Associate Professor
Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health

Mohan D Pant

757-683-5972

3128 HAMPTON HALL
NORFOLK, VA 23508

Ph.D. in Statistics and Measurement, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, (2011)

M.Sc. in Statistics, Tribhuvan University, (1993)

B.Sc. in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Tribhuvan University, (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. State. 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. State. 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

Expertise

Quantitative Research
Secondary data analysis; Biostatistics
Statistics
Statistical Computing; Bayesian statistics
Big Data Analytics
Data Science; Machine Learning

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).
Rothkopf, M. M., Pant, M. D., Rothkopf, Z., Brown, R., Haselhorst, J., Stevenson, D. L.., DePalma, A. and Saracco, M. (2025). Rothkopf, M. M., Pant, M. D., Rothkopf, Z., Brown, R., Haselhorst, J., Stevenson, D. L., 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 Mohan Pant, 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.
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.
Mohan Pant, D. .., Chakraborty, A. and Ismail El Moudden (2025). Modeling Non-Normal Distributions with Mixed Third-Order Polynomials of Standard Normal and Logistic Variables. Mathematics.
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 Mohan Pant, 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.
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.
Katelyn Cranmer, D. .., Mohan Pant, D. .., Quesnel, S. and Julia Sharp, A. .. (2023). Clonal Diversity, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factor Prevalence of Community Associated Staphylococcus aureus in Southeastern Virginia. Pathogens.
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., Mohan Pant, D. .. and Amanda Burbage, K. .. (2023). Health occupations salary outcomes: intersections of student race, gender, and first-generation status. Advances in Health Sciences Education.
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.
Amallah, L., Ismail El Moudden, Gaboun, F., Mohan Pant, D. .., Skalli, S., Hassikou, R. and Taghouti, M. (2022). Assessment of the evolution of durum wheat end-use quality from domestication to breeding achievements. Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Rothkopf, M., Mohan Pant, D. .., Brown, R., Haselhorst, J., Gagliardotto, F., Tallman, A., Stevenson, D., DePalma, A., Saracco, M., Rosenberg, D., Proudan, V., Shareef, K. and Ayub, N. (2022). Impact of a multidisciplinary nutritional support team on quality improvement for patients receiving home parenteral nutrition. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health.
Hamim, M., Moudden, I. El., Pant, M. D., Moutachaouik, H. and Hain, M. (2021). A hybrid gene selection strategy based on Fisher and ant colony optimization algorithm for breast cancer classification . International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering.
Hamim, M., Ismail El Moudden, Mohan Pant, D. .., Moutachaouik, H. and Hain, M. (2021). A hybrid gene selection strategy based on Fisher and ant colony optimization algorithm for breast cancer classification. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering.
Lee, J. and Mohan Pant, D. .. (2020). Competency‐based learning (CBL): Developing a competency‐based geometry methods course. The Journal of Competency-Based Education.
Amaro-Jimenez, C., Pant, M. D., Hungerford-Kresser, H. and Hartog, J. den. (2020). Identifying the impact of college access efforts on parents' college preparedness knowledge. School Community Journal , pp. 139-159.
Luis Rosado, A. .., Amaro-Jiménez, C., Pant, M. D., Mary Curtis, D. .. and Nandakumar, V. (2020). Identifying barriers impeding bilingual and ESL teacher candidates’ success on state licensure exams. NABE Journal of Research and Practice.
Amaro-Jimenez, C., Mohan Pant, D. .., Hungerford-Kresser, H. and den Jason Hartog (2020). Identifying the impact of college access efforts on parents' college preparedness knowledge. School Community Journal.
Mohan Pant, D. .. (2020). The t-transformed power method distributions for simulating univariate and multivariate non-normal distributions. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation.
Mohan Pant, D. .. (2017). Characterizing log-logistic (L_L) distributions through methods of percentiles and L-moments. Applied Mathematical Sciences.
Lee, J. and Mohan Pant, D. .. (2017). Analyses of children’s mathematics proficiency from ECLS-K 1998 and 2010 cohorts: Why early mathematics?. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
Pant, M. D. and Headrick, T. C.. (2017). A characterization of the Burr Type III and Type XII distributions through the method of percentiles and the Spearman correlation. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 46 (2) , pp. 1611-1627.
Mohan Pant, D. .. and Todd Headrick, C. .. (2017). Simulating uniform- and triangular-based double power method distributions. Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods.
Mary Lynn Crow and Mohan Pant, D. .. (2015). Twenty-Six Years of Changes in Education Students’ Attitudes. Journal of Education & Social Policy.
Mohan Pant, D. .. and Todd Headrick, C. .. (2015). A Characterization of the Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions through the Method of Percentiles and the Spearman Correlation. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation.
Caçola, P. and Pant, M. (2014). Using a generalized linear mixed model approach to explore the role of age, motor proficiency, and cognitive styles in children's reach estimation accuracy. Perceptual and Motor Skills.
Mohan Pant, D. .. and Todd Headrick, C. .. (2014). Simulating Burr Type VII Distributions through the Method of L-moments and L-correlations. Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods.
Pant, M. D. and Headrick, T. C. (2013). A method for simulating Burr Type III and Type XII distributions through L-moments and L-correlations. ISRN Applied Mathematics 2013.
Pant, M. D. (2013). An L-Moment Based Characterization of the Family of Dagum Distributions. Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods.
Pant, M. D. (2013). A Method for Simulating Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions through-Moments and-Correlations. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Pant, M. D. (2012). A Doubling Method for the Generalized Lambda Distribution. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Pant, M. and Headrick, T. (2012). A doubling technique for the power method transformations. Applied Mathematical Sciences.
Pant, M. D. (2012). A Logistic -Moment-Based Analog for the Tukey g-h, g, h, and h-h System of Distributions. ISRN Probability and Statistics.
Pant, M. D. (2012). A Method for Simulating Nonnormal Distributions with Specified L-Skew, L-Kurtosis, and L-Correlation. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Pant, M. D. (2012). An L-Moment-Based Analog for the Schmeiser-Deutsch Class of Distributions. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Pant, M. D. (2012). Characterizing Tukey ℎ and ℎℎ-Distributions through -Moments and the -Correlation. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Pant, M. D. (2012). On the Order Statistics of Standard Normal-Based Power Method Distributions. ISRN Applied Mathematics.
Headrick, T. and Pant, M. (2012). Simulating non-normal distributions with specified L-moments and L-correlations. Statistica Neerlandica.
Headrick, T. C.. and Pant, M. D. (2012). Simulating non‐normal distributions with specified L‐moments and L‐correlations. Statistica Neerlandica 66 (4) , pp. 422-441.
Headrick, T. C.. and Pant, M. D. (2012). A Method for Simulating Nonnormal Distributions with Specified L-Skew, L-Kurtosis, and L-Correlation. ISRN Applied Mathematics 2012 , pp. 1-23.
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.
Headrick, T., Pant, M. and Sheng, Y. (2010). On simulating univariate and multivariate burr type III and type XII distributions. Applied Mathematical Sciences.
Headrick, T. C.., Pant, M. Dev. and Sheng, Y. (2010). On simulating univariate and multivariate Burr Type III and Type XII distributions. Applied Mathematical Sciences 4 (45) , pp. 2207-2240.

Conference Proceeding

Pant, M. D. (2016). Uniform- and Triangular-Based Third-Order Power Method Distributions Using a Doubling Technique Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2016 - Section on Statistical Computing, Chicago, .
Pant, M. D. (2014). A Characterization of Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions through the Method of Percentiles Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) 2014, Boston, Massachussetts.
Pant, M. D. (2011). A Method for Simulating Univariate and Multivariate Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions with Specified-Moments and-Correlations Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) 2011, Miami Beach, Florida.
  • 2024: Professional Enrichment and Growth (PEG) Award, Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
  • 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, University of Texas at Arlington
  • 2011: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • 2011: The Outstanding Research Award for Graduate Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • 2010: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • 2010: The Francis "Jack" Kelly Scholarship Award for Doctoral Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • 2009: The Borgsmiller-Elmore Doctoral Scholar Award, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  • 2009: The Outstanding Research Award for Graduate Students, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

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