Todd Yoder, Ph.D.

Research Scientist II

Todd joined Metrum in 2021 after earning his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and M.S. in Statistics from Colorado School of Mines. His doctoral research focused on solving wave-scattering initial-boundary value problems analytically in the time domain. Todd also has experience in survival analysis, predictive modeling, and numerical partial differential equation methods.

Recent publications by this scientist

Gompertz Cure Rate Survival Models with Stan and brms.

December 6, 2024

Presented at ACoP 2024. A Gompertz distribution is implemented in Stan and brms to enable cure rate survival modeling. The Gompertz brms family can be used to model exposure-response data in a Bayesian framework where a proportion of the population never experiences the event of interest.

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