Amita Manatunga, PhD
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Anita Manatunga, PhD, is the Donna J. Brogan Professor in Biostatistics at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Dr. Manatunga first joined the Emory University faculty in 1994. She works as the primary biostatistician at the NIH-funded Emory University General Clinical Research Center.
Dr. Manatunga is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Dr. Manatunga obtained her PhD in Statistics and her MA also in Statistics from the Univeristy of Rochester in New York. She also received MSc in Statistics from Purdue University in Indiana.
Dr. Manatunga is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has served on several committees of the ENAR, International Biometrics Society and over the years, she has also served on numerous NIH Study Sections.
Dr. Manatunga's current research areas include analytical methods for environmental and reproductive health, multivariate survival analysis and predictive statistical models in renal imaging.
Title/Journal | Authors | Publication Date |
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Implementation of An Advance Care Planning Intervention in Dialysis Clinics. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation |
MK Song, L Plantinga, M Metzger, N Noorani, J Lea, AV Kshirsagar, M Jhamb, EM Abdel-Rahman, M Laszlo, E Wu, J Englert, A Manatunga, S Benloukil, W Timmons, L Turberville-Trujillo, SE Ward | 01/23/2025 |
Biostatistics (Oxford, England) |
JH Jang, C Chang, AK Manatunga, AT Taylor, Q Long | 07/01/2024 |
JAMA network open |
MK Song, A Manatunga, L Plantinga, M Metzger, AV Kshirsagar, J Lea, EM Abdel-Rahman, M Jhamb, E Wu, J Englert, SE Ward | 01/02/2024 |
Assessing intra- and inter-method agreement of functional data. Statistical methods in medical research |
Y Yue, JH Jang, AK Manatunga | 01/01/2024 |
Tensor response quantile regression with neuroimaging data. Biometrics |
B Wei, L Peng, Y Guo, A Manatunga, J Stevens | 09/01/2023 |
Nuclear medicine communications |
AT Taylor, AKM Fazlur Rahman, RD Folks, V Moncayo, B Savir-Baruch, N Plaxton, A Polsani, RK Halkar, EV Dubovsky, EV Garcia, A Manatunga | 06/01/2023 |
Diagnostic evaluation of pharmacokinetic features of functional markers. Journal of biopharmaceutical statistics |
JH Jang, A Manatunga | 05/04/2023 |
The American journal of cardiology |
D Islek, A Alonso, W Rosamond, CS Guild, KR Butler, MK Ali, A Manatunga, AI Naimi, V Vaccarino | 05/01/2023 |
American heart journal |
D Islek, A Alonso, W Rosamond, A Kucharska-Newton, Y Mok, K Matsushita, S Koton, MJ Blaha, MK Ali, A Manatunga, V Vaccarino | 11/01/2022 |
Journal of the American Heart Association |
D Islek, MK Ali, A Manatunga, A Alonso, V Vaccarino | 10/04/2022 |
Special issue dedicated to David Oakes. Lifetime data analysis |
JH Jeong, AK Manatunga | 10/01/2022 |
A Bayesian multiple imputation approach to bivariate functional data with missing components. Statistics in medicine |
JH Jang, AK Manatunga, C Chang, Q Long | 09/30/2021 |
Biostatistics (Oxford, England) |
DR Van Domelen, EM Mitchell, NJ Perkins, EF Schisterman, AK Manatunga, Y Huang, RH Lyles | 04/10/2021 |
Nonparametric estimation of broad sense agreement between ordinal and censored continuous outcomes. Statistics in medicine |
T Dai, Y Guo, L Peng, A Manatunga | 06/30/2020 |
A New Functional Representation of Broad Sense Agreement. Statistics & probability letters |
B Wei, T Dai, L Peng, Y Guo, A Manatunga | 03/01/2020 |
A Bayesian Latent Class Model to Predict Kidney Obstruction in the Absence of Gold Standard. Journal of the American Statistical Association |
C Chang, JH Jang, A Manatunga, AT Taylor, Q Long | 01/01/2020 |
Assessing alignment between functional markers and ordinal outcomes based on broad sense agreement. Biometrics |
JH Jang, L Peng, AK Manatunga | 12/01/2019 |
Physiology & behavior |
N Gletsu-Miller, N Shevni, A Manatunga, E Lin, D Musselman | 10/01/2019 |
Polybrominated Biphenyl Exposure and Menstrual Cycle Function. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) |
PP Howards, ML Terrell, MH Jacobson, KC Taylor, JS Kesner, JW Meadows, JB Spencer, AK Manatunga, M Marcus | 09/01/2019 |
A Smooth Nonparametric Approach to Determining Cut-Points of A Continuous Scale. Computational statistics & data analysis |
Z Qiu, L Peng, A Manatunga, Y Guo | 06/01/2019 |
Physiology & behavior |
D Musselman, N Shenvi, A Manatunga, AH Miller, E Lin, N Gletsu-Miller | 05/15/2019 |
Overall indices for assessing agreement among multiple raters. Statistics in medicine |
JH Jang, AK Manatunga, AT Taylor, Q Long | 12/10/2018 |
Logistic regression with a continuous exposure measured in pools and subject to errors. Statistics in medicine |
DR Van Domelen, EM Mitchell, NJ Perkins, EF Schisterman, AK Manatunga, Y Huang, RH Lyles | 11/30/2018 |
iChoose Kidney for Treatment Options: Updated Models for Shared Decision Aid. Transplantation |
JC Gander, M Basu, L McPherson, MD Garber, SO Pastan, A Manatunga, KJ Arriola, RE Patzer | 09/01/2018 |
A local agreement pattern measure based on hazard functions for survival outcomes. Biometrics |
T Dai, Y Guo, L Peng, AK Manatunga | 03/01/2018 |
A latent class analysis of PTSD symptoms among inner city primary care patients. Journal of psychiatric research |
AF Rahman, A Manatunga, Y Guo, L Peng, M Warnock, KJ Ressler, T Jovanovic | 03/01/2018 |
SPIRIT trial: A phase III pragmatic trial of an advance care planning intervention in ESRD. Contemporary clinical trials |
MK Song, ML Unruh, A Manatunga, LC Plantinga, J Lea, M Jhamb, AV Kshirsagar, SE Ward | 01/01/2018 |
Radiology |
AT Taylor, RD Folks, AKMF Rahman, A Polsani, EV Dubovsky, R Halkar, A Manatunga | 07/01/2017 |
A joint modeling approach for multivariate survival data with random length. Biometrics |
S Liu, AK Manatunga, L Peng, M Marcus | 06/01/2017 |
Impact of tamoxifen therapy on fertility in breast cancer survivors. Fertility and sterility |
LM Shandley, JB Spencer, A Fothergill, AC Mertens, A Manatunga, E Paplomata, PP Howards | 01/01/2017 |
Nonparametric Regression Method for Broad Sense Agreement. Journal of nonparametric statistics |
AF Rahman, L Peng, A Manatunga, Y Guo | 01/01/2017 |
A general approach to categorizing a continuous scale according to an ordinal outcome. Journal of statistical planning and inference |
L Peng, A Manatunga, M Wang, Y Guo, AF Rahman | 05/01/2016 |
Annals of surgery |
TR Ziegler, AK May, G Hebbar, KA Easley, DP Griffith, N Dave, BR Collier, GA Cotsonis, L Hao, T Leong, AK Manatunga, ES Rosenberg, DP Jones, GS Martin, GL Jensen, HC Sax, KA Kudsk, JR Galloway, HM Blumberg, ME Evans, PE Wischmeyer | 04/01/2016 |
Biometrics |
X Sun, L Peng, A Manatunga, M Marcus | 03/01/2016 |
Menses resumption after cancer treatment-induced amenorrhea occurs early or not at all. Fertility and sterility |
MH Jacobson, AC Mertens, JB Spencer, AK Manatunga, PP Howards | 03/01/2016 |
Vascular medicine (London, England) |
MA Ozkor, SS Hayek, AM Rahman, JR Murrow, N Kavtaradze, J Lin, A Manatunga, AA Quyyumi | 02/01/2015 |
A highly efficient design strategy for regression with outcome pooling. Statistics in medicine |
EM Mitchell, RH Lyles, AK Manatunga, NJ Perkins, EF Schisterman | 12/10/2014 |
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology |
MA Ozkor, AM Rahman, JR Murrow, N Kavtaradze, J Lin, A Manatunga, S Hayek, AA Quyyumi | 06/01/2014 |
Regression for skewed biomarker outcomes subject to pooling. Biometrics |
EM Mitchell, RH Lyles, AK Manatunga, M Danaher, NJ Perkins, EF Schisterman | 03/01/2014 |
Journal of vascular research |
AM Rahman, JR Murrow, MA Ozkor, N Kavtaradze, J Lin, C De Staercke, WC Hooper, A Manatunga, S Hayek, AA Quyyumi | 01/01/2014 |
New agreement measures based on survival processes. Biometrics |
Y Guo, R Li, L Peng, AK Manatunga | 12/01/2013 |
Reference values for renal size obtained from MAG3 scintigraphy. Clinical nuclear medicine |
AT Taylor, N Shenvi, RD Folks, EV Garcia, BS Baruch, A Manatunga | 01/01/2013 |
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
MD McNutt, S Liu, A Manatunga, EB Royster, CL Raison, BJ Woolwine, MF Demetrashvili, AH Miller, DL Musselman | 05/01/2012 |
Changes in heart rate variability of depressed patients after electroconvulsive therapy. Cardiovascular psychiatry and neurology |
EB Royster, LM Trimble, G Cotsonis, B Schmotzer, A Manatunga, NN Rushing, G Pagnoni, SF Auyeung, AR Brown, J Schoenbeck, S Murthy, WM McDonald, DL Musselman | 01/01/2012 |
Clustering Based on Periodicity in High-Throughput Time Course Data. Statistical analysis and data mining |
AJ Blackstock, AK Manatunga, Y Park, DP Jones, T Yu | 12/01/2011 |
AJR. American journal of roentgenology |
J Bao, A Manatunga, JN Binongo, AT Taylor | 08/01/2011 |
EJNMMI research |
AK Manatunga, JN Binongo, AT Taylor | 06/20/2011 |
Circulation |
MA Ozkor, JR Murrow, AM Rahman, N Kavtaradze, J Lin, A Manatunga, AA Quyyumi | 05/24/2011 |
A Framework for Assessing Broad Sense Agreement Between Ordinal and Continuous Measurements. Journal of the American Statistical Association |
L Peng, R Li, Y Guo, A Manatunga | 01/01/2011 |
A 7% decrease in the differential renal uptake of MAG3 implies a loss in renal function. Urology |
A Taylor, A Manatunga, R Halkar, MM Issa, NV Shenvi | 12/01/2010 |
Statistics in medicine |
KA Wannemuehler, RH Lyles, AK Manatunga, ML Terrell, M Marcus | 07/20/2010 |
The American journal of clinical nutrition |
J Dai, TR Ziegler, RM Bostick, AK Manatunga, DP Jones, J Goldberg, A Miller, G Vogt, PW Wilson, L Jones, L Shallenberger, V Vaccarino | 07/01/2010 |
A note on assessing agreement for frailty models. Statistics & probability letters |
Y Guo, AK Manatunga | 04/01/2010 |
Menstrual cycle variability and the likelihood of achieving pregnancy. Reviews on environmental health |
CM Small, AK Manatunga, M Klein, CE Dominguez, HS Feigelson, R McChesney, M Marcus | 01/01/2010 |
Reviews on environmental health |
M Marcus, KY Christensen, A Manatunga, CB Rudra, JW Brock, CM Small | 01/01/2010 |
Clinical trials (London, England) |
SF Auyeung, Q Long, EB Royster, S Murthy, MD McNutt, D Lawson, A Miller, A Manatunga, DL Musselman | 10/01/2009 |
American heart journal |
V Subramaniyam, EK Waller, JR Murrow, A Manatunga, S Lonial, K Kasirajan, D Sutcliffe, W Harris, WR Taylor, RW Alexander, AA Quyyumi | 07/01/2009 |
Covariate-Adjusted Constrained Bayes Predictions of Random Intercepts and Slopes. Journal of modern applied statistical methods : JMASM |
RH Lyles, RH Moore, AK Manatunga, KA Easley | 05/01/2009 |
Biometrics |
Y Guo, AK Manatunga | 03/01/2009 |
Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and oxidative stress. The American journal of clinical nutrition |
J Dai, DP Jones, J Goldberg, TR Ziegler, RM Bostick, PW Wilson, AK Manatunga, L Shallenberger, L Jones, V Vaccarino | 11/01/2008 |
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology |
ML Terrell, AK Manatunga, CM Small, LL Cameron, J Wirth, HM Blanck, RH Lyles, M Marcus | 07/01/2008 |
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology |
D Evans, DC Buxton, A Borisov, AK Manatunga, D Ngodup, CL Raison | 06/01/2008 |
Psychosomatic medicine |
EC Bruce, Y Guo, KC Lawson, AK Manatunga, SF Auyeung, WM McDonald, N Rushing, AR Brown, N Gilles, M Emery, R Bonsall, J Porquez, Z Stowe, CB Nemeroff, DL Musselman | 04/01/2008 |
Modeling survival data with informative cluster size. Statistics in medicine |
JM Williamson, HY Kim, A Manatunga, DG Addiss | 02/20/2008 |
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine |
A Taylor, EV Garcia, JN Binongo, A Manatunga, R Halkar, RD Folks, E Dubovsky | 02/01/2008 |
Decision support systems in diuresis renography. Seminars in nuclear medicine |
A Taylor, A Manatunga, EV Garcia | 01/01/2008 |
Dr. Manatunga received the Thomas Sellers Award from Rollins School of Public Health.