Nicholas M. Pajewski PhD

Nicholas M. Pajewski, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where he is also the Director of Statistical Analytics for the Center for Health Care Innovation. Dr. Pajewski did his doctorate at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. He is a member of both the National Institute on Aging AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research (IMPACT) Collaboratory and the National Coordinating Center for the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers. Dr. Pajewski is a biostatistician and clinical trialist with experience in large, multi-site randomized trials, largely focused on pharmacologic management of common chronic diseases in older adults. He has worked for almost a decade on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) evaluating more intensive blood pressure control, and is part of ongoing trials evaluating statin use in older adults free of cardiovascular disease (PRagmatic EValuation of evENTs And Benefits of Lipid-lowering in oldEr adults, PREVENTABLE) and the long term efficacy of phentermine in adults with obesity (Long term Effectiveness of the Antiobesity Medication Phentermine, LEAP).