Marilyn Klug, PhD
Marilyn G. Klug, PhD, is an associate professor at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota (UND), School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks, ND.
Dr. Klug’s research specialties include statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, NCSS, Epi-Info, Pro-Stat, MathCad, BMDP, EQS, LISREL, and Amos) and the areas of biostatistics, epidemiology, data management, restructuring and mining, parametric and non-parametric methods, regression analysis, multivariate analysis and structural equations.
Dr. Klug is the Center’s lead statistician and lends her expertise to the following projects: the Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center, the North Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, and the VA Rural Health Resource Center.
Prior to joining the Center, she served as an assistant professor of Pediatrics, at the UND medical school from 1997 to 2007, an assistant professor of the UND College of Education and Human Development from 1996 to 2002, and an assistant professor of Neuroscience at the UND medical school from 1996 to1997.
Dr. Klug received a Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics and computer science from the University of North Dakota in 1988. She earned both a Master of Science degree (1992) and Doctor of Philosophy degree (1996) in research methodologies from the University of North Dakota.
Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation’s most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.
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