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Dr. John Kidd

Email: jkidd@uvu.edu
Office: 121-Q
Mail Stop: 261
Curriculum Vitae: John Kidd CV

Biography

John joined the Mathematics Department at UVU in the fall of 2021 after completing his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His goal when instructing students is to help them not only understand the concepts so that they can succeed in statistical procedures but also to incorporate additional applications so that students of all levels can recognize good and poor analyses and studies. He puts a great emphasis on critical thinking and scientific rigor.

John and his wife have four children. Running is a big part of John's life; he has run 4 marathons, though half marathons are his preference.

John has worked in genomic cancer research since 2014 and made genetics a focus during his Ph.D. work. His dissertation developed new statistical tests and methods for conducting mediation analysis in genetic studies.

Education

PhD, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 2021

Major: Biostatistics

MS, Utah State University, 2014

Major: Statistics

BS, Utah State University, 2013

Major: Statistics

Teaching

STAT 4100

Design of Experiment, Spring 2025

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Spring 2025

STAT 2050

Introduction to Statistical Methods, Spring 2025

MATH 100R

Math Leap, Spring 2025

Presentations

Parry, Alan (Presenter & Author), Kidd, John (Presenter & Author), Political Subdivisions Interim Committee 2024 Wednesday October 16, 2024, "Ranked-Choice Voting Presentation", Utah State Senate Building. (October 16, 2024)

Kidd, John , International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies, "Mediation Analysis of Multiple Mediators with Incomplete Omics Data", Utah Valley University. (May 24, 2024)

Etherington, Jordan (Presenter & Author), McKinney, Kaylee (Author Only), Taylor, Ben (Author Only), Kidd, John (Author Only), DeFouw, Emily (Author Only), Olmi, Joe (Author Only), The 2023 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, "Predicting High School Student’s Social-Emotional Risk Amid a National Mental Health Crisis", National Center for School Mental Health, New Orleans, LA. (December, 2023)

Kidd, John , Tea Time Talks - Mathematics Colloquium , "Mediation analysis of multiple mediators with incomplete omics data.", Utah Valley University Department of Mathematics. (January 25, 2023)

Kidd, John (Presenter & Author), Weekly Statistics Seminar, "Expectation-Maximization Algorithms and Mediation Analysis", Brigham Young University Statistics Department, Brigham Young University. (November 10, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Kidd, John , Howard, Annie Green, Highland, Heather M., Gordon-Larsen, Penny , Bancks, Michael Patrick, Carnethon, Mercedes , Lin, Dan-Yu , (2025) "Hypothesis tests of indirect effects for multiple mediators" . Statistical Methods & Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-024-00777-7

Naghi, Leah A., Culver, Julie O., Ricker, Charité , Sturgeon, Duveen , Kingham, Kerry , Hodan, Rachel , Chun, Nicolette M., Kidd, John , Bonner, Joseph , Hong, Christine , Morales-Pichardo, Jennifer , Mills, Meredith , Lindsey, Sidney , McDonnell, Kevin , Ladabaum, Uri , Ford, James M., Gruber, Stephen B., Kurian, Allison W., Idos, Gregory E., (2025) "Breast Cancer MRI Screening of Patients After Multiplex Gene Panel Testing" (Issue: 1, vol. 8). JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54447

Parry, Alan , Kidd, John , (2024) "Deficiencies in Recent Research on Ranked Choice Voting Ballot Error Rates" . Institute for Mathematics and Democracy. https://mathematics-democracy-institute.org/deficiencies-in-recent-research-on-ranked-choice-voting-ballot-error-rates/

Kidd, John , Lin, Dan-Yu , (2024) "Improving the Power to Detect Indirect Effects in Mediation Analysis" (Issue: 1, vol. 16). Statistics in Biosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12561-023-09386-6

Daly, Mary B., Rosenthal, Eric , Cummings, Shelly , Bernhisel, Ryan , Kidd, John , Hughes, Elisha , Gutin, Alexander , Meek, Stephanie , Slavin, Thomas P., Kurian, Allison W., (2023) "The association between age at breast cancer diagnosis and prevalence of pathogenic variants" (Issue: 3, vol. 199). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-06946-8

Kidd, John , Raulerson, Chelsea K., Mohlke, Karen L., Lin, Dan‐Yu , (2023) "Mediation analysis of multiple mediators with incomplete omics data" (Issue: 1, vol. 47). Genetic Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.22504

Principles of Statistics QL, Spring 2022

STAT 1045

Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL, Fall 2021

STAT 2040

Principles of Statistics QL, Fall 2021

Gardiner, Anna , Kidd, John , Elias, Maria C, Young, Kayla , Mabey, Brent , Taherian, Nassim , Cummings, Shelly , Malafa, Mokenge , Rosenthal, Eric , Permuth, Jennifer B, (2022) "Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma Risk Associated With Hereditary Cancer-Risk Genes" (Issue: 7, vol. 114). JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djac069

Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Kidd, John , Bernhisel, Ryan , Shehayeb, Susan , Frankel, Paul , Blazer, Kathleen R., Turco, Diana , Nehoray, Bita , McGreevy, Kim , Svirsky, Kira , Brown, Krystal , Gardiner, Anna , Daly, Mary , Hughes, Elisha , Cummings, Shelly , Saam, Jennifer , Slavin, Thomas P., (2021) "Multigene assessment of genetic risk for women for two or more breast cancers" (Issue: 3, vol. 188). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06201-y

Culver, Julie O., Ricker, Charité N., Bonner, Joseph , Kidd, John , Sturgeon, Duveen , Hodan, Rachel , Kingham, Kerry , Lowstuter, Katrina , Chun, Nicolette M., Lebensohn, Alexandra P., Rowe‐Teeter, Courtney , Levonian, Peter , Partynski, Katlyn , Lara‐Otero, Karlena , Hong, Christine , Morales Pichardo, Jennifer , Mills, Meredith A., Brown, Krystal , Lerman, Caryn , Ladabaum, Uri , McDonnell, Kevin J., Ford, James M., Gruber, Stephen B., Kurian, Allison W., Idos, Gregory E., (2021) "Psychosocial outcomes following germline multigene panel testing in an ethnically and economically diverse cohort of patients" (Issue: 8, vol. 127). Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33357

Calip, Gregory S., Kidd, John , Bernhisel, Ryan , Cox, Hannah C., Saam, Jennifer , Rauscher, Garth H., Lancaster, Johnathan M., Hoskins, Kent F., (2021) "Family history of breast cancer in men with non-BRCA male breast cancer_ implications for cancer risk counseling" (Issue: 1, vol. 185). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05922-w

Comeaux, Matthew , Kidd, John , Larson, Katie , Caldwell, Megan , Coffee, Bradford , (2020) "15297 Identification of pathogenic variants in patients with melanoma who meet NCCN criteria for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and Lynch syndrome testing" (Issue: 6, vol. 83). Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.06.223

Mancini-DiNardo, Debora , Judkins, Thaddeus , Kidd, John , Bernhisel, Ryan , Daniels, Courtney , Brown, Krystal , Meek, Kirsten , Craft, Jonathan , Holladay, Jayson , Morris, Brian , Roa, Benjamin B., (2019) "Detection of large rearrangements in a hereditary pan-cancer panel using next-generation sequencing" (Issue: 1, vol. 12). BMC Medical Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-019-0587-3

Idos, Gregory E., Kurian, Allison W., Ricker, Charité , Sturgeon, Duveen , Culver, Julie O., Kingham, Kerry E., Koff, Rachel , Chun, Nicolette M., Rowe-Teeter, Courtney , Lebensohn, Alexandra P., Levonian, Peter , Lowstuter, Katrina , Partynski, Katlyn , Hong, Christine , Mills, Meredith A., Petrovchich, Iva , Ma, Cindy S., Hartman, Anne-Renee , Allen, Brian , Wenstrup, Richard J., Lancaster, Johnathan M., Brown, Krystal , Kidd, John , Evans, Brent , Mukherjee, Bhramar , McDonnell, Kevin J., Ladabaum, Uri , Ford, James M., Gruber, Stephen B., (2019) "Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of the Diagnostic Yield and Patient Experience of Multiplex Gene Panel Testing For Hereditary Cancer Risk" (Issue: 3). JCO Precision Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/po.18.00217

Raulerson, Chelsea K, Ko, Arthur , Kidd, John , Currin, Kevin W, Brotman, Sarah M, Cannon, Maren E, Wu, Ying , Spracklen, Cassandra N, Jackson, Anne U, Stringham, Heather M, Welch, Ryan P, Fuchsberger, Christian , Locke, Adam E, Narisu, Narisu , Lusis, Aldons J, Civelek, Mete , Furey, Terrence S, Kuusisto, Johanna , Collins, Francis S, Boehnke, Michael , Scott, Laura J, Lin, Dan-Yu , Love, Michael I, Laakso, Markku , Pajukanta, Paivi , Mohlke, Karen L, (2019) "Adipose tissue gene expression associations reveal hundreds of candidate genes for cardiometabolic traits" (Issue: 4, vol. 105). The American Journal of Human Genetics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31564431/

Chaffee, Kari G., Oberg, Ann L., McWilliams, Robert R., Majithia, Neil , Allen, Brian A., Kidd, John , Singh, Nanda , Hartman, Anne-Renee , Wenstrup, Richard J., Petersen, Gloria M., (2018) "Prevalence of germ-line mutations in cancer genes among pancreatic cancer patients with a positive family history" (Issue: 1, vol. 20). Genetics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/gim.2017.85

Rosenthal, Eric T., Bernhisel, Ryan , Brown, Krystal , Kidd, John , Manley, Susan , (2017) "Clinical testing with a panel of 25 genes associated with increased cancer risk results in a significant increase in clinically significant findings across a broad range of cancer histories" (vol. 218-219). Cancer Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cancergen.2017.09.003

Buys, Saundra S., Sandbach, John F., Gammon, Amanda , Patel, Gayle , Kidd, John , Brown, Krystal L., Sharma, Lavania , Saam, Jennifer , Lancaster, Johnathan , Daly, Mary B., (2017) "A study of over 35,000 women with breast cancer tested with a 25‐gene panel of hereditary cancer genes" (Issue: 10, vol. 123). Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30498

Rosenthal, Eric T., Evans, Brent , Kidd, John , Brown, Krystal , Gorringe, Heidi , van Orman, Michael , Manley, Susan , (2017) "Increased Identification of Candidates for High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Through Expanded Genetic Testing" (Issue: 4, vol. 14). Journal of the American College of Radiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2016.10.003

Yurgelun, Matthew B., Kulke, Matthew H., Fuchs, Charles S., Allen, Brian A., Uno, Hajime , Hornick, Jason L., Ukaegbu, Chinedu I., Brais, Lauren K., McNamara, Philip G., Mayer, Robert J., Schrag, Deborah , Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Ng, Kimmie , Kidd, John , Singh, Nanda , Hartman, Anne-Renee , Wenstrup, Richard J., Syngal, Sapna , (2017) "Cancer Susceptibility Gene Mutations in Individuals With Colorectal Cancer" (Issue: 10, vol. 35). Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2016.71.0012

Coffee, Bradford , Cox, Hannah C., Kidd, John , Sizemore, Scott , Brown, Krystal , Manley, Susan , Mancini-DiNardo, Debora , (2017) "Detection of somatic variants in peripheral blood lymphocytes using a next generation sequencing multigene pan cancer panel" (vol. 211). Cancer Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cancergen.2017.01.002

Whitworth, Pat , Beitsch, Peter , Arnell, Christopher , Cox, Hannah C., Brown, Krystal , Kidd, John , Lancaster, Johnathan M., (2017) "Impact of Payer Constraints on Access to Genetic Testing" (Issue: 1, vol. 13). Journal of Oncology Practice. https://doi.org/10.1200/jop.2016.013581

Langer, Lucy R., McCoy, Heidi , Kidd, John , Evans, Brent , Brown, Krystal L., Saam, Jennifer , Wenstrup, Richard , (2016) "Hereditary cancer testing in patients with ovarian cancer using a 25-gene panel" (Issue: 7, vol. 14). Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology. https://cdn.mdedge.com/files/s3fs-public/issues/articles/Langer\_July\_2016\_314.pdf

Cockerell, Clay J., Tschen, Jaime , Evans, Brent , Bess, Emily , Kidd, John , Kolquist, Kathryn A., Rock, Colleen , Clarke, Loren E., (2016) "The influence of a gene expression signature on the diagnosis and recommended treatment of melanocytic tumors by dermatopathologists" (Issue: 40, vol. 95). Medicine (United States). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27749545/

Eguchi, Takashi , Kadota, Kyuichi , Chaft, Jamie , Evans, Brent , Kidd, John , Tan, Kay See, Dycoco, Joe , Kolquist, Kathryn , Davis, Thaylon , Hamilton, Stephanie A., Yager, Kraig , Jones, Joshua T., Travis, William D., Jones, David R., Hartman, Anne Renee, Adusumilli, Prasad S., (2016) "Cell cycle progression score is a marker for five-year lung cancer-specific mortality risk in patients with resected stage I lung adenocarcinoma" (Issue: 23, vol. 7). Oncotarget. http://www.oncotarget.com/fulltext/9129

Petersen, Gloria M., Chaffee, Kari G., McWilliams, Robert R., Majithia, Neil , Allen, Brian , Kidd, John , Singh, Nanda , Hartman, Anne-Renee , Oberg, Ann L., (2016) "Genetic heterogeneity and survival among pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients with positive family history." (Issue: 15_suppl, vol. 34). Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.4108

Tung, Nadine , Lin, Nancy U., Kidd, John , Allen, Brian A., Singh, Nanda , Wenstrup, Richard J., Hartman, Anne-Renee , Winer, Eric P., Garber, Judy E., (2016) "Frequency of Germline Mutations in 25 Cancer Susceptibility Genes in a Sequential Series of Patients With Breast Cancer" (Issue: 13, vol. 34). Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.65.0747

Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Blazer, Kathleen Reilly, Nehoray, Bita , Kidd, John , Slavin, Thomas Paul, Solomon, Ilana , Niell-Swiller, Mariana , Rybak, Christina , Saam, Jennifer , (2015) "Assessment of the clinical presentation of patients with at least two deleterious mutations on multi-gene panel testing." (Issue: 15_suppl, vol. 33). Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.33.15_suppl.1514

Rosenthal, Eric T., McCoy, Heidi , Kidd, John , Evans, Brent , Brown, Krystal , Saam, Jennifer , Manly, Susan , Wenstrup, Richard J., (2015) "Outcomes of clinical testing for 50,000 patients utilizing a panel of 25 genes associated with increased risk for breast, ovarian, colorectal, endometrial, gastric, pancreatic, melanoma, and prostate cancers." (Issue: 15_suppl, vol. 33). Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.33.15_suppl.1515