Heibatollah Baghi
Associate Professor
Unit: Dept. of
Global and Community Health
Mail Stop: 5B7
Office Location: Robinson B420
Phone: 703-993-4677
Email: hbaghi@gmu.edu
Dr. Baghi is an associate professor in the College of Health and Human Services, Department of Global and Community Health. He teaches advanced quantitative data analysis for health care research. In addition he coordinates the Biostatistics Certificate and the Master program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, jointly sponsored with the Department of Applied & Engineering Statistics, School of Information Technology & Engineering. His research interests include application of statistical and psychometric modeling techniques (e.g. confirmatory factor analysis) in healthcare research using LISREL; Investigation of job analysis methodologies for licensure and certification examinations in nursing practice; computer-adaptive testing; item response theory; experimental design and applied multivariate statistics.
Recent Publications:
Alemi F, Moore S, Baghi H. Self-Experiments and Analytical Relapse Prevention. Qual Manag Health Care. 2008 January/March;17(1):53-65.
Baghi, H., Noorbaloochi, S., Moore, J. (2007). Statistical and Nonstatistical Significance: Implications for Health-Care Researchers. Quality Management in Health Care. 16(2), 104-112.
Baghi, H., Panniers, T, Smolenski, M (2007). Description of Practice as an Ambulatory Care Nurse: An Empirical Practice-Analysis Survey. Journal of Nursing Measurement. 15(1). 61-75.
Alemi, F. Taxman, F., Baghi, H., Vang, Jee, Thanner, M., Doyon, V. (2006). Costs and Benefits of Combining Probation and Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 9(2), 57-70.
Educational Background:
- PhD, Research Design and Statistics – Florida State University
- PhD, Adult and Continuing Education – Iowa State University
- MS, Adult and Continuing Education – Iowa State University
- BA, Science Education - University of Esfahan, Iran
Currently teaching the following courses:
- GCH/Nur 804
Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis for Healthcare Research I
- GCH/Nur 805
Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis for Healthcare Research II
- GCH/Nur 806
Advanced Multivariate Statistics for Healthcare Research
- GCH/Nur 807
Measurement Theories and Applications in Healthcare Research
- HHS 597
Approaches to Data Analysis in Healthcare Research