Associate Professor
Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health

Mohan D Pant

757-683-5972

3128 HAMPTON HALL
NORFOLK, 23508

Dr. Mohan Dev Pant is an Associate Professor of Data Science and Biostatistics at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health in the Joint School of Public Health at Old Dominion 91短视频. He holds Ph.D. in Statistics and Measurement and M.S. in Mathematics, both from Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale. He is accredited as professional statistician (PStat) by the American Statistical Association (ASA). His research interests are in the fields of statistical computing, data science, biostatistics, applied mathematics and statistics, and Bayesian statistics.
Dr. Pant has published 30+ research articles in peer-reviewed journals and given research presentations at 40+ national/international conferences. With a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied statistics, he has contributed to a range of collaborative research projects in diverse fields (e.g., education, health sciences, healthcare, and Biomedical Sciences), providing actionable insights through data-driven strategies. In addition, he has worked with interdisciplinary teams to analyze data, interpret results, develop predictive models, and present findings to stakeholders.
Over the years, Dr. Pant has taught a wide variety of courses in Statistics, Data Science, and Research Methodology to graduate students. He has also mentored and advised several students at the graduate levels.
Dr. Pant is also active in the professional organizations, such as, American Statistical Association, American Public Health Association, and American Educational Research Association, continually staying updated on the latest statistical methodologies and technologies.
Dr. Pant has also served on the review panel of the National Science Foundation and as an ad-hoc reviewer of several scholarly journals.
He is also a member of the Fine Family Academy of VHS at ODU.

Ph.D. in Statistics and Measurement, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale, (2011)

M.Sc. in Statistics, Tribhuvan 91短视频, (1993)

B.Sc. in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Tribhuvan 91短视频, (1991)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

"Pant, M. D. (Co-PI). "Expert Contribution Recognition Ecosystem: Performance-Based Support for AI Research Advisory Group" (PI: El Moudden, I.)." $13,500. Local. August 2025 - July 2026
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Developing Glycosylated RNAs as Novel Clinical Targets for Aggressive Prostate Cancer" (PI: Kerscher, A.)." $385,688. Federal. August 2023 - December 2025
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Understanding, Improving & Tracking of Diabetes Care in the Western Tidewater Region of Virginia" (PI: Lieb, D.). " $800,000. Local. August 2022 - December 2025
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Longitudinal Assessment of Academic Performance Based on Prior Academic Success in Physician Assistant Studies" (PI: Thibodeau, D.). Years: 2023-2024." $10,500. Higher Education. August 2023 - December 2024
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Pathogenic Determinant Analysis of Community Associated Staphylococcus aureus in South Eastern Virginia" (PI: Sharp, J.)." $200,000. 91短视频. August 2022 - December 2024
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Predicting Health Outcomes among Patients with Cancer in Virginia: A Population-based Analysis using Machine Learning" (PI: Galadima, H.). " $15,940. Local. January 2023 - December 2023
"Pant, M. D. (PI). "Predictive Modeling for Health Outcomes using Social Determinants of Health for the Hampton Roads Region." " $46,601. Local. January 2023 - December 2023
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Molecular Dissection of a microRNA Cluster Network of Aggressiveness" (PI: Kerscher, A.)." $200,000. 91短视频. August 2020 - December 2022
"Pant, M. D. (Co-I). "Testing the Translational Potential of the microRNA miR-888 Cluster to Block Prostate Tumor Progression" (PI: Kerscher, A.). " $50,000. Local. August 2020 - December 2021

Research Interests

Statistical computing
Bayesian statistics
Data science
Machine learning

Articles

Chakraborty, A. and Pant, M. D. (2025). Analyzing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mortality Data Using Weekly Exceedance in Mortality Count and Weekly Change in Mortality Indicator: A Time Series Study. Health Science Reports 8 (9).
(2025). Rothkopf, M., Pant, M. D., Rothkopf, Z. S., Brown, R., Haselhorst, J., Gagliardotto, F., Stevenson, D., DePalma, A., Saracco, M. (2025). A pilot study on the use of a multi-morbidity index in patients receiving home parenteral nutrition.. Nutrition in Clinical Practice.
Chakraborty, A. and Pant, M. D. (2025). Machine Learning Models for Pancreatic Cancer Survival Prediction: A Multi-Model Analysis Across Stages and Treatments Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database. Journal of Clinical Medicine 14 (13) , pp. 4686.
Pant, M. D., Chakraborty, A. and Moudden, I. El. (2025). Modeling Non-Normal Distributions with Mixed Third-Order Polynomials of Standard Normal and Logistic Variables. Mathematics 13 (6) , pp. 1019.
Chakraborty, A. and Pant, M. D. (2025). An Analytical Prior Selection Procedure for Empirical Bayesian Analysis Using Resampling Techniques: A Simulation-Based Approach Using the Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Data from the SEER Database. Computation 13 (2) , pp. 51.
Cranmer, K. D.., Pant, M. D., Quesnel, S. and Sharp, J. A.. (2023). Clonal Diversity, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factor Prevalence of Community Associated Staphylococcus aureus in Southeastern Virginia. Pathogens 13 (1) , pp. 25.
Gesing, P., Pant, M. D. and Burbage, A. K.. (2023). Health occupations salary outcomes: intersections of student race, gender, and first-generation status. Advances in Health Sciences Education 28 (1) , pp. 223-241.
Headrick, T. C.. and Pant, M. D. (2012). On the Order Statistics of Standard Normal-Based Power Method Distributions. ISRN Applied Mathematics 2012 , pp. 1-13.
  • 2024: Professional Enrichment and Growth (PEG) Award, Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion 91短视频
  • 2020: Professional Enrichment and Growth (PEG) Award, Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • 2014: Summer Fellowship, LINK Lab Summer Fellows Program, 91短视频 of Texas at Arlington
  • 2011: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale
  • 2011: The Outstanding Research Award for Graduate Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale
  • 2010: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale
  • 2010: The Francis "Jack" Kelly Scholarship Award for Doctoral Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale
  • 2009: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale
  • 2009: The Outstanding Research Award for Graduate Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois 91短视频 at Carbondale

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