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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Barbara C. Tilley is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research intersects the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with a focus on subfields such as Statistics and Probability, Neurology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Psychiatry and Mental health.

Their work covers several main research topics including Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Ethics in Clinical Research, and Health and Medical Research Impacts.

Barbara C. Tilley has contributed research papers to various academic journals. Some notable publications include:

  • Study in Parkinson's disease of exercise phase 3 (SPARX3): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, 2022, Trials
  • Using increased trust in medical researchers to increase minority recruitment: The RECRUIT cluster randomized clinical trial, 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Intent-to-treat analysis of cluster randomized trials when clusters report unidentifiable outcome proportions, 2020, Clinical Trials
  • Cost-effectiveness evaluation of the PROPPR trial transfusion protocols, 2020, Transfusion
  • The difference between concealment and blinding in clinical trials and why both are important. A reply to Garg and Mickenautsch, 2023, BMC Medical Research Methodology

Frequent co-authors in Barbara C. Tilley's work include Ruosha Li, Wendy A. Spigle, Kathleen McKee, Daniel M. Corcos, and Stacia M. DeSantis. This indicates collaboration across multiple studies and areas related to clinical trials and statistical methodology.

Their research has appeared in a number of publication venues such as:

  • Trials
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Trials
  • Transfusion
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology

Barbara C. Tilley has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) since 1992, reflecting longstanding involvement in the field of statistical science applied to medical research.

Best Publications

  • Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group.

    JC Grotta;M Kothari;Kma Welch

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Barbara C. Tilley;Stephanie R. Shaftman;Glenn T. Stebbins

  • Association of outcome with early stroke treatment: pooled analysis of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rt-PA stroke trials

    Werner Hacke;Geoffrey Donnan;Cesare Fieschi;Markku Kaste

  • Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

    Jonathan Emberson;Kennedy R Lees;Patrick Lyden;Lisa Blackwell

  • Time to treatment with intravenous alteplase and outcome in stroke: an updated pooled analysis of ECASS, ATLANTIS, NINDS, and EPITHET trials.

    Kennedy R Lees;Erich Bluhmki;Rüdiger von Kummer;Thomas G Brott

  • Transfusion of plasma, platelets, and red blood cells in a 1: 1:1 vs a 1:1:2 ratio and mortality in patients with severe trauma: The PROPPR randomized clinical trial

    John B. Holcomb;Barbara C. Tilley;Sarah Baraniuk;Erin E. Fox

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Stanley Fahn;Pablo Martinez-Martin;Werner Poewe

  • Improved reliability of the NIH Stroke Scale using video training. NINDS TPA Stroke Study Group.

    Patrick Lyden;T. Brott;B. Tilley;K. M A Welch

  • Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

    Joseph P. Broderick;Harold P. Adams;William Barsan;William Feinberg

  • How to identify tremor dominant and postural instability/gait difficulty groups with the movement disorder society unified Parkinson's disease rating scale: Comparison with the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale

    Glenn T. Stebbins;Christopher G. Goetz;David J. Burn;Joseph Jankovic

  • Effects of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke at one year

    Thomas G. Kwiatkowski;Richard B. Libman;Michael Frankel;Barbara C. Tilley

  • Admission glucose level and clinical outcomes in the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial.

    Askiel Bruno;S. R. Levine;M. R. Frankel;T. G. Brott

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies and subsequent thrombo-occlusive events in patients with ischemic stroke.

    Steven R Levine;Robin L Brey;Barbara C Tilley;J L P Thompson

  • Effect of erythropoietin and transfusion threshold on neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury: a randomized clinical trial

    Claudia S. Robertson;H. Julia Hannay;Jose-Miguel Yamal;Shankar Gopinath

  • Cost-effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke

    S. C. Fagan;S. C. Fagan;L. B. Morgenstern;A. Petitta;R. E. Ward

  • Lack of Clinical Significance of Early Ischemic Changes on Computed Tomography in Acute Stroke

    Suresh C. Patel;Steven R. Levine;Barbara C. Tilley;James C. Grotta

  • Agreement and Variability in the Interpretation of Early CT Changes in Stroke Patients Qualifying for Intravenous rtPA Therapy

    James C. Grotta;David Chiu;Mei Lu;Suresh Patel

  • Association of Serial Biochemical Markers With Acute Ischemic Stroke The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Stroke Study

    Edward C. Jauch;Christopher Lindsell;Joseph Broderick;Susan C. Fagan;Susan C. Fagan

  • Predicting prognosis after stroke: A placebo group analysis from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Trial

    Michael R. Frankel;L. B. Morgenstern;T. Kwiatkowski;M. Lu

  • Use of a Global Test for Multiple Outcomes in Stroke Trials With Application to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke t-PA Stroke Trial

    Barbara C. Tilley;John Marler;Nancy L. Geller;Mei Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher G. Goetz
Christopher G. Goetz Rush University Medical Center
Glenn T. Stebbins
Glenn T. Stebbins Rush University Medical Center
Steven R. Levine
Steven R. Levine SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Arch G. Mainous
Arch G. Mainous University of Florida
Mei Lu
Mei Lu Henry Ford Health System
Joseph P. Broderick
Joseph P. Broderick University of Cincinnati
Pablo Martinez-Martin
Pablo Martinez-Martin Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Thomas G. Brott
Thomas G. Brott Mayo Clinic
Sally W. Vernon
Sally W. Vernon The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Patrick D. Lyden
Patrick D. Lyden University of Southern California

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