to R01 MH55585-05S1 (grant of Dr. Judith Jaeger, Long Island Jewish Hospital), “Neuropsychology of Psychiatric Disability and Service Need”, 6/01/02-8/31/03.

NSF, Principal Investigator, "Cognitive Diagnosis with Multinomial Response Distributions", SES-9810202, Measurement and Statistics Program, Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, 9/15/98-8/31/00.

Service:
Member, Services Research Review Committee, NIMH, 6/03-6/05.