For those who don't know me, I originate from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; a beautiful part of the Okanagan Valley. I attended Coldstream and Alexis Park Elementary schools and graduated from W.L. Seaton highschool.

Jason attained his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992 and his M.Sc. (Statistics) from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. I completed my Ph.D. (Statistics, Simon Fraser University) in 2003 with Carl J Schwarz.

Since leaving Vernon, Jason has lived in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto now Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. During this time, Jason has worked for Health Canada (Ottawa), the Canadian Institute for Health Information (Ottawa), the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (Toronto) and Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis).

If you would like to drop me a note, please feel free to do so from the contact information below. I like to hear from old friends and schoolmates.

I currently hold a junior faculty position in the Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine. My research has developed along two lines:

• Statistical methodology, and
• Health services research.

My statistical research has focused on several topics: multi-list population estimation problems, mixture models, model selection under patterns of missing data and Markov models for describing patterns of disease transmission. I am also interested in spatial analysis of disease patterns and health care utilization.

My health services research has been concentrated in the area of hospital based acuity adjustment tools and hospital funding models for different patient populations. I am currently collaborating on clinical reminder implementation effectiveness and hospital based antimicrobial resistance descriptors.

Running: 10K, 1/2 Marathon & Marathon

Swimming

Triathlon

Mountain Biking

International Travel:

Mexico, 1993

Japan, 1999

Holland, 2000

Australia & Tazmania, 2001

Belgium, 2001

France, 2001

Hungary, 2004

Indianapolis, Indiana or

jason_suth@hotmail.com (frequently checked)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia

sutherli@stat.sfu.ca (less frequently checked)