Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University, 2003-2005
  • PhD, Mathematics with Emphasis in Statistics, Texas Tech University, 2002
  • MS, Mathematics, University of Southern Mississippi, 1995
  • BS, Mathematics, University of Southern Mississippi, 1993

Research Interests

Dr. Drews is Professor and Director of Biostatistics at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr. Drews has a long history of successful collaborative research leading study design, data collection and management, and analytic activities for large clinical studies primarily focused on metabolic health. The studies include serving as Principal Investigator for the Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY) and the Lifestyle Interventions For Expectant Mothers (LIFE-Moms) Research Coordinating Unit as well as co-investigator for the HEALTHY Study, the Lung HIV Microbiome Project (LHMP), and Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapies (MIST) for BPH, or benign prostate hyperplagia. As director of the Biostatistics Core, she leads a team responsible for providing analytic support for the research activities which advances Pennington Biomedical’s mission of understanding the causes of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia through basic, clinical, and population studies. 
 
Dr. Drews brings nearly two decades of experience with the conduct of multi-site trials using both a common protocol and under a consortium model which includes multiple protocols with each also contributing to address common, unified scientific questions. While she has special experience with larger trials, she also enjoys the close collaboration involved in developing and analyzing smaller studies.  

Selected Publications

  1. Kimberly Drews - PublicationTODAY Study Group. Long-term complications in youth-onset type 2 diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine 2021; 385:416-26.
  2. Redman LM, Drews KL, Klein S, Van Horn L, Wing R, Pi-Sunyer X, Evans M, Josipura K, Arteaga SS, Cahill AG, Clifton RG, Couch KA, Franks PW, Gallagher D, Haire-Joshu D, Martin CK, Peaceman AM, Phelan S, Thom EA, Yanovski SZ, Knowler WC, LIFE-Moms Research Group. Attenuated Early Pregnancy Weight Gain by Prenatal Lifestyle Interventions Does Not Prevent Gestational Diabetes in the LIFE-Moms Consortium. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2021 Jan;171:108549. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108549. Epub 2020 Nov 22. PMID: 33238176
  3. Zeitler P, El Ghormli L, Arslanian S, Caprio S, Isganaitis E, Kelsey MK, Weinstock RS, White NH, Drews K. Deterioration of Glycemic Control in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: What Are the Early and Late Predictors?The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2022 Jul 14;107(8):e3384-e3394. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac254. Erratum in: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Sep 28;107(10):e4280. PMID: 35486388.
  4. TODAY Study Group. Pregnancy Outcomes in Young Women With Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Followed in the TODAY Study. Diabetes Care. 2021 Dec 8;45(5):1038–45. doi: 10.2337/dc21-1071. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34880068; PMCID: PMC9174960.
  5. Kelsey MM, Zeitler PS, Drews K, Chan CL. Normal Hemoglobin A1c Variability in Early Adolescence: Adult Criteria for Prediabetes Should Be Applied with Caution. Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Jan;216:232-235. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.07.031. Epub 2019 Aug 9. PMID: 31405525; PMCID: PMC6917915.
  6. Peaceman AM, Clifton RG, Phelan S, Gallagher D, Redman LM, Knowler, WC, Joshipura K, Haire-Joshu D, Yanoski SZ, Couch KA, Drews KL, Franks PW, Klein S, Martin CK, Pi-Sunyer X, Thom EA, Van Horn L, Wing RR, Cahil AG, for the LIFE-Moms Research Group. Lifestyle interventions limit gestational weight gain in women with overweight or obesity: LIFE-Moms prospective meta-analysis. Obesity 2018; 26(9): 1396-1404.
  7. Jago R, Drews KL, Otvos JD, Willi SM, Buse J, the HEALTHY Study Group. Novel measures of inflammation and insulin resistance are related to obesity and fitness in a diverse sample of 11-14 year olds: The HEALTHY Study. International Journal of Obesity 2016; 40(7): 1157-1163. PMID: 27143035; DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.84.
  8. Weinstock R, Drews KL, Caprio S, Narasimhan S, Leibel N, Zeitler P, McKay S for the TODAY Study Group, The effects of metformin alone or in combination with rosiglitazone or intensive lifestyle on the metabolic syndrome in youth: the TODAY study. Obesity 2015; 23(7):1357-1361. DOI: 10.1002/oby.21120. PMID: 26047470; PMCID: PMC448279.
  9. Jago R, Drews KL, McMurray RG, Baranowski T, Galassetti P, Foster GD, Moe EL, Buse JB. Body mass index and fitness change and the prediction of cardiometabolic risk factors among 8th grade youth. Pediatric Exercise Science, 2013; 25:52-68.
  10. Drews KL and Mansouri H. Nonparametric analysis of treatment effects with missing observations. Journal of Statistical Computing and Simulation, 2012; 82(6): 807-824.
  11. Jago R, Drews KL, McMurray RG, Thompson D, Volpe SL, Moe EL, Jakicic JM, Pham TH, Bruecker S, Blackshear TB, Yin Z. Fatness, fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors among sixth grade youth. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2010; 42:1502-1510. PMCID: PMC2921216
  12. The HEALTHY Study Group. A school-based intervention for diabetes risk reduction. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 363:443-453. PMCID: PMC2924187

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