CURRICULUM
VITAE
August 2007
Joseph C. Cappelleri, Ph.D.,
M.P.H., M.S.
Office:
Pfizer Inc
Global
Research & Development
MS
8260-2222
Eastern
e-mail:
joseph.c.cappelleri@pfizer.com
tel.: (860)
441-8668
fax: (860)
441-8751
EDUCATION
Graduate
1993 M.P.H. (Epidemiology),
1991 Ph.D. (Psychometrics),
1986 M.S. (Statistics), City
Undergraduate
1984 B.B.A.
(Finance), City
WORK EXPERIENCE
Pfizer
Inc, Global Research & Development,
1/04 – present Director,
Statistical Scientist, Biostatistics
12/02 – 12/03 Senior
Associate Director, Statistical Scientist, Biostatistics
2/00
– 11/02 Associate
Director II, Biostatistics
2/98
– 1/00 Associate
Director I, Biostatistics
6/96
– 1/98 Senior
Coordinator, Biostatistics
Provide statistical and
methodological consulting and advising -- manuscripts, presentations, design & analysis,
internal reports, analysis plans, teaching and moderating workshops, collaborations
with clinicians & biostatisticians -- across therapeutic areas and phases
of drug development in health services and outcomes research
8/03 – present Adjunct
Faculty Member in Statistics
Teach semester-long graduate courses on epidemiology and longitudinal analysis
as well as supervise students and collaborate with students
10/96
– present Adjunct
Faculty Member in Medicine
Department
of Medicine, Division of Clinical Care Research,
Collaborate with faculty, supervise students, and lecture
3/93 -
6/96 Research
Associate and Assistant Professor of Medicine
New
England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Department
of Medicine, Division of Clinical Care Research, Boston, MA
Involved with the development and management of the Real-Time Meta-Analysis
System -- a systematic approach and computer software to organize,
display, and utilize data from randomized control trials to perform
meta-analysis efficiently -- for pharmaceuticals agents that cover antibiotic
usage, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and AIDS
Involved with meta-analyses to evaluate the efficacy and safety of drugs that cover
infectious (including AIDS), cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases
Involved with statistical and methodological issues in meta-analysis
Presented lectures on meta-analysis to post-doctoral fellows
2/92 -
9/92 Research
Associate, Technology Assessment Group, Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, MA
Prepared a meta-analysis on the relative efficacy and safety of different
aspirin dosages on vascular events
1/90 -
9/91 Research
Support Specialist
National Data Archive on
Child Abuse & Neglect, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY
Provided statistical and technical support on the Second National Incidence and
Prevalence
Study of Child Abuse & Neglect
Worked with complex survey data analyzed with the programs WESVAR WESREG,
and WESLOG; used large data tapes, SAS, and the VM/MVS and
VM/CMS computer operating system
2007 Coauthored
article (Allison et al. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1999; 156:1686-1696)
ranked as the sixth most cited article ever in the American Journal of
Psychiatry.
2007 Exceptional
psychometric validation on patient-reported outcomes (including the Erection
Hardness Scale) in erectile dysfunction (Pfizer Inc)
2007
Outstanding
psychometric validation on patient-reported outcomes in obesity (Pfizer Inc)
2007 Interviewed
in Doctor’s Guide to the Internet
article “Sunitinib (Sutent) Improves Quality of Life over Interferon-Alfa
in Kidney Cancer” based on conference presentation.
2006 Interviewed
in Pfizer Press Release on “New Data Suggest Pfizer’s Varenicline
Reduces Craving and Withdrawal Symptoms Associated with Quitting Smoking and
Decreases Satisfaction and Reward from Smoking” for delivering conference
presentations
2006 Interviewed
in Blackwell Publishing Press Release on “Erection Pill Associated with
Normalization of Relationships and Self-Esteem in Men with Erectile
Dysfunction” as lead author on journal article
2006 Leadership,
support, and leadership for the Hierarchical and Survival Models Workshops at
Pfizer Inc
2005 Research
Fellow, Center for Healthcare & Insurance Studies, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2005 Coauthored
article (Rosenstock et al. Diabetes
Care. 2004; 27:1318-1323)
selected
for the Yearbook of Endocrinology 2005 that brings together abstracts of
articles that reported the year’s breakthrough developments in
endocrinology (In: Mazzaferri EL, ed. Yearbook of Endocrinology 2005.
Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier)
2005 Leadership,
support, and teamwork for the Applied Longitudinal Analysis Workshops at Pfizer
Inc
2005 Leadership
and team building for presenting 5-hour workshop on meta-analysis to Outcomes
Research Group at Pfizer Inc
2005 Statistical
and methodological contributions in developing and validating an instrument for
early onset for patients with generalized anxiety disorder (Pfizer Inc)
2004 Leadership
in and teaching of Item Response Theory Seminar Series to colleagues in
Outcomes Research at Pfizer Inc
2004 Regulatory
support of Femhrt (Pfizer Inc)
2004 Analysis
and strategy in support of Celebrex (Pfizer Inc)
2003 Tireless efforts, enthusiasm, and productive collaborations in
support of Outcomes Research at Pfizer Inc
2003 Psychometric
analyses of data on smoking cessation (Pfizer Inc)
2002 Leadership,
teamwork, and contributions to support Femhrt skin aging program and Zoloft
(Pfizer Inc)
2001 Interviewed
in book “Viagra: The remarkable story of the discovery and launch”
(by Larry Katzenstein, New York: Medical Information Press, 61-62)
2001 Outstanding
performance in teaching Modern Psychometric Workshop and Clinical Significance
Workshop (Pfizer Inc)
2001 Excellence
in overall statistical support to Outcomes Research (Pfizer Inc)
2001 Teamwork
and leadership in support of Biometrics support to Ann Arbor’s Outcomes
Research development (Pfizer Inc)
2001
Major contributions to inhaled
insulin program: Phase 2 (Pfizer Inc)
2001 Major
contributions to inhaled insulin program: Phase 3 (Pfizer Inc)
1995 Special
and Scientific Staff, Tufts University
1991 Cancer
Epidemiology Fellowship, Harvard University
1990 Phi
Kappa Phi, Cornell University Chapter
1986 Rosenkranz-Goldstein
Award for Excellence in Statistics
1984 Magna
Cum Laude
1984 Baruch
Alumni Scholarship
1983 Beta
Gamma Sigma
International
Society for Quality of Life Research
·
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America
·
American Statistical
Association
Drug
Information Association
International
Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
International
Chinese Statistical Association
Society for
Clinical Trials
Society
for Medical Decision Making
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
·
Instructor
on graduate statistics course “Applied Longitudinal Analysis” to
students at the University of Connecticut, Storrs (spring 2006 semester,
January 17 – April 28).
·
Instructor
on graduate statistics course “Introduction to Epidemiology” to
students at the University of Connecticut, Storrs (spring 2004 semester,
January 20 – April 30; spring 2005 semester, January 18 – April 29;
spring 2007 semester, January 16 – April 27).
·
Instructor
on “An Overview of
Outcomes Research” and “An Overview of the International Index of
Erectile Function” in a managerial statistics seminar at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (three-hour lecture, Groton, Connecticut, November 7,
2003)
·
Instructor on “Applying the
Rasch Model’ (seminar to Pfizer employees, Groton, CT, January - June
2003)
·
Instructor on “Meta-Analysis
and Systemic Literature Review – Introduction” (four-hour short
course at the Annual International Meeting of the International Society for
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research: Arlington, Virginia, May 20-23, 2001;
May 19-22, 2002; May 18-21, 2003; May 16-19, 2004; Washington, DC, May 15-18,
2005. Pfizer Inc, New London, CT, May 21-22, 2003 and June 22, 2004, Pfizer
Inc, New York, NY, March 29, 2005)
·
Instructor on “Introduction
to Meta-Analysis” in clinical trials course at the University of
Connecticut, Storrs (two 3-hour lectures, April 16 and 23, 2003; 3-hour
lecture, November 15, 2004)
·
Instructor on “Sample Size
Estimation in Outcomes Research” (four-hour short course to Pfizer
employees in Ann Arbor, MI, October 17, 2001; Groton/New London, CT, May 15,
June 21, 2003)
·
Instructor on “Introduction
to Business Statistics” (spring 1987 and summer 1987 to Baruch
undergraduates)
·
Teaching assistant on
“Measurement in Program Evaluation & Research” (fall 1988 to
Cornell graduate students)
·
Teaching assistant on
“Program Evaluation & Research Design” (spring 1989 to Cornell
graduate students)
·
Teaching assistant on
“Statistics and the World We Live In” (spring 1988 to Cornell
undergraduate)
FORMER RESEARCH SUPPORT
Contract: University of Illinois at
Chicago
National
Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability Amount: $53,000
Period: 9/1995 - 6/1996
Role: Statistical Consultant
Grant
Title: Comparative Outcomes of Ambulatory Pharmaceutical
Agents
Funding
Agency: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Amount:
$1.2 million
Period: 3/1993 - 3/1996
Role: Co-Investigator
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
2007 Reviewer,
Reading First Impact Study, Interim Report; “No Child Left Behind”
(U.S. Department of Education)
2007 Reviewer,
Addictive Behaviors
2006-2007 Reviewer,
Pharmaceutical Statistics
2001-2007 Reviewer,
Quality of Life Research
1998-2007 Editorial
Board and Reviewer, Drug Information Journal
2005-2007 Editorial
Board and Reviewer, Asian Journal of Andrology
2001-2004,
2006-2007 Reviewer,
Value in Health
2001-2002,
2004-2007 Reviewer,
Medical Care
2004-2007 Reviewer,
International Journal of Impotence Research
2006 Reviewer,
National Evaluation of Early Reading First, “No Child Left Behind” (U.S.
Department of Education)
2006 Reviewer,
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2006 Reviewer,
Dose Findings in Drug Development (N Ting, editor; NY: Springer-Verlag, 2006)
2005-2006
Reviewer, Clinical Trials
2001, 2004-2006 Reviewer,
Statistics in Medicine
1994, 2000-2003,
2005-2006 Reviewer,
Diabetes Care
2003-2004