Daniel Zelterman, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics

Contact Info

daniel.zelterman@yale.edu

555.555.5555

Emeritus Faculty

PO Box 1115

W Townshend, VT 05359

United States

About

Titles

Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics

Biography

Developed discrete distributions in statistics with applications to clustering of family traits. Author of eight books on statistical methods. Plays oboe and bassoon in amateur orchestra groups. Enjoys hiking and backpacking.

Last Updated on April 07, 2025.

Appointments

Biostatistics
Emeritus
Primary
Biostatistics

Biostatistics
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
SPORE in Lung Cancer
Yale School of Public Health
Yale Ventures
Yale-BI Biomedical Data Science Fellowship

Education & Training

PhD: Yale University (1983)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Biomarkers, Pharmacological; Biostatistics; Computational Biology; Epidemiology; Genetics; Statistics

Public Health Interests

Bioinformatics; Biomarkers; Cancer; Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics; HIV/AIDS; Modeling

ORCID
0000-0003-0711-8688

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Daniel Zelterman's published research.

Ondrej Blaha, PhD
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Wei Wei, PhD
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Michael Kane, PhD, MA, MS
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Denise Esserman, PhD
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Becca Levy, PhD
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Jeremy Kortmansky, MD
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Publications

2026

Change-Point Homogeneity in Piecewise Exponential Survival
Yu C, Wei W, Zelterman D. Change-Point Homogeneity in Piecewise Exponential Survival. Journal Of Statistical Theory And Practice 2026, 20: 32. DOI: 10.1007/s42519-026-00551-w.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
A joint distribution for indexes of extremes with applications to climate change
Yu C, Kane M, Blaha O, Wei W, Esserman D, Zelterman D. A joint distribution for indexes of extremes with applications to climate change. Statistics And Its Interface 2026, 19: 197-209. DOI: 10.4310/sii.260108021930.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
This study investigates trends in extreme temperature records in Annapolis, Maryland, showing for the 365 calendar days, record highs occur more recently than record lows, indicating warming trends.
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2025

The Maximum Negative Hypergeometric Distribution
Yu C, Prishwalko K, Blaha O, Kane M, Wei W, Esserman D, Zelterman D. The Maximum Negative Hypergeometric Distribution. Journal Of Statistical Theory And Practice 2025, 19: 88. DOI: 10.1007/s42519-025-00502-x.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2024

Distributions and Their Approximations for p-Values
Zhou N, Blaha O, Zelterman D. Distributions and Their Approximations for p-Values. 2024, 481-509. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65937-9_16.
Chapters
Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Cecchini M, Salem R, Robert M, Czerniak S, Blaha O, Zelterman D, Rajaei M, Townsend J, Cai G, Chowdhury S, Yugawa D, Tseng R, Arbelaez C, Jiao J, Shroyer K, Thumar J, Kortmansky J, Zaheer W, Fischbach N, Persico J, Stein S, Khan S, Cha C, Billingsley K, Kunstman J, Johung K, Wiess C, Muzumdar M, Spickard E, Aushev V, Laliotis G, Jurdi A, Liu M, Escobar-Hoyos L, Lacy J. Perioperative Modified FOLFIRINOX for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2024, 10: 1027-1035. PMID: 38900452, PMCID: PMC11190830, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.1575.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
A Bayesian platform trial design with hybrid control based on multisource exchangeability modelling
Wei W, Blaha O, Esserman D, Zelterman D, Kane M, Liu R, Lin J. A Bayesian platform trial design with hybrid control based on multisource exchangeability modelling. Statistics In Medicine 2024, 43: 2439-2451. PMID: 38594809, PMCID: PMC11325877, DOI: 10.1002/sim.10077.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2023

Laparotomy versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Perforation
Moss R, Dimmitt R, Barnhart D, Zelterman D, Silverman B. Laparotomy versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Perforation. 2023, 51-53. DOI: 10.1201/b23252-18.
Books
AKT/mTOR signaling modulates resistance to endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibition in metastatic breast cancers
Abu-Khalaf M, Alex Hodge K, Hatzis C, Baldelli E, El Gazzah E, Valdes F, Sikov W, Mita M, Denduluri N, Murphy R, Zelterman D, Liotta L, Dunetz B, Dunetz R, Petricoin E, Pierobon M. AKT/mTOR signaling modulates resistance to endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibition in metastatic breast cancers. Npj Precision Oncology 2023, 7: 18. PMID: 36797347, PMCID: PMC9935518, DOI: 10.1038/s41698-023-00360-5.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Implicit and Explicit Dehumanization of Older Family Members: Novel Determinants of Elder Abuse Proclivity
Chang E, Monin J, Isenberg N, Zelterman D, Levy B. Implicit and Explicit Dehumanization of Older Family Members: Novel Determinants of Elder Abuse Proclivity. Stigma And Health 2023, 8: 40-48. PMID: 37092028, PMCID: PMC10120856, DOI: 10.1037/sah0000370.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2022

Regression methods for the appearances of extremes in climate data
Yu C, Blaha O, Kane M, Wei W, Esserman D, Zelterman D. Regression methods for the appearances of extremes in climate data. Environmetrics 2022, 33 DOI: 10.1002/env.2764.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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daniel.zelterman@yale.edu

Academic Office Number

555.555.5555

Office Fax Number

203.785.6912

Mailing Address

Emeritus Faculty

PO Box 1115

W Townshend, VT 05359

United States

Contact Info

Titles

Biography

Appointments

Biostatistics

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Public Health Interests

ORCID

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Ondrej Blaha, PhD

Wei Wei, PhD

Michael Kane, PhD, MA, MS

Denise Esserman, PhD

Becca Levy, PhD

Jeremy Kortmansky, MD

Publications

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

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