Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Provide the following information for the key personnel and other significant contributors in the order listed on Form Page 2. Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES. NAME POSITION TITLE Sowmya R. Rao Assistant Professor eRA COMMONS USER NAME SOWRAO EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.) INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE (if applicable) YEAR(s) B.S. M.S. M.A. Ph.D. 1983 1985 1992 2001 Madras Christian College, Madras University, Bangalore University, India State University of New York, Buffalo Boston University FIELD OF STUDY Statistics Statistics Statistics Biostatistics A. Positions and Honors: 1985 – 1989 Senior Programmer, Eiko Computers Pvt. Ltd., India 1989 – 1990 Systems Executive, Grandslam Computers Pvt. Ltd., India 1990 – 1992 Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, State University of New York, Buffalo 1992 – 2001 Research Data Analyst/Statistical Analyst, Slone Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Public Health 2001 – 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute 2004 – 2005 Associate Scientist, Abt Associates Inc. 2005 – present Statistician, Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston 2006 – present Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Honors: 1985 Bangalore University Merit List 1991 President, Statistics Graduate Students Association, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 2001 – 2002 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Representative on FELCOM, NCI 2002 National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Fellowship Recognition award 2002 – 2003 Chair, Mentoring subcommittee, FELCOM, NCI 2003 Fellows Award for Research Excellence 2003 National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Fellowship Recognition Award B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order): 1. Palmer JR, Rosenberg L, R Sowmya Rao, Shapiro S. Coffee consumption and myocardial infarction in women. Am J Epidemiol 1995;141:724-31. 2. Palmer JR, Rosenberg L, R Sowmya Rao, Strom BL, Warshauer ME, Harlap S, Zauber A, Shapiro S. Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer risk among African-American women. Cancer Causes Control 1995;6:321-31. 3. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, R Sowmya Rao, Zauber A, Strom BL, Warshauer ME, Harlap S, Shapiro S. A case-control study of oral contraceptive use and risk of breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:25-37. 4. Palmer JR, Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Zauber A, Strom BL, Warshauer ME, Stolley PD, Shapiro S. Induced and spontaneous abortion in relation to risk of breast cancer (United States). Cancer Causes Control 1997;8:841-9. 5. Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Palmer JP, Strom BL, Zauber A, Warshauer ME, Stolley PD, Shapiro S. Transitional cell cancer of the urinary tract and renal cell cancer in relation to acetaminophen use (United States). Cancer Causes Control 1998;9:83-8. PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page Continuation Format Page Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): 6. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, R Sowmya Rao, Adams-Campbell LL. Correlates of postmenopausal female hormone use among black women in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 1998;91:454-8. 7. Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Stolley PD, Zauber AG, Warshauer ME, Shapiro S. Calcium channel blockers and the risk of cancer. JAMA 1998;279:1000-4. 8. Rosenberg L, Stephenson WP, Rao RS, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Shapiro S. The diagnosis of renal cell cancer in relation to hypertension (United States). Cancer Causes Control 1998;9:611-14. 9. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell LL. Risk factors for coronary heart disease in African American women. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:904-9. 10. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Adams-Campbell LL, Rao RS. Obesity and hypertension among collegeeducated black women in the United States. J Hum Hypertens 1999;13:237-41. 11. Kelly JP, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Strom BL, Stolley PD, Zauber AG, Shapiro S. Risk of breast cancer according to use of antidepressants, phenothiazines, and antihistamines. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:861-8. 12. Coogan PF, Rao RS, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Strom BL, Zauber AG, Stolley PD, Shapiro S. The relationship of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use to the risk of breast cancer. Prev Med 1999;29:72-6. 13. Palmer JR, Driscoll SG, Rosenberg L, Berkowitz RS, Lurain JR, Soper J, Twiggs LB, Gershensan DM, Kohorn EI, Berman M, Shapiro S, Rao RS. Oral contraceptive use and risk of gestational trophoblastic tumors. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:635-40. 14. Palmer JR, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L. Correlates of hysterectomy among AfricanAmerican women. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:1309-15. 15. Shapiro S, Rosenberg L, Hoffman M, Truter H, Cooper D, Rao S, Dent D, Gudgeon A, van Zyl J, Katzenellenbogen J, Bailie R. Risk of breast cancer in relation to the use of injectable progestogen contraceptives and combined estrogen/progestogen contraceptives. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151:396403. 16. Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L, Washburn RA, Rao RS, Kim KS, Palmer JR. Descriptive epidemiology of physical activity in African-American women. Prev Med 2000;30:43-50. 17. Rao RS, Glynn RJ, Werler MM, Van Bennekom CM, Mitchell AA. Comparison of alternative survey methods for sensitive self-reported behaviours in a follow-up study of isotretinoin. J Epidemiol Biostat 2000;5:133-6. 18. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Coogan PF, Strom BL, Zauber AG, Stolley PD, Shapiro S. A case-control study of analgesic use and ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2000;9:933-7. 19. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Shapiro S. Low-dose oral contraceptive use and the risk of myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 2001;161:1065-70. 20. Palmer JR, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell L, Rosenberg L. Height and breast cancer risk: results from the Black Women’s Heath Study. Cancer Causes Control 2001 May;12(4):343-8. 21. Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Palmer JR. Strenuous physical activity and breast cancer risk in African-American women. J Natl Med Assoc 2001 Jul-Aug;93(7-8):267-75. 22. Palmer JR, Hatch EE, Rao RS, Kaufman RH, Herbst AL, Noller KL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Hoover RN. Infertility among women exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol. Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Aug 15;154(4):316-21. 23. Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell LL. Patterns and Correlates of alcohol consumption among African-American women. Ethn Dis, 2002 Fall;12(4):548-54. 24. Palmer, JR, Hatch EE, Rosenberg C, Hartge P, Kaufman RH, Titus-Ernstoff L, Noller KL, Herbst AL, Rao RS, Troisi R, Colton T, Hoover RN. Risk of Breast Cancer in women exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero: preliminary results (United States). Cancer Causes Control, 2002;13:7538. 25. Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Palmer JR. A case-control study of acetaminophen use in relation to the risk of first myocardial infarction in men. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2003 Sep;12(6):45965. 26. Freedman DM, Sigurdson A, Rao RS, Hauptmann M, Alexander B, Mohan A, Doody MM, Linet MS. Risk of melanoma among radiologic technologists in the United States. International Journal of Cancer 2003;103:556-62. PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page Continuation Format Page Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): 27. Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Rao RS, Freedman DM, Alexander BH, Hauptmann M, Mohan AK, Yoshinaga S, Hill DA, Tarone R, Mabuchi K, Ron E, Linet MS. Cancer Incidence in the U. S. Radiologic Technologists Health Study, 1983–1998. Cancer 2003;97:3080-9. 28. Freedman AN, Graubard BI, Rao RS, McCaskill-Stevens W, Ballard-Barbash R, Gail MH. Estimates of the Number of U.S. Women Who Could Benefit from Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003;95:526-32. 29. Joni L. Rutter, R. Sowmya Rao (joint first authors), Isabella Bouchelet, GraÇa Dores, Helen Green, James Gulley, Jennifer Koblinski, Martha Lundberg, Rachel Stolzenberg-Soloman, Robert Wheelock, Wendol Williams, Tyra Wolfsberg, Barry Graubard, Patricia Hartge, Sholom Wacholder, and Joan P. Schwartz. Survey of Mentoring Experiences of NIH Postdoctoral Fellows. Shortreport in Nature 2003. http://http://felcom.nih.gov/Mentoring/Survey.html. 30. Freedman DM, Sigurdson A, Doody MM, Rao RS, Linet MS. Risk of melanoma in relation to smoking, alcohol intake, and other factors in a large occupational cohort. Cancer Causes and Control 2003;14:847-57. 31. Freedman AN, Graubard B, Rao SR, McCaskill-Stevens W, Ballard-Barbash R, Gail MH. How Many U.S. Women are Eligible to Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention? How Many Women Would Benefit? American Journal of Oncology Review 2004:3;44-54. 32. Rao RS, Graubard BI, Breen N, Gastwirth JL. Improving our understanding of the factors underlying disparities in cancer screening rates between race/ethnic and gender groups using the PetersBelson approach. Medical Care 2004:42(8);789-800. 33. Rao RS, Glickman ME, Glynn MJ. Use of covariates and survey wave to adjust for nonresponse. Biometrical Journal 2004;46(5):579-88. 34. Rao RS, Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Graubard MI. An Application of the Weighting Method to Adjust For Nonresponse in Cohort Studies. Annals of Epidemiol 2005;15:129-136. 35. Graubard BI, Rao, RS, Gastwirth, JL. Using the Peters-Belson Method to Measure Disparity in Complex Surveys. Statist Med 2005;24:2659-68. 36. Jatoi I, Anderson WF, Rao RS, Devesa SS. Breast Cancer Mortality Trends among Black and White Women in the United States: an Age-Period-Cohort Analysis. JOC, 2005;23(31):7836-41. 37. Doody MM, Freedman DM, Alexander BH, Hauptmann M, Miller JS, Rao RS, Mabuchi K, Ron E, Sigurdson AJ, Linet MS. Breast cancer incidence in U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer 2006; April 25. 38. Rao RS, Schoenfeld DA. Survival Methods in Cardiovascular Research. Circulation. 2007;115;109113 39. Rao RS, Glickman ME, Glynn RJ. Stopping rules for surveys with multiple waves of non-respondent follow-up. Statist Med. 2008;27(12): 2196 – 2213. 40. Sullivan AF, Camargo CA Jr, Cleary PD, Gordon JA, Guadagnoli E, Kaushal R, Magid DJ, Rao SR, Blumenthal D. The National Emergency Department Safety Study: Study rationale and design. Acad Emerg Med 2007; 14: 1182-1189. 41. Campbell EG, Regan S, Gruen RL, Ferris TG, Rao RS, Cleary PD, Blumenthal D. Professionalism in Medicine: Results of a National survey of Physicians. Annals of Int Med. 2007 Dec 4; 147(11): 795802. 42. Campbell EG, Weissman JS, Ehringhaus S, Rao RS, Moy B, Feibelmann S, Goold SD. Institutional Academic Industry Relationships: Results of a National Survey of Department Chairs. JAMA Oct 17; 298 (15): 1779-86. 43. Rao RS, Graubard BI, Schmid CH, Morton SC, Louis TA, Zaslavsky AM, Finkelstein DM. MetaAnalysis of Survey Data: Application to Health Services Research. HSORM 2008;8(2): 98-114. 44. DesRoches CM, Camppbell EG, Rao SR, Donelan K, Ferris TG, Jha A, Kaushal R, Levy DE, Rosenbaum S, Shields AE, Blumenthal D. Electronic Health Record Adoption in the Ambulatory Setting: Findings from a National Survey of Physicians. NEJM 2008;359:50-60. PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page Continuation Format Page