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Daniel Almirall is a statistician recognized for developing methods to create evidence-based adaptive interventions. These interventions guide individualized decisions for managing chronic illnesses or disorders such as drug abuse, depression, anxiety, autism, obesity, and HIV/AIDS.[1][2]

Education and Career

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Daniel Almirall is Research Associate Professor in the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.[3] In 2017, he co-founded the Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-making Laboratory (d3lab) within the Quantitative Methodology Program at the Institute for Social Research.[4] Now called the Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-making Center (d3center), Almirall acts as Co-Director of the center alongside Inbal Nahum-Shani.[3]

Almirall earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan in 2007.

Research and Contributions

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Almirall's research as a statistician and methodologist focuses on developing tools to enhance health, education, and well-being.[3] His work encompasses new approaches to data collection and analysis, collaborating with psychiatrists, psychologists, and data scientists to apply these methods.[3][4] His research is particularly oriented toward mental health and substance abuse.[3]

His primary methodological interest lies in the development of statistical methods for adaptive interventions, also known as dynamic treatment regimes.[3][5] These interventions use tailored decision rules to manage chronic illnesses or disorders, adjusting the intensity, type, or delivery of treatment at critical decision points.[6] Almirall addresses methodological challenges in designing sequential multiple-assignment randomized trials (SMARTs) and other trial designs to optimize or evaluate adaptive interventions.[3][7]

Almirall's substantive interests include various areas with a focus on mental health (autism, depression, anxiety) and substance abuse, particularly in children and adolescents.[3][5]

For a comprehensive list of his publications, refer to Daniel Almirall's Google Scholar Profile.

References

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  1. ^ Admin. "Daniel Almirall". d3center. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "MAISYs: A flexible tool to meet the changing needs of implementation science | Institute for Public Health | Washington University in St. Louis". publichealth.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Daniel Almirall, Ph.D., Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan". websites.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  4. ^ a b "The Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-Making Lab is set to solve real-world health challenges | Institute for Social Research". isr.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  5. ^ a b Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health (ITR) (2019-02-26). Daniel Almirall - Adaptive Interventions and Implementation Science. Retrieved 2024-10-04 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "U-M lab awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders". University of Michigan News. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  7. ^ "Daniel Almirall: Getting SMART about adaptive interventions". Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Abuse and HIV. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2024-10-04.