Henry Roberts, PhD

Statistician
Henry Roberts, PhD
Division
Division of Intramural Research
Contact
henry.roberts2@nih.gov
(301) 594-4670

Dr. Henry Roberts received his doctoral degree in Mathematics, with a concentration in mathematical statistics from the University of South Florida in 2000. Prior to joining NINDS, Dr. Roberts was employed as a mathematical statistician at the CDC for 23 years.

List of Publications:

  1. Adekoya N, Roberts H, Truman BI. Characteristics of Emergency Department Patient Visits

Referred for Follow-Up Medical Care After Discharge, National Hospital Ambulatory

Medicare Care Survey-United States, 2018. Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol. 2022 Jul 12;9:23333928221111269. doi: 10.1177/23333928221111269. PMID: 35846946; PMCID: PMC9284197.

  1. Adekoya N, Roberts H, Truman BI. Visits Where Patients Were Told to Return Back to Emergency Departments, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2018. Int Jr Infect Dis & Epidemlgy. 2022;3(4):1‒4. DOI: 10.51626/ijide.2022.03.00032.
  2. Teshale EH, Roberts H, Gupta N, Jiles R. Characteristics of Persons Treated for Hepatitis C Using National Pharmacy Claims Data, United States, 2014-2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 29;75(6):1078-1080. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac139. PMID: 35171997.

 

  1. Roberts H, Ly KN, Yin S, Hughes E, Teshale E, Jiles R. Prevalence of HBV Infection, Vaccine-Induced Immunity, and Susceptibility Among At-Risk Populations: US Households, 2013-2018. Hepatology. 2021 Nov;74(5):2353-2365. doi: 10.1002/hep.31991. Epub 2021 Jul 13. PMID: 34097776.

 

  1. Roberts H, Jiles R, Harris AM, Gupta N, Teshale E. Incidence and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis B, United States, 2013-2018. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Apr 1;48(4):305-309. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001359. PMID: 33492099.

 

  1. Kreisel KM, Spicknall IH, Gargano JW, Lewis FMT, Lewis RM, Markowitz LE, Roberts H,

Johnson AS, Song R, St Cyr SB, Weston EJ, Torrone EA, Weinstock HS. Sexually Transmitted Infections Among US Women and Men: Prevalence and Incidence Estimates, 2018. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Apr 1;48(4):208-214. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001355. PMID: 33492089.

 

  1. Chesson HW, Spicknall IH, Bingham A, Brisson M, Eppink ST, Farnham PG, Kreisel KM, Kumar S, Laprise JF, Peterman TA, Roberts H, Gift TL. The Estimated Direct Lifetime

Medical Costs of Sexually Transmitted Infections Acquired in the United States in 2018.

Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Apr 1;48(4):215-221. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001380. PMID: 33492093.

 

  1. Roberts H, Boktor SW, Waller K, Daar ZS, Boscarino JA, Dubin PH, Suryaprasad A, Moorman AC. Underreporting of Hepatitis B and C virus infections - Pennsylvania, 20012015. PLoS One. 2019 Jun 6;14(6):e0217455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217455. PMID: 31170165; PMCID: PMC6553716.
  2. Ly KN, Miniño AM, Liu SJ, Roberts H, Hughes EM, Ward JW, Jiles RB. Deaths Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Residents in 50 States and the District of Columbia, 2016-2017. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;71(5):1149-1160. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz976. PMID: 31586173.

 

  1. Koneru A, Schillie S, Roberts H, Sirotkin B, Fenlon N, Murphy TV, Nelson NP. Estimating Annual Births to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive Women in the United States by Using Data on Maternal Country of Birth. Public Health Rep. 2019 May/Jun;134(3):255-263. doi: 10.1177/0033354919836958. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PMID: 30943844; PMCID: PMC6505332.

 

  1. Roberts H, Kruszon-Moran D, Ly KN, Hughes E, Iqbal K, Jiles RB, Holmberg SD. Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in U.S. households: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1988-2012. Hepatology. 2016 Feb;63(2):388-97. doi: 10.1002/hep.28109. Epub 2015 Oct 27. PMID: 26251317.

 

  1. Sharapov UM, Kentenyants K, Groeger J, Roberts H, Holmberg SD, Collier MG. Hepatitis A Infections Among Food Handlers in the United States, 1993-2011. Public Health Rep. 2016 Jan-Feb;131(1):26-9. doi: 10.1177/003335491613100107. PMID: 26843666; PMCID: PMC4716468.

 

  1. Iqbal K, Klevens RM, Kainer MA, Baumgartner J, Gerard K, Poissant T, Sweet K, Vonderwahl C, Knickerbocker T, Khudyakov Y, Xia GL, Roberts H, Teshale E. Epidemiology of Acute Hepatitis B in the United States From Population-Based Surveillance, 2006-2011. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 15;61(4):584-92. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ332. Epub 2015 Apr 22. PMID: 25904365.

 

  1. Roberts H, Myles RL, Truman BI, Dean HD. Association of Employee Attributes and Exceptional Performance Rating at a National Center of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jul-Aug;21(4):E10-7. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000157. PMID: 25271386; PMCID: PMC4600347.

 

  1. Kathleen Ly, MPH; Ruth Jiles, PhD; Monina Klevens, DDS; Elizabeth Hughes, DrPH, Henry Roberts, PhD; Eyasu Teshale, MD Global Virology: Hepatitis C Surveillance in the United States, Springer of Global Virology, 2015.

 

  1. Roberts HW, Utuama OA, Klevens M, Teshale E, Hughes E, Jiles R. The contribution of viral hepatitis to the burden of chronic liver disease in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar;109(3):387-93; quiz 386, 394. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.477. Epub 2014 Jan 21. PMID: 24445570. 

 

  1. Klevens RM, Liu S, Roberts H, Jiles RB, Holmberg SD. Estimating acute viral hepatitis infections from nationally reported cases. Am J Public Health. 2014 Mar;104(3):482-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301601. Epub 2014 Jan 16. PMID: 24432918; PMCID: PMC3953761.

 

  1. He Ly KN, Roberts H, Williams RE, Masunu-Faleafaga Y, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Teshale EH. Hepatitis B vaccination for healthcare personnel in American Samoa: pre-implementation survey for policy decision. Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Dec;142(12):2610-5. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813003506. Epub 2014 Jan 24. PMID: 24476680; PMCID: PMC9151290.

 

  1. Nelson Adekoya, DrPH; Henry Roberts, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC). Comparison of provisional with final notifiable disease case counts - National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Sep 13;62(36):747-51. PMID: 24025757; PMCID: PMC4585575.

 

  1. Anil Suryaprasad, MD; Fujie Xu, MD; Monina Klevens, DDS; Henry Roberts, PhD; Anne Moorman, MPH; Scott Holmberg, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Completeness of reporting of chronic hepatitis B and C virus infections--Michigan, 19952008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Feb 15;62(6):99-102. PMID: 23407125; PMCID: PMC4604809.

 

  1. Elmore K, Nelson R, Gant Z, Jeffries C, Broeker L, Mirabito M, Roberts H. Data harmonization process for creating the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Atlas. Public Health Rep. 2014 Jan-Feb;129 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):63-9. doi: 10.1177/00333549141291S110. PMID: 24385651; PMCID: PMC3862991.

 

  1. Kowdley KV, Wang CC, Welch S, Roberts H, Brosgart CL. Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among foreign-born persons living in the United States by country of origin. Hepatology. 2012 Aug;56(2):422-33. doi: 10.1002/hep.24804. Epub 2012 Feb 16. PMID: 22105832.

 

  1. Teshale EH, Ramachandran S, Xia GL, Roberts H, Groeger J, Barry V, Hu DJ, Holmberg SD, Holtzman D, Ward JW, Teo CG, Khudyakov Y. Genotypic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among acute cases of HBV infection, selected United States counties, 1999-2005. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;53(8):751-6. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir495. Epub 2011 Aug 22. PMID: 21860013.

 

  1. E Hughes, DrPH; G Kilmer, MPH; Y Li, MPH; B Valluru, MS; G Colclough; S Geathers, MA; H Roberts, PhD; L Elam-Evans, PhD Hughes E, Kilmer G, Li Y, Valluru B, Brown J, Colclough G, Geathers S, Roberts H, Elam-Evans L, Balluz L; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Surveillance for certain health behaviors among states and selected local areas - United States, 2008. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2010 Dec 10;59(10):1-221. PMID: 21150869.
  2. H. Roberts PhD, R. McAnally MS, R. Johnson MS, Ruth Jiles PhD                                     

Geographic Disparities in the Prevalence of Nonfatal Heart Diseases and Stroke among Adults in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, and throughout the United States: 2005-2007

Journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Volume 55, Number 4, October 2010

 

  1. Henry Roberts PhD, Ruth Jiles PhD, Ali Mokdad PhD, Gloria Beckles MD, Rios-Burrows MPH, Trend Analysis of Diabetes Prevalence among American Indian/Alaskan Native Young Adults: 1994-2007, Journal of Ethnicity and Disease, (2009), Vol. 19, No.3.

 

  1. Henry Roberts PhD, Elizabeth Hughes DrPH, Robert Woldman MS, Ruth Jiles PhD  

Diagnostic Process to Assess the Effects of Weighting BRFSS Data                                                              

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2009)

  1. Henry Roberts PhD, Elizabeth Hughes DrPH, Robert Woldman MS, Ruth Jiles PhD                                    Diagnostic Process to Assess the Effects of Truncating BRFSS Extreme Sampling Weights                       

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2009)

  1. Kilmer G, Roberts H, Hughes E, Li Y, Valluru B, Fan A, Giles W, Mokdad A, Jiles R; Centers for Disease Control   and Prevention (CDC). Surveillance of certain health behaviors and conditions among states and selected local areas--Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), United States, 2006. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2008 Aug 15;57(7):1-188. PMID: 18701879.
  2. Elizabeth Hughes, DrPH; Melissa McCracken, MPH; Henry Roberts, PhD; Ruth Jiles, PhD                          Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among states and Selected local Areas – BRFSS, United States, 2004, MMWR 2006 Jul 14;55(7):1-124
  3. Ruth Jiles, PhD; Elizabeth Hughes DrPH; Wilmon Murphy, Nicole Flowers, MD; Melissa McCracken, MPH; Henry Roberts, PhD; Margaret Ochner, MPH. Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among states and Selected local Areas – BRFSS, United States, 2003; MMWR December 2, 2005 / 54(SS08);1-116
  4. Bardenheier BH, Shefer A, McKibben L, Roberts H, Rhew D, Bratzler D. Factors predictive of increased influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage in long-term care facilities: the CMS-CDC standing orders program Project. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2005 SepOct;6(5):291-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.06.007. PMID: 16165069.

 

  1. Bardenheier B, Shefer A, McKibben L, Roberts H, Bratzler D. Characteristics of long-termcare facility residents associated with receipt of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Nov;25(11):946-54. doi: 10.1086/502325. PMID: 15566029. 
  2. Henry Roberts, PhD; A. N. Rao, PhD, Chris Tsokos, PhD (2000) Predicting the performance of software systems via the Power Law Process. Doctoral Dissertation.