Education

• Ph.D. (2014)-University of South Florida

Courses Taught

• STAT461/661: Applied Regression Models
• STAT469/669: Introduction to Biostatistics
• STAT771: Survival Analysis
• STAT711: Basic Computational Statistics using R
• PH731: Biostatistics

Selected Publications

Choi BJ, Hoselton S, Njau GN, Idamawatta IGCG, Carson P, McEvoy J. Estimating the prevalence of COVID-19 cases through the analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies derived from wastewater samples from North Dakota. Glob Epidemiol. 2023 Oct 12;6:100124. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2023.100124. PMID: 37881481; PMCID: PMC10594563.

McGrath R, Jurivich DA, Christensen BK, Choi BJ, Langford M, Rhee Y, Tomkinson GR, Hackney KJ. Examining the role of different weakness categories for mobility and future falls in older Americans. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s40520-023-02516-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37535311.

Roy, Souradip, Juan Li, Bong-Jin Choi, and Yan Bai. “A Lightweight Supervised Intrusion Detection Mechanism for IoT Networks.” Future Generation Computer Systems 127 (2022): 276–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.09.027.

McGrath BM, Johnson PJ, McGrath R, Cawthon PM, Klawitter L, Choi BJ. “A Matched Cohort Analysis for Examining the Association Between Slow Gait Speed and Shortened Longevity in Older Americans.” J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Aug;41(8):1905-1913. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221092399. Epub 2022 May 4. PMID: 35506669.

Parker K, Vincent B, Rhee Y, Choi BJ, Robinson-Lane SG, Hamm JM, Klawitter L, Jurivich DA, McGrath R. The estimated prevalence of no reported dementia-related diagnosis in older Americans living with possible dementia by healthcare utilization. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2022 Feb;34(2):359-365. doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01980-2. Epub 2021 Sep 15. PMID: 34524654; PMCID: PMC8925882.

Vachal K, Awasthi S, Khan IU, Zhou Y, Choi BJ, Tchakounte-Wakem S. Evaluating 24/7 Sobriety Program participant reoffense risk. J Safety Res. 2021 Sep;78:270-275. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2021.06.012. Epub 2021 Jul 17. PMID: 34399923.

McGrath BM, Johnson PJ, McGrath R, Cawthon PM, Klawitter L, Choi BJ. A Matched Cohort Analysis for Examining the Association Between Slow Gait Speed and Shortened Longevity in Older Americans. J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Aug;41(8):1905-1913. doi: 10.1177/07334648221092399. Epub 2022 May 4. PMID: 35506669.

Kelly Parker, Brenda Vincent, Yeong Rhee, Bong-Jin Choi, Sheria Robinson-Lane, Jeremy Hamm, Lukus Klawitter, “The Estimated Prevalence of No Reported Dementia-Related Diagnosis in Older Americans Living with Possible Dementia by Healthcare Utilization”, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 34, 359-365(2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01980-2

Vachal, Kimberly, Shantanu Awasthi, Ihsan Ullah Khan, Yun Zhou, Bong-Jin Choi, and Seguy Tchakounte-Wakem. “Evaluating 24/7 Sobriety Program Participant Reoffense Risk.” Journal of Safety Research 78 (September 1, 2021): 270–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2021.06.012.

Abhijeet R Patil, Bong-Jin Choi, Sangjin Kim, “Improving the classification performance with group lasso based ranking method”, Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry 204009(22 pages) DOI: 10.1142/S021963362040009X, (2020)

Fecri Karanki, Siew Hoon Lim, Bong-Jin Choi, “THE DETERMINANTS OF AERONAUTICAL CHARGES OF U.S. AIRPORTS: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS", Journal of Air Transport Management, DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.101825, (2020)

Brenda Vincent, Nathaniel Johnson, Grant Tomkinson, Ryan McGrath, Brian Clark, Bong-Jin Choi, “Sleeping Time is Associated with Functional Disability in a National Sample of Older Americans”, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01524-0, (2020)

Elizabeth Skoy, Michael Kelsch, Kylie Hall, Bong-Jin Choi, Paul Carson, “Increasing Adult Immunization Rates in a Rural State through Targeted Pharmacist Education”, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association S1544-3191(20)30202-8, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2020.04.014, (2020)