Biostatistician
Department of Biostatistics
Contact Information
Office: Rahn 3236
Phone: 501-526-6727
Email: JDThostenson@uams.edu
Academic, Research and Policy Affiliations
American Statistical Association, Central Arkansas Statistical Association, ARprevention.org ( SEOW )
Education
2005 – M.S. (Statistics), Iowa State University
1999 – B.A. (Mathematics & Statistics), University of Minnesota
Research Interest
Repeated Measures, Linear and Generalized Linear Models, Missing Data Methods, Agreement Analysis, Clinical Trials, Observational Studies
Recent Publications
Potent suppression of bone remodeling by denosumab does not blunt the anabolic response to romosozumab in mice. Bustamante-Gomez C, Fu Q, Goellner JJ, Thostenson JD, Reyes-Pardo H, O’Brien CA. Bone. 2025 Jun 16;199:117567. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2025.117567. PMID: 40532840
Exploratory study of heart rate variability among participants with opioid use disorder inducted on gabapentin versus placebo during outpatient buprenorphine-assisted transition to injection naltrexone. Fitzgerald LR, Weaver JW, Mancino MJ, Addicott MA, Larson-Prior LJ, Thostenson JD, Oliveto AH. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Jul 10. doi: 10.1037/pha0000784. PMID: 40638301
A Predictive Model for Graves’ Disease Recurrence After Antithyroid Drug Therapy: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study. El Kawkgi O, Toro-Tobon D, Toloza FJK, Vallejo S, Jacome CS, Ayala IN, Vallejo BA, Wenczenovicz C, Tzeng O, Spencer HJ, Thostenson JD, Li D, Kohlenberg J, Lincango E, Mohan S, Castellanos-Diaz J, Maraka S, Ospina NS, Brito JP. Endocr Pract. 2025 Apr;31(4):455-464. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2024.12.011. Epub 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39694327.
Reduced OPG expression by osteocytes may contribute to rebound resorption after denosumab discontinuation.
Fu Q, Bustamante-Gomez NC, Reyes-Pardo H, Gubrij I, Escalona-Vargas D, Thostenson JD, Palmieri M, Goellner JJ, Nookaew I, Barnes CL, Stambough JB, Ambrogini E, O’Brien CA.
JCI Insight. 2023 Aug 15:e167790. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.167790.
PMID: 37581932
Predictors of No-Show in Neurology Clinics.
Elkhider H, Sharma R, Sheng S, Thostenson J, Kapoor N, Veerapaneni P, Siddamreddy S, Ibrahim F, Yadala S, Onteddu S, Nalleballe K.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Mar 22;10(4):599. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10040599.
PMID: 35455777
Inter-Rater Reliability of Clinical Testing for Laxity After Knee Arthroplasty.
Mears SC, Severin AC, Wang J, Thostenson JD, Mannen EM, Stambough JB, Edwards PK, Barnes CL.
J Arthroplasty. 2022 Jul;37(7):1296-1301. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.03.044. Epub 2022 Mar 17.
PMID: 35307526