Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
ANNUAL REPORT OF FACULTY
(for academic year: August, 2014-July, 2015)
I. SPECIAL HONORS
A. Major leadership positions in professional organizations and national panels
Guo, Ying
-Program Chair-Elect, Section on Imaging Statistics, American Statistical Association (ASA)
-NIH Review Panelist, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Invited review panelist
for Biomedical Technology Resource (P41) Center (BTRC), 2014 and 2015.
-NIH Review Panelist, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Invited review panelist
for K-award applications, 2015.
-NIH, Invited review panelist for ZRG1 BST-N (55) BD2K Open Educational Resources and Courses for Skills
Development (R25), 2015.
Hanfelt, John
-President, Georgia Chapter of the American Statistical Association
Kutner, Michael
-Chair, W.J. Dixon Award Committee, American Statistical Association
Long, Qi
-Member, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights, American Statistical Association.
-Member, Steering Committee, Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry
-Member, Regional Advisory Committee, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American Region.
-Member, Statistical Advisory Group, International Consortium on Genetics of Subsequent Coronary Heart
Disease (GENIUS-CHD).
Manatunga, Amita
-Recipient, The Thomas Sellers, Jr. Award, 2015, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
-Member, Advisory Committee on Continuing Education of the American Statistical Association
-Member, Education Committee, Eastern North American Region Biometrics Meeting (ENAR)
Qin, Steve
-Member, Program Committee of SAMSI 2014-2015 long program on “Beyond Bioinformatics”.
B. External awards and honors
Hanfelt, John
-Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Kutner, Michael
-Emory University Millipub Club Inductee 2014
-Nominated for the Thomas Jefferson Award (Emory)
-Nominated for the Karl Peace Award (ASA)
-Nominated for the Waller Teaching Award (ASA)
-Mike Kutner Junior Faculty Poster Session SRCOS/SRC travel award funding
Long, Qi
-Selected as one of 35 participants in the SAMSI Ideas Lab (http://www.samsi.info/ideas-lab) July 20-24, 2015,
out of over 350 applicants.
Waller, Lance
-Invited participant, Workshop on Complex Spatiotemporal Data Structures: Methods and Applications. Fields
Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto. April 2015.
-Invited lecture (one of four in series), Science and the Common Good Lecture Series, Ursinus College. February
2015
II. TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS
A. List courses taught and enrollment
Binongo, José
BIOS 500: Statistical Methods I, enrollment 144
BIOS 502: Statistical Methods III, enrollment 14
BIOS 516D: Applied Biostatistics I, enrollment 34
BIOS 517D: Applied Biostatistics II, enrollment 18
BIOS 518M: Applied Biostatistics III, enrollment 21
CPTR 502: Biostatistics for Translational Research, enrollment 7
MSCR 520: Clinical Trials, enrollment 16
Chang, Howard
BIOS 526: Modern Regression Analysis, enrollment 30
BIOS 760R: Advanced Spatial Statistics, enrollment 9
Chen, Nelson
BIOS 520: Clinical Trial, enrollment 30
Oncology Reviews Journal Club at Winship Cancer Institute, enrollment 25 fellows
Clennon, Julie
EH 583: Spatial Ecology of Infectious Diseases, enrollment 30
INFO 530: Geographic Information Systems, enrollment 50 (fall), enrollment 49 (spring)
INFO 560R: Concepts and Applications of GIS in Spatial Epidemiology, enrollment 27
MDP 585: Applications for Geographic Information Systems for Development Practice, enrollment 17
Cotsonis, George
BIOS 500: Statistical Methods I, enrollment 69
BIOS 501: Statistical Methods, II, enrollment 48
BIOS 531: SAS/S-plus Programming, enrollment 46
BIOS 532: Statistical Computing, enrollment 21
Easley, Kirk
BIOS 745R: Biostatistical Consulting, enrollment 18
Elon, Lisa
BIOS 500L: Statistical Methods I, enrollment 54
BIOS 591PL: Biostatistics Methods II, enrollment 72
Guo, Ying
BIOS506: Statistical Method I, enrollment 32
Haber, Michael
BIOS 522: Survival Analysis, enrollment 29
Hanfelt, John
BIOS 511: Statistical Inference I, enrollment 25
Hu, Yijuan
BIOS 508: Categorical Data Analysis, enrollment 30
BIOS 570: Methods in Statistical Genetics, enrollment 10
BIOS 770: Advanced Statistical Genetics, enrollment 4
Huang, Eugene
BIOS 736: Statistical Analysis of Missing and Mismeasured Data, enrollment 9
BIOS 711: Statistical Inference II, enrollment 8
Kelley, Mary
BIOS 726: Applied Multivariate Analysis, enrollment 8
Kowalski, Jeanne
Oncology Reviews Journal Club at Winship Cancer Institute, enrollment 25
Leong, Traci
INFO 511: Analytics, enrollment 12
BIOS 760R: Introduction to R, enrollment 32
Long, Qi
BIOS 709: Generalized Linear Models, enrollment 10
Lyles, Bob
BIOS 736: Statistical Analysis with Missing and Mismeasured Data, enrollment 10 (co-taught with Eugene Huang)
BIOS 507: Applied Linear Models, enrollment 39
BIOS 591P: Biostatistical Methods II, enrollment 151
Manatunga, Amita
BIOS 509M: Fundamentals of Bioinformatics, enrollment 20
Bios 780R: Advanced PHD Seminar, enrollment 8
Mehta, Christina
BIOS 500L-Statistical Methods I Lab, enrollment 53
Nizam, Azhar
BIOS500-Statistical Methods I, enrollment 160
BIOS500L-Statistical Methods I Computer lab, enrollment 160 (three sections)
BIOS500S-Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics, enrollment 21
MSCR500-Introduction to Biostatistics, enrollment 17 (Fall 2014)
MSCR500-Introduction to Biostatistics, enrollment 19 (live web course) (Spring 2015)
MSCR533-Data Management, enrollment 17 (Fall 2014)
MSCR533-Data Management, enrollment 19 (live web course)
Peng, Limin
BIOS 710: Probability Theory II, enrollment 11
Qin, Steve
BIOS 731: Advanced Statistical Computing, enrollment 11 (co-taught)
Waller, Lance
BIOS 777: How to Teach Biostatistics,enrollment 8
Weiss, Paul
BIOS 500: Statistical Methods I, enrollment 105
BIOS 501: Statistical Methods, II, enrollment 67
BIOS 531: SAS/S-plus Programming, enrollment 47
BIOS 550: Sampling Applications I: Computer Analysis of Complex Sample Survey, enrollment 42 (Fall)
BOS 550: Sampling Applications I: Computer Analysis of Complex Sample Survey, enrollment 35 (Spring)
Wu, Hao
BIOS 545: Introduction to R Programming (co-taught with Steve Pittard), enrollment 13
BIOS 555: High-throughput Data Analysis Using R and Bioconductor, enrollment 6
BIOS 731: Advanced Statistical Computing, enrollment 8
Zhang, Rebecca
BIOS 510: Introduction to Probability Theory, enrollment 18
BIOS 512: Probability Theory I, enrollment 22
B. MPH/MSPH thesis (SSP) committees chaired (list names of students)
Binongo, José
Vicki Georgiopoulou, MPH Prevention Science
Chang, Howard
Anran Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Tong Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Yuqi Sun, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Marcy Shaeffer, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Chenyin Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Chen, Nelson
Run Zhang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Zheyu Hu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Guo, Ying
Yikai Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Kelley, Mary
Danni Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Ko, Yi-An
Chenchen Yu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (joint with Qi Long)
Kundu, Suprateek
Junhan Fang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jin Ming, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Leong, Traci
Jordan Kennedy, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Samantha Shepler, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Long, Qi
Chenchen Yu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (joint with Yi-An Ko)
Peng, Limin
Yi Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Waller, Lance
Wayne Harris, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Weiss, Paul
Steven Russell, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Yu, Tianwei
Lifan Zhang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
C. MPH/MSPH thesis (SSP) committees on which you served but did not chair (list names of
students)
Binongo, José
Diane Dong, MPH Applied Epidemiology
Cotsonis, George
Gabrielle Breen, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Mindy Hong, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Steven Russell, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Guo, Ying
Junhan Fan, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jin Ming, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Liu, Juan
Benjamin J. Flink, MPH
Sam Hyde, Emory University School of Medicine Genetic Counseling Training program
Manatunga, Amita
Himalee Sabnis, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
Maddie Bertha, Graduate Student, Emory University School of Medicine
Jennifer Felger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of
Medicine
Jesse Couk, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Sujan Reddy, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Ana Antun, Hematology and Oncology, , Emory University School of Medicine
Waller, Lance
Shona Smith, Hubert Department of Global Health
Weiss, Paul
Jordan Kennedy, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Zhang, Rebecca
Danni Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
D. PhD dissertation committees chaired (list names of students)
Chang, Howard
Brooke Alhanti, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Guo, Ying
Phebe Kemmer, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Tian Dai, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Ran Shi, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Zae Higgins, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Haber, Michael
Qian An, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Meng Shi, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hanfelt, John
Lijia Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hu, Yijuan
Peizhou Liao, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Long, Qi
Pallavi Mishra-Kalyani, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Domonique Watson Hodge, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Samantha Noreen, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Wanzhe Zhu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (joint with Amita Manatunga)
Lyles, Bob
Dane Van Domelen, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Manatunga, Amita
Shuling Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Peng, Limin
Jing Yang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Qin, Steve
Li Chen, Department of Math and Computer Science
Ben Li, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Tianlei Xu, Department of Math and Computer Science
Shuai Yuan, Department of Math and Computer Science
Waller, Lance
Anthony Pileggi, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
E. PhD dissertation committees on which you served but did not chair (list names of
students)
Binongo, José
Unjali Gujral, PhD Nutrition
Ellen Smith, PhD Nutrition
Chang, Howard
Lijia Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Cassandra O’Lenick, Department of Environmental Health
Dongni Ye, Department of Environmental Health
Heather Strosnider, Department of Environmental Health
Heather Reese, Department of Environmental Health
Clennon, Julie
David Berendes, Department of Environmental Health
Guo, Ying
Lijia Wang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jacob Billings, Neuroscience Graduate Program, GDBBS
Haber, Michael
Christina Mehta, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hanfelt, John
Margaret Bray, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hu, Yijuan
Yunxuan Jiang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Huang, Eugene
Jing Yang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Kundu, Suprateek
Ran Shi, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Long, Qi
Xin Lu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Lyles, Bob
Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, Department of Epidemiology
Lucy Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Shuling Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Pallavi Mishra, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Manatunga, Amita
Tian Dai, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jing Yang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Peng, Limin
Tian Dai, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Shuling Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Qin, Steve
Jung-Ting Chien, Department of Math and Computer Science
Qing He, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Yunxuan Jiang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Sumeet Sharma, School of Medicine
Brooke Weckbelblatt, Department of Human Genetics
Waller, Lance
Brooke Alhanti, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Ian Buller, Environmental Health Sciences
J.R. McMillan, Population Biology Evolution and Ecology
Sarah Guagliardo, Population Biology Ecology and Evolution (PBEE)
Kevin Delaney, Department of Epidemiology
Wu, Hao
Robert Petit, PBEE
Yu, Tianwei
Margaret Bray, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
F. New courses developed and taught (list titles)
Chang, Howard
BIOS 760R: Advanced Spatial Statistics
Kundu, Suprateek
BIOS 707: Advanced Linear Models (Preparing to teach in Fall 2015)
Leong, Traci
INFO 511: Analytics
Waller, Lance
-BIOS 777: How to Teach Biostatistics
G. Mentoring (junior faculty, post-docs, other)
Clennon, Julie
-Janet Cummings, Department of Health, Policy and Management
-Neela Goswami, Department of Infectious Disease
Guo, Ying
-Jian Kang, Junior faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Suprateek Kundu, Junior faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Albert Anderson, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
-Pravi Mangal Patel, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
-Trotti, Lynn Marie, Assistant Professor of Neurology
-James Scott Cordova, MD/PHD candidate, Department of Molecular and Systems Pharmacology, Emory School
of Medicine
Hanfelt, John
-Whitney Wharton, Department of Neurology
-Carmen Polito, Department of Medicine
Hu, Yijuan
-Henry (Rich) Johnston, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Huang, Eugene
-Elizabeth Chong, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Ko, Yi-An
-Mentor for a research intern at ECCRI with MPH degree (04/2015-present)
Kowalski, Jeanne
-Kylie Ainslie, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Yuan Liu, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Jeff Switchenko, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Kundu, Suprateek
-Changgee Chang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (joint mentoring with Qi Long)
Kutner, Michael
-Nelson Chen, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Yijuan Hu, Rollins Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Qi Long, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Edward Boone, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University
-James Hardin, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina
Long, Qi
-Yi-An Ko, Junior Faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatice
-Sandra Safo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Changgee Chang, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Yi Deng, Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Ziyi Li, Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Yunyun Chen, Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Zheyu Hu, Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Lyles, Bob
-Mentored 3 doctoral students: Shuling Liu, Devin Liao, and Dane Van Domelen
Mehta, Christina
-Mentored 3 doctoral students, Caprichia Jeffers, Meng Shi and Ixavier Higgins
-Provided research question and subset of WIHS data for Jing Yang dissertation topic #3
Peng, Limin
-Qi Zheng, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Qin, Steve
-Yijuan Hu, Junior Faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Hao Wu, Junior Faculty, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Rich Johnston, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Li Li, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Switchenko, Jeff
-Yunyun Chen, student practicum (field supervisor: Jerome Landry)
-Ben Flink, Directed Study
Waller, Lance
-Neela Goswami, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
-Suprateek Kundu, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Weekly meeting with collaborative statistics group (Data Analytics and Biostatistics) supported by the
Department of Medicine.
-Andre Thiago Alves, Visiting Doctoral Student, Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
-Eric Nehl, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
-Janet Cummings, Department of Health, Policy and Management
-Jenna Krall, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-External reader, Comments on Spatiotemporal Calibration and Resolution Refinement of Output from
Deterministic Models, dissertation by Owais Gilani, PhD Candidate, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public
Health, Yale University.
Yu, Tianwei
-Mentored Elizabeth Chong (co-advisor: Eugene Huang),
H. Other teaching achievements (list each)
Chang, Howard
-Faculty mentor, SAMSI Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop, 2015
Chen, Nelson
-Invited Lecturer, “Bayesian optimal designs for cancer Phase I clinical trials” in the Department of Biostatistics
and Bioinformatics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.,2/27/2015.
Cotsonis, George
-Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS), Summer 2014, enrollment 20
Hanfelt, John
-Honorable Mention, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Teaching Award
Huang, Eugene
-Academic advisor for MSPH/MPH students Danni Liu and Yuqi Sun, Department of Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics
Ko, Yi-An
-Lecturer of the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
Kundu, Suprateek
-Co-organized meetings for the Bayesian Journal Club and the CBIS group.
-Instramental in winning the FIT grant for the proposal on interventions for improving learning outcomes.
Kutner, Michael
-Lecturer, BIOS 745R: “Statistical Ethics”
-SIBS two presentations: Career Path and Melatonin Supplementation and the Metabolic Syndrome
-Lecture to Fellows, Winship Cancer Institute, Phase III Trials
Liu, Juan
-Mentored and taught MPH students, Fu Chao, Yunyun Chen, Xin Sun, and Michael Mengyeh Yuan, from both
Biostatistics and Epidemiology department to use NCDB for their practicum.
Long, Qi
-Received the 2015 Biostatistics Teaching Award
Qin, Steve
-Maintained active email list of the Bioinformatics group at Emory
-Organized journal clubs and group meetings for the Bioinformatics Interest Group.
Switchenko, Jeff
-Lecturer, statistical consulting at Winship as part of Bios 745R (10/3/14)
Waller, Lance
-University of Washington Summer Institute for Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Disease, 2.5 day
Shortcourse on “Spatial Statistics” with Jon Wakefield (25 students).
-Director, NCATS-funded Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS). 21 participants.
-RSPH Guest lectures in:
a. Spatial Epidemiology (Kitron)
b. Introduction to Public Health Surveillance (Brachman)
c. Translational Research in Public Health (Freeman)
d. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Khan)
e. Genome, Exposome, Health (Miller)
f. Biostatistics Research Methods (Manatunga)
g. Clinical Research Bootcamp (School of Medicine)
III. SERVICE/PRACTICE ACHIEVEMENTS
A. List service activities for the RSPH
Binongo, José
-Co-Chair, Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Chang, Howard
-Member, PhD Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Recruitment Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Diversity Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Grader, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Chen, Nelson
-Meet new PhD student candidates. Gave a presentation on the topic of clinical trial to Ph.D student candidates.
-Meet new MS student candidates. Gave a talk about the field of clinical trial in our department to MS student
candidates.
-Interview several staff candidates, Chao Zhang, Arora Jyoti et al.
Clennon, Julie
-Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Public Health Surveillance (Phillip Brackman)
Cotsonis, George
-Member, Computing Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Advisory Group, Department of Information Technology, Rollins School of Public Health
Easley, Kirk
-Research Projects Consultant, Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center,
Rollins School of Public Health and Emory Center for AIDS Research
-Collaborative Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Advisory Committee, RSPH Career Services
Elon, Lisa
-Member, MPH/MSPH Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Departmental Practicum Advisor
Guo, Ying
-Acting Director for Center of Biomedical Statistics (CBIS)
Haber, Michael
-Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Chair, Space Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Chair, Qualifying Examinations Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Chair, Website Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hanfelt, John
-Member, Senior Planning Group, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Collaborative Research Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Hu, Yijuan
-Member, PhD Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Problem setter. Qualifying Methods Exam, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Recruitment Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Education Committee, RSPH
Huang, Eugene
-Member, Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Problem setter & Grader, Qualifying exam, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Kelley, Mary
-Department contact for MPH concentration in social determinants of health
Ko, Yi-An
-Helped identify practicum opportunities and arrange interviews for MPH student, Michael Yuan.
Kowalski, Jeanne
-Direct the 11-member faculty and staff Winship Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource
-Member, Collaborative Biostatics Committee
-Recruited four new MS level staff (2 in Biostatistics; 2 in Bioinformatics)
Kundu, Suprateek
-Served on the Wellness Committee. Offered yoga classes to Emory faculty and staff.
Kutner, Michael
-Chair, Collaborative Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Planning Committee
-Chair, 50th Anniversary Celebration & Conference, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Chair, DSMB: A Peer-Led Disease Management Program for Mental Health Consumers
-Collaborate with investigators in Emory Rollins School of Public Health and Emory School of Medicine
Long, Qi
-Member, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, RSPH
-Member, Research Advisory Committee, RSPH
-Chair, Research Strategic Planning Group, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Brogan Lecture Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Kutner Alumni Award Selection Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Collaborative Research Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, 50th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Lyles, Bob
-Member, Awards Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, PhD Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Lynn, Mike
-Member, Research Advisory Committee, Rollins School of Public Health
-Member, Faculty Council, Rollins School of Public Health
-Member, Senior Advisory Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Collaborative Research Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Manatunga, Amita
-Chair, Donna Brogan Lecture Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, ACTSI –BERD Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Tenure track Faculty Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Rollins School of Public Health
-Member, Appointment, Research Advisory Committee (RAC), Rollins School of Public Health
Mehta, Christina
-Member, MSPH/MPH Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Woodruff Scholarship Committee, Rollins School of Public Health
Nizam, Azhar
-Member, Admission Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Peng, Limin
-Department Representative, Faculty Council, Rollins School of Public Health
Qin, Steve
-Meeting Coordinator, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Tenure and Tenure-Track faculty
-Member, Website Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Switchenko, Jeff
-Helped to recruit and hire senior biostatistician for BBISR core
-Organized Winship 5K team for Department of Biostatistics – 2014
 Designed logo and t-shirts
 Recruited faculty and students
-Led the development of new Winship Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource website
-Leading effort to consolidate SEER and NCDB projects and ideas to facilitate student involvement and enhanced
collaboration with Winship members
-Member, Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Waller, Lance
-Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Wu, Hao
-Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, MSPH Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Website Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Yu, Tianwei
-Member, CFAR Science Council
-Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Member, Computer Advisory Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Zhang, Rebecca
-Member, Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
-Co-Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
B. List service activities for Emory University
Chang, Howard
-Member, Graduate Diversity Fellowship Committee, Emory University
-Member, Research Committee Proposal Review Committee, Emory University
Chen, Nelson
-Member, Clinical and Translational Research Committee (CTRC), Winship Cancer Institute
Cotsonis, George
-Statistician, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Emory School of Medicine
-Committee Member, Marjorie D. Timmer, Master of Arts in Bioethics
Easley, Kirk
-Statistical Reviewer, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
-Statistical Reviewer, Lancet Neurology
-National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Special Emphasis Panel: Teleconference
reviews of proposed clinical trials on September 17, 2014 and March 9, 2015
Guo, Ying
-Grant reviewer for Emory URC/ACTSI awards
-Provided statistical consultation and statistical analyses for research projects for faculty in School of Medicine and
School of Nursing
Hanfelt, John
-Director, Biostatistics Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD), Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science
Institute
-Reviewer, Emory STEM Symposium
Kowalski, Jeanne
-Member, Clinical and Translational Review Committee
-Member, Winship Drug Discovery and Therapeutics Program
-Member, Winship Shared Resource Directors Council
Ko, Yi-An
-Worked as the lead statistician in the Emory Division of Cardiology. Service activities include supervising data
cleaning/management, conducting data analysis, writing abstracts and manuscripts, providing statistical
consultations, participating in research meetings, and assisting preparation of grant applications in statistical
aspects.
Kundu, Suprateek
-Assisted in organizing the STEM symposium.
Kutner, Michael
-Chair, Faculty Life Course Committee
-Chair, Emory Faculty Club Planning Committee
-Member, Emory University Faculty Council
-Provided funds to support formation of an Emory Faculty Club
Leong, Traci
-DSMB member for Emory investigator: Allison Ross “Vitamin D Interventional Study for HIV patients”
-DSMB member for Emory investigator: Dr. Vin Tangpricha “Vitamin D for enhancing the immune system in cystic
fibrosis”
-DSMB member for Emory investigator: Mikail El Chami “Management of New-Onset Postoperative Atrial
Fibrillation utilizing Insertable Cardiac Monitor Technology to Observe Recurrence of AF (MONITOR-AF)”
-DSMB member for Emory investigator: David De Lurgio “Cardioneuroablation for Neurocardiogenic Syncope
(ABLATE-NCS)”
-IRB member for Children’s healthcare of Atlanta
Manatunga, Amita
-Member, CRCA/Masters of Science in Clinical Research Program Executive Committee
-Member, Emory Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Program -K12 Executive Committee
-Member, ACTSI-SAC Committee
Nizam, Azhar
Workshops:
-Fellows Introduction to Research Training (FIRsT) Oct. 27-28, 2014, Emory University. Taught four sessions:
descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, survival analysis
-Short Course on Clinical Research and Translational Experience in Science (SoCRATES), May 20-21, 2015
Emory University. (Taught two sessions covering descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, survival
analysis)
Peng, Limin
-Director of Graduate Studies for Biostatistics Program, Laney School of Graduate Studies
Qin, Steve
-Member, Big Data/Data Science Working Group, Emory University
Switchenko, Jeff
-Member, Clinical and Translational Research Committee (CTRC) – 2014-2015
-Presenter & Participant, Oncology Journal Club
Waller, Lance
-Co-Chair, Research Information Technology Committee
-Director, Biostatistical Consulting Center
-Advisory Board, Institute of Quantitative Theory and Methods (QuanTM)
-Internal Advisory Board, Winship Cancer Institute
Yu, Tianwei
-Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, ACTSI
C. List service activities for your profession
Chang, Howard
-NIEHS P42 Superfund Hazardous Substances Research \& Training, February 2015.
-NIH P50 Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research, March 2015.
-Chapman \& Hall/CRC Press book proposal review.
-Conference Organizer, 3rd Symposium on Advances in Geospatial Technologies for Health, Washington DC,
2015
-Manuscript Reviewer, Atmospheric Environment, Biostatistics, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of
the American Statistical Association, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Journal of
the Royal Statistical Society –Series A, New England Journal for Medicine, Spatial and Spatio-temporal
Epidemiology, Statistics in Medicine.
Chen, Nelson
-Reviewer, Contemporary Clinical Trial
-Reviewer, Pharmaceutical Statistics
-Reviewer, Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
Clennon, Julie
-Reviewer, American Society of Topical Medicine and Hygiene
-Reviewer, PLOT-NTD
Guo, Ying
-Journal referee service for Neuroimage, JASA, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, JRSS-C
Hanfelt, John
-Referee, Entropy, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Applied Statistics, SLEEP
-Grant reviewer, Alzheimer’s Association
Hu, Yijuan
-Organizer of a JSM (2015) invited session
-Referee, Biostatistics (1), Genetics Analysis Workshop (2) BMC Genetics (1), PLoS Genetics (1) Biometrics
-Grant reviewer, The Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program, Department of Defense (DoD)
-Grant reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel of NCI
Huang, Eugene
-Temporary Member, PAR Panel: Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low-and Middle-Income Country
Institutions, NIH
-Reviewer, the Special Emphasis Panel for RFA-DK-14-028 entitled “Consortium for the Study of Chronic
Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Coordination and Data Management Center (CSCPDPC-CDMC)
(U01)”, NIH/NIDDK
-Referee for various statistical and medical journals
Kelley, Mary
-Statistical reviews for refereed journals: Schizophrenia Research, Circulation, Statistics in Medicine
Kowalski, Jeanne
-Reviewer, Statistics in Medicine
-Reviewer, The Canadian Journal of Statistics
-Reviewer, Journal of Applied Statistics
-Participated in two NIH/NCI study sections
a. NIH/NCI Special Emphasis Panel II (P01), Reviewer
b. NIH/NCI Early Detection Research Network (Biomarkers), Reviewer
Ko, Yi-An
-NIEHS Study Section: Children’s Health Exposure Analysis Resources (CHEAR) ZES1 ARL-K (C1) --Data
Repository, Analysis and Science Center Review Meeting (06/24-25/2015)
-Statistical reviewer, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2)
Kundu, Suprateek
-Grader, Doctoral Qualifying Exams, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Kutner, Michael
-Member, External Alumni Board, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M U
-Member Clinical Studies Advisory Board, Shriner’s Hospitals
-Serve as Advisor to SRCOS and serve as Emory Representative
-Write evaluation letters for promotion and tenure (Drs. Lexin Li, Andrea Foulkes, Don Edwards)
-Nominated Bob Lyles for the Thomas Sellers Award
Liu, Yuan
-Member, Search committee for enrolling senior and junior biostatistician in our shared resource
-Statistical reviewer, CTRC at Whinship Cancer Institute
Long, Qi
-Organized and chaired an invited session, “Recent Advances in Integrative Analysis of Omics Data," Joint 24th
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium and 13th Graybill Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2015
-Organized and chaired an invited session, “Advances in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Methodology," International Biometric Society/Eastern North American Region 2015 Spring Meeting, Miami, FL,
2015
-Organized and chaired the poster session, 50th Anniversary Celebration Conference & Alumni Reunion,
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University
-Refereed manuscripts for multiple journals.
Lyles, Bob
-Reviewer, Biostatistics
-Reviewer, Environmental Health Perspectives
-Reviewer, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
-Reviewer, Statistics in Medicine
-Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology
Lynn, Mike
-NIH Study Section -National Eye Institute ZEY1 VSN (01) Glaucoma, Retinal, Data Analysis Applications July 31,
2014.
Manatunga, Amita
-Member, ACCE American Statistical Association
-Member, Data safety Monitoring Committee, Project: Improving Primary Care in patients with Mental Disorders,
PI: Ben Druss, MD
-Member, Data safety Monitoring Committee, Project: Implementation of an Evidence Based PTSD Treatment in
Public Sector Settings. PI: Marylene Cloitre
-Referee Journals: Biometrics, Statistics in Medicine
Peng, Limin
-Regular Member, NIH BMRD Study Section
-Grant Reviewer, National Security Agency-American Mathematical Society (NSA-AMS)
Qin, Steve
-Served on NIH CICS study section in November 2014.
Waller, Lance
-National Academy of Science Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (CATS).
-Invited member of World Health Organization Task Force on Air Quality Data Integration.
-External review of Department of Biostatistics, Blumberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
-External review of Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine,
Tulane Biostatistics
-Several reviews for promotion and tenure.
-Grant review for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant.
-Book review for authors of Spatio-Temporal Statistics for Environmental Epidemiology, CRC Press.
-Manuscript referee: Journal of the Royal Society Interface (multiple), Statistics in Medicine, PLoS Neglected
Tropical Diseases (multiple), Leprosy Review, Journal of Biological Dynamics, Annals of Applied Statistics,
Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Malaria Journal, International Journal of Geoinformation, BMC Public Health
D. List editorial boards or editorships
Guo, Ying
-Editorial Board: Statistical Editor, Psychosomatic Medicine
Haber, Michael
-Reviewer, manuscripts for: Biometrics, BMC Infectious Diseases, Vaccine, World Journal of Pediatrics
Kowalski, Jeanne
-Co-Editor (with Dr. Steven Piantadosi). Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics in Cancer Research. New York,
NY. Springer.
-Member, Editorial Board, The Open Medical Informatics Journal
-Member, Editorial Board, Biology Direct, Mathematical Biology Section
Kundu, Suprateek
-Referee, Annals of Applied Statistics, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics and Biometics.
Long, Qi
-Associate Editor, Biometrics
-Associate Editor, BMC Medical Research Methodology
-Editorial board member, Journal of the American Heart Association
Lyles, Bob
-Associate Editor for American Journal of Epidemiology
-Associate Editor for Environmetrics
Manatunga, Amita
-Associate Editor, Biometrics
-Associate Editor, Life Time Data Analysis
-Associate Editor, Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics
Peng, Limin
-Associate Editor for Journal of American Statistical Association
-Associate Editor for Biometrics
-Referee for Biometrics, Biometrika, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Journal of American Statistical
Association, Lifetime Data Analysis, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, and Statistica Sinica
-Book Editor for Handbook of Quantile Regression
Qin, Steve
-Associate Editor, Statistics for BioSciences
Switchenko, Jeff
-Referee, Frontiers in Oncology
-Referee, Pakistan Journal of Statistics
-Sessions Chair, Joint Statistical Meetings, 2015, Seattle WA
Waller, Lance
-Scientific Data (Nature Publishing Group).
-Editorial Board for Applied Environmental Statistics Series, Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.
Yu, Tianwei
-Editorial board member, Current Metabolomics, Bentham Science Publishers
-Review Editor, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers Research Foundation
E. List public health practice activities (consultations, technical assistance, funding
programs targeting public health needs)
Chang, Howard
-Member, External Scientific Advisory Committee, Electric Power Research Institute. Project: Development of a
Medicare Cohort Dataset for Use in Air Pollution Epidemiology
Clennon, Julie
-Consultation with RTI: Spatial patterning of reported malaria cases, Zanzibar
-Consultation with RTI: Determinates of malaria commodities distribution, Ethiopia
-Consultation with RTI: Spatial clustering of insecticide resistance in Eastern Africa
Ko, Yi-An
-Served as a statistical consultant (specifically grant applications and manuscript preparation and revisions) for
Faculty members at ECCRI
Two faculty members at Georgia State University
One postdoctoral research fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology
Kundu, Suprateek
-Served on the Wellness Committee. Offered yoga classes to Emory faculty and staff.
Kutner, Michael
-Consult with S-3
Lyles, Bob
-Past Director; provider of statistical consultations, Biostatistics, Epidemiology Research and Design (BERD)
component of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (ACTSI)
-Director; provider of statistical consultations: Biostatistical Core, Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Manatunga, Amita
-Consulted various investigators from School of Medicine at Emory regarding research design aspects in their
grant applications
Peng, Limin
-Provided statistical support to the research group of Dr. Guillermo Umpierrez
-Worked with Dr. HuiChuan Lai at UW-Madison as the co-investigator of her R01 grant on Cystic Fibrosis
Waller, Lance
-Media expert list, American Statistical Association. Interpreted health statistics outcomes for Wall Street Journal
and Ebola projections for 538 blog (Nate Silver).
-Expert witness in product liability suite regarding medical devices.
-Invited member of World Heath Organization Task Force on Air Quality Data Integration.
-Television interview regarding pediatric cancer clusters, local NBC station in Fort Myers FL.
-Invited panelist for one-day mentoring workshop on increasing diversity in graduate programs at North Carolina
State University, sponsored by Dean of the Graduate School.
IV. RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS
A. List full citations of articles published in refereed journals during the academic year*
Binongo, José
El-Chami MF, Binongo JN, Levy M, Merchant FM, Halkos M, Thourani V, Lattouf O, Guyton R, Puskas J, Leon
AR. 2015. Effect of Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation at the Time of Cardiac Surgery on Risk of Postoperative
Pacemaker Implantation. Am J Cardiol. S0002-9149(15)01052-8. PMID: 25933731
Hayek SS, Poole JC, Neuman R, Morris AA, Khayata M, Kavtaradze N, Topel ML, Binongo JG, Li Q, Jones DP,
Waller EK, Quyyumi AA. 2015. Differential effects of nebivolol and metoprolol on arterial stiffness, circulating
progenitor cells, and oxidative stress. J Am Soc Hypertens. 9(3):206-13. PMID: 25681236
Kearns MD, Binongo JN, Watson D, Alvarez JA, Lodin D, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha V. 2015. The effect of a single,
large bolus of vitamin D in healthy adults over the winter and following year: a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 69(2):193-7. PMID: 25271011
Morii D, Seki M, Binongo JN, Ban R, Kobayashi A, Sata M, Hashimoto S, Shimizu J, Morita S, Tomono K. 2014.
Distribution of Candida species isolated from blood cultures in hospitals in Osaka, Japan. J Infect Chemother.
20(9):558-62. PMID: 25009091
Chang, Howard
Pearce JL, Waller LA, Mulholland JA, Sarnat SE, Strickland MJ, Chang HH, Tolbert PE (2015). Exploring
associations between multipollutant day types and asthma morbidity: epidemiologic applications of self-organizing
map ambient air quality classifications. Environmental Health, 14:55.
Chang HH, Warren JL, Darrow LA, Reich BJ, Waller LA (2015). Assessment of critical exposure and outcome
windows in time-to-event analysis with application to air pollution and preterm birth. Biostatistics, 15, 509-521.
Ward M, Dhingra R, Remais JV, Chang HH, Johnston LM, Jaykus LA, Leon J (2015). Associations between
weather and microbial contamination on fresh-produce prior to harvest. Journal of Food Protection, 78, 849-854.
Gass K, Balachandran S, Chang HH, Russell AG, Strickland MJ (2015). Ensemble-based source apportionment
of fine particulate matter and emergency department visits for pediatric asthma. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 181, 496-503.
Gass K, Klein M, Sarnat SE, Winquist A, Darrow LA, Flanders WD, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE,
Strickland MJ (2015). Associations between ambient air pollutant mixtures and pediatric asthma emergency
department visits in three cities: a classification and regression tree approach. Environmental Health, 14, 58.
Reich BJ, Chang HH, Foley K (2014). A spectral method for spatial downscaling. Biometrics, 70, 932-942.
Dionisio KL, Baxter LK, Chang HH (2014). An empirical assessment of exposure measurement error and effect
attenuation in bipollutant epidemiologic models. Environmental Health Perspectives, 122, 1216-1224.
Strickland MJ, Klein M, Flanders WD, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE, Darrow LA (2014). Associations
between outdoor air pollutant concentrations and emergency department visits for pediatric asthma: stratification
by potentially susceptible subpopulations. Epidemiology, 25, 902-909.
Chen, Nelson
Chen Z, Chen X. Rigorous Error Control Methods for Estimating Means of Bounded Random Variables. Journal
of Statistical Planning and Inference. 2015; 157-158:54-76.
Alese OB, El-Rayes BF, Sica G, Zhang G, Alexis D, La Rosa FG, Varella-Garcia M, Chen Z, Rossi MR, Adsay
NV, Khuri FR, Owonikoko TK. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene alteration in signet ring cell carcinoma of
the gastrointestinal tract. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 2015; 7(2):56-62.
Alese OB, Kim S, Chen Z, Owonikoko TK, El-Rayes BF. Management patterns and predictors of mortality among
US patients with cancer hospitalized for malignant bowel obstruction. Cancer. 2015; 121(11):1772-8.
Steuer CE, Behera M, Kim S, Patel N, Chen Z, Pillai R, Saba NF, Shin DM, Owonikoko TK, Khuri FR,
Ramalingam SS. Predictors and outcomes of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized lung cancer patients: A
Nationwide Inpatient Sample database analysis. Lung Cancer. 2015; 88(1):80-4.
Owonikoko TK, Ramalingam SS, Miller DL, Force SD, Sica GL, Mendel J, Chen Z, Rogatko A, Tighiouart M,
Harvey RD, Kim S, Saba NF, Pickens A, Behera M, Fu RW, Rossi MR, Auffermann WF, Torres WE, Bechara R,
Deng X, Sun SY, Fu H, Gal AA, Khuri FR. A Translational, Pharmacodynamic, and Pharmacokinetic Phase IB
Clinical Study of Everolimus in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 2015;
21(8):1859-68
Colbert LE, Fisher SB, Balci S, Saka B, Chen Z, Kim S, El-Rayes BF, Adsay NV, Maithel SK, Landry JC, Curran
WJ Jr. High Nuclear Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha Expression Is a Predictor of Distant Recurrence in Patients
With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 2015;
91(3):631-9.
Boddu SR, Corey A, Peterson R, Saindane AM, Hudgins PA, Chen Z, Wang X, Applegate KE. FluoroscopicGuided Lumbar Puncture: Fluoroscopic Time and Implications of Body Mass Index—A Baseline Study. AJNR
American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2014; 35(8):1475-80.
Prajapati HJ, Xing M, Spivey JR, Hanish SI, El-Rayes BF, Kauh JS, Chen Z, Kim HS. Survival, Efficacy, and
Safety of Small Versus Large Doxorubicin Drug-Eluting Beads TACE Chemoembolization in Patients With
Unresectable HCC. AJR American journal of roentgenology. 2014; 203(6):W706-14.
Barbee MS, Nooka A, Kaufman JL, Kim S, Chen Z, Heffner LT Jr, Lonial S, Harvey RD. Predictors of survival
outcomes in phase 1 relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients. Cancer. 2015;121(6):853-62.
Steuer CE, Behera M, Kim S, Chen Z, Saba NF, Pillai RN, Owonikoko TK, Khuri FR, Ramalingam SS. J Atypical
Carcinoid Tumor of the Lung: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Analysis. Journal of
Thoracic Oncology. 2015;10 (3):479-85.
Ramachandiran S, Adon A, Guo X, Wang Y, Wang H, Chen Z, Kowalski J, Sunay UR, Young AN, Brown T, Mar
JC, Du Y, Fu H, Mann KP, Natkunam Y, Boise LH, Saavedra HI, Lossos IS, Bernal-Mizrachi L. Chromosome
instability in diffuse large B cell lymphomas is suppressed by activation of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway.
International Journal of Cancer. 2015; 136(10):2341-51.
Odewole OA, Oyenuga OA, Tade F, Savir-Baruch B, Nieh PT, Master V, Chen Z, Wang X, Jani AB, Bellamy LM,
Halkar RK, Goodman MM, Schuster DM. Reproducibility and Reliability of Anti-3-[18F]FACBC Uptake
Measurements in Background Structures and Malignant Lesions on Follow-Up PET-CT in Prostate Carcinoma: an
Exploratory Analysis. Molecular Imaging Biology. 2015;17 (2):277-83.
Hu Z, Müller S, Qian G, Xu J, Kim S, Chen Z, Jiang N, Wang D, Zhang H, Saba NF, Shin DM, Chen ZG. Human
papillomavirus 16 oncoprotein regulates the translocation of β-catenin via the activation of epidermal growth factor
receptor. Cancer. 2015; 121(2):214-25.
Owonikoko TK, Zhang G, Deng X, Rossi MR, Switchenko JM, Doho GH, Chen Z, Kim S, Strychor S, Christner
SM, Beumer J, Li C, Yue P, Chen A, Sica GL, Ramalingam SS, Kowalski J, Khuri FR, Sun SY. Poly (ADP) ribose
polymerase enzyme inhibitor, veliparib, potentiates chemotherapy and radiation in vitro and in vivo in small cell
lung cancer. Cancer Medicine. 2014; 3(6):1579-94.
Saba NF, Hurwitz SJ, Magliocca K, Kim S, Owonikoko TK, Harvey D, Ramalingam SS, Chen Z, Rogerio J,
Mendel J, Kono SA, Lewis C, Chen AY, Higgins K, El-Deiry M, Wadsworth T, Beitler JJ, Shin DM, Sun SY, Khuri
FR. Phase 1 and pharmacokinetic study of everolimus in combination with cetuximab and carboplatin for
recurrent/ metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer. 2014; 120(24):3940-51.
Yang X, Tridandapani S, Beitler JJ, Yu DS, Chen Z, Kim S, Bruner DW, Curran WJ, Liu T. Diagnostic Accuracy of
Ultrasonic Histogram Features to Evaluate Radiation Toxicity of the Parotid Glands: A Clinical Study of
Xerostomia Following Head-and-Neck Cancer Radiotherapy. Academic Radiology. 2014; 21(10):1304-13.
Behera M, Owonikoko TK, Kim S, Chen Z, Higgins K, Ramalingam SS, Shin DM, Khuri FR, Beitler JJ, Saba NF.
Concurrent therapy with taxane versus non-taxane containing regimens in locally advanced squamous cell
carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN): a systematic review. Oral Oncology. 2014; 50(9):888-94.
Wang D, Fei B, Halig LV, Qin X, Hu Z, Xu H, Wang YA, Chen Z, Kim S, Shin DM, Chen ZG. Targeted iron-oxide
nanoparticle for photodynamic therapy and imaging of head and neck cancer. ACS Nano. 2014; 8(7):6620-32.
Cotsonis, George
Wall PB, Lee JA, Lynn MJ, Lambert SR, Traboulsi EI; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group. The effects of
surgical factors on postoperative astigmatism in patients enrolled in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS). J
AAPOS. 2014 Oct;18(5):441-5.
Hartmann EE, Stout AU, Lynn MJ, Yen KG, Kruger SJ, Lambert SR; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group;
Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group. Stereopsis results at 4.5 years of age in the infant aphakia treatment
study.Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jan;159(1):64-70
Han JE, Trammell AR, Finklea JD, Udoji TN, Dressler DD, Honig EG, Abraham P, Ander DS, Cotsonis GA,
Martin GS, Schulman DA. Evaluating Simulation-Based ACLS Education on Patient Outcomes: A Randomized,
Controlled Pilot Study.J Grad Med Educ. 2014 Sep;6(3):501-6
Felius J, Busettini C, Lynn MJ, Hartmann EE, Lambert SR; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. Nystagmus and
related fixation instabilities following extraction of unilateral infantile cataract in the Infant Aphakia Treatment
Study (IATS). Group.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Aug 5;55(8):5332-7
Plager DA, Lynn MJ, Buckley EG, Wilson ME, Lambert SR; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group.
Complications in the first 5 years following cataract surgery in infants with and without intraocular lens
implantation in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Nov;158(5):892-8
López-Cancio E, Matheus MG, Romano JG, Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S, Turan TN, Cotsonis GA, Lynn MJ,
Rumboldt Z, Chimowitz MI. Infarct patterns, collaterals and likely causative mechanisms of stroke in symptomatic
intracranial atherosclerosis.Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014;37(6):417-22
Trivedi RH, Lambert SR, Lynn MJ, Wilson ME; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group. J AAPOS. The role of
preoperative biometry in selecting initial contact lens power in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.2014
Jun;18(3):251-4.
Easley, Kirk
Jacob JT, Tejedor SC, Reyes MD, Lu X, Easley KA, Aurand WL, Garrett G, Graham K, Holder C, Robichaux C
and Steinberg JP. Comparison of a silver-coated needleless connector and a standard needleless connector for
the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections*. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology,
2015; 36(3):294-301.
Josephson CD, Caliendo AM, Easley KA, Knezevic A, Shenvi N, Hinkes MT, Patel RM, Hillyer CD and Roback
JD. Blood transfusion and breast milk transmission of Cytomegalovirus in very low-birth-weight infants. JAMA
Pediatrics. 2014;168 (11):1054-1062. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1360. PCMID: PMC4392178
Sheth AN, Strickfaden TE, Haaland R, Martin A, Gatcliffe C, Adesoye A, Ormondi MW, Lupo LD, Danavall D,
Easley KA, Chen C, Pau CP, Hart C, and Ofotokun I. HIV-1 genital shedding is suppressed in the setting of high
genital antiretroviral drug concentrations throughout the menstrual cycle. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 210:736744, 2014. PMCID: PMC4202306.
Delille CA, Pruett ST, Marconi VC, Lennox JL, Armstrong WS, Arrendale RF, Sheath AN, Easley KA, Acosta EP,
Vunnava A, and Ofotokun I. Effect of protein binding on unbound Atazanavir and Darunavir cerebrospinal fluid
concentrations. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 54(9):1063-1071, 2014. PMCID: PMC4396178
Micci L, Alvarez X, Iriele RI, Ortiz AM, Ryan ES, McGary CS, Deleage C, McAtee BB, He T, Apetrei C, Easley
KA, Pahwa S, Collman RG, Derdeyn CA, Davenport MP, Estes JD, Silvestri G, Lackner AA and Paiardini M. CD4
depletion in SIV-infected macaques results in macrophage and microglia infection with rapid turnover of infected
cells. PLOS Pathogens 10(10): e1004467. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004467, 2014. PMCID:PMC4214815.
Titanji K, Vunnava A, Sheth AN, Delille C, Lenox JL, Sanford SE, Foster A, Knezevic A, Easley KA, Weitzmann
MN and Ofotokun I. Dysregulated B cell expression of RANKL and OPG correlates with loss of bone mineral
density in HIV infection. PLoS Pathog 10(11): e1004497. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004497.
PMCID:PMC4231117.
Elon, Lisa
Poorman E, Gazmararian J, Parker RM, Yang B, Elon L. Use of text messaging for maternal and infant health: a
systematic review of the literature. Matern Child Health J. 2015 May;19(5):969-89. doi: 10.1007/s10995-0141595-8.PMID: 25081242
Pelaez A, Mitchell PO, Shah NS, Force SD, Elon L, Brown LA, Guidot DM. The role of donor chronic alcohol
abuse in the development of primary graft dysfunction in lung transplant recipients. Am J Med Sci. 2015
Feb;349(2):117-23. PMID: 25310510 PMCID:PMC4312500
Guo, Ying
Shim H, Wei L, Holder C, Guo Y, Hu XP, Miller AH, Olson JJ. (2014). Use of high resolution volumetric MR
spectroscopic imaging in assessing treatment response of GBM to an HDAC inhibitor. American Journal of
Roentgenology.
Ferranti, E. P. Narayan, K. M. V., Reilly, C. M., Foster, J., McCullough, M., Ziegler, T. R., Guo, Y., Dunbar, S. B.
(2014). Dietary Self Efficacy predicts AHEI Diet Quality in Women with previous Gestational Diabetes. The
Diabetes Educator. 40(5), 688-699.
Kemmer PB, Guo Y, Wang Y and Pagnoni G. (2015). Network-based characterization of brain functional
connectivity in Zen practitioners. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 603.
Haber, Michael
Simonsen, L., Taylor, R.J., Schuck-Paim, C., Lustig, R., Haber, M., and Klugman, K.P. (2014). Effect of 13-valent
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on admissions to hospital 2 years after its introduction in the USA: a time series
analysis. Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2, 387-394.
Haber, M., An, Q., Foppa, I.M., Shay, D.K., Ferdinands, J.M., and Orenstein, W.A. (2015). A probability model for
evaluating the bias and precision of influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates from case-control
studies. Epidemiology and Infection 143, 1417-1426.
Hanfelt, John
Hanfelt JJ, Wang L: Simple relaxed conditional likelihood. Biometrika 101:726-732, 2014.
Patel N, Hanfelt J, Marsh L, Jankovic J: Alleviating manoeuvres (sensory tricks) in cervical dystonia. Journal of
Neurological Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 85:882, 2014.
Kobayashi M, Ray SM, Hanfelt J, Wang YF: Diagnosis of tuberculosis by using a nucleic acid amplification test
in an urban population with high HIV prevalence in the United States. PLOS One 9: 2014.
McKee-Waddle R, White SJ, Shapiro SE, Hall M, Thomas F, Barbir DD, Hanfelt J: Blood glucose levels of
patients with diabetes in the immediate post-acute hemodialysis period: An exploratory study. Nephrology
Nursing Journal 41:499-505, 2014.
Chen J, Hanfelt JJ, Huang Y: A simple corrected score for logistic regression with errors-in-covariates.
Communications in Statistics —Theory and Methods 44: 2024–2036, 2015.
Dammer EB, Gottle M, Duong DM, Hanfelt J, Seyfried NT, Jinnah HA: Consequences of impaired purine
recycling on the proteome in a cellular model of Lesch-Nyhan disease. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
114:570-579, 2015.
Hu, Yijuan
Hu, Y. J., Li, Y., Auer, P. L., Lin, D. Y. (2015). Integrative analysis of sequencing and array genotype data for
discovering disease associations with rare mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4):
1019-1024.
Hu, Y. J., Lin, D. Y., Sun, W., and Zeng, D. (2014) A Likelihood-Based Framework for Association Analysis of
Allele-Specific Copy Numbers, Journal of American Statistical Association, T&M, 109(508): 1533{1545.
Hu, Y. J., Hui, Q., Sun Y. V. (2014) Association Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequence Data Accounting for
Longitudinal and Family Designs, BMC Proceedings, 8(Suppl 1): S89.
Wu, Z.,* Hu, Y. J.,* Melton, P. E. (2014) Longitudinal data analysis for genetic studies in the whole-genome
sequencing era'', Genetic Epidemiology, 38 Suppl 1:S74 {80. (*co-first authors)
Adekambi, T., Ibegbu, C. C., Cagle, S., Kalokhe, A. S., Wang, Y. F., Hu, Y. J., Ray, S. M., and Rengarajan, J.
(2015) Host biomarkers for diagnosis of active tuberculosis and monitoring response to treatment. Journal of
Clinical Investigation, doi: 10.1172/JCI77990.
Johnston, H. R., Hu, Y. J., and Cutler, D. J. (2015) Population genetics identifies challenges in analyzing rare
variants. Genetic Epidemiology, 39(3):145-148.
Nyante, S. J., Gammon, M. D., Kaufman, J. S., Bensen, J. T., Lin, D. Y., Barnholtz-Sloan, J. S., Hu, Y. J. , He, Q.,
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Note: an Article featured on the cover of the high impact journal (IP 14) in which Li Li is the first author.
Xia Y, Wang F, Qian M, Qin ZS, Deng M. (2015) PDEGEM: Modeling non-uniform read distribution in RNA-seq
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S. Rudra, D. Yu, E. Yu, J. Switchenko, D. Mister, M. Torres. (2015) Locoregional Recurrence Patterns in Young
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A. Kendi, A. Corey, K. Magliocca, D. Nickleach, J. Switchenko, J. Galt, M. El-Deiry, J. Wadsworth, P. Hudgins,
N. Saba, D. Schuster. (2015) 18-F-FDG-PET/CT parameters as imaging biomarkers in oral cavity squamous cell
carcinoma, is visual analysis better than the numbers? European Journal of Radiology, 84(6): 1171-1176.
C. Davis, J. Cohen, K. Shah, D. Hutcherson, M. Surati, K. Valla, E. Panjic, C. Handler, J. Switchenko, C.
Flowers. (2015) The efficacy and tolerability of anthracycline-based therapy in elderly patients with diffuse large
b-cell lymphoma. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma, & Leukemia, 15(5): 270-277.
T. Heumann, N. Esiashvili, S. Parker, J. Switchenko, A. Dhabbaan, M. Goodman, M. Lechowicz, C. Flowers, M.
Khan. (2015) Total skin electron therapy for cutaneous T cell lymphoma using modern dual field rotational
technique. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 92(1): 183-191.
R. Pentz, K. Hendershot, L. Wall, T. White, S. Peterson, Z. Farmer, C. Thomas, J. McCormick, M. Green, T.
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N. Jegadeesh, S. Kim, R. Prabhu, G. Oprea, D. Yu, K. Godette, A. Zelnak, D. Mister, J. Switchenko, M. Torres.
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S. Kandula, R. Prabhu, R. Hazariwala, J. Switchenko, T. Cash, M. Qayed, H. Katzenstein, N. Esiashvili. (2014)
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T. Owonikoko, G. Zhang, X. Deng, M. Rossi, G. Doho, Z. Chen, J. Switchenko, S. Kim, C. Li, P. Yue, A. Chen, J.
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Waller, Lance
Vaughn AS, Kramer MR, Waller LA, Schieb LJ, Greer S, Casper M (2015) Comparing methods of measuring
geographic patterns in temporal trends: an application to county-level heart disease mortality in the United States,
1973 to 2010. Annals of Epidemiology 25, 239-335. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.02.007
Barber JJ, Gupta P, Edwards W, Ogle K, Waller LA (2015) Combining and comparing multiple serial dilution
assays of particles in solution: Application to Brucellosis in elk of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Environmental and Ecological Statistics 22, 161-177. DOI: 10.1007/s10651-014-0292-5
Doker TJ, Sharp TM, Rivera-Garcia B, Perez-Padilla J, Benoit TJ, Ellis EM, Elrod MG, Gee JE, Shieh WJ,
Beesley CA, Ryff KR, Traxler RM, Galloway RL, Haberling DL, Waller LA, Shadomy SV, Bower WA, Hoffmaster
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*Tran P and Waller LA (2015) Variability in results from negative binomial models for Lyme disease measured at
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Waller LA (2014) Invited discussion: Spatial accessibility of pediatric primary healthcare: Measurement and
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application to calculate the population density of sex-seeking gay men for research and prevention services.
Journal of Medical Internet Research 16 (11):e249. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3523
Faruque FS, Li H, Williams WB, Waller LA, Brackin BT, Zhang L, Grimes KA, and Finley RW (2014)
GeoMedStat: an integrated spatial surveillance system to track air pollution and associated healthcare events.
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Waller LA (2015) Invited discussion: Statistical cluster detection, epidemiologic interpretation, and public health
policy. Statistics and Public Policy 2, 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2015.1026621
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local NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, FL.
Pearce JL, Waller LA, Mulholland JA, Sarnat SE, Strickland MJ, Chang HH, and Tolbert PI (2015) Exploring
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Chang HH, Warren JL, Darrow LA, Reich BJ, and Waller LA (2015) Assessment of critical exposure and outcome
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Hu X, Waller LA, Lyapustin A, Wang YJ, and Liu Y (2015) Improving satellite-driven PM2.5 models with Moderate
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Almberg KS, Turyk M, Jones RM, Anderson R, Graber J, Banda E, Waller LA, Gibson R, Stayner LT (2014) A
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Wu, Hao
Yao B, Lin L, Street RC, Zalewski ZA, Galloway JN, Wu H, Nelson DL, Jin P (2014) Genome-wide alteration of 5hydroxymethylcytosine in a mouse model of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Human Molecular
Genetics 23(4): 1095-1107.
Tilghman J, Wu H, Sang Y, Shi X, Guerrero-Cazares H, Qinones-Hinojosa A, Eberhart C, Laterra J, and Ying Y
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Potts LF, Wu H, Singh A, Marcilla I, Luquin MR, Papa SM. (2014) Modeling Parkinson’s disease in monkeys for
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Sun X, Fu X, Li J, Xing C, Frierson HF, Wu H, Ding X, Ju T, Cummings RD, Dong JT. (2014) Deletion of
atbf1/zfhx3 in mouse prostate causes neoplastic lesions, likely by attenuation of membrane and secretory
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Wu H*, Wang C, Wu Z (2014) PROPER: Comprehensive Power Evaluation for Differential Expression using
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Chen L, Wang C, Qin Z, Wu H* (2015) A novel statistical method for quantitative comparison of multiple ChIP-seq
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Lapp S, Mok S, Lei Z, Wu H, Preiser P, Bozdech ZB, Galinski M (2015) Plasmodium knowlesi gene expression
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Yu, Tianwei
Peng H, Ma J, Bai Y, Lu J#, Yu T# (2015) MeDiA: Mean Distance Association and its Applications in Nonlinear
Gene Set Analysis. PLoS ONE. 10(4):e0124620 (# Joint correspondence authors)
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(2014) Network-based modular latent structure analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 2014, 15(Suppl
Yu T, Jones DP. (2014) Improving peak detection in high-resolution LC/MS metabolomics data using preexisting
knowledge and machine learning approach. Bioinformatics. 30(20): 2941-2948.
Zhao Y*, Kang J*#, Yu T#. (2014) A Bayesian non-parametric mixture model for selecting genes and gene
subnetworks. Ann. Appl. Stat. 8(2): 999-1021. (# Joint correspondence authors)
Chong E, Huang Y, Wu H, Ghasemzadeh N, Uppal K, Quyyumi AA, Jones DP, Yu T#. Incorporating feature
reliability in false discovery rate estimation improves statistical power to detect differentially expressed features.
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Claiborne DT, Prince JL, Scully E, Macharia G, Micci L, Lawson B, Kopycinski J, Deymier MJ, Vanderford TH,
Nganou-Makamdop K, Ende Z, Brooks K, Tang J, Yu T, Lakhi S, Kilembe W, Silvestri G, Douek D, Goepfert PA,
Price MA, Allen SA, Paiardini M, Altfeld M, Gilmour J, Hunter E. (2015) Replicative fitness of transmitted HIV-1
drives acute immune activation, proviral load in memory CD4+ T cells, and disease progression. Proc Natl Acad
Sci U S A. 112(12):E1480-9.
Zhao J, Zhu Y, Hyun N, Zeng D, Uppal K, Tran VT, Yu T, Jones D, He J, Lee ET, Howard BV. (2015) Novel
Metabolic Markers for the Risk of Diabetes Development in American Indians. Diabetes Care. 38(2):220-7.
Patel RM, Roback JD, Uppal K, Yu T, Jones DP, Josephson CD. (2015) Metabolomics profile comparisons of
irradiated and nonirradiated stored donor red blood cells. Transfusion. 55(3):544-52.
Kwa S, Lai L, Gangadhara S, Siddiqui M, Pillai VB, Labranche C, Johnson WE, Yu T, Earl PL, Moss B, Hirsch
VM, Montefiori DC, Robinson HL, Kozlowski PA, Amara RR. (2014) CD40L-adjuvanted DNA/MVA SIV vaccine
enhances SIV-specific humoral and cellular immunity, and improves protection against a heterologous mucosal
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Zhang, Rebecca
Kutner NG, Zhang R, Huang Y, McClellan WM, Soltow QA, Lea J. Risk factors for frailty in a large prevalent
cohort of hemodialysis patients.2014. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 348(4):277-282, 2014.
Kutner NG, Zhang R, Huang Y, Wasse H. Falls among hemodialysis patients: Potential opportunities for
prevention? Clinical Kidney Journal: 7(3):257-263, 2014.
Bliwise DL, Zhang RH, Kutner NG. Medications associated with restless legs syndrome: A case control study in
the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). Sleep Medicine: 15(10):1241-1245, 2014.
Bowling CB, Zhang RH, Franch H, Yuang Y, Mirk A, McClellan WM, Johnson TM II, Kutner NG. Underreporting
of nursing home utilization on the CMS-2728 in older incident dialysis patients and implications for assessing
mortality risk. BMC Nephrology 16:32, 2015.
KL Newman, SA Fedewa, MH Jacobson, A Adams, R Zhang, SO Pastan, RE Patzer. Racial/Ethnic Differences in
the Association between Hospitalization and Kidney Transplantation among Waitlisted End Stage Renal Disease
Patients: A Multi-level Mixed Modeling Approach. Submitted.
Rachel R Koval, Kristine A Whalen, Andrew B Adams, Rebecca Zhang, Raymond J Lynch, Stephen O. Pastan,
and Rachel E Patzer. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Early Hospital Readmission for Kidney Transplantation among
Medicare Beneficiaries in the US: 2000-2010. Submitted.
Raymond J Lynch, Rebecca Zhang, Rachel E Patzer, Christian P Larsen, Andrew B Adams. Consideration of
Preoperative Resource Utilization in Renal Transplant Risk Assessment. Submitted.
Kutner NG, Zhang RH, Huang Y, Park J. Lower C-reactive protein and better hemodialysis survival are
associated with regular exercise activity: Longitudinal outcomes from the ACTIVE USRDS special study. Journal
of the American Society of Nephrology 25:434A, 2014.
Kutner NG, Zhang RH, Huang Y. Physical therapy referral varies significantly across dialysis facilities in the
ACTIVE-ADIPOSE USRDS special study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 25:625A, 2014.
Kutner NG, Zhang RH, Huang Y. Diagnostic utility of gait speed for predicting hemodialysis patient outcomes.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 25:887A-888A, 2014.
Bowling CB, Zhang RH, Franch HA, Yuang Y, Mirk A, McClellan WM, Johnson TM II, Kutner NG. Nursing home
status among older adults with incident end stage renal disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
25:1019A, 2014.
B. List authors, title and journal of refereed articles accepted for publications during the academic year*
Chang, Howard
Hua H, Chang HH, Holms HA, Mulholland JA, Klein M, Darrow LA, Strickland MJ. Ambient air pollution and
preterm birth in Georgia, Environmental Health Perspectives.
Strickland MJ, Hao H, Hu X, Chang HH, Darrow LA, Liu Y. Pediatric emergency visits and short-term changes in
PM2.5 concentrations in Georgia, Environmental Health Perspectives.
Alhanti BA, Chang HH, Winquist A, Darrow LA, Mulholland JA, Sarnat SE. Ambient air pollution and emergency
department visits for asthma: a multi-city assessment of effect modification by age. Journal of Exposure Science
and Environmental Epidemiology.
Hao H, Lovasik B, Pastan S, Chang HH, Patzer R (2015). Geographic variation and neighborhood factors are
associated with low rates of pre-end-stage renal disease nephrology care. Kidney International.
Chen, Nelson
Chen Z, Yuan Y, Li Z, Kutner M, Owonikoko TK, Curran W, Khuri F, Kowalski J. Dose Escalation with Over Dose
and Under Dose Control for Phase I/II Clinical Trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2015 (In press).
Xing M, Webber G, Prajapati HJ, Chen Z, El-Rayes B, Spivey JR, Pillai AA, Kim HS. Preservation of Quality of
Life with Doxorubicin Drug Eluting Bead Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: Longitudinal Prospective Study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015 (In press).
Easley, Kirk
Ziegler TR, May AK, Hebbar G, Easley KA, Griffith DP, Dave N, Collier BR, Cotsonis GA, Hao L, Leong T,
Manatunga AK, Rosenberg ES, Jones DP, Martin GS, Jensen GL, Sax HC, Kudsk KA, Galloway JR, Blumberg
HM, Evans ME and Wischmeyer PE for the GLND study Group. Efficacy and safety of glutamine-supplemented
parenteral nutrition in surgical ICU patients: An American multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Annals of
Surgery, in press.
Tukvadze N, Sanikidze E, Kipiani M, Heggar G, Easley KA, Shenvi N, Kempker RR, Frediani JK, Mirtskhulava V,
Alvarez JA, Lomtadze N, Vashakidze L, Hao L, Del Rio C, Tangpricha V, Blumberg HM and Ziegler TR. Highdose vitamin D3 in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis: A double blind, randomized, controlled trial. The American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in press.
Frediani JK, Sanikidze E, Kipiani M, Tukvadze N, Hebbar G, Ramakrishnan U, Jones DP, Easley KA, Shenvi N,
Kempker RR, Tangpricha V, Blumberg HM, Tangpricha V and Ziegler TR. Macronutrient intake and body
composition changes during anti-tuberculosis therapy in adults. Clinical Nutrition, in press.
Bouloux GF, Zerweck AG, Celano M, Dai T and Easley KA. Can pre-operative psychological assessment predict
outcome after temporomandibular joint arthroscopy? Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, in press.
Hung QY, Brown JR, Dai T, Easley KA, Flower CR, Parashar S. Pattern fo cardiac surveillance among
lymphoma patients receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and
Outcomes, in press.
Hu, Yijuan
Hu, Y. J., Sun, W., Tzeng, J. Y., Perou, C. M. Proper use of allele-specific expression improves statistical power
for cis-eQTL mapping with RNA-seq data. Journal of American Statistical Association.
Zhang, P., Huang, C., Fu, C., Tian, Y., Hu, Y. J., Wang, B., Strasner, A., Song, Y., Song, E. (2015). Cordycepin
(3'-deoxyadenosine) suppressed HMGA2, Twist1 and ZEB1-dependent melanoma invasion and metastasis by
targeting miR-33b. Oncotarget.
Huang, Eugene
*Sun X, Peng L, Huang Y, and Lai H-C Generalizing quantile regression for counting processes with applications
to recurrent events. Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Kutner, N. G., Zhang, R., Huang, Y., Painter, P. Gait speed and mortality, hospitalization, and functional status
change among hemodialysis patients: A US renal data system special study. American Journal of Kidney
Diseases: the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation.
Kowalski, Jeanne
Chen T, Knox K, Arora J, Tang W, Kowalski J, Tu XM. Power Analysis for Clustered Non-Continuous
Responses in Multicenter Trials. In revision. Applied Statistics. 2015.
Kundu, Suprateek
Kundu, S., Mallick, B.K., and Baladandayuthapani, V., 2015, Efficient Bayesian Regularization for Graphical
Model Selection.
Kundu, S., Cheng, Y., Shin, M., Manyam, G., Mallick, B.K., Baladandayuthapani, V., 2015, Bayesian Variable
Selection with Structure Learning: Applications to Integrative Genomics
Kundu, S. & Kang, J., 2015, Semi-parametric Bayes Graphical Models Incorporating Covariates for Imaging
Genetics.
Kutner, Michael
* Chen Z, Yuan Y, Li Z, Kutner M, Owonikoko TK, Curran W, Khuri F, Kowalski J. Dose Escalation with Over
Dose and Under Dose Control for Phase I/II Clinical Trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2015 (In press).
Leong, Traci
Arlen AM, Garcia-Roig M, Weiss AD, Leong T, Cooper CS, Kirsch AJ. (2015) Vesicoureteral Reflux Index
(VURx): Two Institution analysis and validation. Accepted to Journal of Urology.
Liu, Yuan
John N. Melvan, Manu S. Sancheti, Theresa Gillespie, Dana C. Nickleach, Yuan Liu, Kristin Higgins, Suresh
Ramalingam, Joseph Lipscomb, Felix G. Fernandez. Nonclinical Factors Associated with 30-Day Mortality after
Lung Cancer Resection: An Analysis of 215,000 Patients Using the National Cancer Data Base. Journal of the
American College of Surgeons. 2015 April.
Long, Qi
Long Q, Zhang X, Zhao Y*, Johnson BA, and Bostick RM. (2015). Modeling clinical outcome using multiple
correlated functional biomarkers: a Bayesian approach. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, in press. PMID:
23070593 PMCID: PMC3548954
Zhao, Y*, and Long Q (2015). Multiple Imputation in the Presence of High-dimensional Data. Statistical Methods
in Medical Research, in press. PMID: 24275026
Deng, Y*, Zhang, X. and Long, Q., (2015) Bayesian modeling and prediction of patient accrual in multi-regional
clinical trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, in press. PMCID: PMC4417665 PMID: 25367100
Long, Q., and Johnson, B.A. (2015) Variable selection in the presence of missing data: resampling and
imputation. Biostatistics, in press. PMID: 25694614
Phillips, L.S., Barb, D., Yong, C., Tomolo, A.M., Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Rhee, M.K., He, Q., and Long, Q.
(2015) Translating What Works -A New Approach To Improve Diabetes Management. Journal of Diabetes
Science and Technology, in press. PMCID: PMC4401476 PMID: 25759182
Zhao, Y.*, Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2014) Bayesian Multiresolution Variable Selection for Ultra-High Dimensional
Neuroimaging Data. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, in press.
Lyles, Bob
Park, J., Liao, P.*, Sher, S., Lyles, R.H., Deveaux, D., Quyyumi, A.A. Tetrahydrobiopterin Lowers Muscle
Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Improves Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, American
Journal of Physiology (in press).
Mitchell, E.M.*, Lyles, R.H., Manatunga, A.K., Schisterman, E.F. Semi-Parametric Models for a Right-Skewed
Outcome Subject to Pooling, American Journal of Epidemiology (2015, in press).
Mitchell, E.M.*, Lyles, R.H., Schisterman, E. Positing, Fitting, and Selecting Regression Models for Pooled
Biomarker Data, Statistics in Medicine (in press).
Lyles, R.H., Kupper, L.L., Barnhart, H.X., Martin, S.L. Numeric Score-Based Conditional and Overall Change-inStatus Indices for Ordered Categorical Data, Statistics in Medicine (in press).
Lynn, Mike
Freedman SF, Lynn MJ, Beck AD, Bothun ED, Orge FH, Lambert SR. Glaucoma-related adverse events in the
first five years after unilateral cataract removal in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. JAMA Ophthalmol
(Published online May 21, 2015).
Randleman JB, Weissman HM, Lynn MJ, Perez-Straziota CE. Comparison of Central and Peripheral Corneal
Thickness Measurements with Scanning-Slit, Scheimpflug, and Fourier Domain Ocular Coherence Tomography.
British Journal of Ophthalmology (In Press)
Ryan M, Rajalakshmi R, Prathiba V, Anjana RM, Harish R, Narayan KMV, Olsen TW, Mohan V, Ward L, Lynn
MJ, Hendrick AM. Comparison Among Methods of Retinopathy Assessment (CAMRA) Study: Smartphone, NonMydriatic and Mydriatic Photography Ophthalmology (In Press).
Morrison DG, Lynn MJ, Freedman SF, Orge FH, Lambert SR for the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group.
Corneal changes in children after unilateral cataract surgery in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.
Ophthalmology (In press).
Manatunga, Amita
Sun, X., Peng, L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M. (2015+). Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal
data with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. Biometrics (in press).
Peng, Limin
*Sun, X., Peng, L., Huang, Y., and Lai, H.C. (2015+). Generalizing Quantile Regression for Counting Processes
with Applications to Recurrent Events. Journal of the American Statistical Association (in press). NIHMSID:
657409.
*Zheng,
Q. and Peng, L. (2015+). Consistent model identification of varying coefficient quantile regression with
BIC tuning parameter selection. Communication in Statistics (in press). NIHMSID: 673231.
*Zheng,
Q., Peng, L., and He, X. (2015+). Globally adaptive quantile regression with ultra-high dimensional data.
Annals of statistics (in press). NIHMSID: 684570.
*Sun,
X., Peng, L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M. (2015+). Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal
data with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. Biometrics (in press).
Umpierrez, G.E., Cardona, S., Pasquel, F., Jacob, S., Peng, L., Unigwe, M., Newton, C.A., Smiley-Byrd, D.,
Vellanki, P., Halkos, M., Puskas, J.D., Guyton, R.A., Thourani, V.H. (2015). Randomized Controlled trial of
Intensive versus Conservative Glucose Control in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery:
GLUCO-CABG Trial. Diabetes Care (accepted).
Pasquel, F., Winter, P., Peng, L., Johnson, T., Sadeghi-Yarandi, S., Newton, C., Smiley-Byrd, D., Toyoshima, M.,
Aram, P., Umpierrez, G.E. (2015+). A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with oral agents and basal
insulin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in long-term care facilities. BMJ Open Diabetes & Research
(accepted).
Qin, Steve
Wu H, *Xu T, Feng H, Li C, *Li B, Yao B, Qin ZS, Jin P. (2015) Detection of differentially methylated regions from
whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data without replicates. Nucleic Acids Research. In press.
Switchenko, Jeff
S. Hanasoge, K. Magliocca, J. Switchenko, N. Saba, J. Wadsworth, M. El-Deiry, D. Shin, F. Khuri, J. Beitler, K.
Higgins. Clinical outcomes in elderly patients with human papilloma virus positive squamous cell carcinoma of
the oropharynx treated with definitive chemoradiation therapy. Head & Neck. Accepted on 4/30/15.
Ward, Laura
Victor Akelo, MBChB, MPH; McLellan-Lemal Eleanor; Lauren Toledo; Craig Borkowf; Laura Ward; Kenneth
Ondenge; Richard Ndivo; Shirley Lecher; Lisa Mills; Timothy Thomas. Determinants and experiences of repeat
pregnancy among HIV-positive Kenyan women — A mixed-methods analysis*, PLOS ONE
Yu, Tianwei
Wang K, Zhao Q, Lu J#, Yu T# (2015) K-profiles: a nonlinear clustering method for pattern detection in high
dimensional data. Biomed Research International. (Accepted)
C. List full citations of book chapters authored and published or in press during the
academic year
Chang, Howard
Chang HH. Data assimilation for environmental pollution fields. Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology, Chapman and
Hall/CRC
Easley, Kirk
Choe T, Patel M, Rab S, Wong J, Xue W, Easley KA and Anderson A. Concomitant vancomycin and piperacillintaxzobactam administration and acute kidney injury in non-critically hospitalized patients*. Submitted to BMC
Research Notes.
Zlotorzynska M, Spaulding AC, Messina LC, Coker D, Ward K, Easley K, Baillargeion J, Mink PJ and Simard EP.
Cancer incidence and mortality by HIV status in a Georgia prisoner cohort during the HAART era. Submitted to
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Patel RM, Knezevic A, Shenvi N, Hinkes M, Knezevic A, Hinkes M, Keene S, Roback JD, Ealey KA and
Josephson CD. Relationship between red blood cell transfusion, anemia and necrotizing enterocolitis. Manuscript
in preparation to JAMA
Fortenberry J, Nguyen T, Knezevic A, Toney R, Easley KA, Dai T and Carillo J for the TAMOF Network Study
Group. Organ dysfunction and plasma exchange (PEx) in children with thrombocytopenia-associated multiple
organ failure (TAMOF): The prospective children’s TAMOF network study. Manuscript in preparation to Critical
Care Medicine
Tiliakos A, Easley KA, Bao G, Liu S, and Conn D. The Effect of daily low dose prednisone (divided daily dose
versus single daily dose) in the treatment of African Americans (AA) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Manuscript in
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Dariushnia SR, Jacob JT, Chunduri KV, Dai T, Easley KA and Applegate KE. Risk factors for port-associated
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Tentative Book Title: Using Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”) in College Teaching
My chapter is called “Making Biostatistics Click”
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E. List grants, contracts or cooperative agreements funded during the academic year
Binongo, José
1. PI: Kalogeropoulos
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Preoperative Right Ventricular Function and Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcome
4. Funding agency: American Heart Association
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PI: Halkos
Role: Mentor
Title of project: Operative Strategies to Reduce Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Funding agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Chang, Howard
1. PI: Liu
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Wildfires in the Rocky Mountains Region: Current and Future Impacts on PM2.5
4. Funding agency: USEPA
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PI: Clasen
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Assessing the Health Impact and Cost of the Gram Vikas Sanitation Program
Funding agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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PI: Sarnat
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: A Multi City Examination of Pollutant Components and Acute Morbidity
Funding agency: Electric Power Research Institute
Chen, Nelson
1. PI: Qayed
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: A Phase I Study of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Graft
versus Host Disease
4. Funding agency: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)
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PI: Morgan
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Nitric Oxide Regulation of Human CYP Enzymes
Funding agency: NIH/NIGMS
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PI: Cummings
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: The Tumor Antigens T nans SialylTn in Human Colorectal Carcinoma
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Cox
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: MRI Liver Surface Nodularity Score: A New Noninvasive Biomarker for Chronic Viral
Funding agency: Radiological Society of North America
1. PI: Chen, J.
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Metabolic Rewiring by Oncogenic BRAF V600E Links Ketogenesis Pathway to BRAF-MEK1
Signaling
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
Elon, Lisa
1. PI: Blumberg and Ernest
2. Role: Data Analyst
3. Title of project: Identification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Specific T Cell Signatures that are Assoicated
with Resolved and Persistent Tuberculosis Infection
4. Funding agency: NIH-DMID
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Guo, Ying
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PI: Vaccarino
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Myocardial Infarction and Mental Stress Study
Funding agency: NHLBI
PI: Guo and Kang
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Statistical ICA methods for analysis and integration of multi-dimensional data
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Roback
Role: Project Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Serious Hazards of Transfusion & Cellular Therapies: Mechanisms and Intervention
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Trotti
Role: Mentor
Title of project: Sleepiness and Sleep Drunkenness: Narcolepsy versus GABA-related Hypersomnia
Funding agency: NIH
Haber, Michael
1. PI: Guidot
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: HIV-induced Redox Stress and the Alveolar Macrophage as a Resistant Reservoir
4. Funding agency: NIH
Hanfelt, John
1. PI: Levey
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
4. Funding agency: NIIH/NIA
Hu, Yijuan
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PI: Sun
Role: Subcontract PI
Title of project: Statistical Methods for RNA-seq Data Analysis
Funding agency: NIH/NIGMS
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PI: Hu
Role: PI
Title of project: Epigenome-wide Association Study of Asthma in Populations of African Descent
Funding agency: NIH/NIAID
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PI: Curran
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Emory/Atlanta Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Funding agency: NIH
Huang, Eugene
1. PI: Goswami
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: A Geospatial Approach to Target HIV-Infected Populations Poorly Engaged in Care
4. Funding agency: NIH
Kelley, Mary
1. PI: Kelley and Duncan
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Aerobic Exercise for Cognition in Schizophrenia
4. Funding agency: VA R&D
Ko, Yi-An
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PI: Quyyumi and Ofotokun
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Injury and Repair Factors Promoting Atheroscleroisis in HIV-Bridge Funding
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
Kowalski, Jeanne
1. PI: Saba
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: A Novel Genomics-based Approach to Differentiate HPV-positive and -negative HNC
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Marcus
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Genomic and Molecular Dissection of the Collective Invasion Pack
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Waller
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Using Donor pDC to Optimize GvHD and GvL in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Matsui (Hopkins)
Role: Emory Principal Investigator
Title of project: Proteostasis and Stem Cell Aging
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
Kutner, Michael
1. PI: Roback
2. Role: Biostatistics Core Director
3. Title of project: Serious Hazards of Transfusion and Cellular Therapies: Mechanisms and Interventions
4. Funding agency: NHLBI
Leong, Traci
1. PI: Scahill
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Efficacy of the Direct Instruction Language for Learning Program to Promote Expressive and
Receptive Language in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
4. Funding agency: Department of Defense (DOD)
1. PI: Lam
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Pilot Assessment of a Home-based, Disposable, Anemia Diagnostic for Children with Sickle
Cell Disease (POC Anemia Study)
4. Funding agency: Pediatric Hematology Oncology Research Group (PHORG)
Long, Qi
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PI: Long
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project Statistical Methods for Causal Inference in Observational Studies
Funding agency: NIH/NINDS
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PI: Long
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project: Coordinating Center for Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS)
Funding agency: NEI
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PI: Herman
Role: Director of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Data Management Core
Title of project: Morehouse/Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Heath Equity
Funding agency: AHA center grant
1. PI: Dickert
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Patient-Centered Approaches to Research Enrollment Decisions in Acute Cardiovascular
Disease
4. Funding agency: PCORI
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PI: Xiong
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Building Data Registries with Privacy and Confidentiality for PCOR
Funding agency: PCORI
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Quyyumi and Ofotokun
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Injury and Repair Factors Promoting Atherosclerosis in HIV
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
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PI: Narayan
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Persistent Organic Pollutants w/Incident Diabetes Among Urban India
Funding agency: NIH/NIDDK
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PI: Vaccarino
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: PTSD and Ischemic Heart Disease Progression: A Longitudinal Twin Study
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
Lynn, Mike
1. PI: Lynn
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Coordinating Center for Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS)
4. Funding agency: NIH/NEI National Eye Institute
1. PI: Lynn
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Stenting vs Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Events
In Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS)
4. Funding agency: NIHNINDS National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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PI: Iuvone
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Core Grant for Vision Research
Funding agency: NIH/NEI National Eye Institute
1. PI: Frankel
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Biomarkers of Ischemic Outcomes in Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis (BIOSIS). A study
affiliated with SAMMPRIS
4. Funding agency: NIH/NINDS National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke
1. PI: Long
2. Role: Mentor
3. Title of project: Statistical Center for Mechanisms of EarIY Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
(MYRIAD)
4. Funding agency: NIH/NINDS National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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PI: Long
Role: Mentor
Title of project: Coordinating Center for Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS)
Funding agency: NIH/NEI National Eye Institute
Mehta, Christina
1. PI: Neigh
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Accelerated Age-Related Glucocorticoid Resistance and Cognitive Deficits in HIV
4. Funding agency: National CFAR03
1. PI: DeLille
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Examining Sex Differences of Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetics and Viral Dynamics in HIV-1
Reservoirs
4. Funding agency: Emory Medical Care Foundation
1. PI: Frew
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Understanding Psychosocial, Behavioral and Geo-demographic Correlates of HIV Continuum
Success for Women Living with HIV
4. Funding agency: Emory CFAR03
1. PI: Gavegnano
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Defining the viral reservoir and factors driving reservoir persistence and reactivation in HIVinfected women
4. Funding agency: WIHS Supplement
Manatunga, Amita
1. PI: Manatunga
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: VA IPA Research and Development Program
4. Funding agency: US Department of Veterans Affairs
Nizam, Azhar
1. PI: Sack (Nizam, Emory PI)
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Epidemiology and Ecology of Vibrio Cholerae in Bangladesh
4. Funding agency: Johns Hopkins University/NIH/NIAID
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PI: Waller
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Atlanta Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
1. PI: Romano
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: MYRIAD: Mechanisms of Early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
4. Funding agency: NIH/NINDS
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PI: Blumberg
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Role of Antigen Specific T Cell Responses in the Control of TB
Funding agency: NIH/NIAID
Peng, Limin
1. PI: Tirouvanziam
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Impact of the Resistin/Insulin/IGF1 Axis on CV Inflammatory Disease
4. Funding agency: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Qin, Steve
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PI: Banes
Role: Co-Investigator and Emory subcontract PI
Title of project: New Approaches for Empowering Studies of Asthma in Populations of African Descent
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
Switchenko, Jeff
1. PI: Curran
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: The Emory Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant
4. Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Flowers and Switchenko
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Quantifying BTEX exposure: Improving our Understanding of the Relationship between
Proximity to Toxic Release Sites and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
4. Funding agency: Winship Cancer Institute’s Cancer Prevention and Control Pilot Project Grant
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PI: Duszak
Role: Mentor
Title of project: Breast Cancer Screening Utilization in Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients
Funding agency: RSNA
Waller, Lance
1. PI: Blumberg
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Role of Antigen Specific T Cell Responses in the Control of TB
4. Funding agency: NIH/NIAID
Wu, Hao
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PI: Blumberg
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Role of Antigen Specific T Cell Responses in the Control of TB
Funding agency: NIH
Yu, Tianwei
1. PI: Pulendran
2. Role: Director of Data Management and Biostatistics Core
3. Title of project: HIPC: System Biological Analyses of Innate and Adaptive Responses to Vaccination
4. Funding agency: NIH/NIAID
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PI: Roback
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Serious Hazards of Transfusion and Cellular Therapies: Mechanisms and Interventions
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
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PI: Ahmed
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Dengue Virus Infection in India
Funding agency: NIH/NIAID
F. List grants, contracts and cooperative agreements pending
Chang, Howard
1. PI: Chang and Darrow
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: The National Heat, Air Pollution, and Preterm Birth Study
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Chang and Warren
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Statistical Methods for Environmental Exposures and Adverse Birth Outcomes
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Chang
2. Role: Principal Investigator (Sub-contract PI from GA Tech)
3. Title of project: Assessing Air Quality Fields Developed Using Alternative Methods for Exposure and
Epidemiogical Studies, Phase I: Intercomparison of Air Quality Fields for Ozone, NO 2, CO, SO2, PM2.5, and
PM2.5 Species
4. Funding agency: Electric Power Research Institute
1. PI: Strickland
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Ambient air pollutant mixtures and risk of respiratory events: a national study
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Sarnat
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Twitter for Environmental Health Surveillance: A Thunderstorm Asthma Case Study
Funding agency: NIH
Chen, Nelson
1. PI: Marcus/Zhou/Gilbert-Ross
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Developing a Pharmacologic Approach to Treat LKB1 Mutant NSCLC Patients
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: GDH1 Coordinates Glutaminolysis and Redox Homeostasis in Human Lung Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Benayoun
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Correlation of Anti-1-Amino-3-[18F]-Fluorocyclobutane-1-Carboxylic Acid Positron Emission
Tomography and MRI for Detection of Malignant Transformation and Pseudoprogression in High Grade and
Low Grade Gliomas
4. Funding agency: Radiological Society of North America
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PI: Chen, G.
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Role of HER3 Signaling in Optimizing EGFR Targeted Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Patel
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Biomarkers of Lymph Node Extracapsular Extension in Head & Neck Squamous Cell
Carcinoma
4. Funding agency: NIH/NIDCR
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PI: Marcus
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting LKB1 Mutant Lung Cancer
Funding agency: Free to Breathe
1. PI: Goodman
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: PET Imaging Agents for 5-HT2C Receptors
4. Funding agency: NIH/NIMH
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PI: Marcus
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Defining Early Escape Strategies in LKB1 Mutant Lung Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Chen, G.
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeted Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging and Focal Therapy of Unresectable Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Chen, J.
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Signaling and Targeting of Phosphoglycerate Mutase 1 in Head and Neck Cancer
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Chen, J.
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Small Molecule Inhibitor of Copper Trafficiking as a Novel Anti-Leukemia Therapy
Funding agency: NIH
Easley, Kirk
1. PI: Roback
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Serious Hazards of Transfusion and Cellular Therapies: Mechanisms and Intervention
4. Funding agency: NHLBI
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PI: Steinberg
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Prevention Epicenter of Emory and Atlanta Consortium Hospitals (PEACH)
Funding agency: CDC U54
1. PI: Gross
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Distributed Network Control with High Density Neuromodulation Technology for the Treatment
of Intractable Epilepsy
4. Funding agency: NINDS
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PI: Ziegler
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Dietary Regulation of Cysteine/GSH Redox-mediated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Drenkard
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: A Widespread Self-management Education Program to Reduce Health Disparities in African
American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
4. Funding agency: NIMHD
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PI: Paiardini
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting Cytolytic Cells to Lymphoid Sites of HIV Persistence
Funding agency: NIAID
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PI: Paiardin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Immune Based Interventions for HIV Eradication
Funding agency: NIAID
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PI: Paiardini
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting HIV Reservoir by Reducing Survival of Infected Cells and Inflammation
Funding agency: NIAID
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PI: Chahroudi
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting Beta-catenin to Disrupt the T Memory Stem Cell Reservoir
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Chahroudi
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Chronic Stress and Emotional Reactivity Increase Pathogenesis of HIV/SIV
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Kesar
2. Role: KO1 Mentor
3. Title of project: Walking Back to the Mechanisms-Cortical and Spinal Correlates of Post-stroke Gait
Rehabilitation
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Ting
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Muscle Coordination Mechanisms Underlying Impairment and Recovery of Gait and Balance
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Stringer
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Epidemiological Linkage Among HIV-1 Seroconcordant Heterosexual Couples in Atlanta
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Adekambi
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Effect of HIV-infection on Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-specific T-cell Immune Activation
Phenotypes in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Active Tuberculosis
4. Funding agency: NIH
Guo, Ying
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PI: Guo and Kang
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Analytical Methods for Integrating Multimodal data in Neurodevelopmental Research
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Waldrop-Valverde
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Healing Hearts, Mending Minds in Older Persons Living with HIV
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Waldrop-Valverde
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Research to Eliminate AIDS Disparities in Spanish-language Communities
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Shim
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Evaluation of 3D Whole Brain MRSI for Biopsy Guidance in Nonenhancing Gliomas
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Patel
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Red Cell Transfusion, Severe Anemia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Funding agency: NIH
Haber, Michael
1. PI: Morris
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Phase 3 RCT of Arginine Therapy for Pediatric SCD Pain
4. Funding agency: FDA
Hanfelt, John
1. PI: Hajjar
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: A Biomarker-driven Trial of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Hijjar
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Effect of Candesartan on Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease and its Related Biomarkers
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Seyfried
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Proteomic network analysis to find common mechanisms underlying AD and PD
Funding agency: NIH
Hu, Yijuan
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PI: Hu
Role: PI
Title of project: Association Tests of Rare Variants Using Sequence Reads without Calling Genotypes
Funding agency: NIH/NIGMS
Huang, Eugene
1. PI: Wang
2. Role: Principal Investigator (Emory subcontract)
3. Title of project: Functional Methods for Radiation Exposure and Biomarker Data
4. Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Sanda
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Emory, Harvard and University of Washington Prostate Cancer Biomarker Center
Funding agency: NIH
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Ko, Yi-An
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PI: Taylor
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Diverse Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation in Vascular Disease
Funding agency: NIH
PI: Tayor
Role: Biostatistican
Title of project: Morehouse/Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity
Funding agency: American Heart Association (Strategically Focused Research Network: Disparities in
Cardiovascular Disease)
Kowalski, Jeanne
1. PI: Bernal
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Involvement of the Noncanonical NF-kB Pathway in DLBCL Genetic Heterogeneity
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Bernal
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Exome Sequencing from Tumor Circulating DNA as a Technique for Diagnosis and
Monitoring of Multiple Myeloma
4. Funding agency: MMRF
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PI: Matsui (Hopkins)
Role: Emory Principal Investigator
Title of project: Cellular Diversity and Clinical Relevance of Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Lewis
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Circulating Blood Cellular Elements and Epigenetic Markers for Cardiac Dysfunction
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
Kundu, Suprateek
1. PI: Tang
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: PerfusionCT for Acute Stroke by Optimized Scan and Image Reconstruction
4. Funding agency: NIH
Leong, Traci
1. PI: Camacho-Gonzales
2. Role: Statistical Support
3. Title of project: HealthySteps: Improving HIV Treatment Compliance in Adolescents and Young Adults one
Step at a Time
4. Funding agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HSRA)
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PI: Vaughn
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: EQUIPPED
Funding agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
1. PI: Immergluck
2. Role: Mentor
3. Title of project: Applying Geospatial Statistical Analyses to Assess Socia-ecological Risks for Antibiotic
Resistant Infections in Children
4. Funding agency: NIH
Liu, Yuan
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4.
PI: Saavedra
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Investigating how deregulated TTK kinase contributes to poor therapeutic responses
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Master
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Multi-faceted chemoprevention of HNC with FLLL12
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Amin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Multi-faceted chemoprevention of HNC with FLLL12
Funding agency: NIH
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4.
PI: Zhou
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeted inhibition of ribosomal RNA synthesis in LKB1-deficient cancers
Funding agency: NIH
1.
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4.
PI: Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: LDHA Signaling in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Funding agency: NIH
1.
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4.
PI: Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Anti-Anoikis Signaling of GDH1 in Metastatic Lung Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Smith
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Molecular Mechanisms of IGF!R/FAK-mediated TNBC Progression and Metastasis
Funding agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Long, Qi
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4.
PI: Long
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project: Strategies for Handling MNAR in Healthcare Research Using the VHA’s CDW
Funding agency: AHRQ
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PI: Manatunga
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Development and Assessment of Decision Supporting System for Renal Studies
Funding agency: NIH
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3.
4.
PI: Searle
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Microparticle and Encapsulated MicroRNAs as Biomarkers and Intercellular Communication
Funding agency: USAID
Manatunga, Amita
1. PI: Manatunga
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Methods Development for Design and Evaluation of Outcomes from Clinical Studies
4. Funding agency: Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
1. PI: Manatunga
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Development and Assessment of Decision Supporting System for Renal Studies
4. Funding agency: NIH
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2.
3.
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PI: Manatunga and Lyles
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
Title of project: Design and Analytic Methods for Studies Involving Pooled Biospecimens
Funding agency: NIH
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3.
4.
PI: Howard
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Multifactorial Causes of Fertility Disparities Among Female Cancer Survivors
Funding agency: NIH
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4.
PI: Marcus
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Collaborative Research and Action: Empowering an Exposed Community
Funding agency: NIH/NIEHS
Mehta, Christina
1. PI: DeLille
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: New Strategies to Assess Anal Cancer in Women
4. Funding agency: Supplement
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3.
4.
PI: Titanji
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Reversing HIV-induced B cell dysfunction with bisphosphonates
Funding agency: K01
Nizam, Azhar
1. PI: Long
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Coordinating Center for Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS)
4. Funding agency: NIH/NEI
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3.
4.
Qin, Steve
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4.
PI: Waller
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Atlanta Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
PI: Qin and Wang
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Enabling Informatics Technologies for Searching and Mining Massive Cancer Genomics Data
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Qin and Zwick
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: EEDCC: A Cloud-Based Data Coordination Center for Environmental Epigenomics
Funding agency: NIH/NIEHS
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Tansey
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Inflammation and Renin-Angiotensin System Dysfunction as Risk Factors for AD
Funding agency: NIH/NHGRI
Switchenko, Jeff
1. PI: Cohen
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Improving outcomes for patients with mantle cell lymphoma
4. Funding agency: American Society of Hematology
1. PI: Cohen
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Improving care for patients with mantle cell lymphoma through assessment of prognostic and
predictive biomarkers
4. Funding agency: Conquer Cancer Foundation
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Ali
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: A clinical analysis of emesis as a medical screening diagnostic for radiation dose
Funding agency: Dartmouth Physically-Based Biodosimetry Center for Medical Countermeasures against
Radiation
1. PI: Owonikoko
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Biomarker-guided phase II clinical study of polo-like kinase (PLK) inhibitor in relapsed small
cell lung cancer
4. Funding agency: Department of Defense
1.
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3.
4.
PI: Switchenko (GA Tech PI: Thomas)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Breast cancer immunotherapy targeting sentinel lymph nodes
Funding agency: Susan G. Komen Foundation
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PI: Owonikoko
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting polo-like kinase for therapy of small cell lung cancer
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Waller, Lance
1. PI: Remais
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Optimizing Surveillance of Infectious Diseases in Low-and Middle-income Countries
4. Funding agency:NIH/NIAID
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PI: Miller
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory
Funding agency: NIH/NIEHS
PI: Waller
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project: Atlanta Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
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4.
PI: Dampier
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: PROMIS Youth Ratings to Assist in Managing Disease PYRAMID
Funding agency: NIH/NIAMSD
Weiss, Paul
1. PI: Gazmararian
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Impact of Physical Activity on Academic Achievement in Elementary School Students
4. Funding agency: NIH
Wu, Hao
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Lewis
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Expectations of Discrimination and CVD Risk in African-American Women
Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
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PI: Murabitgo
Emory PI: Conneely
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Identifying Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Age-related Disease Disk in CHARGE
Funding agency: NIH/NIA
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4.
PI: Wu
Role: PI
Title of project: Epigenetic Modifiers of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Funding agency: NIH
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3.
4.
PI: Wu
Role: PI
Title of project: Methods and Tools for Analyzing DNA Hydroxymethylation Sequencing Data
Funding agency: NIH
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Jin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: 5-Hydroxymetnylcytocine-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation in Autism
Funding Agency: Simons Foundation
Yu, Tianwei
1. PI: Yu
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: High-dimensional Feature Selection over Genome-scale Metabolic Network
4. Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Shaffer
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: The Use of Fecal Microbial Transplatation in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Associated
Pouchitis
4. Funding agency: Kenneth Rainin Foundation
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Jones
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Decoding the Human Metabolome
Funding agency: W. M. Keck Foundation
1. PI: Searles
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Project 3: MicroRNA and Metabolomic Profiles Associated with Social and Environmental Risk
Factors in Blacks
4. Funding agency: American Heart Association
G. List grants and contracts that were submitted but not funded or approved (by agency)
Chang, Howard
1. PI: Liu
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Improving Global-Scale Air Quality and Health Decision Support Systems with NASA Science
4. Funding agency: USEPA
1. PI: Chang and Sarnat
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Development of a Medicare Cohort Dataset for Use in Air Pollution Epidemiological Research
4. Funding agency: EPRI
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PI: Remais
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Optimizing Infectious Disease Surveillance in China and Other LMICs
Funding agency: NIH
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4.
PI: Tolbert
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Air, Climate and Energy-ACE Center
Funding agency: USEPA
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PI: Steeland
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Study of Cognitive Decline in Relation to Air Pollution
Funding agency: NIH
Chen, Nelson
1. PI: Chen, Z.
2. Role: PI
3. Title of project: Novel Bayesian Designs to Estimate Individual Patient’s Maximum Tolerated Dose
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism in Human Cancers
Funding agency: Elsa U Pardee Foundation
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PI: Liang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: MicroRNA-19/130 Regulation of Multidrug Resistance in Breast Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Chen
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Targeted Theranostic Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy of Unresectable Tumors
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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4.
PI: Nahta
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: GDF15 in Breast Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Dong
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Role of ATBF1 in PR-and PRLR-mediated Mammary Development and Carcinogenesis
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Marcus/Zhou/Ross
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Developing a Pharmacologic Approach to Treat LKB1 Mutant NSCLC Patients
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Ju
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: A Novel Animal Model, IEC-Cosmc Mosaic Mice for Human Colorectal Carcinoma
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Nooka
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Adherence of Myeloma Patients to Lenalidomide Therapy (COMPLY)-Improving Adherence
by Using Email, SMS and Voice Message Reminders
4. Funding agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1. PI: Nooka
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Evaluating the Impact of Early Intervention of a Myeloma Specialist in Reversing Renal
Functions in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma Patients with Renal Failure
4. Funding agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1. PI: Owonikoko
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Biomarker-Guided Phase II Clinical Study of Polo-Like Kinase (PLK) Inhibitor in Relapsed
Small Cell Lung Cancer
4. Funding agency: US Department of Defense (DOD)
1.
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PI: Shin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: SPORE in Head and Neck Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Shin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Emory Botanical Center for Human Health & Resilience
Funding agency: NIIH/NCAM
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PI: Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: GDH1 Coordinates Glutaminolysis and Redox Homeostasis in Human Lung Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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4.
PI: Liang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of Project: MicroRNAs as Molecular Targets for Therapy of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Shin
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Comparative Studies of Gold Nanoparticles & Their Molecular Impact on Photothermal
Therapy of Canine Oral Cancer
4. Funding agency: NIH/NCI
Guo, Ying
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PI: Darrow
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Infant Antibiotic Use and Atopic Diseases in Childhood
Funding agency: NIH
PI: Manatunga
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Biostatistics in Genetics, Immunology, and Neuroimaging (BGIN)
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Manatunga, Peng, Guo
2. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Development of Diagnostic Methods: Design and Evaluation of Outcomes from Clinical
Studies
4. Funding agency: PCORI
Huang, Eugene
1. PI: Sanda
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Multinational Trial of Serum and Urine Screening for Men at Increased Prostate Cancer Risk
4. Funding agency: DoD
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PI: Huang
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project: Shape-constrained Dynamic Regression
Funding agency: NSF
Ko, Yi-An
1. PI: Kim
2. Role: Consultant
3. Title of project: Sub-Clinical Vascular Dysfunction in American-Style Football Players: Temporal Trends,
Mechanisms, and Effects on Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling
4. Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Morris
2. Role: Consultant
3. Title of project: Metabolomics, Oxidative Stress and Vascular Function in Heart Failure: The MetOVasc-HF
Study
4. Funding agency: ACTSI
1. PI: Tsai
2. Role: Consultant
3. Title of project: Knee Compressive Load and Muscle Function during Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
Rehabilitation
4. Funding agency: NIH
Kowalski, Jeanne
1. PI: Kowalski
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Epigenomic Targeting of High-Risk Multiple Myeloma Stem Cells
4. Funding agency: LLS
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PI: Shammugam
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Metabolic Gene Expression Profiling of High Risk Multiple Myeloma
Funding agency: LLS
1. PI: Bernal
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Genetic profiling of Plasmablastic Lymphomas (PBL) and the contribution of NF-kB
in PBL genetic phenotype
4. Funding agency: NIIH
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PI: Bernal
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Noncanonical NF-kB in DLBCL tumor genetic heterogeneity
Funding agency: NIH
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PI: Lewis
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Myocardial Infarct in HIV/AIDS
Funding agency: NIH
Kundu, Suprateek
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PI: Guo and Kang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Leveraging a Recovery Act Resource to Accelerated Research on Neurodevelopment
Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Fareed
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Effect of Buprenorphine and CBT on Improvement of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder for
Veterans with Chronic non Cancer Pain and Opioid Addiction
4. Funding agency: NIH
1. PI: Vilhauer
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Examining the Mechanism of Action and Comparative Effectiveness of a Novel
Psychotherapy, Future Directed Therapy, for the Treatment of Anhedonia
4. Funding agency: NIH
Kutner, Michael
1. PI: Kutner
2. Role: PI
3. Title of project: Novel Bayesian Designs to Estimate Individual Patient’s Maximum Tolerated Dose
4. Funding agency: NCI
Leong, Traci
1. PI: Scahill
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Oxytocin and Social Engagement Therapy in Nonverbal Children
4. Funding agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HSRA)
Liu, Yuan
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PI: Wang
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Strategies to Enhance the RBE of High-LET Radiotherapy
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Shaffer
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: The Use of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Ulcerative Colitis Associated Pouch
Funding agency: American Society of Colon and Rectal
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PI: Saavedra
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Elucidating the Role of Centrosome Cycle Regulators in Breast Cancer
Funding agency: NIH
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Dong
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Role of a Novel ER-related Factor in HER2 Therapeutic Resistance in Breast Cancer
Funding agency: Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation
Long, Qi
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PI: Long (Emory) and Chung and Chung (Virginia Tech)
Role: Principal Investigator
Title of project: Computational Methods for Data-Intensive Inverse Problems
Funding agency: NSF
1. PI: McCarty
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: CF Atlanta Research and Translation Core Center in CF Related Diabetes
4. Funding agency: NIH/NHLBI
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PI: Fedirko
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Telomere Length Modulation by Vitamin D and/or Calcium in Colon Adenoma Patients
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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4.
PI: Bostick
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Biomarkers for Personalized Management of High Gastric Cancer Risk Individuals
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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4.
PI: Sanda
Role: Statistican
Title of project: EDRN Supplement
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
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PI: Moreno
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: RNAseq Biomarkers of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Funding agency: DOD IDEA Award
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PI: Pardue
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Biomarkers of Preclinical Diabetic Retinopathy
Funding agency: JDRF grant
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PI: Narayan
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Pathways to Diabetes and its Complications in Asian Indians
Funding agency: NIH/NIDDK
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PI: Searle
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Impact of Aging and CAD on the Use of Circulating miRNAs as Biomarkers
Funding agency: NIH/NIA
Lyles, Bob
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PI: Manatunga and Lyles
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: Design and Analytic Methods for Studies Involving Pooled Biospecimens
Funding agency: NIH/NIEHS
Mehta, Christina
1. PI: Iyer
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Single cell transcriptional profiling of HIV target CCR5+ α4β7+ CD4+ T cells in the female
genital tract
4. Funding agency: WIHS Supplement
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PI: Neigh
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Biological Mechanisms of Stress Disorders Co-Morbid with HIV in African Americans
Funding agency: R01
PI: Neigh
Role: Biostatistician
Title of project: Accelerated Age-Related Glucocorticoid Resistance and Cognitive Deficits in HIV
Funding agency: CFAR03
Qin, Steve
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PI: Qin and Wang
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title of project: New Informatics Approaches for Querying Genomics BigData
Funding agency: NIH/NHGRI
PI: Hawthon
Role: Co-Investigator, Emory subcontract Principal Investigator
Title of project: Integrated Genetic Profiles of Triple Negative Breast Cancer in African Americans
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
Switchenko, Jeff
1. PI: Switchenko
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: : Improving our understanding of the spatial epidemiology and risk factors of DLBCL in
Georgia
4. Funding agency: American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
Weiss, Paul
1. PI: Gazmararian
2. Role: Biostatistician
3. Title of project: Impact of Physical Activity on Academic Achievement in Elementary School Students
4. Funding agency: EIS
Wu, Hao
1.
2.
3.
4.
PI: Wu
Role: PI
Title of project: Characterizing and Predicting Protein Binding from Bisulfite Sequencing Data
Funding agency: NIH
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Qin & Jin
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: A Data-driven Approach for Indentifying Functional Non-coding Variants
Funding agency: NIH
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Dammer
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Cell Type Specific Epigenetic Loci Altered in Alzheimer Disease
Funding agency: NIH
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3.
4.
PI: Wu
Role: PI
Title of project: Methods for Analyzing Single-nucleotide Resolution DNA Methylation Sequencing Data
Funding agency: NSF CAREER
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PI: Wu (subcontract from Brown University)
Role: PI
Title of project: Latent Mixture Models for Feature Set Analysis Targeting Sparse but Large Effects
Funding agency: NIH
Yu, Tianwei
1. PI: Yu
2. Role: Principal Investigator
3. Title of project: Methods for Low-concentration, Low-frequency Metabolite Detection in LC/MS Data
4. Funding agency: NIH/NIEHS
1. PI: Tansey
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Identification and Monitoring of At Risk Subjects and Patients by HLA-DRA SNP Genotype
and Immunophenotyping
4. Funding agency: Michael J. Fox FDTN for Parkinson’s Research
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4.
PI: Amara
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Project 2: Preclinical Trials and Cellular Responses
Funding agency: Geovax
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4.
PI: Fedirko
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Vitamin D & Calcium High-Resolution Metabolomics in Colon Cancer Chemoprevention
Funding agency: NIH/NCI
1. PI: Morris
2. Role: Co-Investigator
3. Title of project: Assessment of Oxidative Stress and Metabolomics Profiles in Patients with Mechanical
Circulatory Support
4. Funding agency: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant
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2.
3.
4.
PI: Fedirko
Role: Co-Investigator
Title of project: Host-Gut Microbiota Interplay in Colon Carcinogenesis: A Pilot Study
Funding agency: American Cancer Society
H. Presentations at professional meetings (list authors, title and meeting)*
Chang, Howard
Application of satellite-derived PM2.5 estimates in time-series health analysis. APHA Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, 2014
Data assimilation of environmental pollution fields for health studies. The Role of Systems Biology for the
Exposome Workshop, Atlanta GA, 2015
Chen, Nelson
Chen Z, Yuan Y, Li Z, Kutner M, Owonikoko TK, Curran W, Khuri F, Kowalski J. Dose Escalation with Over Dose
and Under Dose Control for Phase I/II Clinical Trials. JSM 2015 August 2. Abstract No: 315069.
Chen Z, Zhao Y. Adaptive and Sequential Methods for Clinical Trials. ICSA-KISS 2014 Applied Statistics
Symposium. 2014 June 16-18.
Chen Z. Estimation of personalized maximum tolerated dose (pMTD) according to patient’s biomarkers in cancer
Phase I clinical trial. BIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of MolMed-2014. November 13-16.
Owonikoko TK, Kowalski J, Kim S, Dwivedi B, Chen Z, Behera M, Mayfield W, Hermann RC, Chen L, Khuri FR,
Ramalingam SS, Sica G. PD-L1, PD-1, and CTLA-4 as prognostic biomarkers in resected non-small cell lung
cancer. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: 7551.
Alese OB, Kim S, Chen Z, Owonikoko TK, El-Rayes BF. Pattern of liver-directed therapies and outcomes in
cancer patients hospitalized in the United States. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: e15112.
Alese OB, Kim S, Chen Z, Shaib WL, Owonikoko TK, El-Rayes BF. Management and outcomes of hospitalized
patients with primary neuroendocrine tumor (NET) and non-NET appendiceal cancers in the United States. 2015
ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: e17722.
Shaib WL, Qu J, Zhang C, Ip A, Chen Z, El-Rayes BF, Alese O. Borderline resectable (BRPC) and locally
advanced unresectable (LAPC) pancreas cancer treatment: A single Institution experience. 2015 ASCO Annual
Meeting. Abstract No: e15260.
Mohamed A, Schrapp K, Owonikoko TK, Steuer CE, Chen Z, Pakkala S, Pillai RN, Wadsworth JT, Higgins KA,
Ramalingam S, Beitler J, Shin DM, Khuri FR, Behera M, Saba NF. Concurrent chemoradiation using weekly
versus tri-weekly cisplatin in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN): A
comparative analysis. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: e15260.
Owonikoko TK, Nelson M, Park SY, Kim S, Steuer CE, Behera M, Chen Z, Han E, Kumar M, Ernani V, Saba NF,
Khuri FR, Ramalingam SS, Rossi MR. Aneuploidy of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene and association
with non squamous lung cancer patient characteristics and outcomes. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No:
7549.
El-Rayes BF, Shaib WL, Williams R, Chen Z, Ganji NP, Brutcher E, Kim HS. Phase Ib study of pasireotide (P),
everolimus (E), and selective internal radioembolization therapy (SIRT) for unresectable neuroendocrine hepatic
metastases. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: 4092.
Geiger C, Chen Z, Zhang C, Behera M, Steuer CE, Pillai RN, Ramalingam SS. Investigating the correlation
between disease burden and symptoms in patients with advanced stage lung cancer. 2015 ASCO Annual
Meeting. Abstract No: e19057.
Patel K, Asher A, Burri S, Fraser R, Kandula S, Press R, Chen Z, Zhang C, Hadjipanayis C, Olson J, Oyesiku N,
Curran W, Shu HK, Crocker I, Prabhu R. Comparing Preoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) to
Postoperative SRS for Resectable Brain Metastases. 2015 ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting. Presentation #: 85.
Prabhu RS, Patel KR, Burri SH, Zhang C, Chen Z, Crocker IR, Fraser RW, Wait SD, Kandula S, Hadjipanayis C,
Curran W, Shu HK, MD, Asher A. Patterns of Recurrence and Toxicity for Pre-operative versus Post-operative
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for Resected Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. The College of
Neurosurgeons meeting 2015.
Jani AB, Schreibmann E, Rossi P, Shelton J, Godette K, Nieh P, Master V, Kucuk O, Goodman M, Halkar R,
Cooper S, Chen Z, Schuster D. Impact of anti-3-[18F]FACBC Positron Emission Tomography on Target Volume
Definition after Prostatectomy: Initial Findings from a Randomized Trial. 2015 ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting.
Wang X, Beitler J, Huang W, Qian G, Magliocca K, Zhang J, Nannapaneni S, Kim S, Chen Z, Nabil S, Chen ZG,
Arbiser JL, Shin DM. Honokiol radiosensitizes squamous cells carcinoma of head and neck by down-regulation of
surviving. AACR annual meeting 2015. Abstract No: 20.
Qian G, Wang D, Magliocca KR, Duggal P, Nannapaneni S, Kim S, Chen Z, Shin DM, Saba NF, Chen ZG.
Human papillomavirus 16 oncoprotein E6 upregulates c-Met partially through p53 in squamous cell carcinoma of
the head and neck. AACR annual meeting 2015. Abstract No: 813.
Peng X, Macke M, Shin H, Nannapaneni S, Chen N, Kim S, Chen ZG, El-Sayed M, Shin D. The nuclear-targeted
gold nanoparticles inhibit the tumor growth in mouse model as potential anticancer agents. AACR annual meeting
2015. Abstract No: 2451.
Owonikoko TK, Harvey D, Lewis C, Chen Z, Kauh J, Renfroe M, Deovic R, Sica G, Carthon B, Harris WB, ElRayes BF, Ramalingam SS, Khuri FR. A phase I pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of the
combination of everolimus and buparlisib for concurrent mTOR and PI3K pathway blockade in patients with
advanced solid tumors. AACR annual meeting 2015. Abstract No: CT303.
Clennon, Julie
Oswald W, et al. 2014. Environmental and social determinants of household sanitation coverage in South Gondar
zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Amer Soc TropMed Hyg.
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we learned about the demography of Buruli ulcer, Mycobacterium ulcerans and transmission? World Health
Organization Buruli Ulcer Meeting
Cotsonis, George
SAMMPRIS, International Stroke Conference 2015 (3)
ARO, IATS Conference, with Dr. Drews-Botsch
Easley, Kirk
Patel RM, Josephson CJ, Roback JD, Knezevic A, Yang J, Easley KA, and Hinkes MT. Association between
cumulative iron exposure and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants. Abstract AABB
Annual Meeting and CTTXPO (October 24-28, 2014: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Patel RM, Shenvi N, Knezevic A, Hinkes MT, Roback JD, Easley KA, Josephson C. Blood product utilization in
very low birth weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis. Abstract submitted, American Association for Blood
Banks' (AABB) annual meeting, October 24-27, 2015, Anaheim Convention Center
Guo, Ying
Guo Y and Shi R, Computationally Efficient Estimation and Inference Methods for Hierarchical ICA of fMRI Data.
In Invited Session “Statistical Challenges in Big Imaging Data Analysis”, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA,
USA, Aug., 2014.
Guo Y, Estimating brain functional networks in fMRI: a hierarchical ICA framework vs. TC-GICA. International
Mathematics Society (IMS)-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability, Kunmin,China, July,
2015.
Guo Y, New agreement methods for accommodating censored observations, 2015 International Chinese
Statistical Association (ICSA) Statistics Conference, July, 2015, Shanghai, China.
Guo Y, Recent advances in Independent Component Analysis with Applications to Neuroimaging Studies,
Statistics Alumni Symposium of Renmin University of China, June, Beijing, China.
Guo, Y. and Shi, R. A hierarchical ICA method for modeling covariate effects on brain functional networks. Poster
presentation at Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2015 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Jun., 2015.
Rahman A F*, Peng L, Guo Y and Manatunga AK. (2015+). Nonparametric Regression Method for Broad
Sense Agreement. ENAR Spring meetings, Miami, FL. March 15-18, 2015. Oral presentation.
Dai T* and Guo Y. Statistical Methods for Assessing Reproducibility in Multicenter Neuroimaging Studies. Oral
presentation in contributed papers session Methods to Assess Agreement. ENAR spring meeting, Miami, Fl, USA,
Mar., 2015.
Dai T*, Guo Y, Peng L and Manatunga AK. Statistical Methods for Assessing Reproducibility in Multicenter
Neuroimaging Studies. Poster presentation in NSF/Anderson Student Poster Session session. SRCOS Summer
Research Conference, Carolina Beach, NC, USA, Jun., 2015.
Dai T*, Guo Y, Peng L and Manatunga AK. Nonparametric Estimation of Agreement Measure Between Ordinal
and Censored Continuous Outcomes. Oral presentation in session Analysis of ordinal data. Joint Statistical
Meetings, Seattle, WA, USA, Aug., 2015.
Shi, R* and Guo, Y Modeling Covariate Effects on Group Independent Component Analysis with Application to
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. STEM Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, April, 2015
Wang, Y*. and Guo, Y Statistical methods for characterization and classification of brain functional networks: with
application to Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort study. Poster Presentation for the Charles C. Shepard
Award, Atlanta, USA, May, 2015.
Kemmer PB*, Guo Y, and Bowman FD. Statistical Approaches for Exploring Brain Connectivity with Multi-Modal
Neuroimaging Data. Poster Presentation at the Emory University STEM Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March 2015.
Kemmer PB*, Guo Y, and Bowman FD. Statistical Approaches for Exploring Brain Connectivity with Multi-Modal
Neuroimaging Data. Invited talk at Statistical Methods in Imaging Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2015. Student
Paper Award Winner.
Kemmer PB*, Guo Y, and Bowman FD. Statistical Approaches for Exploring Brain Connectivity with Multi-Modal
Neuroimaging Data. Poster Presentation at the SRCOS Summer Research Conference, Carolina Beach, NC,
June 2015. SRCOS Best Poster Award.
Hanfelt, John
Hanfelt J, An errors-in-covariates approach for using Cross-Walk data. National Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Conference, Baltimore MD, October 2014
Hu, Yijuan
Hu, Y. J., Li, Y., Auer, P. L., Lin, D. Y. Integrative Analysis of Sequencing and array genotype data for discovering
disease associations with rare mutations, ASHG 2014
Huang, Eugene
Huang, Y., Bootstrap for the case-cohort design in survival studies, Joint Statistical Meetings 2014, Boston, MA.
Huang, Y., Quantile Regression with Randomly Censored Data, The 12th Annual Conference on Frontiers in
Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM '15), New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.
*Sun X., Peng L., Huang Y., Manatunga A., and Lai H.-C. Analysis of Recurrent Events Data Based on
Accelerated Recurrence Time Model, IBS ENAR 2014 Spring Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Ko, Yi-An
Morris, A.A., Kelkar, A., Ko, Y.-A., Laskar, S.R., Smith, A., Vega, J.D. Impact of Insurance Status on Left
Ventricular Assist Device Utilization and Health Outcomes in Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation.
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 35th Annual Meeting.
Hayek, S.S., Awad, M., Ko, Y.-A., Yu, C., Harfouch, B., Soto, A.D., Yadalam, A., Chaudhry, A., Hosny, K., Anoka,
N., Adeogun, G.O., Dua, K., Healy, S.T., Quyyumi, A.A. College Education is an Independent Predictor of
Survival in Patients with Heart Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors Who Undergo Left Heart Catheterization.
American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meetings and Conferences.
Hayek, S.S., Sever, S., Ko, Y.-A., Trachtman, H., Sperling, L.S., Lerakis, S., Quyyumi, A.A., Reiser, J. Elevated
Soluble Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator is a Predictor of Incident Chronic Kidney Disease. American
Diabetes Association Clinical and Research Symposia.
Kim, J.H., Trilk, J.L., Smith, R., Maddux, P., Cherrett, G., Healy, S., Asif, I., Ko, Y.-A., Emery, M.S. The Impact of
Spinal Cord Injury on Exercise Induced Cardiac Remodeling in Elite Para-Cyclists. American Society of
Echocardiography 2015.
Ko, Y.-A., AlMheid, I., Quyyumi, A.A. Effect of Health Partner Counseling for Healthy Behaviors. ECCRI
Research Meeting.
Yu, C., Ko, Y.-A., Long, Q. Associations between Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Renal Function.
Emory Endothelial Progenitor Cell Meeting.
Ko. Y.-A. Robust and Efficient Modeling for Gene-Environment and Gene-Gene Interactions in Longitudinal
Cohort Studies. Qi Long’s Group Meeting.
Kowalski, Jeanne
Kowalski, J. Winship Cancer Institute. From RNA-Seq to TCGA to NanoString: The Hunt for Markers as
Diagnostic for Primary Refractory AML. October 2014.
Switchenko J, Kowalski J. A generalized filter statistic for integrated, whole-genome analyses of multiple
platforms to characterize several groups of similar phenotype, Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), August 2-7, 2014,
Boston, MA.
Ainslie K, Kowalski J. A robust statistical framework to whole-genome outlier identification for characterizing
structural variants, Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), August 2-7, 2014, Boston, MA.
Chen Z, Yuan Y, Li Z, Kutner M, Owonikoko TK, Curran W, Khuri F, Kowalski J. Dose Escalation with Over Dose
and Under Dose Control for Phase I/II Clinical Trials. JSM 2015 August 2. Abstract No: 315069.
Owonikoko TK, Kowalski J, Kim S, Dwivedi B, Chen Z, Behera M, Mayfield W, Hermann RC, Chen L, Khuri FR,
Ramalingam SS, Sica G. PD-L1, PD-1, and CTLA-4 as prognostic biomarkers in resected non-small cell lung
cancer. 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract No: 7551.
Kundu, Suprateek
JSM 2015, Kundu, S. & Kang, J., Semi-parametric Bayes Graphical Models Incorporating Covariates for Imaging
Genetics.
Kutner, Michael
* Invited speaker 2014 JSM on History of SRCOS and Its Collaboration with ASA
* Invited speaker 2015 JSM for Dixon Award recipients to explain how to become an expert statistical
collaborator/consultant
Leong, Traci
Oral Presentations:
Arlen AM, Kirsch AJ, Weiss AD, Leong T, Broecker BH, Smith EA, Elmore JM Chordee Matters: Meatal Position
May Not Be the Most Important Feature of the Hypospadias Complex
American Urological association annual meeting (5/2015) New Orleans, LA.
Fasano RM, Kaushal M, Leong T, Sagiv E, Meier ER, Luban NLC. Efficacy of Chronic Red Cell Exchange In
Reducing Iron Overload in Chronically Transfused Sickle Cell Patients
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/oncology annual meeting (5/2015). Phoenix, AZ
Poster Presentations:
Golub LJ, Smith DT, Pittman JR, Leong T, Adhyaru B, Leibzeit J, Heron S, Schulman DA, Dressler DD. Training
medical students for the future rather than the present: Advanced evidenced based medicine for the rising intern.
Society of general internal medicine annual meeting (SGIM) (4/2015). Toronto, CA
*Shepler S, Leong T, Gillespie SE. Comparing methods of adjusting for center effects using pediatric ICU
Glycemic control data. Annual Meeting of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric
Society. (ENAR) (3/2015), Miami, FL
Immergluck L, Thorton K, Jacob JT, Hagen S, Schultz J, Chan T, Leong T, McCracken C, Watson JR, Laghaei E,
Rains J, Lamourie M, Jerris R. Reducing Risks for Touch Contamination and CLABSI with Innovative Connector
(SmashCap). The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). (5/2015). Orlando, FL
Arlen AM, Garcia-Roig M, Weiss AD, Leong T, Cooper CS, Kirsch AJ. (2015) Vesicoureteral Reflux Index
(VURx): Multiinstitutional analysis and validation. American Urological association annual meeting (AUA)
(5/2015) New Orleans, LA.
Bhavya S. Doshi, MD1, Shannon L. Meeks, MD1,2, Jeanne E. Hendrickson, MD3, Andrew Reisner, MD4, Traci
Leong, PhD5, Anne M. Winkler, MD, MSc6, and Erin Meyer, DO, MPH6
Coagulopathy predicts mortality in pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury
American Society of Hematology annual meeting (ASH). (12/2014) San Francisco, CA.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Wallis A, Toledo L, Murray A, Gaul Z, Sutton M, Gillespie S, Leong T, Graves C,
Chakraborty R. Risk Factors for HIV Transmission: Perspectives from Metropolitan Atlanta Youth. American
Public Health Association (APHA) (11/2014), New Orleans, LA.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Wallis A, Toledo L, Murray A, Gaul Z, Sutton M, Gillespie S, Leong T, Graves C,
Chakraborty R. Key Elements for venue-based HIV testing and linkage to care for adolescent and young adults
in metropolitan Atlanta. International AIDS society (IAS) July 2014 Melbourne,Australia.
Long, Qi
Qi Long and Brent Johnson, Resampling methods for variable selection in the presence of missing data for small
and large-scale problems, Invited talk at the Joint Statistical Meetings, August 2014.
Qi Long and Brent Johnson, Variable Selection in the Presence of Missing Data: Resampling and Imputation,
Invited talk at the Joint 24th ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium and 13th Graybill Conference, June 2015.
Yize Zhao*, Matthias Chung, Brent A. Johnson, Carlos Moreno, and Qi Long, Hierarchical Feature Selection
Incorporating Known and Novel Biological Information: Identifying Genomic Features Predictive of Cancer
Recurrence, the Joint Statistical meetings, August, 2014.
Pallavi S. Mishra-Kalyani*, Brent A. Johnson, and Qi Long, Propensity Process for Time-Varying Covariates with
Application to Assessing Treatment Effect in ALS Patients, the Joint Statistical meetings, August, 2014.
Yize Zhao*, Jian Kang and Qi Long, Bayesian Spatial Variable Selection for Ultra-High Dimensional
Neuroimaging Data: A Multiresolution Approach, the ENAR Spring Meeting, March, 2015.
Domonique Watson Hodge* and Qi Long, Multiple Imputation Using Sparse PCA for High-Dimensional Data, the
ENAR Spring Meeting, March, 2015.
Sandra Safo* and Qi Long, Structured Sparse CCA for High Dimensional Data Integration, the ENAR Spring
Meeting, March, 2015.
Changgee Chang*, Yize Zhao, and Qi Long, Bayesian Hierarchical Variable Selection Incorporating Multi-Level
Structural Information, the ENAR Spring Meeting, March, 2015.
Yi Deng* and Qi Long, Multiple Imputation for General Missing Patterns in the Presence of High-Dimensional
Data, the ENAR Spring Meeting, March, 2015.
Domonique Watson Hodge* and Qi Long, Multiple Imputation for High-Dimensional Data, the SRCOS Summer
Research Conference, June, 2015.
Lyles, Bob
Mitchell, E.M., Lyles, R.H.*, Manatunga, A.K., Danaher, M., Perkins, N., and Schisterman, E. Regression for
Skewed Biomarker Outcomes Subject to Pooling, Joint Statistical Meetings of ASA and Biometric Society,
Boston, MA, August 2014.
Lyles, R.H.*, Mitchell, E.M., Weinberg, C., Umbach, D.M., and Schisterman, E. On Efficient Use of Logistic
Regression When a Continuous Biomarker is Assayed on Pooled Biospecimens, Joint Statistical Meetings of ASA
and Biometric Society, Boston, MA, August 2014.
Lyles, R.H.* An Efficient Design Strategy for Logistic Regression Using Outcome-and Covariate-Dependent
Pooling of Biospecimens Prior to Assay, Department of Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series, Clemson
University, September, 2014 (invited).
Lyles, R.H.* An Efficient Design Strategy for Logistic Regression Using Outcome-and Covariate-Dependent
Pooling of Biospecimens Prior to Assay, 4th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Georgia State
University, May, 2015 (invited).
Lynn, Mike
Felius J, Busettini C, Lynn MJ, Hartmann EE, Lambert SR, Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. The Infant Aphakia
Treatment Study (IATS): Fixational instabilities following extraction of unilateral infantile cataract. (Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 2014).
Freedman SF, Beck AD, Lynn MJ, Lambert SR. Glaucoma-related adverse events after cataract removal in
infancy: Outcomes at age 5 in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS). (American Academy of Ophthalmology,
October 2014).
Hannah J, Turan TN, Nizam A, Lynn MJ, Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Janis LS, Lane BF, Montgomery J, Chimowitz
MI, for the SAMMPRIS Investigators. Type and duration of exercise in the SAMMPRIS trial. (International Stroke
Conference, February 2015).
Al Kasab S, Lynn MJ, Turan TN, Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Lane BF, Montgomery J, Janis S, Chimowitz MI, for the
SAMMPRIS Investigators. Impact of the new AHA/ASA definition of stroke on the outcome of the SAMMPRIS
trial. (International Stroke Conference, February 2015).
Smock AP, Turan TN, Lynn MJ, Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Janis LS, Lane BF, Montgomery J, Chimowitz MI, for
the SAMMPRIS Investigators. Cognitive outcome in SAMMPRIS: Medical therapy vs. stenting. (International
Stroke Conference, February 2015).
Liebeskind DS, Derdeyn CP, Sanossian N, Cotsonis GA, Scalzo F, Prabhakaran S, Romano JG, Turan TN,
Johnson MS, Lynn MJ, Fiorella DJ, Hess DC, Chimowitz MI, Feldmann E, on behalf of the SAMMPRIS
Investigators. Perfusion imaging of intracranial atherosclerotic disease in SAMMPRIS. (International Stroke
Conference, February 2015).
Holmstedt C, Lynn MJ, Turan TN, Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Lane, BF, Montgomery J, Janis LS, Nahab F,
Chimowitz MI, for the SAMMPRIS Investigators. Prolonged use of clopidogrel and aspirin and stroke risk in
intracranial stenosis in SAMMPRIS. (International Stroke Conference, February 2015).
Kwon H, Lynn MJ, Turan TN, Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Lane BF, Montgomery J, Janis LS, Chimowitz MI, for the
SAMMPRIS Investigators. Frequency, risk factors, and impact of coexistent small vessel disease in the
SAMMPRIS trial. (International Stroke Conference, February 2015).
Lutsep HL, Lynn MJ, Cotsonis GA, Derdeyn CP, Turan TN, Fiorella D, Janis LS, Lane BF, Montgomery J,
Chimowitz MI, for the SAMMPRIS Investigators. Does SAMMPRIS support stenting compared to medical therapy
for subpopulations of patients with intracranial arterial stenosis? (International Stroke Conference, February
2015).
Hartmann EE, DuBois L, Lynn MJ, Lambert SR, Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. Relationship between
monocular grating acuity at 12-months and recognition acuity at 4.5 years in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 2015).
Lambert SR, Plager DA, Buckley EG, Wilson ME, Lynn MJ, Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. Relationship
between corticosteroid use and postoperative inflammatory adverse events in the Infant Aphakia Treatment
Study. (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology May 2015).
Manatunga, Amita
Liu, S., Manatunga, A.K., Peng, L. and Marcus, M. Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Outcomes and Discrete
Survival Times Using a Copula. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Boston, MA, August, 2014.
Liu, S., Manatunga, A.K., Peng, L. and Marcus, M. A Joint Modeling Approach for Multivariate Survival Data with
Random Length. Emory University Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics 50th
Anniversary, October, 2014.
Rahman A F, Peng L, Guo Y and Manatunga AK. (2015). Nonparametric Regression Method for Broad
Sense Agreement. ENAR Spring meetings, Miami, FL. March 15-18, 2015. Oral presentation.
Dai T, Guo Y, Peng L and Manatunga AK. Statistical Methods for Assessing Reproducibility in Multicenter
Neuroimaging Studies. Poster presentation in NSF/Anderson Student Poster Session session. SRCOS Summer
Research Conference, Carolina Beach, NC, USA, Jun., 2015.
Dai T, Guo Y, Peng L and Manatunga AK. Nonparametric Estimation of Agreement Measure Between Ordinal
and Censored Continuous Outcomes. Oral presentation in session Analysis of ordinal data. Joint Statistical
Meetings, Seattle, WA, USA, Aug., 2015.
Sun, X., †Peng, L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M.Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal data
with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. The Second International Forum on Non/Semi-Parameteric
Statistics; 2014 June 25; Chengdu, China.
Sun, X., †Peng L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M. Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal data
with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. The 3rd Institute of Mathematical Science Asia Pacific Rim Meeting;
2014 July 02; Taipei.
Mehta, Christina
Aguirre AJ, Mehta CC, Ofotokun I, Gandhi M, Hussen SA, Merenstein D, Kashuba AD, Anastos K, Kempf MC,
Golub ET, Greenblatt RM, Dehovitz JA, Milam J, Cohen MH, Sheth ANThe prevalence of persistent low-level
viremia and virologic failure among a cohort of HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy. CFAR Symposium
on HIV Research in Women. Dec 8-9-2014.
Peng, Limin
Li, J., *Zheng, Q. and Peng, L. Model-free Screening for Lifetime Data Analysis with Ultrahigh-dimensional
Biomarkers: Survival Impacting. 2014 Joint Applied Statistics Symposium of International Chinese Statistical
Association & Korean International Statistical Society; 2014 June 18; Portland, Oregon, USA
X., †Peng, L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M.Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal data
with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. The Second International Forum on Non/Semi-Parameteric
Statistics; 2014 June 25; Chengdu, China.
*Sun,
X., †Peng L., Huang, Y., and Lai, H.C. A generalized framework for censored quantile regression based on
counting process. The Third Joint Biostatistics Symposium; 2014 June 27; Chengdu, China.
*Sun,
X., †Peng L., Manatunga, A., and Marcus, M. Quantile regression analysis of censored longitudinal data
with irregular outcome-dependent follow-up. The 3rd Institute of Mathematical Science Asia Pacific Rim Meeting;
2014 July 02; Taipei.
*Sun,
*†Zheng, Q, Peng, L, and He, X. Globally adaptive quantile regression with ultra-high dimensional data. ENAR;
2015 17; Miami, FL, USA.
*†Yang, J, Peng, L. Semi-parametric modeling of bivariate recurrent events. ENAR; 2015 March 18; Miami, FL,
USA.
*Sun, X., †Peng L., Huang, Y., and Lai, H.C. Generalizing quantile regression for counting processes with
applications to recurrent events. Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM) 2015, 2015, June
5-6; Newark, NJ, USA.
*†Zheng, Q., Peng, L., and He, X. Gloablly adaptive quantile regression with high dimensional data.2015
ICSA/Graybill Joint Conference, June 14-17, 2015, Fort Collins, CO.
*†Jing Yang, and Peng, L. A new flexible association measure for semi-competing risks data. 2015 ICSA/Graybill
Joint Conference, June 14-17, 2015, Fort Collins, CO.
†: presenter
Qin, Steve
Poster presentation: Xu T, Sun X, Wang M, Teng D, Wu H, Pittard S, Wang F, Qin ZS. Omicseq: a novel
framework for mining genomics big data. Biological Data Science, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY. November
5-8, 2014.
Choi H, Fermin D, Nesvizhskii AI, Ghosh D, Qin ZS. Inference of Correlated Hidden Markov Models with
Application to ChIP-Seq Compendium Data. The 2014 Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics
(GENSIPS'14), Atlanta, GA. December 3-5, 2014.
Xu T, Li B, Zhao M, Szulwach KE, Street RC, Lin L, Yao B, Zhang F, Jin P, Wu H, Qin ZS. Base-resolution
methylation patterns accurately predict transcription factor bindings in vivo. The 2014 International Conference on
Intelligent Biology and Medicine (ICIBM 2014), San Antonio, TX, December 4-6. 2014.
Qin ZS, Pittard S, Wang F, Xu T. Omicseq—A genomics BigData search engine and knowledge discovery
system. Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematical Forum on BigData. Sanya, Hainan, China. December 26-29,
2014.
Webinar presentations: Qin ZS, Pittard S, Wang F, Xu T. Omicseq—A genomics BigData search engine and
knowledge discovery system. bioCADDIE (NIH BD2K funded Center of Excellence) December 11, 2014.
Invited workshop tutorial: Qin ZS, Pittard S, Wang F, Xu T. Omicseq—A genomics BigData search engine and
knowledge discovery system. BIO-IT 2015, Boston MA. April 21-23, 2015.
Li B, Sun Z, He Q, Zhu Y, Qin ZS. An Alternative to the Bayesian Hierarchical Model and its Application to
Microarray Gene Expression Data. International Statistics Workshop. Beijing, China. June 22-26, 2015.
Switchenko, Jeff
J. Switchenko, J. Kowalski: A generalized filter statistic for integrated, whole-genome analyses of multiple
platforms to characterize several groups of similar phenotype, Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), August 2-7, 2014,
Boston, MA.
R. Cassidy, J. Switchenko, J. Wadsworth, M. El-Deiry, N. Saba, K. Higgins, J. Beitler: Squamous Cell Carcinoma
of the Oral Tongue: Exploring New Trends, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting,
September 14-16, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
S. Kandula, J. Switchenko, C. Fasola, D. Mister, M. Torres: The Influence of Receptor Status on Locoregional
Recurrence Risk among Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Lymph Nodes Following Neoadjuvant
Chemotherapy and Mastectomy, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, September
14-16, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
L. Colbert, W. Hall, C. Mosley, C. Seldon, P. Mittal, J. Switchenko, J. Mikell, G. Mavraj, D. Yu, J. Landry, W.
Curran: The Use of MRI For GTV Delineation In Borderline and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Increases
Local Control In Patients Treated With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, American Society for Radiation
Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, September 14-16, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
T. Lim, R. Prabhu, J. Switchenko, D. Mister, M. Torres: Skin Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Reconstruction
in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Post-Mastectomy
Radiotherapy: Long-term Oncologic and Patient Reported Quality of Life Outcomes, American Society for
Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, September 14-16, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
T. Heumann, N. Esiashvili, S. Parker, J. Switchenko, M. Lechowicz, C. Flowers, M. Khan: Total Skin Electron
Irradiation (TSEI) Using Rotational Technique For Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, American Society for Radiation
Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, September 14-16, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
J. Roper, V. Chanyavanich, G. Batzel, J. Switchenko, A. Dhabaan: Single-isocenter multiple-target SRS: Risk of
compromised coverage, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, July 20-24,
2014, Austin, TX.
S. Rudra, D. Yu, E. Yu, J. Switchenko, D. Mister, M. Torres: Locoregional recurrence patterns in young versus
elderly women treated for breast cancer, Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting, September 21-24, 2014,
Las Vegas, NV.
J. Cohen, J. Switchenko, C. Flowers: A Phase II Trial of bortezomib added to rituximab, cyclophosphamide,
doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (VR-CHOP) in Patients with Previously Untreated Indolent non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, December 6-9, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
H. Yun, T. Dossul, L. Bernal, J. Switchenko, C. Ndibe, A. Ibraheem, A. Langston, R. Pentz, E. Waller: NonInferior Clinical Outcomes for Lymphoma and Myeloma Patients Referred from a County Hospital to an Academic
Transplant Center for Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual
Meeting, December 6-9, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
J. Switchenko, B. Ryan, L. Waller: Using pathway analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) to assess
the impact of environmental exposures on disease burden, NIEHS workshop: Statistical Approaches for
Assessing Health Effects of Environmental Chemical Mixtures in Epidemiology Studies, July 13-14, 2015,
Durham, NC.
Waller, Lance
Waller LA Comments on Nobles, Serban, and Swann ‘Spatial Accessibility of Pediatric Primary Healthcare’.
Invited discussant, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA. August 2014.
Waller LA Maps and mysteries: Science through cartographic visualization and spatial statistics. Invited speaker
as part of the Science and the Common Good Lecture Series, Ursinus College. February 24, 2015.
Waller LA Pattern and process: Disease ecology, spatiotemporal statistics, and zoonotic surveillance. Invited
speaker for Workshop on Complex Spatiotemporal Data Structures: Methods and Applications. Fields Institute
for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto. April 21-24, 2015.
Waller LA Careers in Biostatistics. Invited speaker StatFest (Diversity in Statistics student recruitment
conference). North Carolina State University. Raleigh NC. September 24, 2015.
Wu, Hao
Base-resolution methylation patterns accurately predict transcription factor bindings in vivo, Department of
Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. February 25, 2015.
Short Course: Introduction to the analysis of ChIP-seq Data. Fourth Short Course on Next-Generation
Sequencing: Technology and Statistical Methods, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
December 17, 2014.
Differential methylation analysis from whole-genome bisulfite sequencing: a matter of spatial correlation, coverage
depth and biological variance, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. November 7, 2014.
Short Course: Introduction to statistical epigenomics. Fourth Annual Short Course on Statistical Genetics and
Genomics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. July 10, 2014.
A Bayesian Hierarchical Model to Detect Differentially Methylated Loci from Single Nucleotide Resolution
Sequencing Data. Third Joint Biostatistics symposium, Chengdu, China. June 28, 2014.
Short Course: Introduction to R and Bioconductor. Fudan University, School of Medicine. Shanghai, China. June
20-26, 2014.
A Bayesian Hierarchical Model to Detect Differentially Methylated Loci from Single Nucleotide Resolution
Sequencing Data. ICSA and KISS Joint Applied Statistics Symposium, Portland, OR. June 16, 2014.
Yu, Tianwei
Chong E, Huang Y, Wu H, Ghasemzadeh N, Uppal K, Quyyumi AA, Jones DP, Yu T#. Incorporating feature
reliability in false discovery rate estimation improves statistical power to detect differentially expressed features.
TBC 2014.
Yu T. (2014) Detecting nonlinear associations in high-throughput data with applications in missing value
imputation and clustering. Third Joint Biostatistics Symposium.
Zhang, Rebecca
Cristen Garrett, Rachel E Patzer, Rebecca Zhang, Andrew Adams. Racial Disparities in Access to Kidney Retransplantation in the U.S. American Transplant Congress (ATC 2015)
I. List other achievements in scholarship or research
Chang, Howard
Manuscripts under review/revision:
-Clasen TF, Alexander KT, Boisson S, Peletz R, Chang HH, Cairncross S. Interventions to improve water quality
for preventing diarrhoea.
-Gray SC, Massaro Y, Edholm C, Grotheer R, Chen I, Zheng Y, Chang HH. A County-Level Analysis of Persons
Living with HIV in the Southern United States.
-Tian S, Jiang J, Orange D, Chang HH, Darnell R, Gu Jingkai, Suarez-Farinas Mayte. The versatile applications
of local polynomial smoother.
-Bates JT, Weber RJ, Abrams J, Klein M, Strickland, Sarnat SE, Verma V, Fang T, Chang HH, Mulholland JA,
Tolbert PE, Russell AG. Vehicle and Biomass Burning Particulate Emissions Linked to Adverse Respiratory and
Cardiovascular Health Effects via Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species.
-Friberg MD, Zhai Z, Holmes HA, Russell AG, Mulholland JA, Chang HH, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Tolbert PE.
Blending of Observational Data and Chemical Transport Model Simulations for Developing Spatiotemporal Air
Pollutant Concentrations for Use in Health Studies.
-Krall JR, Chang HH, Sarnat SE, Peng RD, Waller LA. Statistical methods for estimating associations between
PM chemical constituents and health in epidemiologic studies.
Chen, Nelson
-Development of R code for application of Escalation with over dose and under dose control (EWOUC) design in
cancer Phase I/II clinical trial. (R code available per request)
Clennon, Julie
-* Gretsch S, et al. (2015) Quantification of Exposure to Fecal Contamination in Open Drains in Four
Neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. EcoHealth.
-Vazquez Prokopec GM, Clennon JA, Reithinger R. Spatial Analysis of Anopheles gambiae s.l. Insecticide
Resistance in East Africa. Trends in Parasitology
Cotsonis, George
-Committee Member, Joy Bailey, Nursing School Dissertation Committee, Georgia State University
Guo, Ying
-Selected Manuscripts Submitted;
Shi, R.* and Guo, Y. Modeling Covariate Effects in Group Independent Component Analysis with Application to
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Annals of Applied Statistics. (Invited Revision). Best Student Paper
Award, American Statistical Association (ASA) Statistics in Imaging Section.
Peng L., Manatunga A.K., Wang M., Guo Y. A general approach to categorizing a continuous scale according to
an ordinal outcome (submitted)
Ramjee V, Guo Y, Bhatia N, Vaughn L, Nell-Dybdahl C, Baer J, Wilson PWF, Le NA, Sperling LS . Rebound
Kinetics of Inflammatory and Lipid Markers after LDL Apheresis: The INFLAME Study. Apheresis. (Invited
revision).
Drury-Stewart D, Song M, Mohamad O, Guo Y, Gu X, Chen D, Yu S and Wei L. Highly efficient differentiation of
neural precursors from human embryonic stem cells and benefits of transplantation after ischemic stroke in mice.
Stem Cell Research & Therapy. (Revision).
Cordova JS, Schreibmann, E., Hadjipanayis CG., Bansal, V, Sepulveda J., Guo Y, Crocker I., Fox T, Shu H, Shim
H. and Holder C. Adaption of Otsu Multi-level Thresholding and Fuzzy C-means Clustering for the Development
of an Unbiased, Semi-automated Method of Contrast-Enhancing Tumor Volume Segmentation. Radiology. (Under
Review).
-Selected Accepted Abstracts;
Ferranti EP, Dunbar SB, and Guo Y (2014).Sleep quality and Type 2 diabetes risk in women with previous
gestational diabetes. 28th annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference.
Drenna W, Ownby RL, Dai T, Guo Y and Holstad M (2015). Health literacy and nmeracy Explains Race
Differences in Medication-taking.
Haber, Michael
-Manuscripts completed and submitted for publication:
Lin, L., Pan, Y., Hedayat, A.S., Barnhart, H.X., and Haber, M. A simulation study of nonparametric total deviation
index as a measure of agreement based on quantile regression.
An, Q., Kang, J., and Haber, M. A Bayesian model to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness from a testnegative design.
Haber, P., Parashar, U.D., Haber, M., and DeStephano, F. Intussusception after monovalent rotavirus vaccines
reported to VAERS, 2008-2014.
Kolwalski, Jeanne
3/2015 U.S. Provisional Patent Application. Defining and Targeting High-Risk Multiple Myeloma Stem Cells NonReference Transcriptome
Long, Qi
-Presented a seminar, entitled Handling missing data in big data settings, in the Department of Biomedical
Informatics, Emory University, May 2015.
-Presented a talk, entitled Bayesian Modeling and Prediction of Accrual in Multi-Regional Clinical Trials, at the
MRCT (Multi-Regional Clinical Trials) Consistency Expert Group Meeting, Society of Clinical Trial, March 2015.
Peng, Limin
Li, J., †Zheng, Q, and Peng, L. (2015+). Survival impact index and ultrahigh-dimensional model-free screening
with survival outcomes (submitted).
†Li,
R. and Peng, L. (2015+). Assessing quantile prediction with censored quantile regression models (submitted).
Peng, L., Manatunga, A., Wang, M., and Guo, Y. (2015+). A general approach to categorizing a continuous scale
according to a categorical scale (submitted).
Haw, S. J., Farrokhi, F., Smiley, D., Peng, L., Reyes, D., Newton, C., Pasquel, F.J., Vellanki, P., and Umpierrez,
G.E. (2015+). Comparison of basal insulin regimens on glycemic variability in non-critically ill patients with type 2
diabetes (under revision).
Switchenko, Jeff
Additional papers submitted for publication:
-J. Switchenko, J. Jennings, L. Waller. Exploring spatially varying demographic associations with gonorrhea
incidence in Baltimore, MD, 2002-2005. Submitted to American Journal of Epidemiology on 5/29/15.
-S. Kandula, J. Switchenko, C. Fasola, D. Mister, D. Yu, A. Zelnak, M. Torres. Low risk of Locoregional
Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients with Estrogen Receptor Positive Tumors and Residual Nodal Disease
following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Mastectomy without Radiation Therapy. Submitted to International
Journal of Breast Cancer on 4/2/15.
-A. Roche, M. E-Deiry, S. Cho, J. Switchenko, M. Sterling, J. Wadsworth. Post-operative use of vasopressors in
Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction. Submitted to Head and Neck on 4/6/15.
-J. Cohen, J. Switchenko, J. Koff, R. Sinha, J. Kaufman, H. Khoury, N. Bumpers, A. Colbert, A. Hutchinson, L.
Nastoupil, L. Heffner, A. Langston, M. Lechowicz, S. Lonial, C. Flowers. A phase II study of bortezomib added to
rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone in patients with previously untreated
indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Submitted to British Journal of Haematology on 3/30/15.
-J. Switchenko, C. Bulka, K. Ward, J. Koff, A. Bayakly, P. Ryan, L. Waller, C. Flowers. Relationships between
passive benzene exposure and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Submitted to Epidemiology on 3/25/15.
-R. Cassidy, J. Switchenko, N. Jegadeesh, R. Rajpara, N. Esiashvili, C. Flowers, M. Khan. The role of
consolidative radiotherapy for patients over age 60 with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Submitted to
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics on 3/16/15.
-A. Ali, J. Switchenko, S. Kim, J. Kowalski, K. Higgins, J. Beitler. A probability model using HPV status and
lymph node levels to predict head & neck tumor site origin for squamous cell cancer confined to cervical lymph
nodes. Submitted to International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics on 2/12/15.
-C. Bulka, L. Nastoupil, J. Koff, L. Bernal, K. Ward, J. Williams, A. Bayakly, J. Switchenko, L. Waller, C. Flowers.
Relationships between residential proximity to Environmental Protection Agency designated toxic release sites
and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma incidence. Submitted to Leukemia and Lymphoma on 2/3/15.
-R. Cassidy, J. Switchenko, J. Wadsworth, M. El-Deiry, N. Saba, K. Higgins, J. Beitler: Squamous Cell
Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue: Exploring New Trends. Submitted to Head & Neck on 2/1/15.
-H. Yun, T. Dossul, L. Bernal, J. Switchenko, C. Ndibe, A. Ibraheem, A. Langston, R. Pentz, E. Waller. NonInferior Clinical Outcomes for Lymphoma and Myeloma Patients Referred from a County Hospital to an Academic
Transplant Center for Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Submitted to Biology of Blood and Marrow
Transplantation on 1/23/15.
-D. Oliver, K. Patel, J. Switchenko, D. Parker, D. Lawson, K. Delman, R. Kudchadkar, M. Khan. Role of Adjuvant
and Salvage Radiotherapy for Desmoplastic Malignant Melonoma. Submitted to Cancer on 1/21/15.
-A. Camarata, J. Switchenko, L. Perino, A. Flood, H. Shwartz, A. Ali. Sensitivity and Specificity of Emesis as a
Screening Diagnostic for Low Dose Rate Total Body Radiation Exposure. Submitted to Radiation Research on
11/28/14.
-R. Ganju, R. Nanda, N. Esiashvili, J. Switchenko, K. Wasilewski-Masker, J. Marchak. The effect of transition
clinics on knowledge of diagnosis and perception of risk in young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatric
Blood & Cancer. Submitted on 11/24/14.
-J. Roper, V. Chanyavanich, G. Betzel, J. Switchenko, A. Dhabaan. Single isocenter multiple-target SRS: Risk
of compromised coverage. Submitted to International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics on
10/13/14.
Waller, Lance
-Waller LA Process and Pattern, Models and Statistics: Challenges in Linking Disease Dynamics, Disease
Surveillance, and Statistical Analysis in Disease Ecology. Presentation to CDC Infectious Disease Modeling
Seminar. September 2014.
V. INTERNATIONAL WORK (Activities in countries outside the US)
A. Research (topic of research and country)
Clennon, Julie
-Spatial clustering of insecticide resistance – Eastern Africa
-Spatial patterning of reported malaria cases – Zanzibar
-Determinates of malaria commodities distribution – Ethiopia
-Flight patterns of Anopheles farauti -Solomon Islands
-Metropolis, migration and mosquitoes -Brazil
Easley, Kirk
-Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Host Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Response to
Treatment: Building Translational Research Capacity in Nutrition and Infectious Diseases in the Republic of
Georgia (Tbilisi).
-A secure web-based “easy-to-use” clinical trial data management system (eCRF Designer) has been developed
by the Emory Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics within the Rollins School of Public Health for a
double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial of oral vitamin D3 in patients with pulmonary TB in the Republic
of Georgia (Tbilisi) designed to enhance the clinical efficacy of anti-TB drugs (Emory investigators: Henry
Blumberg, MD, Thomas Ziegler MD and Carlos del Rio, MD). This effort was partially funded by the Emory
Research and Academic Health Sciences IT Division to help enhance the translation research capacity at Emory.
Enrollment, randomization and follow-up completed.
-Tukvadze N, Sanikidze E, Kipiani M, Heggar G, Easley KA, Shenvi N, Kempker RR, Frediani JK, Mirtskhulava
V, Alvarez JA, Lomtadze N, Vashakidze L, Hao L, Del Rio C, Tangpricha V, Blumberg HM and Ziegler TR.
Efficacy and safety of adjunctive high-dose vitamin D3 in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis disease: A double
blind, randomized, controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in press.
Liu, Yuan
-Target lesion revascularization (TLR) and definite stent thrombosis (DST) in current practice of percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) with 2nd and 3th generation drug-eluting stents (DES)
PI: Ole De Backer, MD, PhD – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.
Nizam, Azhar
-Epidemiology and Ecology of V. cholerae in Bangladesh (NIH 2 R01 AI039129-11A2)
Waller, Lance
-Dengue, Peru. Co-investigator on Emory Subcontract to P01 based at University of California, Davis. (Field site:
Iquitos, Peru).
-Tuberculosis, Kenya. Director of Data Management Center for Tuberculosis Research Unit. (Field site: KEMRI,
Kenya).
-World Health Organization Collaborations on Buruli ulcer (Field site: Ghana and Benin).
-World Health Organization Yaws Strategic Planning (Global with focus on endemic areas).
-World Health Organization Task Group on Air Quality Integration (Global).
Weiss, Paul
-Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence survey, Georgia (Former Soviet Republic)
-Japanese Rubella outbreak (presented in Norway by Hiroaki Ito – Japanese epidemiologist)
-E. Coli Outbreak Investigation (Atsuhiro Kanayama, Japanese Epidemiologist)
-Various research analyses and papers with researchers in Saudi Arabia
B. Teaching or Training (topic of teaching and country)
Nizam, Azhar
-MSCR500 Introduction to Biostatistics, enrollment 19 (live web course for students in Ethiopia and Georgia), 3
credit hours
-MSCR533 Data Management, enrollment 19 (live web course for students in Ethiopia and Georgia), 2 credit hours
Weiss, Paul
FETP Biostatistics for Epidemiologists training course (Tokyo, Japan)
C. Other
Hu, Yijuan
-Grant reviewer for Health and Medical Research Fund from The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR)
*Asterisk articles, chapters, books or presentations that were co-authored with a student (MPH/MSPH or PhD) or
recent graduate