Personal data
Oliver Kuss (Prof. Dr. sc. hum)
Born on July, 16th, 1969, in Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Married, 1 son
Address
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ)
Leibniz-Zentrum für Diabetes-Forschung an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institut für Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Auf'm Hennekamp 65
Tel.: +49 (0)211 3382-259
Fax: +49 (0)211 3382-677
Email:
oliver.kuss#§$ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de (replace
"#§$" with "@")
Education
1975-1979: Fichtenau Primary School
1979-1988: Crailsheim High School (Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Abitur)
1990-1996: Study of Mathematics and Geography at the University of Heidelberg (Masters Degree, “Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien”, Master thesis: “A time series model for the prediction of ozone concentrations”, Supervisor: Prof. Dahlhaus)
3/2003: Doctoral degree (Dr. scientiarum humanarum) from the University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty (Thesis: “Global Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Logistic Regression with Sparse Data, Supervisor: Prof. Diepgen, “magna cum laude”) PDF
6/2010: Habilitation from the Medical Faculty of the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with the permission for lecturing (Venia legendi) for medical biometrics, epidemiology, and informatics (Thesis: “Regressionsmodelle für nichtstetige Zielgrößen und korrelierte Beobachtungen") PDF
Professional experience
8/1994 – 3/1997: Student Scientific Assistant („Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft“) at the Department of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg
4/1997 – 12/1999: Assistant (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”) at the Department of Dermatology, University of Erlangen
1/2000 – 12/2000: Assistant (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”) at the Department of Clinical Social Medicine, University of Heidelberg
1/2001 – 09/2013: Assistant (“Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”) at the Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, University of Halle-Wittenberg
10/2013
– :
Professor for Biometrics, Epidemiology, and
Health Outcome Research at the Medical Faculty of the
Heinrich Heine University
Düsseldorf and
Head of the Institute
of Biometrics
and Epidemiology at the German
Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute for Diabetes Research at
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Scientific activity
Citations (via Google Scholar)
Recent talks on conferences and workshops
Recent invited talks on conferences and workshops
Other publications and preprints
Hoyer A, Kuss O. Comment on ’A vine copula mixed effect model for trivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies accounting for disease prevalence’ by Aristidis K Nikoloulopoulos. (Submitted to Statistical Methods in Medical Research)
Hoyer A, Kuss O. Meta-analysis for the comparison of two diagnostic tests to a common gold standard: A generalized linear mixed model approach. (Submitted to Statistics in Medicine)
Medenwald D, Kuss O. Mortality on match days of the German national soccer team: a time series analysis from 1995 to 2009 has been picked as the Editor's Choice in the September 2014 issue of J Epidemiol Community Health. Editor Jim Dunn interviewed D. Medenwald for a Podcast.
Kuss O. Von Geburten und Störchen – Eine Analyse der bundeslandspezifischen deutschen Daten von 1993 bis 2011 Zugehöriger Datensatz (submitted to the Rundschreiben der IBS-DR)
Kuss O. Book Review on Eldridge/Kerry: A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research. (submitted to the Biometrical Journal)
Kuss O. The z-difference can be used to measure covariate balance in matched propensity score analyses. (accepted by "The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology")
Kuss O. The danger of dichotomizing continuous variables: A visualization. (accepted by "Teaching Statistics")
Kuss O, Hoyer A, Solms A. Meta-analysis for diagnostic accuracy studies: A new statistical model using beta-binomial distributions and bivariate copulas. (provisionally accepted by "Statistics in Medicine")
Kuss O, Landenberger M, Jahn P. Cluster-randomised Trials in Nursing Research: An Overview, an Example and some Recommendations. (submitted)
Kuss O. On the association of inrun velocity and jumping width in ski jumping. (rejected by the Journal of Biomechanics)
Kuss O, Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A, Stang A. Confidence intervals for the interaction contrast ratio: A simple solution with SAS PROC NLMIXED and SAS PROC NLP. (accepted, Epidemiology). SAS code.
Kuß O, Jahn P, Renz P, Landenberger M. Cluster-randomisierte Studien in der Pflegewissenschaft. Hallesche Beiträge zu den Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaften 2009; 8(1):302-310.
Bornkamp B, Fritsch A, Kuss O, Ickstadt K: Penalty Specialists Among Goalkeepers: A Nonparametric Bayesian Analysis of 44 Years of German Bundesliga. (To appear in: Schipp B, Kräer W [eds.]: Statistical Inference, Econometric Analysis and Matrix Algebra, Festschrift in Honour of Götz Trenkler. Physica, Heidelberg, 63-76, 2009)
The paper has received some attention in the media, see for example
ARD
Morgenmagazin
Kuss O, Kuehn A: Lunar Cycle and the Number of Births: A Spectral Analysis of 4,071,669 Births from South-Western Germany (accepted, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica)
The paper has received some attention in the media, see for example
FAZ,
Mitteldeutsche
Zeitung, Frankfurter
Rundschau,
Tagesspiegel, Die
Welt, WDR
2, WDR
4, MDR
(Sachsen-Anhalt heute), Radio
SAW, HR1
Kuss O: Dread Risk, September 11, and Fatal Traffic Accidents: An Example of the Ecological Fallacy? (Letter to the Editor, rejected by Psychological Science).
Kuss
O, Kluttig A, Stoll O:
"The
fouled player should not take the penalty himself": An empirical
investigation of an old German football myth.
The paper has received some attention in the media, see for example
SPIEGEL,
SZ,
Mitteldeutsche
Zeitung,
Bolzen,
MDR
Info,
MDR
Sputnik, Neon
Kuss
O:
Modelling
Physicians
Recommendations for Optimal Medical Care by Random Effects Stereotype
Regression
(in preparation)
Kuss, O:
A
SAS/IML-Macro for Goodness-of-Fit Testing in Logistic Regression Models
with
Sparse Data. Proceedings of the 26th
Annual SAS
Users Group
International Conference, CD-Rom Version, 2001, Paper 265-26.
Kuss, O:
How
to Use
SAS for Logistic Regression with Correlated Data. Proceedings
of the
27th Annual SAS
Users Group
International Conference, CD-Rom Version, 2002, Paper 261-27.
Kuss O:
Modelling
Physicians' Recommendations for Optimal Medical Care by Random Effects
Stereotype Regression. In: Verbeke G, Molenberghs G, Aerts M,
and Fieuws S
[Eds.]: Proceedings of the 18th International
Workshop on Statistical
Modelling. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2003, 245-249.
Kuss
O, Koch A:
Meta-analysis
macros for SAS. Computational
Statistics & Data
Analysis, 1996, 22(3), 325-333.
Member of
German Society for Medical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology (GMDS)
International Biometric Society, German Region (IBS-DR)
Reviewer for
Archives of Public Health
Biometrical Journal
Biometrics
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
BMC Medical Research Methodology
BMC Medicine
Cancer Epidemiology
Circulation
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Contact Dermatitis
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung e.V. (DZHK)
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
European Journal of Epidemiology
GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Heart and Vessels
International Journal of Biometeorology
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Journal of Sports Sciences
Journal of Statistical Software
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)
Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA)
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society)
Methods of Information in Medicine
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/ZonMw)
PLOS ONE
Psychometrika
Statistics in Medicine
Systematic Reviews
Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science
Further scientific activities
Member of the Centre for Health and Society (chs), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2014-
Member of the Research Coordination Board (RCB) of the German Center for Diabetes Research, 2013-
Member of the Epidemiological Steering Committee (ESC) of the German National Cohort (NaKo), 2013-
Member of the Programme Committee of the 58th Biometrical Conference of the German Region of the International Biometric Society, March, 13 – 15th, 2012, Berlin
Associate Editor for BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2011-
Editorial Board Member for GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, 2011-
Council member ("Beiratsmitglied") of the German Region of the International Biometric Society, 2009-2013.
Head of working group „Statistical Methods in Clinical Research“ of the GMDS, since November 2007
(http://www.biometrie.uni-heidelberg.de/statmeth-ag/)
Member of the Programme Committee of the 55th Biometrical Conference of the German Region of the International Biometric Society, March, 17 – 19th, 2009, Hannover
Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the KSFE 2009 (Kooperation der SAS Anwender in Forschung und Entwicklung), March, 5 – 6th, 2005, Halle (Saale)
Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 51th Biometrical Conference of the German Region of the International Biometric Society, March, 21 – 23th, 2005, Halle (Saale)
Local organizer of the workshop „Advanced Methods for Survival Analysis and Statistical Methods in Epidemiology and Medicine“ of three working groups of the GMDS and IBS-GR, November, 18 – 19th, 2004, Halle (Saale)
Teaching and lecturing
Lecture on “Biostatistical and Epidemiological Methods for the Nutrition Sciences” at the University of Halle-Wittenberg
Lecture on “Biometry for Nursery Sciences and Public Health” at the University of Halle-Wittenberg
Several seminars and tutorials on Medical Biometry, Epidemiology, Statistics, and Evidence-based medicine for students of Medicine, Nursery Sciences, Public Health, Geography, Biomedical Engineering, and Nutrition Sciences at the Universities of Heidelberg and Halle-Wittenberg
Lectures on “Goodness-of-Fit”, “Variable Selection”, and “Correlated Data in Logistic Regression” at the postgraduate “Master of Science in Epidemiology”, Bielefeld
Lectures on “Statistical Modelling”, “Meta-Analysis”, and “Goodness-of-Fit”, “Variable Selection”, and “Correlated Data in Logistic Regression” at the postgraduate “Master of Science in Medical Biometry”, Heidelberg
Coordination and initiation of the course “Logistic regression: Different aspects of application in real data” at the postgraduate “Master of Science in Medical Biometry”, Heidelberg
Awards
Beste
Präsentation Biometrie
for
Hoyer A, Kuss O: Meta-analysis to compare two diagnostic tests to a common gold standard: A new approach using quadrivariate copulas. 59. GMDS-Jahrestagung, 07.-10. September 2014, Göttingen.
Best
Poster
for
Kuß O: Mondzyklus und Geburtenzahl: Eine Spektralanalyse von 4.071.669 Geburten in Baden-Württemberg. Statistik2007 – Statistik unter einem Dach. Erste gemeinsame Tagung Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik (DAGStat), 53. Biometrisches Kolloquium, Pfingsttagung der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft, 27.–30. März 2007, Bielefeld.
2. Rank Best Paper Award
for
Bender R, Hildebrandt M, Kuß O: Die Berechnung adjustierter NNEs in Kohortenstudien. KSFE 2006, 10. Konferenz de SAS Anwender in Forschung und Entwicklung, 23.-24.2.2006, Hamburg.
Reichenbachpreis 2005 der Zahnärztekammer Sachsen-Anhalt
for
Gernhardt CR, Kuß O, Schaller HG: Klinische Wirksamkeit des strontiumchloridhaltigen Hyposen auf hypersensiblen Dentinoberflächen. 28. Januar 2006, Magdeburg.
Posterpreis der Norddeutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
for
Dickel H, Kuss O, John SM, Axt-Hammermeister A, Blome O, Hagemann KH, Gobrecht E, Schwanitz HJ: Kontrollierte Interventionsstudie in Norddeutschland zur Optimierung des Hautarztverfahrens. 76. Tagung der Norddeutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Hildesheim, 5.-7. September 2003.
Heinz Maurer Award for Dermatological Research 2002, donated by Sebapharma, Boppard, Germany (“Heinz Maurer-Preis für Dermatologische Forschung 2002”)
for
Löffler H, Dickel H, Kuss O, Diepgen TL, Effendy I: Characteristics of self-estimated enhanced skin susceptibility.
Promotion prize „Skin and Environment“ 2001, donated by Grünenthal, Aachen, Germany (Förderpreis „Haut und Umwelt“ 2001 der Fa. Grünenthal, Aachen)
for
Mahler V, Diepgen TL, Kuss O, Leakakos T, Schuler G, Kraft D, Valenta R: Mutual boosting effects of sensitization with timothy grass pollen and latex glove extract on IgE antibody responses in a mouse model.
Honorable Mention in the „Statistics, Data Analysis and Data Mining“ Session, 26th Annual SASâ Users Group International Conference (SUGI 26), Long Beach, California, USA, 22 – 25th, 2001,
for
Kuss O: A SAS/IML-Macro for Goodness-of-Fit Testing in Logistic Regression Models with Sparse Data.
Kuss O, Hoyer A. Meta-analysis for the comparison of two diagnostic tests to a common gold standard - First experiences with quadrivariate statistical models Herbstworkshop 2012. Göttingen, 23.11.2012.
Kuss O, Jahn P, Renz P, Landenberger M. Cluster-randomisierte Studien in der Pflegewissenschaft. "Pflegebedürftig" in der "Gesundheitsgesellschaft" - 4. Tagung der vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderten Forschungsverbünde „Pflege und Gesundheit“. Halle (Saale), 27.3.2009.
Kuss O, Börgermann J. Meta-analyses with rare outcomes should use adequate methods - A case study from cardiac surgery. 53. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) 2008, Stuttgart, 16.9.2008.
Kuss O, Legler T, Börgermann J. Do Randomized and Non-Randomized Trials Yield Different Answers in Similar Populations? – Evidence from a 'Meta-Propensity Score' Analysis in Cardiac Surgery . Symposium on Causality 2008. Dornburg (Saale), 17.7.2008. Video (Talk starts at 15:30)
Statistical methods for the meta-analysis of full ROC curves. Satellite Session "Novel statistical methodology for meta-analysis of diagnostic tests accuracy studies" to the Symposium on "Methodological Challenges in Biomedical Research", Freiburg, 15.10.2015.
Die Propensity Score-Methode - Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung. Workshop auf der 60. GMDS-Jahrestagung in Krefeld, 07.09.2015
Medizinische
Statistik: Viel mehr als nur fiese Formeln!
Öffentliche Antrittsvorlesung,
Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Düsseldorf,
Düsseldorf, 19.12.2014.
Was
bedeutet p<0,05?.
asp-nachwuchswerkstatt,
Halle (Saale), 8.5.2013.
Power
und Fallzahlberechnung.
Methodenkolloquium, Promotionsstudiengang Gesundheits- und
Pflegewissenschaften "Partizipation als Ziel von Pflege und Therapie",
Halle (Saale), 25.4.2013.
Meta-analysis for diagnostic
accuracy studies - A new statistical model using beta-binomial
distributions and bivariate copulas. Kolloquium
des Instituts für Biometrie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover,
Hannover, 14.10.2010.
"Der Gefoulte soll nicht selber schießen“ – Empirische Untersuchung einer alten deutschen Fußballerweisheit. WM-Slam, 10.06.2010, SO 36, Berlin.
Statistical methods in EBM. 26. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie (AGA), 17.-19.2009, Leipzig.
Der Umgang mit fehlenden Werten in epidemiologischen und Versorgungsforschungsstudien. Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Workshop 2009, Münster, 16.09.2009.
Gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen randomisierten und nicht-randomisierten Studien in ähnlichen Patientengruppen? - Evidenz aus einer „Meta-Propensity Score-Analyse“ in der Herzchirurgie. Heidelberger Kolloquium Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie, Heidelberg, 29.6.2009.
Was bedeutet p<0,05? Verbundinternes Kolloquium, Pflegeforschungsverbund Mitte-Süd, 29.1.2009.
Software
BINOMCI: A SAS macro for confidence interval estimation for binomial proportions
Twelve procedures to do logistic regression in SAS
Data
Geburten und Störche 1993 bis 2011
Data set accompanying "Kuss O. The danger of dichotomizing continuous variables: A visualization. Teaching Statistics. 2013:35(2):78–79."
Last update: 07.12.2015
