Brief Bio

Dr. Wei Pan is an Associate Professor and Faculty Lead for the Research Area of Excellence in Methods and Analytics at the Duke University School of Nursing. He received his PhD in Measurement and Quantitative Methods from Michigan State University in 2001 and his MS in Statistics from Fuzhou University in China in 1989. His research work focuses on causal inference and propensity score methods, multilevel and structural modeling, research synthesis and meta-analysis, measurement and evaluation, and their applications in the social, behavioral, and health sciences, such as substance abuse and symptom management. He has been involved in many research projects funded by federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. He has published numerous refereed journal articles on both methodological and applied research studies. His recently published book entitled "Propensity Score Analysis: Fundamentals and Developments" tackles both methodological and practical issues in propensity score analysis, a statistical technique for reducing selection bias so as to increase the validity of causal inference from non-randomized controlled trials or observational studies.

Academic Program Affiliations

PhD in Nursing Program
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Education

PhD	Michigan State University
MS	Fuzhou University, China

Research Interests

Areas of research interest:
• Causal inference and propensity score analysis
• Multilevel, longitudinal, and structural modeling
• Research synthesis and meta-analysis
• Measurement, evaluation, and psychometrics
• Substance use and abuse
• Adolescent health

Awards and Honors

• 2011 Provost’s List of Most Productive Faculty, University of Cincinnati

• 2007 Outstanding Service Award, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

• 2002 College Faculty Incentive Awards for research and scholarship, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

• 1998 Inducted, Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars)

• 1997 University Graduate Fellowships, Michigan State University

• 1994 Institute Distinguished Young Faculty Award, East China Institute of Metallurgy, Ma’anshan, China

Areas of Expertise

• Research Methods

Areas of Interest

• Statistics

Representative Publications

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 26505161 Vorderstrasse, A. A., Melkus, G. D., Pan, W., Lewinski, A. A., Johnson, C. M. Diabetes Learning in Virtual Environments: Testing the Efficacy of Self-Management Training and Support in Virtual Environments (Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol). Nurs Res. Nov-Dec, 2015; 64(6); 485-93

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 26215035 Pan, W., Bai, H. Propensity score interval matching: using bootstrap confidence intervals for accommodating estimation errors of propensity scores. BMC Med Res Methodol. July, 2015; 15(1); 53 PMCID: PMC4517543

• 2015 -- Pan, W., Bai, H. [Eds.] Propensity Score Analysis: Fundamentals and Developments April, 2015; New York: Guilford Press.

• 2015 -- Pan, W., Bai, H. Propensity score analysis: concepts and issues (Chapter 1) In Propensity Score Analysis: Fundamentals and Developments, edited by Pan, W. and Bai, H. April, 2015; New York: Guilford Press.

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 25173776 Lipkus, I. M., Schwartz-Bloom, R., Kelley, M. J., Pan, W. A preliminary exploration of college smokers' reactions to nicotine dependence genetic susceptibility feedback. Nicotine Tob Res. March, 2015; 17(3); 337-43

• 2014 -- Sun, S., Pan, W. A methodological review of statistical methods for handling multilevel non-nested longitudinal data in educational research. International Journal of Research and Method in Education. July, 2014; 37(3); 285-308

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 23607540 Chen, J., Davis, K. G., Daraiseh, N. M., Pan, W., Davis, L. S. Fatigue and recovery in 12-hour dayshift hospital nurses. J Nurs Manag. April, 2013; 22(5); 593-603

• 2014 -- Hwu, F., Pan, W., Sun, S. Aptitude-treatment interaction effects on explicit rule learning: A latent growth curve analysis. Language Teaching Research. June, 2014; 18(3); 294-319

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 24510493 Bushnell, C. D., Reeves, M. J., Zhao, X., Pan, W., Prvu-Bettger, J., Zimmer, L., Olson, D., Peterson, E. Sex differences in quality of life after ischemic stroke. Neurology. March, 2014; 82(11); 922-31

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 24450474 Chen, J., Daraiseh, N. M., Davis, K. G., Pan, W. Sources of work-related acute fatigue in United States hospital nurses. Nurs Health Sci. March, 2014; 16(1); 19-25

• 2014 -- Sun, S. & Pan, W. A methodological review of statistical methods for handling multilevel non-nested longitudinal data in educational research International Journal of Research & Method in Education. Online February 18, 2014;

• 2013 -- Sun, S., Pan, W. Investigating the accuracy of three estimation methods for regression discontinuity design. Journal of Experimental Education. 2013; 81(1); 1-21

• 2012 -- Bai, H., Pan, W., Hirumi, A., Kebritchi, M. Assessing the effectiveness of a 3-D instructional game on improving mathematics achievement and motivation of middle school students. British Journal of Educational Technology. November, 2012; 43(6); 993-1003

• 2012 -- Wilson, F. R., Pan, W., Schumsky, D. A. Recalculation of the critical values for Lawshe’s content validity ratio. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. July, 2012; 45(3); 197-210

• 2012 -- Miller, P. C., Pan, W. Recasts in the L2 classroom: A meta-analytic review. International Journal of Educational Research. 2012; 56 48-59

• 2012 -- Guo, J. J., Wade, T. J., Pan, W., Keller, K. N. School-based health centers: Cost-benefit analysis and impact on health care disparities. In School-Based Health Care: Advancing Educational Success and Public Health, edited by T. D. Wright & J. W. Richardson, 2012; pp. 397-415. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Press.

• 2011 -- Pubmed # 21636157 Xu, Y., Pan, W., Liu, H. The role of acculturation in diabetes self-management among Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. September, 2011; 93(3); 363-70

• 2011 -- Sun, S., Pan, W. The philosophical foundations of prescriptive statements and statistical inference. Educational Psychology Review. June, 2011; 23(2); 207–220.

• 2011 -- Pubmed # 21223406 Chen, J., Davis, L. S., Davis, K. G., Pan, W., Daraiseh, N. M. Physiological and behavioural response patterns at work among hospital nurses. J Nurs Manag. January, 2011; 19(1); 57-68

• 2011 -- Sun, S., Pan, W., Wang, L. Rethinking observed power: Concept, practice and implications. Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. January, 2011; 7(3); 81-87

• 2010 -- Sun, S., Pan, W., Wang, L. A comprehensive review of effect size reporting and interpreting practices in academic journals in education and psychology. Journal of Educational Psychology. November, 2010; 102(4); 989-1004

• 2010 -- Pubmed # 20634450 Guo, J. J., Wade, T. J., Pan, W., Keller, K. N. School-based health centers: cost-benefit analysis and impact on health care disparities. Am J Public Health. September, 2010; 100(9); 1617-23

• 2010 -- Pubmed # 20602696 Xu, Y., Pan, W., Liu, H. Self-management practices of Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Nurs Health Sci. June, 2010; 12(2); 228-34

• 2010 -- Bai, H., Pan, W., Wang, L., Ritchey, P. N. Another look at resampling: Replenishing small samples with virtual data through S-SMART. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. May, 2010; 9(1); 181-197

• 2010 -- Pan, W., Bai, H. Testing and estimating direct and indirect effects of an intervention program on college student retention: A structural model. Enrollment Management Journal: Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education. Spring, 2010; 4(1); 10-26

• 2009 -- Bai, H., Pan, W. A multilevel approach to assessing the interaction effects on college student retention. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. 2009-2010; 11(2); 287-301

• 2009 -- Bai, H., Pan, W. An application of a new multivariate resampling method to multiple regression. Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints. Fall, 2009; 35(1); 1-5

• 2009 -- Boat, M. B., Carr, V., Barrnet, D., Macmann, G., Moomaw, S., Pan, W., Nichols, A. Instructional change in preschool classrooms: A study of empirically-based teacher support. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field,. October, 2009; 12(4); 307-326

• 2009 -- Boat, M. B., Carr, V., Barrnet, D., Macmann, G., Moomaw, S., Pan, W., Nichols, A. Improving instruction in Head Start preschool classrooms through feedback and support to teachers. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field,. October, 2009; 12(4); 347-353

• 2009 -- Bai, H., Wang, L., Pan, W., Frey, M. Measuring mathematics anxiety: Psychometric analysis of a bidimensional affective scale. Journal of Instructional Psychology. September, 2009; 36(3); 185-193

• 2009 -- Pan, W. A SAS/IML Macro for computing percentage points of Pearson distributions. Journal of Statistical Software. September, 2009; 31 (Code Snippet 2) 1-6

• 2009 -- Pubmed # 19650604 Yap, T. L., Davis, L. S., Gates, D. M., Hemmings, A. B., Pan, W. The effect of tailored e-mails in the workplace. Part II. Increasing overall physical activity. AAOHN J. August, 2009; 57(8); 313-9

• 2009 -- Pubmed # 19639858 Yap, T. L., Davis, L. S., Gates, D. M., Hemmings, A. B., Pan, W. The effect of tailored E-mails in the workplace. Part I. Stage movement toward increased physical activity levels. AAOHN J. July, 2009; 57(7); 267-73

• 2009 -- Pubmed # 19440283 Pan, W., Bai, H. A multivariate approach to a meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program. Int J Environ Res Public Health. January, 2009; 6(1); 267-77 PMCID: PMC2672328

• 2008 -- Pubmed # 18787939 Stoia-Caraballo, R., Rye, M. S., Pan, W., Brown Kirschman, K. J., Lutz-Zois, C., Lyons, A. M. Negative affect and anger rumination as mediators between forgiveness and sleep quality. J Behav Med. December, 2008; 31(6); 478-88

• 2008 -- Pubmed # 18613066 Xu, Y., Toobert, D., Savage, C., Pan, W., Whitmer, K. Factors influencing diabetes self-management in Chinese people with type 2 diabetes. Res Nurs Health. December, 2008; 31(6); 613-25

• 2008 -- Pubmed # 18579863 Xu, Y., Savage, C., Toobert, D., Pan, W., Whitmer, K. Adaptation and testing of instruments to measure diabetes self-management in people with type 2 diabetes in mainland China. J Transcult Nurs. July, 2008; 19(3); 234-42

• 2008 -- Tang, M., Pan, W., Newmeyer, M. D. Factors influencing high school students’ career aspirations. Professional School Counseling. June, 2008; 11(5); 285-295

• 2008 -- Bai, H., Pan, W. Resampling methods revisited: Advancing the understanding and applications in educational research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. April, 2008; 31(1); 45-62

• 2008 -- Pan, W., Guo, S., Alikonis, C., Bai, H. Do intervention programs assist students to succeed in college? A multilevel longitudinal study. College Student Journal. March, 2008; 42(1); 90-98

• 2008 -- Pan, W., Bai, H. Coping with methodological problems in quantitative research on model minority. In Model Minority Myths Revisited: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Asian American Education Experiences, edited by G. Li & L. Wang 2008; pp. 267-287. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc..

• 2008 -- Wang, L., Pan, W., Bai, H. Detection efficacy of multilevel latent trait approach to differential person functioning: A Monte Carlo comparison with conventional person misfit statistics. In New Trends in Psychometrics, edited by K. Shigemasu, A. Okada, T. Imaizumi, & T. Hoshino 2008; pp. 535-542. Tokyo: University Academic Press.

• 2007 -- Pan, W., Bai, H. Methodological gap in quantitative analysis of cross-cultural research data. New Waves: Educational Research and Development,. March, 2007; 11(3); 20-25

• 2007 -- Barnett, D. W., Hawkins, R., Prasse, D., Graden, J., Nantais, M., Pan, W. Decision making validity in response to intervention. In The Handbook of Response to Intervention: The Science and Practice of Assessment and Intervention, edited by In S. R. Jimerson, M. K. Burns, & A. M. VanDerHeyden 2007; pp. 106-116. New York: Springer Publishing Co..

• 2006 -- Pubmed # 16740673 Pan, W. Proactive telephone counseling as an adjunct to minimal intervention for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis. Health Educ Res. June, 2006; 21(3); 416-27

• 2005 -- Pubmed # 16389495 Sale, E., Sambrano, S., Springer, J. F., Peña, C., Pan, W., Kasim, R. Family protection and prevention of alcohol use among Hispanic youth at high risk. Am J Community Psychol. December, 2005; 36(3-4); 195-205

• 2005 -- Pubmed # 16182136 Guo, J. J., Jang, R., Keller, K. N., McCracken, A. L., Pan, W., Cluxton, R. J. Impact of school-based health centers on children with asthma. J Adolesc Health. October, 2005; 37(4); 266-74

• 2005 -- Pubmed # 16287388 Rye, M. S., Pargament, K. I., Pan, W., Yingling, D. W., Shogren, K. A., Ito, M. Can group interventions facilitate forgiveness of an ex-spouse? A randomized clinical trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. October 1, 2005; 73(5); 880-92

• 2005 -- Pan, W., Tang, M. Students’ perceptions on factors of statistics anxiety and instructional strategies. Journal of Instructional Psychology. September, 2005; 32(3); 205-215

• 2004 -- Pan, W., Frank, K. A. An approximation to the distribution of the product of two dependent correlation coefficients. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. June, 2004; 74(6); 419-443

• 2004 -- Pan, W., Tang, M. Examining the effectiveness of innovative instructional methods on reducing statistics anxiety for graduate students in the social sciences. Journal of Instructional Psychology,. June, 2004; 31(2); 149-159

• 2003 -- Pan, W., Frank, K. A. A probability index of the robustness of a causal inference. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. December, 2003; 28 315-337

• 2003 -- Pubmed # 12915175 Stöffelmayr, B., Wadland, W. C., Pan, W. An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation. Addict Behav. September, 2003; 28(7); 1351-8

• 1996 -- Pan, W. A comparative study of commonly used statistical pattern recognition methods [Chinese]. Journal of East China Institute of Metallurgy. 1996; 13(3); 19-23

• 1996 -- Pan, W. From emphasizing on passing on knowledge to developing qualities and abilities [Chinese]. East China Institute of Metallurgy Research on Higher Education. 1996; 24(1); 59-61

• 1996 -- Pan, W. From teaching to the tests to teaching for abilities: An orientation in the teaching reform of mathematics for technology [Chinese]. Journal of Mathematics for Technology. 1996; 12(2); 121-122

• 1990 -- Hu, Z., Pan, W. Higher Mathematics (Vol. 2) [Chinese]. 1990; Ma’anshan, China: East China Institute of Metallurgy Press.

• 1991 -- Pan, W. On the optimal selection of discriminant analysis methods [Chinese]. Application of Statistics and Management. 1991; 10(1); 32-36

• 1988 -- Pan, W. Creative thinking and mathematical discovery [Chinese]. Journal of East China Institute of Metallurgy. 1988; 5(1); 68-75

Grant Funding (selected)

• Pillars4Life: An Online Self-Management Curriculum for Cancer Survivors  
  Pfizer
  16218019
  12/2014-11/2015
  Role: Co-Investigator
  

• Effects of Message Framing and Risk Feedback on CRC Screening  
  NIH/NCI
  1R21CA181256-01
  09/2014-08/2016
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To test a new way to get people who have never been screened to do so by giving them CRC risk feedback online and matching level of risk with either messages that stress the benefits of getting screened or the costs of not getting screened.

• Implementing a Continuous Healthcare Innovation & Entrepreneurship Framework (CHIEF)  
  The Marcus Foundation
  06/2014-05/2016
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To address the lack of an effective way for academic medical centers, in particular, to measure their present capabilities for supporting and accelerating continuous healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship (CHIE), or benchmark their present capability level against that of other, similar institutions.

• Developing an Oral Health Intervention for Individuals with Mild Dementia  
  NIH/NIDCR
  1 R34-DE023881-01
  09/2014-08/2015
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To provide the infrastructure and the intervention materials to facilitate swift implementation of a future U01 project.

• Diabetes Self-Management & Support LIVE (Learning in Virtual Environments)  
  NIH/NHLBI
  1R01 HL118189-01
  06/2013-05/2018
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To evaluate the efficacy of a technologically based bio-behavioral diabetes self-management training and support (DSMT/S) intervention in a virtual environment.

• Outcomes of Nursing Management Practice in Nursing Homes  
  NIH/NINR
  5R01-NR003178-12
  09/2011-06/2016
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To test the benefit of a new staff interaction intervention (CONNECT) over and above a falls quality improvement intervention in reducing patient fall rates in nursing homes.

• Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cross-Classified Multiple Membership Modeling for Multilevel Nonnested Data  
  National Science Foundation
  03/2012-06/2012
  Role: Principal Investigator / Faculty Advisor
  Project Goal: To advocate the use of cross-classified multiple membership modeling as a powerful and flexible statistical tool to analyze complex nonnested multilevel data.

• Playscapes: Designed Nature Environments to Promote Informal Science Learning  
  National Science Foundation
  DRL-1114674
  10/2011-09/2013
  Role: Research Advisor
  Project Goal: To implement, study, and improve on an early childhood approach to informal science learning through specifically designed natural play environments called playscapes.

• Building STEM Capacity through Systematic Evaluation and Scaling Efforts  
  Ohio Board of Regents
  STEM 2011
  01/2011-06/2011
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To increase STEM capacity in Southwest Ohio by collaborating with STEM partners to scale-up high-impact best of class demonstration projects and STEM trajectory initiatives, and to strategically document and evaluate high-impact STEM projects within Southwest Ohio in order to better understand how these efforts contribute to capacity-building across multiple, interrelated, successively expansive systems within our “ecological STEM for All model”.

• EnterpriseMath: Impact of Economics and Financial Literacy on Math Achievement and Attitudes  
  Council for Economic Education
  01/2009-12/2009
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Project Goal: To gauge the effectiveness of adding economics and financial literacy lessons into a standardized classroom experience with minimal teacher training.

• Examining Different Curricular Approaches and Their Impact on High-School Students' Understanding of Algebra: Phase 1–Studying the Intended Curriculum  
  National Science Foundation
  0901311
  09/2008-07/2010
  Role: Consultant
  Project Goal: To examine how different curricular approaches to algebra impact students’ understanding of algebra and functions near the end of their high-school mathematics experience.

• Management of Skin Toxicities following Biotherapy  
  Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
  12/2005-12/2007
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To describe the symptom experience when receiving epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors and develop and test an intervention to effectively manage skin toxicity.

• Teacher Quality Partnership  
  Ohio Board of Regents
  07/2005-06/2009
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To address the critical need for large-scale and longitudinal research that examines the characteristics and practices of effective teachers and to identify the patterns and empirical linkages of teacher preparation and professional learning that promote student achievement as measured by academic growth.

• Improving Outcomes for Head Start Children: Acting-Squared: Active Curriculum Training-Accelerated Child Trajectories  
  Administration for Children and Families, US Dept. Health & Human Services
  90YD0129-04
  09/2002-08/2006
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To examined the effects of staff development and support on Head Start teachers' use instructional and managerial strategies.

• Multilevel Growth Curve Modeling for the National Cross-Site Evaluation of the Extended “Starting Early, Starting Smart” Programs  
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services
  OSP 03-180
  03/2003-06/2003
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Project Goal: To model, analyze, and interpret the longitudinal multilevel data for the National Cross-Site Evaluation of the Extended “Starting Early, Starting Smart” Programs.

• Evaluation of Health Outcomes & Costs among Medicaid Recipients Enrolled in School-Based Health Centers  
  Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
  2002-UC-28-01-A0-S0-E0
  02/2002-12/2003
  Role: Statistician
  Project Goal: To evaluate the health economic impact in students enrolled in SBHC programs compared to students in comparable school districts.

• National Cross-Site Evaluation of “Starting Early, Starting Smart” Programs  
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services
  07/2001-06/2003
  Role: Statistician
  Project Goal: To design and implement a Data Coordinating Center for “Starting Early Starting Smart” programs that are designed to integrate behavioral and other services for families of young children at risk.

• Ohio Early Childhood Indicators of Success  
  Ohio Department of Education
  10/2001-06/2002
  Role: Co-Investigator
  Project Goal: To provide credible evidence of early childhood program accountability in developing preschool children’s learning potential within the Ohio public school system.

• National Cross-Site Study of the Children of Substance-Abusing Parents  
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Dept Health & Human Services
  07/2000-06/2001
  Role: Statistician
  Project Goal: To evaluate the Children of Substance Abusing Parents programs that test prevention and intervention strategies designed for children and their substance-using parents.

• National Cross-Site Evaluation of High Risk Youth Programs  
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  07/1999-06/2002
  Role: Statistician
  Project Goal: To assesses the effectiveness of the two cohorts of the High Risk Youth demonstration grantees that are funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention to implement initiatives to prevent and reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among at-risk youth.

• Smoking Cessation Services  
  Michigan Department of Community Health
  07/1998-12/1999
  Role: Statistician
  Project Goal: To examine the relative contribution of pharmacological treatment and psychosocial intervention on smoking cessation treatment outcome.