Pedro A. Torres-Saavedra University Address

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨ez, Call Box 9000, Mayag¨ez, PR 00681-9000 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://goo.gl/C34doi

Citizenship Colombia & USA

Education 2013

2007

2001

Ph.D., Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S. Dissertation: Quantile Regression and Measurement Error Models. Advisors: Dr. Daowen Zhang and Dr. Huixia Judy Wang. M.S., Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Thesis: Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Binary Data. Advisor : Dr. Ra´ ul Macchiavelli. B.S., Statistics, National University of Colombia, Bogot´a D.C. Thesis: Network Sampling. Advisor : Dr. David Ospina.

Teaching 2013–2016 2013–

2008, 2012-2013

2007

2003–2006

Assistant Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Instructor Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Workshops of professional development for high-school teachers in the project AFAMaC-Mathematics. Teaching Assistant Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S. Served as a T.A. for Statistics in Plant Science (ST 524), Theory of Sampling Applied to Survey Design (ST 715), and Analysis of Survival Data (ST 745). Lecturer Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Taught undergraduate statistics courses (ESMA 3015-Introductory Statistics), and probability and introductory statistics workshops for high-school teachers. Created assessment plans to measure the impact of professional development projects. Teaching Assistant Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Taught undergraduate mathematics courses (MATE 3171-Pre-Calculus and MATE 3031-Calculus I).

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Experience 2014 – 2013 –

2011 – 2012

2007 – 2012

2004 – 2006

2002

2001–2003

2001

2000

1999

1999

Coordinator of the Statistical Collaboration Laboratory Department of Mathematical Sciences, UPRM. Statistical Consultant Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), Calverton, MD, US Mayaguez Medical Center, Mayaguez, PR, US. Statistician (Graduate Industrial Trainee) GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development Quantitative Sciences, Statistical Platforms and Technologies, Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S. Provided statistical support to drug discovery and development, and non-clinical studies. Research Assistant/Analyst Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) Alcohol, Policy and Safety Research Center (ALPS), Calverton, MD, U.S. Participated in the data management and statistical analyzes of a national survey about driving, drinking and drugs. Collaborated with the writing of national reports and peer-review papers. Provided statistical support for grant applications. Research Assistant Department of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨ uez, PR, U.S. Performed statistical modeling of data from experimental designs in agriculture. Statistical Consultant Checchi and Co. Consulting, Bogot´a, D.C., Colombia Designed sampling plans to assess an USAID-funded project and collaborated with the writing of the final report. Statistician YanHaaS S.A., Advanced Market Research, Bogot´a, D.C., Colombia Designed sampling plans for telephone and personal surveys, developed market research products based on statistical methods, and presented results to clients. Research Assistant Department of Sociology, National University of Colombia, Bogot´a D.C., Colombia Designed sampling plans for difficult-to-reach populations. SAS Programmer Pfizer, Bogot´ a D.C., Colombia Validated databases of clinical trials executed in the Latin American region using SAS. Research Assistant Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Javeriana University, Bogot´a D.C., Colombia Validated a Visual Basic-based software package to calculate sample size in clinical trials. Research Assistant Auxology Unit, School of Medicine, National University of Colombia, Bogot´a D.C., Colombia Designed questionnaires and analyzed data from growth (anthropometric) studies .

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Honors and Awards 2014 2014 2014

2012 2011 2010 2009–2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 1996–2002

Excellence in Productivity Award, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UPRM. NSF Travel Fellowship to the Latinoamerican Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics Cartagena, Colombia (co-sponsored by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences at UPRM) NSF Travel Fellowship to attend the Pan-American Advanced Study Institute on Spatio-Temporal Statistics (co-sponsored by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences at UPRM) (co-sponsored by the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences at UPRM) NSF Travel Fellowship to attend the 8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics Francis G. Giesbrecht Award for Consulting, Department of Statistics, NCSU Paige Plagge Graduate Award for Citizenship, Department of Statistics, NCSU Award to attend Summer School in Spatial Statistics, SAMSI, RTP, NC, U.S. NSF Fellowship, Bridge to the Doctorate, NCSU Member of Mu Sigma Rho: The National Statistics Honorary Society ENAR Travel Award Minority Fellowship to attend the short course “Introduction to Survey Estimation,” The Joint Program in Survey Methodology, College Park, MD, U.S. SAS Student Ambassador, SAS Global Forum (SUGI), Orlando, Florida Best Poster Award (co-author), XXIIIrd International Biometric Conference Montreal, Qu´ebec, Canada Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship, Program “Outstanding Students from Small Municipalities,” National University of Colombia, Bogot´a D.C., Colombia

Statistical Methodology Papers Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. (2013). Constructing Conditional Reference Charts for Grip Strength Measured with Error. Topics in Applied Statistics, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 55, pp 299-310. Torres, P. and Macchiavelli, R. (2007). Marginal Interpretation of Subject-Specific Curves: Logistic Normal Regression. SAS Global Forum (SUGI) Proceedings, 182. Torres, P. and Ospina, D. (2001). Cluster Sampling with Multiplicity: Total Estimation in Rare Populations. Revista Colombiana de Estad´ıstica, 24, 2: 121-140. Ortiz J., Torres, P., Neira, T., Casta˜ neda, J., and Castro A. (2000). Rules to Use the Normal Distribution as an Approximation to the Binomial Distribution. Revista Colombiana de Estad´ıstica, 23, 1: 65-70.

Collaborative Papers Baker, N., Appeldoorn, R. and Torres-Saavedra, P. (2016). Fishery independent surveys of the queen conch stock in western Puerto Rico, with an assessment of historical trends and management effectiveness. Marine and Coastal Fisheries (Accepted). Torres, P., Romano, E. and Lacey, J.H. (2014). The relative risk of involvement in fatal crashes as a function of race/ethnicity and blood alcohol concentration. Journal of Safety Research, 48, 95-101. Romano, E., Torres, P., Voas, R. and Lacey, J. (2014). Drugs and Alcohol: Their Relative Crash Risk. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75(1), 56-64. Romano, E., Torres-Saavedra, P., Voas, R. B., and Lacey, J. (2013). Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes: Risk for Drivers with Previous DWI. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. Popa-Burke, I., Lane, C.A., Hogan, R., Novick, S., Torres-Saavedra, P., Hardy, B., Ray, B., Gomez, M., Paulus, I., Miller, L. (2014). The Effect of Initial Purity on the Stability of Solutions in Storage. Journal of Biomolecular Screening, 19(2), 308-316.

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Voas, R. B., Torres, P., Romano, E. and Lacey, J.H. (2012) Alcohol-Related Risk of Driver Fatalities: An Update Using 2007 Data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, May, 73, 3: 341-50 (second place in 2012-2013 top downloads of original research/reviews). Lacey, J.H., Kelley-Baker, T., Voas, R.B., Romano, E., Furr-Holden, C.D., Torres, P., & Berning, A. (2011) Alcohol- and Drug-Involved Driving in the United States: Methodology for the 2007 National Roadside Survey. Evaluation Review. E. Romano, T. Kelley-Baker and P. Torres (2011). Female Involvement in U.S. Fatal Crashes Under a Three-level Hierarchical Crash Model: Mediating and Moderating Factors. Women’s Issues in Transportation, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference. Lacey, J., Kelley-Baker, T., Furr-Holden, D., Voas, R. Moore, C., Brainard, K., Tippetts, S., Romano, E., Torres, P. and Berning, A. (2009). 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers: Methodology. DOT HS 811 237, December. Lacey, J., Kelley-Baker, T., Furr-Holden, D., Voas, R., Romano, E., Torres, P., Tippetts, S., Ramirez, A., Brainard, K., and Berning, A. (2009). 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers: Alcohol Results. DOT HS 811 248, December. Lacey, J., Kelley-Baker, T., Furr-Holden, D., Voas, R., Romano, E., Ramirez, A., Brainard, K., Moore, C., Torres, P., and Berning, A. (2009). 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers: Drug Results. DOT HS 811 249, December.

Presentations Torres, P., and Macchiavelli, R. (2015). Semiparametric Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Plant Severity. Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, US. Torres, P., and Macchiavelli, R. (2014). Semiparametric Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Plant Severity. XXX SIDIM, Mayaguez, PR. Torres, P., and Macchiavelli, R. (2014). Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Plant Severity. Latinoamerican Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Cartagena, Colombia. Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. J. (2014). Quantile Regression for Repeated Responses Measured with Error. Joint Statistical Meetings (Contributed Session), Boston, MA, US. Torres, P., and Macchiavelli, R. (2014). Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Plant Severity. XXVII International Biometric Conference, Florence, Italy. Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. J. (2012). Quantile Regression for Repeated Responses Measured with Error. 8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics, Istanbul, Turkey. Voas, R. B., Torres, P. and Romano, E. (2011). Has the Risk of an Alcohol-Related Crash Changed in the Last Decade?. 34th Annual RSA Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Torres, P. and Macchiavelli, R. (2007). Marginal Interpretation of Subject-specific Curves: Logistic Normal Regression. SAS Global Forum (SUGI), Orlando, Florida. Torres, P. and Macchiavelli, R. (2006). Alternatives of Analysis for Binary Longitudinal Data: Logistic Model with Random Intercepts. Symposium of Statistics, Colombia. Torres, P. and Macchiavelli, R. (2005). Orthogonal Gauss-Hermite Polynomials and its Use in Marginalized Models. SIDIM, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Ortiz, J. and Torres, P. (2000). Graphical Analysis of Regression using R-code Program. Symposium of Statistics, Colombia. Ortiz, J. and Torres, P. (1999). Lilliefors’ Technique and Its Use to Test Goodness of Fit. Symposium of Statistics, Colombia.

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Poster Presentations Torres-Saavedra, P. and Rivera, R. (2016) RepASA: A Virtual Repository to Improve Statistics Teaching in High-Schools in Puerto Rico, JSM, Chicago, IL, US. Jaramillo, E., Vald´es, D. and Torres-Saavedra, Pedro A. (2015) Percentile Curves from Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Strategic Planning, 2015 Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, Orlando, FL, US. Torres-Saavedra, Pedro A., Romano, Eduardo, Voas, Robert B. and Lacey, John. (2015) Drugs and Alcohol: Their Relative Crash Risk. Expoestad´ısticas 2015, Caguas, PR. Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. (2015). Quantile Curves for Repeated Responses Measured with Error with Application to Usual Nutrient Intake. Congreso Espa˜ol de Biometr´ıa y Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometr´ıa, Bilbao, Espa˜ na. Torres, P., and Macchiavelli, R. (2015). Semiparametric Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Plant Severity. Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, US. Calder´ on, H. and Torres-Saavedra, Pedro A. (2014). Negative Binomial-Lindley distribution for count data with excess of zeros, XXX SIDIM, Mayaguez, PR. Torres-Saavedra, Pedro A., Romano, Eduardo, Voas, Robert B. and Lacey, John. (2014) Drugs and Alcohol: Their Relative Crash Risk. 34th Annual Research and Education Forum of the Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR. Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. (2011). Quantile Regression for Repeated Measurements Under the Presence of Measurement Error. SACNAS, San Jose, CA, U.S. Torres, P., Zhang, D. and Wang, H. (2011). Quantile Regression for Repeated Responses Measured with Error. Pan-American Institute of Advanced Studies in Probability and Statistics (PASI), Xalapa, Veracruz, M´exico. Torres, P. and Macchiavelli, R. (2008). Marginal Interpretation of Subject-Specific Curves: Logistic Normal Regression. Graduate Student Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, U.S. Macchiavelli, R. and Torres, P. (2006). Applications of Logistic-Normal Models to Study the Epidemiology of White Rot in Garlic. XXIIIrd International Biometric Conference, Montreal, Canada. Macchiavelli, R. and Torres, P. (2005). Gauss-Hermite Polynomials and Its Use in the LogisticNormal Model. SIDIM, PR, U.S.

Grant proposals Alcohol and other drugs: Crash risk for different groups of drivers, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (NIH Subaward), 07/01/2015-06/30/2017. Funds: $89,000 (PI). ASA Biometrics Section-Strategic Initiatives Grant, American Statistical Association, 08/201505/2016. Funds: $1,500 (PI). Improving the Usefulness to the Community of Open Data Portals, American Statistical Association, 04/2016-03/2017. Funds: $8,500 (Co-PI). A Virtual Repository to Improve Statistics Teaching in High Schools in Puerto Rico, American Statistical Association, 04/2015-03/2016. Funds: $14,500 (PI). Alliance for Strengthening Mathematics Learning (AFAMaC-Mathematics), PR Department of Education, 06/2016-05/2017. Funds: $308,847 (Co-PI). Alliance for Strengthening Mathematics Learning (AFAMaC-Mathematics), PR Department of Education, 06/2015-05/2016. Funds: $300,000 (Co-PI). Developing Generalized Linear Mixed Models for the Strategic Highway Safety Planning Process, University Transportation Research Center II (UTRC-II), 04/2014-04/2015. Funds: $85,000 (Co-PI).

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Graduate committees 2013

2014

MS Student: Liz Ter´ an, Mathematical Sciences (Chair). MS Student: Eliana Mangones, Mathematical Sciences (Member). MS Student: Adriana Calvo, Mathematical Sciences (Member). MS Student: Hilda I. Calder´ on, Mathematical Sciences (Chair). Ph.D. Student: Erika Jaramillo, Civil Engineering (Member) Ph.D. Student: Roberto Trespalacio, CISE (Member) MS Student: Mayra Baquero, Mathematical Sciences (Member) MS Student: Cristian Gutierrez, Mathematical Sciences (Member) MS Student: Mayra Baquero, Mathematical Sciences (Member) MS Student: Deiver Su´ arez, Mathematical Sciences (Member) Ph.D. Student: Alex Berm´ udez, Civil Engineering (Member)

Professional Activities 2016 2015

2014

2013

2012 2011

2011, 2009 2011, 2009 2009 2008

2004–2006 2003 2002 2000 1999

HPC Monthly Workshop: Big Data. XSEDE-Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Joint Statistical Meetings (Poster Presentation), Chicago, IL, US. Workshop in Big Data Analysis Methods for Health Research, Medical Sciences Campus, PR Clinical and Translational Research Consortium, UPR, San Juan, PR, US. Symposium on Health Informatics in Latin American and the Caribbean (SHILAC), UPR, San Juan, PR, U Joint Statistical Meetings (Speed Oral Presentation), Seattle, WA, US. Congreso Espa˜ nol de Biometr´ıa y Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometr´ıa, Bilbao, Espa˜ na. ExpoEstad´ısticas 2015, Instituto de Estad´ısticas de PR, Caguas, PR, US. Joint Statistical Meetings (Contributed Session), Boston, MA, US. XXVII International Biometric Conference, Florence, Italy. Latinoamerican Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Cartagena, Colombia. 34to Foro Anual de Investigaci´ on y Educaci´on del Recinto de Ciencias M´edicas, San Juan, PR. Kuali Coeous Proposal Development Training, UPR-RUM, Mayaguez, PR., U.S. FCOI Online NIH Training. Workshop on Tools for Monitoring and Identifying Research Funds InfoEdSPIN, UPR-RUM, Mayaguez, PR., U.S.. Workshop on Effective Time Management as a Researcher, UPR-RUM, Mayaguez, PR., U.S. NIH Training in Protecting Human Research Participants. Reviewer for Journal of Accident Analysis & Prevention. Workshop in Geographic Information Systems, UPRM, Mayaguez, PR., U.S. Workshop in Social Networks, SAMSI, RTP, NC, U.S. 8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics, Istanbul, Turkey. Panamerican Institute of Advanced Studies in Probability and Statistics (PASI), Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. International Indian Statistical Association (IISA), Raleigh, NC, U.S. Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Meeting, International Biometric Society (IBS). Workshop “Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics,” ENAR, Miami, FL, and San Antonio, TX, U.S. Joint Statistical Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S. Summer School in Spatial Statistics, SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S. The Compact for Faculty Diversity, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Tampa, FL, U.S. Workshop “Introduction to Survey Estimation,” The Joint Program in Survey Methodology, College Park, MD. Mathematics Symposium (SIDIM), PR, U.S. Statistics Applied to Health Sciences Symposium, National University of Colombia, Colombia Statistics Applied to Environmental Sciences Symposium, National University of Colombia Census and Surveys Symposium, National University of Colombia Quality Control Symposium, National University of Colombia

Computing Skills SAS, R, JMP, STATA, SPSS, Design Expert LATEX , Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Windows Platform

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Professional Societies Undergraduate Mentor, National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (Math Alliance). American Statistical Association (ASA), PR Chapter (treasurer and co-founder) International Biometric Society (IBS), Eastern North American and Central American-Caribbean Region Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), NCSU Chapter (co-founder)

September, 2016