Office: 1114 Mayo Phone: (612) 626-2104 Fax: (612) 626-0650 gmphd@umn.edu   B.S., Psychobiology, University of California, Los Angeles M.S.P.H., Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D., Epidemiology (Biostatistics minor), University of California, Los Angeles

Research and Teaching Interests

Epidemiologic methodology

Peer-reviewed Publications

1.     Maldonado G, Greenland S. Interpreting model coefficients when the true model form is unknown. Epidemiology 1993;4:310-318.     

2.     Maldonado G, Greenland S. Simulation study of confounder-selection strategies. American Journal of Epidemiology 1993;138:923-936. (Cited 211 times as of 10/06.)     

3.     Maldonado G, Greenland S. A comparison of the performance of model-based confidence intervals when the correct model form is unknown. Coverage of asymptotic means. Epidemiology 1994;5:171-182.      

4.     Greenland S, Maldonado G. The interpretation of multiplicative-model parameters as standardized parameters. Statistics in Medicine 1994;13:989-999.     

5.     Greenland S, Maldonado G. Inference on collapsibility in generalized linear models. Biometrical Journal 1994;36:771-782.     

6.     Maldonado G. Interpreting epidemiological studies. In W. Draper (Ed.) Environmental Epidemiology. Advances in Chemistry Series No. 241, American Chemical Society Books, 1994.     

7.     Maldonado G, Greenland S. Impact of model-form selection on the accuracy of rate estimation. Epidemiology 1996;7:46-54.     

8.     Maldonado G, Greenland S. Impact of model-form selection on the performance of confidence intervals. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 1996;143:S24.     

9.     Mittleman M, Maldonado G, Gerberich SG, Smith GS, Sorock GS. Alternative approaches to analytic designs in occupational injury epidemiology. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1997;32:129-141.     

10.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. The importance of critically interpreting simulation studies. Epidemiology 1997;8:453-456. (Invited commentary.)     

11.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. Factoring versus linear modeling in rate estimation: A simulation study of relative accuracy. Epidemiology 1998;9:432-435.

12.  Maldonado G. Informal evaluation of bias may be inadequate. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 1998;147:S82.

13.  Maldonado G, Poole C. More research is needed. Annals of Epidemiology 1999;9:17-18. (Invited editorial.)

14.  Maldonado G, Delzell E, Poole C. A unified approach to conducting and interpreting epidemiologic studies of congenital malformations. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 1999;149:S59.

15.  Phillips CV, Maldonado G. Using Monte Carlo methods to quantify the multiple sources of error in studies. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 1999;149:S17.

16.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. The causal-contrast study design. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 2000; 151:S39.

17.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. A method to examine whether error due to misclassification of a binary exposure can explain an association. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 2000; 151:S40.

18.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. The intervention-prediction study design. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 2001;153:S182.

19.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. Estimating causal effects. International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:422-429. (Cited 52 times as of 10/06.)

20.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. Response: Defining and estimating causal effects. International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:435-438.

21.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. The role of the target population in estimating causal effects. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 153:S35.

22.  Maldonado G, Delzell E, Tyl S, Sever LE. Occupational exposure to glycol ethers and human congenital malformations. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2003;76:405-423.

23.  Maldonado G, Phillips CV. Wishful thinking. (Invited editorial.) Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2004, 1:2 doi:10.1186/1742-5573-1-2.

24.  Jurek AM, Greenland S, Maldonado G, Church TR. Proper interpretation of non-differential misclassification effects: expectations versus observations. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005;34:680-687.

25.  Maldonado G. Quantifying the impact of study imperfections on study results. (Abstract) American Journal of Epidemiology 2005:161;S100.

26.  Singer RS, Ward MP, Maldonado G. Can landscape ecology untangle the complexity of antibiotic resistance? Nat Rev Micro (In press.)

27.  Jurek AM, Maldonado G, Greenland S, Church TR. Uncertainty analysis: an example of its application to estimating a survey proportion. (In review.)

28.  Jurek AM, Maldonado G, Church TR, Greenland S. Exposure-measurement error is frequently ignored when interpreting epidemiologic study results. (In review.)

29.  Maldonado G. Adjusting a relative-risk estimate for study imperfections. (In review.)

30.  Maldonado G, Greenland S. The causal-contrast study design. (In preparation.)