| | Ada O. Youk, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Deputy Director, Center for Occupational Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Education BA, Duquesne University, 1988
MS, University of Pittsburgh, 1990
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1996 Research Interests
- Occupational Biostatistics & Epidemiology
- Statistical methodology for missing data in occupationally exposed cohorts.
- Longitudinal data analysis for assessing levels of depression in peri-menopausal women as they make the menopausal transition.
- Application of occupational risk regression modeling to pharmaceutical data
- Assessing cancer mortality in high altitude areas
Courses BIOST 2049: Applied Regression Analysis
BIOST 2081: Mathematical Methods for Statistics
Funded Projects
Principal Investigator, Contract: “A program of Biostatistical support: Statistical analyses using OCMAP-Plus for retrospective cohort data in a pharmaco-epidemiology setting,” Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Worldwide Epidemiology Division.
Principal Investigator, Contract: “Study of Cancer Rates in High Altitude US Counties,” Sponsor: Amgen, Inc. Global Epidemiology Division.
Selected Publications
Bromberger JT, Kravitz HM, Matthews K, YOUK AO, Brown C, Feng W. Predictors of First Lifetime Episodes of Major Depression in Midlife Women.
Psychological Medicine, in press.
Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML, Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene
and other substances: I. General mortality patterns, Chem.-Biol. Interact., 2007; 166:285-300.
Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML. Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene
and other substances: II. Mortality in relation to exposure, Chem.-Biol. Interact., 2007;166: 301–316.
Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Morfeld P. Mis-specified Mortality Risk Models for Naspharyngeal Cancer in the National Cancer Institute Formaldehyde
Worker Cohort Study. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2007; 47:59-67.
Leonard RC, Lineker GA, Kreckmann KH, Marsh GM, Buchanich J, YOUK AO. Comparison of Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) Obtained from Use of a
Reference Population Based on Company-Wide Registry Cohort to SMRs Calculated against Local and National Rates. Chem-Biol Interact, 2007; 166:317-322.
Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Buchanich JM, Kant IJ, Swaen G. Mortality Patterns Among Workers Exposed to Acrylamide: Updated Followup.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007; 49:82-95.
Hall TA, Esmen NA, Jones PE, Basara H, Phillips ML, Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Buchanich JM, Leonard R. Chemical Process Based Reconstruction
of Exposures for an Epidemiological Study: III. Analysis of Industrial Hygiene Samples. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2007;166: 277-284.
Marsh GM, YOUK AO, Buchanich JM, Erdal S, Esmen NA. Work in the Metal Industry May Help to Explain Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Excess
among Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2007; 48: 308-319.
Contact Information A412 Crabtree Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: 412-624-3032
Facsimile: 412-624-9969
Email: ayouk@pitt.edu |
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