Peter Bacchetti, PhD

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Education

University of California, Berkeley, California, BA, 1980, Philosophy and Statistics
Stanford University, Stanford, California, MS, 1982, Statistics
University of California, Berkeley, California, PhD, 1987, Biostatistics

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Professional Experience

• 11/82-7/85
  Statistician, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 8/85-12/87
  Senior Statistician, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 1/88-6/93
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 7/93-7/99
  Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 11/93-present
  Director, Biostatistical Consulting Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 07/99-present
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

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Honors & Awards

• 1980
  Phi Beta Kappa
• 1980
  Statistics Departmental Citation (outstanding graduating senior), University of California, Berkeley
• 1988
  First place, Biometric Society 1987-88 student paper competition (Western North American Region)
• 1998
  Mortimer Spiegelman Award for outstanding contributions to health statistics, American Public Health Association
• 2004
  Fellow of the American Statistical Association

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Selected Publications

1. Murphy EL, Kwaan N, Looney MR, Gajic O, Hubmayr RD, Gropper MA, Koenigsberg M, Wilson G, Matthay M, Bacchetti P, Toy P. Risk Factors and Outcomes in Transfusion-associated Circulatory Overload. Am J Med. 2013 Apr; 126(4):357.e29-38.
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2. Perez CL, Milush JM, Buggert M, Eriksson EM, Larsen MV, Liegler T, Hartogensis W, Bacchetti P, Lund O, Hecht FM, Nixon DF, Karlsson AC. Targeting of Conserved Gag-Epitopes in Early HIV Infection Is Associated with Lower Plasma Viral Load and Slower CD4(+) T Cell Depletion. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Mar; 29(3):602-12.
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3. Mukhtar NA, Bacchetti P, Ayala CE, Melgar J, Christensen S, Maher JJ, Khalili M. Insulin Sensitivity and Variability in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Using Direct Measurement. Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Oct 21.
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4. Sarkar M, Bacchetti P, French AL, Tien P, Glesby MJ, Nowicki M, Plankey M, Gange S, Sharp G, Minkoff H, Peters MG. Lower liver-related death in African-American women with human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection, compared to Caucasian and Hispanic women. Hepatology. 2012 Nov; 56(5):1699-705.
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5. Gandhi M, Greenblatt RM, Bacchetti P, Jin C, Huang Y, Anastos K, Cohen M, Dehovitz JA, Sharp GB, Gange SJ, Liu C, Hanson SC, Aouizerat B. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in CYP2B6 leads to >3-fold increases in efavirenz concentrations in plasma and hair among HIV-infected women. J Infect Dis. 2012 Nov; 206(9):1453-61.
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6. Bacchetti P, McCulloch C, Segal MR. Being 'underpowered' does not make a study unethical. Stat Med. 2012 Dec 20; 31(29):4138-9.
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7. Gurfein BT, Stamm AW, Bacchetti P, Dallman MF, Nadkarni NA, Milush JM, Touma C, Palme R, Di Borgo CP, Fromentin G, Lown-Hecht R, Konsman JP, Acree M, Premenko-Lanier M, Darcel N, Hecht FM, Nixon DF. The calm mouse: an animal model of stress reduction. Mol Med. 2012; 18:606-17.
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8. Josefsson L, Eriksson S, Sinclair E, Ho T, Killian M, Epling L, Shao W, Lewis B, Bacchetti P, Loeb L, Custer J, Poole L, Hecht FM, Palmer S. Hematopoietic precursor cells isolated from patients on long-term suppressive HIV therapy did not contain HIV-1 DNA. J Infect Dis. 2012 Jul 1; 206(1):28-34.
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9. Brandman D, Bacchetti P, Ayala CE, Maher JJ, Khalili M. Impact of insulin resistance on HCV treatment response and impact of HCV treatment on insulin sensitivity using direct measurements of insulin action. Diabetes Care. 2012 May; 35(5):1090-4.
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10. Rook M, Vargas J, Caughey A, Bacchetti P, Rosenthal P, Bull L. Fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in a Northern California cohort. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e28343.
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11. Daubenmier J, Lin J, Blackburn E, Hecht FM, Kristeller J, Maninger N, Kuwata M, Bacchetti P, Havel PJ, Epel E. Changes in stress, eating, and metabolic factors are related to changes in telomerase activity in a randomized mindfulness intervention pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 Jul; 37(7):917-28.
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12. Toy P, Gajic O, Bacchetti P, Looney MR, Gropper MA, Hubmayr R, Lowell CA, Norris PJ, Murphy EL, Weiskopf RB, Wilson G, Koenigsberg M, Lee D, Schuller R, Wu P, Grimes B, Gandhi MJ, Winters JL, Mair D, Hirschler N, Sanchez Rosen R, Matthay MA. Transfusion-related acute lung injury: incidence and risk factors. Blood. 2012 Feb 16; 119(7):1757-67.
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13. Eastburn A, Scherzer R, Zolopa AR, Benson C, Tracy R, Do T, Bacchetti P, Shlipak M, Grunfeld C, Tien PC. Association of low level viremia with inflammation and mortality in HIV-infected adults. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e26320.
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14. Valcour V, Maki P, Bacchetti P, Anastos K, Crystal H, Young M, Mack WJ, Cohen M, Golub ET, Tien PC. Insulin resistance and cognition among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adult women: the Women's Interagency HIV Study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 May; 28(5):447-53.
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15. Kosmiski LA, Scherzer R, Heymsfield SB, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Sidney S, Shlipak MG, Bacchetti P, Biggs ML, Grunfeld C. Association of increased upper trunk and decreased leg fat with 2-h glucose in control and HIV-infected persons. Diabetes Care. 2011 Nov; 34(11):2448-53.
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16. Scherzer R, Heymsfield SB, Lee D, Powderly WG, Tien PC, Bacchetti P, Shlipak MG, Grunfeld C. Decreased limb muscle and increased central adiposity are associated with 5-year all-cause mortality in HIV infection. AIDS. 2011 Jul 17; 25(11):1405-14.
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17. Bacchetti P, Deeks SG, McCune JM. Breaking free of sample size dogma to perform innovative translational research. Sci Transl Med. 2011 Jun 15; 3(87):87ps24.
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18. Bacchetti P, Boylan R, Astemborski J, Shen H, Mehta SH, Thomas DL, Terrault NA, Monto A. Progression of biopsy-measured liver fibrosis in untreated patients with hepatitis C infection: non-Markov multistate model analysis. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5):e20104.
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19. Gandhi M, Ameli N, Bacchetti P, Anastos K, Gange SJ, Minkoff H, Young M, Milam J, Cohen MH, Sharp GB, Huang Y, Greenblatt RM. Atazanavir concentration in hair is the strongest predictor of outcomes on antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 May; 52(10):1267-75.
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20. Jain V, Sucupira MC, Bacchetti P, Hartogensis W, Diaz RS, Kallas EG, Janini LM, Liegler T, Pilcher CD, Grant RM, Cortes R, Deeks SG, Hecht FM. Differential persistence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance mutation classes. J Infect Dis. 2011 Apr 15; 203(8):1174-81.
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