Rate My Professor Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga

Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, part of the University of Colorado Denver. She is also affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Juarez-Colunga obtained her PhD in Statistics from Simon Fraser University, Canada, in 2011, her MS in Mathematical Sciences with a concentration in Probability and Statistics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2004, and her BS in Applied Mathematics from the Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico, in 2002.

Her research specializes in statistical methods for survival analysis, recurrent event and point process modeling, longitudinal data analysis, joint modeling, and health outcomes research. She collaborates with clinical and health-services researchers in geriatrics, palliative care, neurology, nephrology, rehabilitation, and related fields. Key publications include "Efficient panel designs for longitudinal recurrent event studies using a B-spline approximation method for the intensity function" (Biostatistics, 2014), "A framework for covariate balance using Bregman distances" (Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2021), "Dynamic prediction based on variability of a longitudinal biomarker using a Bayesian joint modeling approach" (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2021), "Increases in Advance Directive Completion Through the Patient Portal Among Younger and Healthier Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2025), "A personalized prediction of longitudinal growth using People-Like-Me methods" (Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2025), "Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis: The Navigate-Kidney Randomized Clinical Trial" (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2026), and "Effect of transfemoral prosthetic suspension on static and dynamic postural control: A comparison between socket-prostheses and bone-anchored limbs" (Gait & Posture, 2026). Juarez-Colunga received the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society Alpha Upsilon Chapter Inductee award in 2022 and the Faculty Excellence in Student Mentoring Award from the Colorado School of Public Health in 2025. Her contributions advance statistical tools for analyzing complex longitudinal data in clinical and epidemiological contexts.