Biography

Dr. Keen joined the faculty of UNBC in July 2004 where he has been (full) Professor since July 2015. Dr. Keen has held visiting appointments with the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and the Faculty of Medicine at Leiden University. He has published more than 30 refereed articles in journals, 2 encyclopedia articles, 2 book chapters, and 2 editions of a textbook on statistical graphics. Dr. Keen has served as a statistical consultant designing and analyzing clinical trials and public health intervention studies. Dr. Keen is accredited as a Professional Statistician (P.Stat.) by both the Statistical Society of Canada and the American Statistical Association (ASA) and is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

Selected Publications

Keen, K.J. (2018), "Graphics for Statistics and Data Analysis with R," Second Edition" Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 590 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4987-7983-8

Fidler L.M., Keen K.J., Touma Z., Mittoo S. (2016), "Impact of pulmonary disease on patient-reported outcomes and patient-performed functional testing in systemic lupus erythematosus," Lupus [Impact Factor: 2.118], 25, 1004-1011. DOI: 10.1177/0961203316630818.

Rohekar, S., Chan, J., Tse, S., Haroon, N., Chandran, V., Bessette, L., Mosher, D., Flanagan, C., Keen, K., Adams, K., Mallinson, M., Carter, T.J., Rahman, P., Gladman, D., Inman, R. (2015), “A Brief Review of the 2014 Update on the Canadian Rheumatology Association/Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Treatment Recommendations for the Management of Spondyloarthritis Part II: Specific Management Recommendations,” The Journal of Rheumatology [Impact Factor: 3.173], 42, 665-681. DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141001.

Rohekar, S., Chan, J., Tse, S., Haroon, N., Chandran, V., Bessette, L., Mosher, D., Flanagan, C., Keen, K., Adams, K., Mallinson, M., Carter, T.J., Rahman, P., Gladman, D., Inman, R. (2015), “A Brief Review of the 2014 Update on the Canadian Rheumatology Association/Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Treatment Recommendations for the Management of Spondyloarthritis Part I: Principles of the Management of Spondyloathritis in Canada,” The Journal of Rheumatology [Impact Factor: 3.173], 42, 654-664. DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141000.

Dunne, J.V., Bankole, J., Keen, K.J. (2013), “Systematic Review of the Role of Microparticles in Systemic Sclerosis,” Current Rheumatology Reviews [Impact Factor: not available, journal first published in 2006], 9 (4, Thematic Issue: Vascular Damage in Systemic Sclerosis), 279-300. DOI: 10.2174/1573397109666140103001139.

Dunne, J.V., Keen, K.J., van Eeden, S.F. (2013), “Circulating Angiopoietin and Tie-2 levels in Systemic Sclerosis,” Rheumatology International [Impact Factor: 1.627], 33, 475-484. DOI: 10.1007/s00296-012-2378-4.

Saketkoo, L.A., Escorpizo, R., Keen, K.J., Fligelstone, K., Distler, O. on behalf of EUSTAR (2012), “International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set construction in systemic sclerosis and other rheumatic diseases: a EUSTAR initiative,” Rheumatology [Impact Factor: 4.435], 51, 2170-2176. DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/kes185.

Dunne, J.V., van Eeden, S.F., Keen, K.J. (2012), “L-selectin and Skin Damage in Systemic Sclerosis,” PLoS ONE [Impact Factor 3.534] 7(9): e44814. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044814.

Keen, K.J., van Eeden, S.F., Dunne, J.V. (2012), “Limited Cutaneous and Diffuse Cutaneous Scleroderma: Circulating Biomarkers Differentiate Lung Involvement,” Rheumatology: Current Research [Impact Factor: not available as this is a new journal], S1, 7 pp. and 6 supplemental online pages. DOI: 10.4172/2161-1149.S1-006.

Wang, L., Keen, K.J., and Holland, B. (2011), “Estimation of reliability in a three-factor model,” Statistics in Medicine [Impact Factor: 2.037], 30, 1254-1265. DOI: 10.1002/sim.4182.

Gibbs, A.L., Keen, K.J., Wang, L. (2011), “Case studies in data analysis,” The Canadian Journal of Statistics [Impact Factor: 0.699], 39, 181-217.

Keen, K. J. (2010), "Graphics for Statistics and Data Analysis with R," Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 489 pp., ISBN: 10-1584880872, ISBN: 13: 978-1584880875.