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Positions

Senior Biostatistician

Medicine - Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US

Education

MS from University of Houston ClearLake

Houston, Texas, United States

Selected Publications

• Manasa Kokonda , Amir Sharafkhaneh, Javad Razjouyan, Drew Helmer, Sara Nowakowski. " 0472 Association of U.S. Military Burn Pit Smoke Exposure with Polysomnography Extracted Oxygen Saturation " SLEEP. 2024 May ; 47 (Supplement_1) : A203.
• Sara Nowakowski, Manasa Kokonda , Amir Sharafkhaneh, Javad Razjouyan, Drew Helmer. " 0889 Association of U.S. Military Burn Pit Smoke Exposure with Objective Sleep Parameters Among Smoking Veterans " SLEEP. 2024 May ; 47 (Supplement_1) : A382.
• Sara Nowakowski, Manasa Kokonda , Amir Sharafkhaneh, Javad Razjouyan, Drew Helmer. " 0890 Polysomnography Extracted Sleep Health Disparities Among Burn Pit Registered U.S. Military Veterans " SLEEP. 2024 May ; 47 (Supplement_1) : A382.
• Emily Arentson-Lantz, Rachel Deer, Manasa Kokonda, Jessica Meers, Samantha Carreon, Julia Boyle, Steve Fisher, Erin Hommel, Jacques Baillargeon, Elena Volpi, Sara Nowakowski. " 0758 Associations Between Actigraphy-Assessed Step Activity and Sleep in Older Adults Following Acute Hospitalization " SLEEP. 2024 May ; 47 (Supplement_1) : A325.
• Rosemary Estevez Burns, Manasa Kokonda, Justin Williams, Jessica Meers, Andrea Krunnfusz, Jordan Ellis, Chase Aycock, John Jones, Sara Nowakowski. " 0361 Sleep Disturbances in a Sample of Pregnant Military Mothers " SLEEP. 2023 May ; 46 (Supplement_1) : A160-A160.
• Sara Nowakowski, Javad Razjouyan, Manasa Kokonda, Israel Christie, Drew Helmer. " 0373 Association of U.S. Military Burn Pit Smoke Exposure with Insomnia and Sleep Apnea Symptoms " SLEEP. 2023 May ; 46 (Supplement_1) : A165–A166.
• Manasa Kokonda, Israel Christie, Javad Razjouyan, Drew Helmer, Sara Nowakowski. " 0377 Sleep Health Disparities Among U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans Registered on the Burn Pit Registry " SLEEP. 2023 May ; 46 (Supplement_1) : Pages A167–A168.
• Emily Arentson-Lantz, Rachel Deer, Manasa Kokonda, Jessica Meers, Samantha Carreon, Sharonya Shetty, Julia Boyle, George Taffet, Farhaan Vahidy, Kathryn Agarwal, Elena Volpi, Sara Nowakowski. " 0825 Association of Sleep Disturbance and Physical Functioning following Acute Hospitalization in Older Adults " SLEEP. 2023 May ; 46 (Supplement_1) : A363-A363.
• Emily Arentson-Lantz, Rachel Deer, Manasa Kokonda, Jessica Meers, Samantha Carreon, Sharonya Shetty, Julia Boyle, George Taffet, Farhaan Vahidy, Kathryn Agarwal, Elena Volpi, Sara Nowakowski. " 0850 Association of Actigraphy-Assessed Sleep Parameters and Physical Functioning following Acute Hospitalization in Older Adults " SLEEP. 2023 May ; 46 (Supplement_1) : A374-A375.
• Emily J Arentson-Lantz, Rachel R Deer, Manasa Kokonda, Chelsey L Wen, Thomas A Pecha, Samantha A Carreon, Trung M Ngyen, Elena Volpi, Sara Nowakowski. " Improvements in sleep quality and fatigue are associated with improvements in functional recovery following hospitalization in older adults " Frontiers in Sleep. 2022 Oct 13; 1 : 1011930.

Skills

Longitudinal data analysis/Multi level modelling

Survival analysis

Mediation analysis

Study design and plan for pilot and feasibility grants, NIH proposals, and manuscripts