Charlie Goldsmith

BSc. (Manitoba), MSc. (Manitoba), PhD (North Carolina State)

Biography

After completing his PhD at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, in Experimental Design, a sub-area of Statistics, in 1969 Dr. Goldsmith returned to Canada to take up a post at McMaster University.  He spent his entire career at McMaster apart from sabbaticals and leaves at other locations.  

Charlie is a Fellow of The American Statistical Association and in 1995 won a Founders Award from The American Statistical Association.  He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Rheumatology, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, The Palmer Journal of Research, and the Canadian Journal of Chiropractic.  He has served on a variety provincial and national grant review bodies.  

Dr. Goldsmith's research interests are in Statistical Methodology related to the evaluation of therapies involved in musculo-skeletal conditions, namely, rheumatology, physical therapy, chiropractic, etc, and more recently in surgery; developing research methodology for carrying out studies of quality-of-life in patients who use pharmaceutical agents; developing standards for research quality assessment in manuscripts, grants and research articles, developing improved understanding of graphical communication, and helping health care delivery adopt quality improvement methods.  

Recent Graduate Students
Marek Smieja (PhD)
Pauline Boulos (MSc)

Selected Publications

1. Feeny D, Furlong WJ, Torrance GW, Goldsmith CH, Zhu Z, DePauw S, Denton M, Boyle M: Multi-attribute and Single-attribute Utility Functions for the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 System. Med Care 2002;40(2):113-128. 
2. Torrance GW, Raynauld J-P, Walker V, Goldsmith CH, Bellamy N, Band PA, Schultz M, Tugwell P, in collaboration with the Canadian Knee OA Study Group: A Prospective, Randomized, Pragmatic Health Outcomes Trial Evaluating the Incorporation of Hylan G-F 20 into the Treatment Paradigm for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis (Part 2 of 2): Economic Results. OsteoArthritis & Cartilage 2002;10(7):518-527. 
3. Smieja M, Mahony JB, Goldsmith CH, Chong S, Petrich A, Chernesky M: Replicate PCR Testing and Probit Analysis for Detection and Quantitation of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Clinical Specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2001;39(5):1796-1801. 
4. Balon J, Aker PD, Crowther ER, Danielson C, Cox PG, O’Shaughnessy D, Walker C, Goldsmith CH, Duku E, Sears MR: A Comparison of Active and Simulated Chiropractic Manipulation as Adjunctive Treatment for Childhood Asthma. NEJM 1998;339(15):1013-1020. 
5. Helewa A, Goldsmith CH, Lee P, Smythe HA, Forwell L: Does Strengthening the Abdominal Muscles Prevent Low Back Pain—A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Rheumatol 1999;26(8):1808-1815.