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"I discovered biostatistics while a Fulbright Scholar at the Aberdeen University, Scotland. Many of the faculty in Aberdeen were associated with medical research or agriculture research or fisheries research. Their seminar talks and classroom lectures illustrated how statisticians could contribute significantly to the solution of medical and environmental problems. I decided to seek the training and experience that would allow me to work as a biostatistician. "

- Marty Hamilton, "http://www.erc.montana.edu/~marty_h/statinterests.htm "

Research Interests:
Applied biostatistical thinking

Honors and Distinctions:

Member of:

• Standardized Biofilm Methods
• Keck Project
• Biofilm System Training Laboratory (BSTL faculty mentor)

Selected Publications:

• Goeres DM, Loetterle LR, Hamilton MA, Murga R, Kirby DW, Donlan RM. Statistical assessment of a laboratory method for growing biofilms. Microbiology. 2005 Mar;151(Pt 3):757-62.
• Hunt SM, Werner EM, Huang B, Hamilton MA, Stewart PS. Hypothesis for the role of nutrient starvation in biofilm detachment. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Dec;70(12):7418-25.
• Wilson S, Hamilton MA, Hamilton GC, Schumann MR, Stoodley P. Statistical quantification of detachment rates and size distributions of cell clumps from wild-type (PAO1) and cell signaling mutant (JP1) Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Oct;70(10):5847-52.
• Pitts B, Hamilton MA, Zelver N, Stewart PS. A microtiter-plate screening method for biofilm disinfection and removal. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Aug;54(2):269-76.
• Hunt SM, Hamilton MA, Sears JT, Harkin G, Reno J. A computer investigation of chemically mediated detachment in bacterial biofilms. Microbiology. 2003 May;149 (Pt 5):1155-63.
• Webb D, Hamilton MA, Harkin GJ, Lawrence S, Camper AK, Lewandowski Z. Assessing technician effects when extracting quantities from microscope images. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Apr;53(1):97-106.