Tarrant McPherson
Assistant Research Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Faculty, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Tarrant McPherson is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Rollins School of Public Health, and is a member of the Biostatistics Shared Resource at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Prior to joining Emory, Dr. McPherson worked for nine years as a staff statistician at The University of Alabama at Birmingham providing data management and analysis to investigators spanning a wide array of public health disciplines from emergency preparedness to epidemiology. The majority of his previous clinical research experience centers around clinical trials and observational studies of neurological disorders such as myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, and tuberous sclerosis complex.
Areas of Interest
- Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials
- Longitudinal Analysis
- Statistical Modeling
- Survival Analysis
Education
- Bachelor of Arts 2013, The University of Alabama
- Master of Arts 2013, The University of Alabama
- Doctor of Philosophy 2022, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications
- De León AM, Aban I, McPherson T, Granit V, Benatar M, Cutter G, Lee I, 2023, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with myasthenia gravis: A survey of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America MG patient registry., Muscle Nerve, 67, 25-32
- Lee I, Leach JM, Aban I, McPherson T, Duda PW, Cutter G, 2022, One-year follow-up of disease burden and medication changes in patients with myasthenia gravis: From the MG Patient Registry., Muscle Nerve, 66, 441-420
- Lee I, Kazamel M, McPherson T, McAdam J, Bamman M, Amara A, Smith DL Jr, King PH, 2021, Fat mass loss correlates with faster disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: Exploring the utility of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in a prospective study, PLoS One, 16, e0251087
- McPherson T, Aban I, Duda PW, Farzaneh-Far R, Wolfe GI, Kaminski HJ, Cutter G, Lee I., 2020, Correlation of Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living scales in the MGTX study. , Muscle Nerve., 62, 261-266
- Lee I, Kuo HC, Aban IB, Cutter GR, McPherson T, Kaminski HJ, etc., 2020, Minimal manifestation status and prednisone withdrawal in the MGTX trial., Neurology, 95, e755 - e766
- rayson LE, Peters JM, McPherson T, Krueger DA, Sahin M, Wu JY, Northrup HA, Porter B, Cutter GR, O'Kelley SE, Krefting J, Stone SS, Madsen JR, Fallah A, Blount JP, Weiner HL, Bebin EM., 2020, Pilot Study of Neurodevelopmental Impact of Early Epilepsy Surgery in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex., Pediatr Neurol, 109,
- Martin RC, Gerstenecker A, Triebel KL, Falola M, McPherson T, Cutter G, Marson DC. , 2019, Declining Financial Capacity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Six-Year Longitudinal Study., Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 34, 152-161
- Lee I, Kaminski HJ, McPherson T, Feese M, Cutter G., 2018, Gender differences in prednisone adverse effects: Survey result from the MG registry, Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 5, e507
- Niccolai LM, Triebel KL, Gerstenecker A, McPherson TO, Cutter GR, Martin RC, Marson DC., 2017, Neurocognitive Predictors of Declining Financial Capacity in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Clin Gerontol, 40, 14-23