Josh Kazman, PhD
PhD, Public Health, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
MA, Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation, University of Maryland, College Park
MS, Psychology, Loyola University Maryland
I am a biostatistician with a background in public health and human performance and over 15 years of experience in military medical research. Many of my projects include creating multi-source datasets—linking electronic health records, fitness metrics, body composition evaluations, and environmental data—to address topics related to military readiness and exertional heat illness. Additional interests include applying psychometric models to create and validate self-report tools, as well as working on related experimental or prospective studies.
| Kazman JB, Nelson DA, Ahmed AE, Deuster PA, O'Connor FG, Mancuso JD, Lewandowski SA. Exertional heat illness complications and prognosis among service members. J Occup Environ Med. 2026; 68(2):128-137. |
| Kazman JB, Nelson DA, Ahmed AE, Deuster PA, O'Connor FG, Mancuso JD, Lewandowski SA. Risk for exertional heat illness among US army enlistees: climate indexes, intrinsic factors and their interactions. Br J Sports Med. 2025; 59(4):231-240. |
| Nelson DA, Kazman JB, Nelson K, Edgeworth DB, Lindow MF, Clifton DR, Choi YS, Shell D, Deuster PA. Fasciotomy and occupational separation among US service members with lower extremity chronic exertional compartment syndrome. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2024; 56(9):1685-1693. |
| Kazman JB, Bonner J, Kegel JL, Nelson DA, Deuster PA. Leading indicators of readiness among Army Special Operations Forces: predictive and psychometric analysis of the Global Assessment Tool. Mil Psych. 2023;35(6): 539-51 |
| Kao TC, Kazman JB, Cheng YH, Jeffery DD, Deuster PA. Healthy lifestyles among military active duty service members, and associations with body-building and weight-loss supplement use. Ann Epidemiol. 2021;53:27-33. |
| Kegel JL, Kazman JB, Clifton DR, Deuster PA, de la Motte SJ. Self-reported health indicators in the US Army: Longitudinal analysis from a population surveillance system, 2014‒2018. Am J Public Health. 2021; 111(11):2064-2074. |
| Russell DW, Kazman J, Russell CA. Body composition and physical fitness tests among United States Army soldiers: comparing Active and Reserve component soldiers. Public Health Rep. 2019;134(5):502-513. |
| Kazman JB, Scott J, Deuster PA. Using item response theory to address vulnerabilities in FFQ. Br J Nutr. 2017;118(5):383-391. |
Area of Research
Institution Affiliations
HJF Biostatistician and Assistant Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, in support of Uniformed Services University