Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Steven Hanna
BSc.(Toronto), MA (Western), PhD (Western)
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Joint Member, School of Rehabilitation Science
Co-Investigator, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
905.525.9140 x 27851
905.522.6095
hannas@mcmaster.ca
Faculty of Health Sciences
Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Rm 411
1400 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 1C7
Office location: IAHS-411
Academic Interests
Dr. Hanna has research interests in biostatistics, including the analysis of longitudinal data, latent variable structural equation models, multilevel models, and the meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. He is also involved in research in childhood disability and child development, social aspects of health and epidemiology, and the development and effectiveness of clinical practice guidelines.
Current Graduate Students
Piush Mandhane (PhD)
Marilyn Swinton (MSc)
Selected Publications
- Hanna SE, Law MC, Rosenbaum PL, King GA, Walter SD, Pollock N, Russell DJ. Development of hand function among children with cerebral palsy: Growth curve analysis for ages 16 to 70 months. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2003;45:448–455.
- AGREE Collaboration. Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: The AGREE project. Quality and Saftey in Health Care, 2003; 12:18–23.
- Burgers JS, Cluzeau FA, Hanna SE, Hunt C, Grol R, and the AGREE Collaboration. Characteristics of high quality guidelines: Evaluation of 86 clinical guidelines developed in ten European countries and Canada. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2003; 19(1):148–157.
- Rosenbaum PL, Walter SD, Hanna SE, Palisano RJ, Russell DJ, Raina P, Wood E, Bartlett DJ, Galuppi BE. Prognosis for gross motor function in cerebral palsy: Creation of motor development curves. JAMA, 2002;288 (11):1357–1363.
- Palisano, R.J., Hanna, S.E., Rosenbaum P.L., Russell, D.J., et al. (2000). Validation of a Model of Motor Development for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Physical Therapy, 80(10), 974-985 .