John T. Farrar, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Member
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education in Epidemiology
Director, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology Program
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Contact information
Room 816, Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-5802
Fax: 215-573-5315 Email: jfarrar@mail.med.upenn.edu
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education:
ScB. (Biology, Computer Science minor) Brown University, 1976. M.D. The University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1981. M.S.C.E. (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics) The University of Pennsylvania, 2000. Ph.D. (Graduate Group - Biostatistics and Epidemiology) The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004.
Post-Graduate Training
Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Children's Hospital of San Francisco, CA, 1981-1983. Residency Program in Neurology, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1984-1986. Chief Resident in Neurology, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986-1987. Neuro-Oncology and Pain Fellow, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1987-1988. Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-2000.
Certifications
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Recertified - 2006), 1995. Subspecialty in Pain Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2004. Description of Research ExpertiseResearch related to pain including the use of new pain medications, brain function in people with pain, complementary and alternative therapies, and new methodologies for understanding how patients report their pain in clinical trials. Current research includes ongoing studies of acupuncture for the treatment of pain in osteo-arthritis patients and chronic fatigue in cancer patients, brain imaging of patients with pain, and studies of cancer treatment related pain.Description of Clinical ExpertiseFocuses on all aspects of pain and symptom therapy in cancer patients as a member of the Symptom and Palliative Care Team and as a collaborator in the development of a multi-disciplinary program for the evaluation and treatment of patients with pain.Selected PublicationsCepeda, M.S., Boston, R., Farrar, J.T., Strom, B.L.: Logistic regression versus propensity score when the number of events is low and there are multiple confounders. American Journal of Epidemiology 158(3): 280-7, 2003.Cepeda, M.S., Boston, R., Farrar, J.T., Strom, B.L.: Optimal matching with a variable number of controls vs. a fixed number of controls for a cohort study: Trade-offs. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56(3): 230-7, 2003. Farrar, J.T., Berlin, J.A., Strom, B.L.: Clinically important changes in acute pain outcome measures: A validation study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 25(5): 406-11, 2003. Cepeda, M.S., Farrar, J.T., Baumgarten, M., Boston, R., Carr, D.B., Strom, B.L.: Side effects of opioids during short-term administration: effect of age, gender, and race. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 74(2): 102-12, 2003. Galantino, M.L., Bzdewka, T.M., Eissler, J.L., Holbrook, M.L., Mogck, E.P., Farrar, J.T.: The Impact of Modified Hatha Yoga on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 10(2): 56-9, 2004.
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