University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Public Health

Refereed Publications

Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Sept 1, 2004- August 31, 2006

Bastone L, Reilly M, Rader DJ, Foulkes AS. (2004). MDR and PRP: a comparison of methods for high-order genotype-phenotype associations. Hum Hered. 58(2):82-92.

Baik I, Devito WJ, Ballen K, Becker PS, Okulicz W, Liu Q, Delpapa E, Lagiou P, Sturgeon S, Trichopoulos D, Quesenberry PJ, Hsieh CC. (2005)  Association of fetal hormone levels with stem cell potential: evidence for early life roots of human cancer. Cancer Res. 65(1):358-63.

Baik, I., Liu, Q., Sturgeon, S., Stanek, E.J.III, Okulicz, W., Hsieh, C-C. (2006). “Reproducibility of Assays for Steroid Hormones, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 in Umbilical Cord Blood,” Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 20: 79-86.

Bennet G., Wolin K., Puleo E., Emmons K. (2006) ‘Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity Among Multiethnic Low Income Housing Residents’ Medicine and Science  38(4): 768-773.

Bertone-Johnson ER, Hankinson SE, Bendich A, Johnson SR, Willett WC, Manson JE.  Calcium and vitamin D intake and risk of incident premenstrual syndrome. (2005) Arch Intern Med; 165: 1246-52

Bertone-Johnson ER. (2005) Epidemiology of ovarian cancer: a status report.  Lancet 365:101-2

Bertone-Johnson ER, Chen WY, Holick MF, Hollis BW, Colditz GA, Willett WC, Hankinson SE.  Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and risk of breast cancer.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

Blumenthal, D., Campbell, E.G., Gokhale, M., Yucel, R.M., Clarridge, B., Hilgartner, S., Holtzman, N.A. “Data withholding in genetics and the other life sciences: prevalence and predictors. Academic Medicine, Volume 81, Issue 2, 137—145.

Bolte G, Schmidt M, Maziak W, Keil U, Nasca P, von Mutius E, Weiland SK.  (2004) The relation of markers of fetal growth witih asthma, allergies and serum immunoglobulin E levels in children at age 5-7 years.  Clin Exp Allergy; 34:381-388.

Butterfield R, Park E, Puleo E, Mertens A, Gritz E , Li F, Emmons K. (2004) Multiple risk behaviors among smokers in the childhood cancer survivors study cohort. Psycho-Oncology. 13; 1-11.

Calvin, C., Yucel, R.M., Zanutto, E., Zaslavsky, A.M. “Using matched substitutes to improve imputations for geographically linked databases.” Survey Methodology. Volume 31, Number 1, 2005, 69-72.

Chasan-Taber L, Schmidt MD, Roberts DE, Hosmer D, Markenson G, Freedson PS. (2004)Development and validation of a pregnancy physical activity questionnaire. Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 36: 1750-60.

Chen WY, Bertone-Johnson ER, Hollis B, Willett WC, Hankinson SE. (2005) Vitamin D receptor expression and incidence of breast cancer.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 14:2335-9.

Clipp EC, Carver EH, Pollak KI, Puleo E, Emmons KM, Onken J, Farraye FA, McBride CM. Age-related vulnerabilities of older adults with colon adenomas: evidence from Project Prevent. Cancer. 2004;100:1085-94.

DeGruttola V, Foulkes AS. (2004) Validation and discovery in Markov models of genetics data, Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol/ 3(1):art38.

DeMichele A, Aplenc R, Botbyl J, Colligan T, Wray L, Klein-Cabral M, Foulkes A, Gimotty P, Glick J, Weber B, Stadtmauer E, Rebbeck TR. (2005). Drug-metabolizing enzyme polymorphisms predict clinical outcome in a node-positive breast cancer cohort. J Clin Oncol. 20;23(24):5552-9.

Emmons KM, Wong M, Puleo E, Weinstein N, Fletcher R, Colditz G. Tailored computer-based cancer risk communication: correcting colorectal cancer risk perception. J Health Commun. 2004; 9: 127-41.

Emmons K, McBride C, Puleo E, Pollak K, Clipp E, Kunz K, Marcus B, Napolitano M, Onken J, Farraye F, Fletcher R. Project Prevent: A Randomized Trial to Reduce Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Colon Cancer’ Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention  2005, 14:1453-59.

Emmons K, Puleo E, Park E, Gritz E, Butterfield R, Weeks J, Mertens A, Li F. ‘Peer-Delivered Smoking Counseling for Childhood Cancer Survivors Increases Cessation: The Partnership for Health Study’ Journal of Clinical OncologyI  2005 23(27) 6516-6523.

Farraye FA, Wong M, Hurwitz S, Puleo E, Emmons K, Wallace MB, Fletcher RH. Barriers to endoscopic colorectal cancer screening: are women different from men? Am J Gastroenterol. 2004; 99:341.

Foulkes, A.S., DeGruttola, V. and Hertogs, K. (2004) Combining genotype groups and recursive partitioning: An application to HIV-1 genetics data, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, 53: 311-323.

Foulkes AS, Reilly M, Zhou L, Wolfe M, Rader DJ. (2005). Mixed modeling to characterize genotype-phenotype associations. Stat Med.15;24(5):775-89.

Foulkes A, Wohl D., Frank I., Puleo E., Dube M., Tebas P., Reilly M. ‘Associations among race/ethnicity APOC-III genotypes and lipids in HIV-1 infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy’ PLOS Medicine  2006 Jan 24;3(3):e52.

Foulkes, A.S., Wohl, D.A., Frank, I., Puleo, E., Restine, S., Wolfe, M.L., Dube, M., Tebas, P. and Reilly, M.P. (2006)  Associations among Race/Ethnicity, ApoC-III Genotypes, and Lipids in HIV-1-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy, PLoS Med 3(3): e52.

Graves, B.W., DeJoy, S.A., Health, A., Pekow, P. (2006).  “Body mass index, delivery route and induction of labor in a midwifery caseload,” Journal of Midwifery and women’s Health.  51(4): 254-259.

Hooven F, Gehlbach S, Pekow P, Bertone E, Benjamin E, (2005) “Follow-up Treatment for Osteoporosis after Fracture” Osteoporosis International 16(3):296-301.

Iavicoli, I., Careli, G., Stanek, E.J., Castellino, N., and Calabrese, E.J.  (2004). Effects of low doses of dietary lead on puberty onset in female mice.  Reprod. Toxicol.,  19:35-41.

Iavicoli, I., Carelli,G., Stanek, E.J.III, Castellino, N. and Calabrese, E.J. .  (2006).  “Below background levels of blood lead impact cytokine levels in male and female mice. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 210:94-99.

Iavicoli, I., Carelli, G., Stanek, E.J.III, Castellino, N., and Calabrese, E.J. (2006) “Low doses of dietary lead are associated with a profound reduction in the time to the onset of puberty in female mice,” Reproductive Toxicology. 22:586-590.

Judge CM, Chasan-Taber L, Gensburg L, Nasca PC, Marshall EG. Physical exposures during pregnancy and congenital cardiovascular malformations. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2004;18:352-360.

Kuhlthau, K.A., Hill, K.S., Yucel, R.M., Perrin, J.M. “Financial burden for families of children with special health care needs.” Maternal and Child Health Journal. Volume 9, Number 2, 2005. 207-218.

Lencina, V.B., Singer, J M., and Stanek, E.J.III. (2005) “Much ado about nothing :  the mixed model controversy revisited,” International Statistical Review. 73, 9-20.

Lewis M, McBride C, Pollak K, Puleo E, Fish L, Butterfield R, Emmons K. ‘Understanding Health Behavior Change among Couples: An Interdependence and Communal Coping Approach’ Social Science and Medicine  2006 Mar 62(6) 1369-80.

Lindenauer PK, Mathew MC, Ntuli TS, Pekow PS, Fitzgerald J, Benjamin EM. Use of antihypertensive agents in the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Neurology. 2004; 63: 318-23.

Lindenauer PK, Pekow P, Wang K, Gutierrez B, Benjamin EM. Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery. JAMA. 2004; 291: 2092-9.

Lindenauer PK, Pekow P, Wang K, Mamidi D, Gutierrez B, Benjamin EM, “Perioperative Beta Blocker Therapy and Mortality Following Major Noncardiac Surgery” (2005) New England Journal of Medicine 353:349-61.

Lindenauer, P.K., Pekow, P., Gao, S., Crawford, A.S., Gutierrez, B., Benjamin, E.M. (2006).  “Quality of care for patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” Annals of Internal Medicine.  144:894-903.

Ma Y, Bertone-Johnson ER, Stanek EJ III, Reed GW, Hebert JR, Cohen NL, Merriam PA, Ockene IS.  Eating patterns in a free-living adult US population.  Ecol Food Nutr 2005;44:37-56.

Ma, Y., Griffith, J.A., Chasan-Taber, L., Olendzki, B.C., Jackson, E., Stanek, E.J. III, Li, W., Pagoto, S.L., Hafner, A.R., and Ockene, I.S. (2006). “Association between dietary fiber and serum C-reactive protein,” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 83:760-766.

Ma, Y., Bertone-Johnson, E.R., Stanek, E.J.III, Reed, GW, Hebert, JR, Cohen, NL, Olendzki, BC, Rosal, MC, Merriam, PA, and Ockene, IS. (2005).  “Eating Patterns in a Free-living Healthy U.S. Adult Population,” Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 83:760-766.

Missmer SA, Spiegelman D, Bertone-Johnson ER, Barbieri RL, Pollak MN, Hankinson SE.  Reproducibility of plasma steroid hormones, prolactin, and insulin-like growth factor levels among premenopausal women over a 2-3 year period. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:972-8.

Nam-Kyoo Lim, Sang-Gue Park, and Ed Stanek, (2005).  “Bioequivalence trials with the incomplete 3 x 3 crossover design,” Biometrical Journal, 47: 635-643.

Ockene IS, Chiriboga DE, Stanek EJ III, Harmatz MG, Nicolosi R, Saperia G, Well AD, Freedson P, Merriam PA, Reed G, Ma Y, Matthews CE, Hebert JR. Seasonal variation in serum cholesterol: treatment implications and possible mechanisms. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164: 863-70.

Ockene, I.S., Chiriboga, D.E., Stanek, E.J.III, Harmatz, M.G., Nicolosi, R., Saperia, G., Well, A.D., Freedson, P. Merriam, P.A., Reed, G., Ma, Y., Matthews, C.E. and Hebert, J.R. (2004). “Physiological Mechanisms for the Seasonal Changes in Serum Cholesterol Level—Reply.” Archives of Internal Medicine, 164: 2506 – 2507.

Papasavvas E, Kostman JR, Mounzer K, Grant RM, Gross R, Gallo C, Azzoni L, Foulkes A, Thiel B, Pistilli M, Mackiewicz A, Shull J, Montaner LJ. (2004). PLoS Med. Randomized, controlled trial of therapy interruption in chronic HIV-1 infection. 1(3):e64.

Papasavvas, E., Kostman, JR, Thiel, B., Pistilli, M., Mackiewicz, A., Foulkes, A., Gross, R., Jordan, KA, Nixon, DF, Grant, R, Poulin, JF, McCune, J, Mounzer, K, Montaner, LJ. (2006) HIV-1-specific CD4(+) T cell responses in chronically HIV-1 infected blippers on antiretroviral therapy in relation to viral replication following treatment interruption, Journal of Clinical Immunology, 26 (1): 40-54.

Puleo E, Zapka J, Goins KV, Yood MU, Taplin S, Mouchawar J, Manos M, Somkin C. ‘Recommendations for Care Related to Followup of Adnormal Screening Tests’  Evaluation and Health Professionals  2005 28(3) 310-27.

Reilly MP, Foulkes AS, Wolfe ML, Rader DJ. (2005) Higher order lipase gene association with plasma triglycerides. J Lipid Res. 46(9):1914-22

Rusiecki JA, Matthews A, Sturgeon S, Sinha R, Pellizzari E, Zheng T, Baris D. A correlation study of organochlorine levels in serum, breast adipose tissue, and gluteal adipose tissue among breast cancer cases in India. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 May;14(5):1113-24.

Schairer C, Hill D, Sturgeon SR, Fears T, Mies C, Ziegler RG, Hoover RN, Sherman ME. Serum concentrations of estrogens, sex hormone binding globulin, and androgens and risk of breast hyperplasia in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Jul;14(7):1660-5.

Schairer C, Hill D, Sturgeon SR, Fears T, Pollak M, Mies C, Ziegler RG, Hoover RN, Sherman ME.  Serum concentrations of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and c-peptide and risk of hyperplasia and cancer of the breast in postmenopausal women.  Int J Cancer. 2004; 108: 773-9.

Schmidt, M., Freedson, P.S., Pekow, P., Roberts, D., Sternfeld, B., Chasan-Tabser, L. (2006).  “Validation of the Kaiser Physical Activity Survey in pregnant women,”  Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 38(1): 42-50.

Smirnakis, K.V., Chasan-Taber, L., Wold, M., Markenson, G., Ecker, J., Thadhani, R., (2005).  “Post-partum diabetes screening among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus,” Obstet Gynecol. 106(6):1297-1303.

Snyder LA, Bertone ER, Moore AS.  P53 overexpression and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in feline oral squamous cell carcinoma. Vet Path 2004; 41: 209-14.

Stanek EJ III, Singer, JM, Lencina VB. Design based prediction in simple random sampling with application to random effects. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 2004;121: 325-338

Stanek, E.J. III and Singer, J. (2004). “Predicting random effects from finite population clustered samples with response error,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99:1119-1130.

Stanek, E.J. III. (2006) “Predicting random effects in group randomized trials,” in The Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials, Shein Chung-Chow,  Jen-pei Liu, and  Lutz Edler, Editors, Wiley, New York.

Stanek, E.J. III and Calabrese, E.J. (2006)  Reply to letter to the Editor: Risk Analysis (2000 20(5):627-635), Risk Analysis 26: 865.

Stark JR, Bertone-Johnson ER, Costanza ME, Rosal MC.  Factors associated with colorectal cancer risk perception: The role of polyps and family history. Health Ed Res 2006;21(5):740-9.

Sturgeon SR, Schairer C, Grauman D, El ghormili L, Devesa S. Trends in breast cancer mortality rates by region in the United States, 1950-99. Cancer Causes Control. 2004 Dec;15(10):987-95.

Sturgeon SR,  Potischman N, Malone KE, Dorgan JF, Daling J, Schairer C, Brinton LA.  Serum levels of sex hormones and breast cancer in premenopausal women (USA).  Cancer Causes Control. 2004; 15: 45-53.

Van Driesche, R.G., S. Lyon, E.J. Stanek III, B. Xu, and C. Nunn. (2006). “Evaluation of efficacy of Neoseiulus cucumeris for control of western flower thrips in spring bedding crops,” Biological Control, 36:203-215.

Vogeli, C., Yucel, R.M. , Bendavid, E., Jones, L.M., Anderson, M.S., Louis, K.S., Campbell, E.G. “Data withholding and the next generation scientists: results of a national survey.”  Academic Medicine, Volume 81, Issue 2, 128-136.

Weinstein, ND, Atwood K, Puleo E, Fletcher R, Colditz G., Emmons KM.  Colon Cancer: Risk Perceptions and Risk Communication. J Health Commun. 2004; 9: 53-65.

Yucel, R.M. and Zaslavsky, A.M. “Imputation of binary responses with measurement error for treatments in health services data.” Journal of American Statistical Association, Volume 100, No.472, 1123-1132.

Zapka JG, Lemon S, Puleo E, Estabrook B, Luckmann R, Erban S.  Patient education for colon cancer screening:  a randomized trial of a video mailed before a physical exam. Ann Intern Med. 2004; 141: 683-92.

Zapka JG, Puleo E, Taplin S, Goins K, Ulcickas M, Mouchawar J, Somkin C, Manos M. Processes of care in cervical and breast cancer screening and follow-upCthe importance of communication. Prev Med. 2004; 39: 81-90.

Zhao JX, Foulkes AS, George EI. (2005). Exploratory Bayesian model selection for serial genetics data. Biometrics. 61(2):591-9.

Zheng, H., Yucel, R.M., Ayanian, J.Z., Zaslavsky, A.M. “Profiling providers on Use of Adjuvant Chemotherapy by Combining Cancer Registry and Medical Record Data.” Medical Care, Volume 44, Issue1, 1-8.

Zoeller RT, Bigelow C, Rovet J. Lack of a relation between human neonatal thyroxine and pediatric neurobehavioral disorders: neonatal total thyroxine is not a good proxy measure of maternal thyroid hormone insufficiency. Thyroid. 2004;14: 239-41; author reply 241-3.

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