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INTERESTS

Methodological:
Spatial and Space-Time Statistics, Bayesian Modeling, Statistical Computing, Multivariate Analysis

Applied:
Environmental Exposure and Health, Neighborhood Effects, Air Pollution, Crime, Infectious Disease Dynamics, Population Ecology
SUPPORT

My current research is funded by grants from the NSF, the NIH, and NASA.
PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles (Refereed):

Calder, C.A., Craigmile, P.F., and Zhang, J. (2009). Regional Spatial Modeling of Topsoil Geochemistry. Biometrics, 65, 206-215, DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.01041.x. (Journal Webpage)

Craigmile, P.F., Calder, C.A., Li, H., Paul, R., and Cressie, N. (2009). Hierarchical Model Building, Fitting, and Checking: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Bayesian Analysis of Arsenic Exposure Pathways (with discussion). Bayesian Analysis, 4 (1), 1-36, DOI:10.1214/09-BA401. (Journal Webpage)

Cressie, N., Calder, C.A., Clark, J.S., Ver Hoef, J.M., and Wikle, C.K. (2009). Accounting for Uncertainty in Ecological Analysis: The Strengths and Limitations of Hierarchical Statistical Modeling (with discussion). Ecological Applications, 19(3), 553-570. (Journal Webpage)

Calder, C.A. (2008). A Bayesian Dynamic Process Convolution Approach to Modeling PM2.5 and PM10 Concentration Levels. Environmetrics, 19, 39-48, DOI: 10.1002/env.852. (Journal Webpage)

Calder, C.A., Craigmile, P.F., Mosley-Thompson, E. (2008). Spatial Variation in the Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Precipitation Across Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D06112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009227. (Journal Webpage)

Calder, C.A., Holloman, C.H., Bortnick, S., Strauss, W. and Morara, M. (2008). Relating Ambient Particulate Matter Concentration Levels to Mortality Using an Exposure Simulator. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103(481), 137-148. (Journal Webpage)

LaDeau, S.L., Marra, P.P, Kilpatrick, A.M., and Calder, C.A. (2008). West Nile Virus Revisited: Consequences for North American Ecology. Bioscience, 58, 937-946. (Journal Webpage)

Munroe, D.K., Wolfinbarger, S., Calder, C.A., Shi, T., Xiao, N., Lam, C.Q, Li, D. (2008). The Relationships Between Biomass Burning, Land-Cover/Use Change, and the Distribution of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Review and Synthesis. Journal of Land Use Science, 3, 161-183. (Journal Webpage)

Santner, T.J., Craigmile, P.F., Calder, C.A., and Paul, R. (2008). Demographic and Behavioral Modifiers of Arsenic Exposure Pathways: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of NHEXAS Data. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(15), 5607-5614. (Journal Webpage)

Xiao, N., Shi, T., Calder, C.A., Munroe, D.K., Berrett, C., Wolfinbarger, S., and Li, D. (2008). Spatial Characteristics of the Difference between MISR and MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals over Mainland Southeast Asia. Remote Sensing of Environment, (Journal Webpage)

Li, H., Calder, C.A., and Cressie, N. (2007). Beyond Moran's I: Testing for Spatial Dependence Based on the SAR Model. Geographical Analysis, 39, 357-375. (Journal Webpage)

Calder, C.A. (2007). Dynamic Factor Process Convolution Models for Multivariate Space-Time Data with Application to Air Quality Assessment. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 14, 229-247, doi:10.1007/s10651-007-0019-y. (Journal Webpage)

Cressie, N., Buxton, B.E., Calder, C.A., Craigmile, P.F., Dong, C., McMillan, N.J., Morara, M., Santner, T.J., Wang, K., Young, G., and Zhang, J. (2007). From Sources to Biomarkers: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Human Exposure Modeling. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 137, 3361– 3379. (Journal Webpage)

Wheeler, D. and Calder, C.A. (2007). An Assessment of Coefficient Accuracy in Linear Regression Models with Spatially Varying Coefficients. Journal of Geographical Systems, 9, 145-166.

Xiao, N., Calder, C.A., and Armstrong, M.C. (2007). Assessing the Effect of Uncertainty on Choropleth Map Classification. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 21(2), 121-144. (Journal Webpage)

Mosley-Thompson, E., Readinger, C.R., Craigmile, P., Thompson, L.G., and Calder,C.A. (2005). Regional Sensitivity of Greenland Precipitation to NAO Variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L24707, doi:10.1029/2005GL024776. (Journal Webpage)

Lee, H.K.H., Higdon, D.M., Calder, C.A., and Holloman, C.H. (2005). Efficient Models for Correlated Data via Convolutions of Intrinsic Processes. Statistical Modelling, 5(1), 53-74. (R code)

Holloman, C.H., Bortnik, S., Morara, M., Strauss, W., and Calder, C.A. (2004). A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach for Relating PM2.5 Exposure to Cardiovascular Mortality in North Carolina. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(3), 1282-1288. (Journal Webpage)

Dunson, D.B., Holloman, C., Calder, C., and Gunn, L. (2004). Bayesian Analysis of Lesion Onset and Growth from Interval Censored Data. Biometrics, 60(3), 676-683. (Journal Webpage)

Calder, C.A., Lavine, M., Muller, P., and Clark, J.S. (2003). Incorporating Multiple Sources of Stochasticity into Dynamic Population Models. Ecology, 84(6), 1395-1402. (Journal Webpage)

In Books (Refereed):

Calder, C.A. and Cressie, N. Kriging and Variogram Models. In the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. In press.

Calder, C.A., Holloman, C., and Higdon, D. (2002). Exploring Space-Time Structure in Ozone Concentration Using a Dynamic Process Convolution Model. In Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics 6. 165-176.

In Books (Nonrefereed):

Kwan, M.-P., Peterson, R.D., Browning, C.R., Burrington, L., Calder, C.A., and Krivo, L.J. (2008). Reconceptualizing Sociogeographic Context for the Study of Drug Use, Abuse, and Addiction. In Geography and Drug Addiction, edited by Y. Thomas, D. Richardson, and I. Cheung, 445-454. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

In Conference Proceedings (Nonrefereed):

Paul, R., Cressie, N., Buxton, B.E., Calder, C.A., Craigmile, P.F., Li, H., McMillan, N.J., Morara, M., Sanford, J., Santner, T.J., Zhang, J. A Bayesian Hierarchical Model of Arsenic Exposure Based on NHEXAS Data: A Comparison of US EPA Region 5 and Arizona. To appear in the Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings. Salt Lake City, UT. July 29 - August 2, 2007.

Calder, C.A. and Cressie, N. Some Topics in Convolution-Based Spatial Modeling. Proceedings of the 56th Session of the International Statistics Institute. Lisbon, Portugal. August 22-29, 2007. (PDF)

Wheeler, D. and Calder, C.A. Bayesian Spatially Varying Coefficient Models in the Presence of Collinearity. Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings. Seattle, WA. August 6-10, 2006. (PDF)

Calder, C.A. Efficient Posterior Inference and Prediction of Space-Time Processes Using Dynamic Process Convolutions. In the Joint Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and the Fifteenth Annual Conference of TIES, The International Environmetrics Society. Portland, Maine. June 28 - July 1, 2004. (PDF)

Other (Nonrefereed):

Calder, C.A. (2006). Bayesian Modeling of Exposure Pathways. International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Bulletin, 13(1), 10-12.

Manuscripts Under Review:

LaDeau, S.L., Calder, C.A., Doran, P.J., and Marra, P.P. Does Anthropogenic Development Facilitate West Nile Virus Amplification in North America? (Submitted October 2008).

Browning, C.R., Byron, R., Calder, C.A., Krivo, L.J., Kwan, M.-P., Lee,J.Y., and Peterson, R.D. Commercial Density, Residential Concentration, and Crime: Land Use Patterns and Violence in Neighborhood Context. (Submitted June 2008)

Krivo, L.J., Byron, R.A., Calder, C.A., Peterson, R.D., Browning, C.R., Kwan, M.-P., Lee, J.Y. Patterns of Local Segregation: Do They Matter for Neighborhood Crime? (Submitted February 2008).

Department of Statistics
The Ohio State University