Funded Projects Title: General Clinical Research Center Biostatistics Faculty: Vincent Arena, Statistician Principal Investigator: Robert A. Branch, MD, Clinical Pharmacology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 12/98 - 11/05 Title: CVD Risk Factors and Sexual Identity in Women Biostatistics Faculty: Vincent Arena, Co-Investigator and Statistician Principal Investigator: Deborah Aaron, PhD, Health, Physical and Recreation Education Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 3/03 - 2/07 Title: OSA and Metabolic Syndrome: Role of Oxidative Stress Biostatistics Faculty: Vincent Arena, Consultant Principal Investigator: Mark Sanders, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Crticial Medicine Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 10/03-8/07 Title: Psycho-physiological Influences on Physical Activity Biostatistics Faculty : Vincent Arena , Statistician Principal Investigator: Deborah Aaron, Ph.D., Health Physical and Recreation Education Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 9/04-8/09 Title: Impact of Strategies Used in Derivation of Air Pollution Models Biostatistics Faculty : Vincent Arena , Principal Investigator Funding Agency: Exxon Mobil Funding Period: 1/05-12/06 Title: Data Management Project for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) Study Biostatistics Faculty: Vincent Arena , Principal Investigator Funding Agency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Funding Period: 3/05-2/06 Title: BCPT CCOP and STAR-P2 Trials Biostatistics Faculty: Joseph Costantino, Principal Investigator; John Bryant, Coordinating Statistician; Stewart Anderson, Statistician; Ann Brown, Statistician; Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Statistician; Stephanie Land, Statistician; Gong Tang, Statistician; Chien-Cheng Tseng, Statistician; H. Samuel Wieand, Statistician Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 6/1/01-5/31/06 Title: Coordinating Center for Treatment Trials Biostatistics Faculty: Joseph Costantino, Principal Investigator; Stewart Anderson, Statistician; Wayne Baughman, Statistician; Ann Brown, Statistician; Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Statistician; Stephanie Land, Statistician;Gong Tang, Statistician; John Wilson, Statistician; H. Samuel Wieand, Statistician Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 2/1/01 - 1/31/06 Title: BCPT Genetics Supplement Biostatistics Faculty: Joseph Costantino, Principal Investigator; John Bryant, Statistician; H. Samuel Wieand, Statistician Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 6/1/01 - 5/31/06 Title: Creation and Maintenance of an Occupational and Non-Occupational Medical Claims Analysis Database for PPG Industries Biostatistics Faculty: Laura D. Cassidy, Principal Investigator Funding Agency: PPG Funding Period: 4/03 to 3/08 Title: Creation and Maintenance of an Occupational and Non-Occupational Medical Claims Analysis Database for PPG Industries Biostatistics Faculty : Laura D. Cassidy , Principal Investigator Funding Agency: PPG Funding Period: 4/03 to 3/08 Title: Childhood Abuse, Violence, PTSD and Substance Use Biostatistics Faculty : Richard Day , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Cynthia Larkby, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry Funding Agency: NIDA Funding Period: 6/05-2/10 Title: Prenatal Marijuana Exposure: Long-Term Outcomes Biostatistics Faculty : Richard Day , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Nancy Day, Ph.D., Psychiatry Funding Agency: NIDA Funding Period: 2/05-1/10 Title: A Pilot Study of Acupuncture for Cancer Related Fatigue Biostatistics Faculty : Richard Day , Statistician Principal Investigator: Judith Balk, M.D. Funding Agency: Magee Women's Hospital/NCI Funding Period: 8/05-7/07 Title: Health Effects of Radiation Exposures in Russian Workers Biostatistics Faculty : Richard Day , Principal Investigator Funding Agency : NIOSH Funding Period: 9/04-6/07 Title: Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Use; 15-Year Follow-up Biostatistics Faculty: Richard Day, Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Gale Richardson, Psychiatry Funding Period: 10/03 to 6/08 Title: Combinatorial Approaches for Novel Anticancer Agents Biostatistics Faculty : Roger Day , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: John S. Lazo, Ph.D., Pharmacology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 04/01/05-03/31/10 Title: Statistical Modeling on Life Expectancy of Breast Cancer Patients Biostatistics Faculty: Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Principal Investigator Funding Agency: Army Funding Period: 6/04-5/07 Title: Integrating Cancer and Aging at Pitt Biostatistics Faculty: Stephanie Land, Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 10/03 to 9/08 Title: Phase I/II Study of Vaccination with CPG Oligonuceotides CPG 7909 Alone or the Multi-Epitope Vaccine Containing the NY ESO 1 157 Alone or the Combination in Patients with Metastatic Measurable Melanoma and Other NY ESO 1 Pl Biostatistics Faculty: Stephanie Land, Biostatistician Funding Agency: Cancer Research Institute Funding Period: 11/01/03 to 10/31/06 Title: Optimization of Melanoma Vaccines with T-Helper Epitopes Biostatistics Faculty : Stephanie Land , Biostatistician FundingAgency: NIH/NCI Funding Period: 12/01/01 – 11/30/06 Title: Medical Surveillance Program and Epidemiologic Study for Former Chemical Workers at High Risk of Developing Bladder Cancer Biostatistics Faculty: Gary Marsh, Principal Investigator; Laura Schall, Co-Investigator Funding Agency: Pennsylvania Cancer Control Program Funding Period: 7/01 - 6/06 Title: Cohort Mortality Study of the Clinton and Lafayette, IN Plants Biostatistics Faculty: Gary Marsh, Principal Investigator; Ada Youk, Biostatistician Funding Agency: Eli Lilly & Company Funding Period: 9/96 - 7/06 Title: Program of Biostatistical Support Biostatistics Faculty: Gary Marsh, Principal Investigator; Laura Schall, Co-Investigator Funding Agency: Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield Funding Period: 3/97 - 2/06 Title: Mortality Surveillance and Epidemiological Component Support Program for Owens Corning Biostatistics Faculty: Gary Marsh, Principal Investigator; Ada Youk, Biostatistician Funding Agency: Owens Corning Funding Period: 01/02-12/05 Title: Epidemiology and Biostatistical Component of the Pratt and Whitney Cohort Mortality Study Biostatistics Faculty: Gary Marsh, PhD, Principal Investigator; Ada Youk, PhD, Co-Investigator Funding Agency: Pratt and Whitney (Division of United Technologies Corporation) Funding Period: 7/1/02 to 6/30/08 Title: Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus Epidemiology and Etiology Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: D.J. Becker, MD Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 12/04 - 11/05 Title: Caregiver Intervention for Caregivers of SCI Patients Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Richard Schulz Funding Agency: NIA Funding Period: 9/02 - 6/07 Title: Aging Well, Sleeping Efficiently: Intervention Studies Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Timothy H. Monk, PhD, DSc, Psychiatry Funding Agency: NIA Funding Period: 6/03 - 5/08 Title: Treatment of Depression Following Cardiac Bypass Surgery Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Bruce Rollman, MD, MPH, General Internal Medicine Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 8/03 - 6/08 Title: Improving Quality Care for Anxiety Disorders Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Bruce Rollman, MD, MPH, General Internal Medicine Funding Agency: NIHM Funding Period: 3/04 - 2/09 Title: Maintenance Therapies in Late-Life Depression- III Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD, Psychiatry Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 3/04 - 2/09 Title: Geriatric Depression: Geting Better, Getting Well Biostatistics Faculty: Sati Mazumdar, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD, Psychiatry Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 6/04 - 5/09 Title: Improving Prediction of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) Biostatistics Faculty : Sati Mazumdar , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Massimo Pietropaolo , MD , Pediatrics Funding Agency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Funding Period: 7/04 – 5/08 Title: Training Biostatisticians in Psychiatric Research – Training Grant Biostatistics Faculty and Principal Investigator: Sati Mazumdar Funding Agency: NIMH Funding Period: 8/05 – 7/2010 Title: Novel Strategies for Brain Tumor Therapy Biostatistics Faculty: Doug Potter, Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2001-06 Title: Phase I Clinical Trials of Novel Anticancer Agents Biostatistics Faculty: Doug Potter, Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2003-08 Title: Vaccine Development for Oral Carcinoma, Core C Biostatistics Faculty: Doug Potter, Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2002-07 Title: Characterization of the 11q13 Amplicon in Oral Cancer Biostatistics Faculty : Doug Potter , Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2002 – 2007 Title: Protein Transduction Based Therapies for Breast Cancer Biostatistics Faculty : Doug Potter , Biostatistician Funding Agency: DOD Funding Period: 2003 – 2006 Title: Dendritic Cell Biology and Therapy Program Project Grant Biostatistics Faculty : Doug Potter , Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2004 – 2009 Title: The Role of Prolactin in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Biostatistics Faculty : Doug Potter , Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2004 – 2006 Title: Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of HPV-Associated SCCHN Biostatistics Faculty : Doug Potter , Biostatistician Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 2005 - 2010 Title: ROC Analysis of Imaging Systems Evaluations Biostatistics Faculty: Howard Rockette, Investigator; Andriy Bandos, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: David Gur, ScD, Radiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 05/01/02 to 04/30/06 Title: Basic and Clinical Studies of Cystic Fibrosis Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Statistician Principal Investigator: Raymond Frizzell, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Physiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 9/05 – 7/10 Title: Assessment of Variance Structure in ROC Studies Biostatistics Faculty: Howard Rockette, Investigator; Andriy Bandos, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: David Gur, ScD, Radiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 09/04 to 08/07 Title: Rule-Based CAD of Digitized Mammograms Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Investigator Principal Investigator: David Gur, ScD, Radiology Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 3/03 – 2/07 Title: Myositis Treatment Trial Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Senior Statistician Principal Investigator: Steven Belle, Ph.D., Epidemiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 10/04 – 9/09 Title: The Laboratory Effect in Breast Cancer Detection Studies Biostatisitcs Faculty : Howard Rockette , Investigator Principal Investigator: David Gur, ScD., Radiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 10/04 – 7/08 Title: Efficacy of 7 Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine PCV7 Prevnar in Preventing Nasopharyngeal Colonization with Non-susceptible S. Pneumoniae Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Statistician Principal Investigator : Alejandro Hoberman, MD and Ellen Wald, MD Funding Agency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Funding Period: 6/05 – 7/06 Title: Development and Evaluation of Stereographic Display for Lung Cancer Screening Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Statistician Principal Investigator: Xiao Hui Wang, Ph.D., Radiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 11/04 – 10/07 Title: Predoctoral Research Training in Biostatistics – Training Grant Biostatistics Faculty : Howard Rockette , Principal Investigator Funding Agency : NIGMS Funding Period: 7/05 – 6/10 Title: Cancer Center Support-Biostatistics Facility Biostatistics Faculty: James J. Schlesselman , Facility Director; H. Samuel Wieand , Biostatistician; Roger Day , Biostatistician; Stephanie Land , Biostatistician; Doug Potter , Biostatistician; Hong, Wang , Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Ronald Herberman Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period : 08/01/04 – 07/31/09 Title: SPORE and Lung Cancer Biostatistics Faculty : James J. Schlesselman , Core Director; Stephanie Land , Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Jill Siegried, Ph.D., Pharmacology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 05/01/01 – 4/30/06 Title: Identifying Low-Risk Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Biostatistics Faculty: Roslyn Stone, Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Drahomir Aujesky, MD, Medicine Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 07/04-6/06 Title: Pittsburgh/Philadelphia VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence-Center for the Study of Health Disparities Biostatistics Faculty: Roslyn Stone, Co-Chief, Biostatistics Core Principal Investigator: Michael Fine Funding Agency: Veterans' Administration Health Care System Funding Period: 2001-06 Title: Comparing VA Health Disparities to Health Disparities Outside the VA Biostatistics Faculty : Roslyn Stone , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Kevin Volpp, MD, Ph.D. Funding Agency: VA HSR&D Service Funding Period: 1/1/04 – 6/30/06 Title: Alcohol Use and HIV: Developing Computerized Interventions Biostatistics Faculty : Roslyn Stone , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH, General Internal Medicine Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 6/05 – 5/07 Title: SPORE in Head and Neck Cancer Biostatistics Faculty : Hong Wang, Biostatistician Funding Agency: NIH/NCI Funding Period : 2004 - 2009 Title: Simple in Vivo PET Measure of Amyloid Binding in AD Biostatistics Faculty : Lisa Weissfeld , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Julie C. Price, Ph.D., Radiology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 4/04 – 3/07 Title: Hemadsorption to Improve Organ Donor Recovery (HiDonOR) Biostatistics Faculty : Lisa Weissfeld , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: John A. Kellum, MD, Critical Care Medicine Funding Agency: HRSA Funding Period: 9/04 – 8/06 Title: In Vivo PIB PET Amyloid Imaging: Normals, MCI, and Dementia Biostatistics Faculty : Lisa Weissfeld , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Steven DeKosky, MD, Neurology Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 5/05 – 4/10 Title: Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention in Dementia Biostatistics Faculty : Lisa Weissfeld , Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Steven DeKosky, MD, Neurology Funding Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Health Funding Period: 6/05 – 5/09 Title: NRSA Institutional Training Grant Biostatistics Faculty : Lisa Weissfeld , Principal Investigator Funding Agency: NCI Funding Period: 9/01 – 8/06 Title: Genetic and Inflammotory Markers of Sepsis Biostatistics Faculty: Lisa Weissfeld, Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Derek Angus, MD Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 4/01-3/06 Title: Long Term Outcomes of Nitric Oxide for Ventilated Premature Babies Biostatistics Faculty: Lisa Weissfeld, Biostatistician Principal Investigator: Derek Angus, MD Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 12/02 to 11/06 Title: Muscle Lipid, Insulin Resistance and Strength in Aging Biostatistics Faculty: Lisa Weissfeld, Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Bret Goodpaster, MD, Medicine Funding Agency: NIH Funding Period: 7/04-6/08 |