Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Division of Geriatric Medicine
3471 Fifth Ave
Kaufmann Medical Building,
Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-2360

Subashan Perera, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Office: 3471 Fifth Avenue
Kaufmann Medical Building, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-2365
Fax: 412-692-2370
E-mail: pereras@dom.pitt.edu
Education
BS, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1992
MS, Mathematics, Kansas State University, 1994
MS, Statistics, Kansas State University, 1996
PhD, Statistics, Kansas State University, 2000
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Aging
 
Profile
Subashan Perera is a Biostatistician with collaborative research interests in aging. He was a Biostatistician in the Theo and Alfred Landon Center on Aging and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and moved to Pittsburgh in 2004. His past research collaborations in aging were in areas of stroke, physical performance measures in the elderly, long-term care, bone health and back pain. He currently serves as the Co-Director and Senior Statistician of the Data Management and Analysis Core of the Pittsburgh Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Recent Grants
Title: Merck/AFAR Junior Investigator Award
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 2.5% salary support
Funding Agency: Merck/AFAR
Start Year: 2005
End Year: 2007
Title: Gait Variability: Epidemiology, Assessment & Management
Role: Biostatistician
Amount: 5% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2005
End Year: 2010
Title: Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students
Role: Biostatistician
Amount: 1% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2005
End Year: 2010
Title: Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine
Role: Biostatistician
Amount: 19% salary support
Funding Agency: John A. Hartford Foundation
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2007
Title: Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 46% salary support
Funding Agency: NIA/NIH
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Training in aging research for MD Investigators
Role: Biostatistician
Amount: 7% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Development of a Clinical Global Impressions of Frailty Scale
Role: Sr. Statistician
Amount: 200,000
Funding Agency: Eli Lilly and Co.
Start Year: 2002
End Year: 2006
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