Senior Biostatistician, Sealy Center on Aging
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Director for Research, Center for Comparative Effectiveness and Cancer Outcomes
Honorary Life Member Award, Texas Public Health Association (2008)

Contact Information:
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas 77555-0177
email: cacooksl@utmb.edu

Catherine Cooksley is a Senior Biostatistician for the Center for Comparative Effectiveness and Cancer Outcomes. She is trained in public health epidemiology, specifically disease surveillance and control. Dr. Cooksley spent the past 19 years at the UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. While there, she provided data management and statistical analytic support to faculty, students and staff who conducted clinical and population-based health services and outcomes research. Dr. Cooksley's expertise includes cancer registry procedures, claims data and database linkage strategies. Collaborating with researchers and clinicians from multidisciplinary backgrounds, she has authored or contributed to papers investigating health care delivery and supportive care needs of cancer patients and survivors utilizing databases such as the SEER linked Medicare data, Texas and national inpatient and survey databases including National Health Interview Survey and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Dr. Cooksley is the current editor of the Texas Public Health Journal.

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