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Qi Long, Ph.D.
1518 Clifton Rd., NE, 3rd floor
Dept. of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 712-9975
Fax: (404) 727-1370
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
2005
Ph.D. in Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Advisors:
Professor Xihong Lin and Professor Roderick J.A. Little
Dissertation:
“Emerging Issues in Causal Inference for Intervention Trials”
2003
M.S. in Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1998
B.S. in Biochemistry
Department of Special Class for Gifted Young
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Professional Experience
2011-present
Associate Professor (with tenure)
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2010-present
Member, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2008-present
Biostatistician, WOC, Atlanta VA Medical Center
2005-2011
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2001-2004
Research Assistant
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Honors and Awards
Rollins Assistant Professorship, Emory University, 2005-2011
Distinguished Student Paper Award, International Biometric Society’s Eastern North American
Region (ENAR) Spring Meetings, 2005
Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2004-2005
Award for Best Performance in Ph.D. Qualifying Exams, Department of Biostatistics, University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2002
Jing Zhi Zhu Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China, 1996-1997
First Prize Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China, 1995-1996
Hua Wei Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China, 1994-1995
Third Prize, China Mathematics Olympiad, P.R.China, 1994
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First Prize, National Contest in Mathematics for High School Students, P.R.China, 1993
Research Interests
Statistical Methodology: missing data; high-dimensional data analysis (with applications to
omics data and electronic health records data); causal inference; Bayesian modeling and methods; prediction models; functional data analysis; clinical trial conduct, design, and monitoring;
and nonparametric and semi-parametric methods.
Subject-matter Applications: cancer; cardiovascular diseases; cystic fibrosis; diabetes; mental
health; and stroke.
Professional Activities and Services
Advisory and Leadership
– Member, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights, American Statistical Association, 2014-present.
– Member, Regional Advisory Board, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American Region, 2014-present.
– Vice President, Georgia Chapter, American Statistical Association, 2014-present.
– Member, Steering Committee, Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry, 2013-present.
Editorial Services
– Associate Editor, Biometrics, 2014-present.
– Associate Editor, BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012-present.
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the American Heart Association, 2012-present.
– Journal Referee
Statistical Journals: Biometrical Journal, Biometrics, Biostatistics, BMC Medical Research Methodology, Clinical Trials, Communications in Statistics, Contemporary Clinical Trials, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal
of the American Statistical Association, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Statistica
Sinica, Statistics in Medicine, The American Statistician, The Canadian Journal of
Statistics
Subject-matter Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Epidemiology,
British Journal of Surgery, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer
Informatics, Circulation, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Journal of
the American Heart Association, Neoplasia, PLoS ONE.
Conference Program
– Co-Chair, program committee, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American
Region 2014 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2014
– Member, program committee, 19th Applied Statistics Symposium, International Chinese
Statistical Association (ICSA), Indianapolis, IN, 2010
– Organizer and Chair, invited session, “Advances in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
(PCOR) Methodology”, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American Region
2015 Spring Meeting, Miami, FL, 2015
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– Organizer and Chair, poster session, 50th Anniversary Celebration Conference & Alumni
Reunion, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, 2014
– Organizer, invited session, “Recent Advances in Statistical Methods for Missing Data”, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American Region 2014 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2014
– Organizer, invited poster session, International Biometric Society/Eastern North American
Region 2014 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2014
– Organizer, topic contributed session, “Recent Developments in Statistical Methods for Missing Data”, Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, USA, August, 2012
– Organizer, invited session, “Statistical Methods Using High-dimensional Data in Survival
Analysis and Their Application”, Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, Canada, August,
2010
– Organizer, invited Session, “Recent Developments in Dynamic Treatment Regime”, Applied
Statistics Symposium, ICSA, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June, 2010
– Organizer, invited session, “Case Studies in the Area of Dynamic Treatment Regimes”,
Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington DC, USA, August, 2009
– Organizer, invited session, “Recent Developments in Causal Inference”, Applied Statistics
Symposium, ICSA, Raleigh, NC, USA, June, 2007
Review Services
– Member, Student Paper Competition Committee, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science,
American Statistical Association, 2013-2014.
– Member, Grant Review Panel, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program
(CRMRP), Department of Defense, USA, 2014.
– Member, University Research Committee, Emory University, 2012.
Research Funding
Currently under Consideration for Funding
1. Statistical Methods for Causal Inference in Observational Studies
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH/NINDS (R21)
Period:
04/01/2015 – 03/31/2017
2. Coordinating Center for Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS)
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH/NEI (UG1)
Period:
09/01/2015 – 08/31/2019
Active as PI
1. Statistical Methods for Missing Data in Large Observational Studies
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Period:
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
2. Evaluating Prediction Models for Cancer Endpoints Subject to Dependent Censoring
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH/NCI
Period:
02/01/2013 – 01/31/2016
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3. Feature Selection for Genomic Data Using Known and Novel Biological Information
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH/NCI
Period:
12/01/2013 – 11/30/2016
Active as Core/Center Director
1. Mechanisms of Early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (MyRIAD)
Role:
Emory PI and Director of Statistical Coordinating Center
Project PI:
Jose Romano, University of Miami
Funding Agency: NIH/NINDS
Period:
03/01/2014 – 02/28/2019
2. Mental Stress Ischemia: Mechanisms and Prognosis
Role:
Co-Director of Biostatistics and Data Management Core
Project PI:
Arshed Quyyumi
Funding Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Period:
09/01/2010 – 11/30/2015
Active as Co-Investigator/Biostatistician
1. Patient-Centered Approaches to Research Enrollment Decisions in Acute Cardiovascular
Disease
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Neal Dickert
Funding Agency: PCORI
Period:
12/01/2014 – 11/31/2017
2. Building data registries with privacy and confidentiality for PCOR
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Li Xiong
Funding Agency: PCORI
Period:
09/15/2014 – 09/14/2017
3. Reach, Outcomes and System Impacts of the VA’s National Weight Loss Program, MOVE
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Lawrence Phillips
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Period:
07/01/2014 – 06/30/2016
4. Biomarkers of Ischemic Outcomes in Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Michael Frankel
Funding Agency: NIH/NINDS
Period:
07/01/2010 – 06/30/2015
5. Prevention of Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Arlene Stecenko
Funding Agency: FDA
Period:
04/01/2009 – 03/31/2017
6. Practical Two-Step Screening For CFRD and Prediabetes
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Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Lawrence Phillips
Funding Agency: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Period:
07/01/2012 – 06/30/2015
7. Redox imbalance and the development of CF diabetes
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Arlene Stecenko
Funding Agency: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Period:
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2016
8. Injury and Repair Factors Promoting Atherosclerosis in HIV
Role:
Co-Investigator
Project PI:
Arshed Quyyumi and Ighovwerha Ofotokun
Funding Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Period:
09/10/2014 – 08/31/2015
Pending (selected)
1. Computational Methods for Data-Intensive Inverse Problems
Role:
Co-PI
(with Julianne Chung and Matthias Chung at Virginia Tech)
Funding Agency: NSF
Period:
09/01/2015 – 08/31/2018
Publications and Manuscripts
(Graduate students or postdocs supervised are underscored;
equal contribution.)
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senior/corresponding author;
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Peer-reviewed journal publications
[1] Lama, V.N., Flaherty, K.R., Toews, G.B., Colby, T.V., Travis, W.D., Long, Q., Murray,
S., Kazerooni, EA., Gross, B.H., Lynch, J.P., and Martinez, F.J. (2003) Prognostic value of
desaturation during a 6-minute walk test in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.
American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 168(9), 1084-1090.
[2] Kim, K.K., Flaherty, K.R., Long, Q., Hattori, N., Sisson, T.H., Colby, T.V., Travis, W.D., Martinez, J.F., Murray, S., and Simon, R.H. (2003) A plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 promoter
polymorphism and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Molecular Medicine, 9, 52-56.
[3] Flaherty, K.R., Colby, T.V., Travis, W.D., Lynch, J.P., King, T., Raghu, G., Kazerooni, E.A.,
Gross, B.H., Long, Q., Murray, S., Toews, G.B., and Martinez, F.J. (2004) Idiopathic interstitial
pneumonia: What is the effect of a multi-disciplinary approach to diagnosis? American Journal
of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 170(8), 904-910.
[4] Clark, N.M., Janz, N.K., Dodge, J.A., Lin, X., Long, Q., Little, R.J., Mosca, L., Wheeler,
J.R.C., and Keteyian, S. (2008) The effect of patient choice of intervention on health outcomes.
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 29(5), 679-686.
[5] Long, Q., Little, R.J., and Lin, X. (2008) Causal inference in hybrid intervention trials involving
treatment choice. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103(482), 474-484.
[6] Fraser, L.A., Twombly, J.G., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Hanfelt, J.J., Narayan, V.K.M., Wilson,
P.W.F., and Phillips, L.S. (2009) Delay in diagnosis of diabetes is not the patient’s fault. Diabetes Care, 33(1), e10.
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[7] Auyeung, S.F.† , Long, Q.† , Royster, E.B.† , Murthy, S., McNutt, M.D., Lawson, D., Miller,
A., Manatunga, A., and Musselman, D. (2009) Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomized
Trial (SMART) Design of neurobehavioral treatment for patients with metastatic malignant
melanoma treated with interferon. Clinical Trials, 6(5), 480-490.
[8] Fedirko, V., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Sidelnikov, E., Shaukat, A., Daniel, C.R.,
Rutherford, R.E., andn Woodard J.J. (2009) Effects of vitamin D and calcium on proliferation
and differentiation in normal colon mucosa: a randomized clinical trial. Cancer Epidemiology,
Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(11), 2933-2941.
[9] Sidelnikov, E., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., and Seabrook, M.E. (2009) Colorectal
mucosal expression of MSH2 as a potential modifiable biomarker of risk for colorectal neoplasms.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(11), 2965-2973.
[10] Hsu, C.H., Long, Q. and Alberts D.S. (2009) Estimation of colorectal adenoma recurrence with
dependent censoring. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9:66.
[11] Little, R.J.† , Long, Q.† , and Lin, X. (2009) A comparison of methods for estimating the causal
effect of a treatment in randomized clinical trials subject to noncompliance. Biometrics, 65,
640-649.
[12] Sidelnikov, E., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Cohen, V.L., Dash, C. (2009) MutLHomolog 1 expression and risk of incident sporadic colorectal adenoma: search for prospective
biomarkers of risk for colorectal cancer.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention,
18(5), 1599-1609.
[13] Little, R.J.† , Long, Q.† , and Lin, X. (2009) Discussion of “Can Nonrandomized Experiments
Yield Accurate Answers? A Randomized Experiment Comparing Random to Nonrandom Assignments” by Shadish, Clark and Steiner, Journal of the American Statistical Association,
103(484), 1344-1346.
[14] Daniel, C.R., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Fedirko, V., Sidelnikov, E., Seabrook,
M.E. (2009) TGF-α expression as a potential biomarker of risk within the normal-appearing colorectal mucosa of patients with and without incident sporadic adenoma. Cancer Epidemiology,
Biomarkers & Prevention, 18, 65-73.
[15] Fedirko, V., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Shaukat, A., Rutherford, R.E., Daniel,
C.R., Cohen, V., Dash, C., and Woodard, J.J. (2009) Effects of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on markers of apoptosis in normal colon mucosa: A randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled clinical trial. Cancer Prevention Research, 2(3), 213-223.
[16] Hsu, C.H., Taylor, J.M.G., Long, Q., and Alberts D.S. (2009) Analysis of colorectal adenoma
recurrence data subject to informative censoring. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18, 712-717.
[17] Cooper, L., Gutman, D.A., Long, Q., Johnson, B.A., Cholleti, S.R., Kurc, T., Saltz, J.H.,
Brat, D.J., and Moreno, C.S. (2010) The Proneural Molecular Signature is Enriched in Oligodendrogliomas and Predicts Improved Survival among Diffuse Gliomas.
PLoS ONE , 5(9):
e12548.
[18] Sidelnikov, E., Bostick, R.M., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Fedirko, V., Shaukat, A., Daniel,
C.R., Rutherford, R.E. (2010) Effects of calcium and vitamin D on MLH1 and MSH2 expression
in rectal mucosa of sporadic colorectal adenoma patients. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers
& Prevention, 19(4), 1022-1032.
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[19] Twombly, J.G., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, V.K.M., Fraser, L-A., Brian
C. Webber, B.C., and Phillips, L.S. (2010) Diabetes care in black and white veterans in the
southeastern United States. Diabetes Care, 33(5), 958-63.
[20] Long, Q., Little, R.J., and Lin, X. (2010) Estimating causal effects in multi-arm trials subject
to noncompliance: A Bayesian framework. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, C , 59(3),
513-531.
[21] Zhang, X. and Long, Q.♠ (2010) Stochastic modeling and prediction for patient accrual in
clinical trials. Statistics in Medicine, 29(6), 649-658.
[22] Long, Q., Flanders, W.D., Fedirko, V., and Bostick, R.M. (2010) Robust statistical methods for
analysis of biomarkers measured with batch/experiment specific errors. Statistics in Medicine,
29(3), 361-370.
[23] Fedirko, V., Bostick, R.M., Long, Q., Flanders, W.D., McCullough, M.L., Sidelnikov, E.,
Daniel, C.R., Rutherford, R.E., and Shaukat, A. (2010) Effects of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on marker of oxidative DNA damage in normal colon mucosa: A randomized
clinical trial. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 19, 280-291.
[24] Johnson, B.A., Long, Q., and Chung, M. (2011) On path restoration for censored outcomes.
Biometrics, 67, 1379-1388.
[25] Hsu, C.H., Li, Y., Long, Q., and Zhao, Q. (2011) Estimation of recurrence of colorectal adenomas with dependent censoring using weighted logistic regression. PLoS ONE , 6(10): e25141.
[26] Wasse, H., Rivera A.A., Huang R., Martinson D.E., Long, Q., McKinnon, W., Naqvi, N.,
Husain, A. (2011) Increased plasma chymase concentration and mast cell chymase expression in
venous neointimal lesions of CKD and ESRD patients. Seminars in Dialysis, 24(6), 688-693.
[27] Long, Q., Chung, M., Moreno, C.S. and Johnson, B.A. (2011) Risk prediction for prostate
cancer recurrence through regularized estimation with simultaneous adjustment for nonlinear
clinical effects. Annals of Applied Statistics, 5(3), 2003-2023.
[28] Long, Q., Zhang, X. and Hsu, C.H. (2011) Nonparametric multiple imputation for ROC analysis
when some biomarker values are missing. Statistics in Medicine, 30(26), 3149-61.
[29] Johnson, B.A., and Long, Q. (2011) Survival ensembles by the sum of pairwise differences with
application to lung cancer microarray studies. Annals of Applied Statistics, 5(2A), 1081-1101.
[30] Long, Q., Johnson, B.A., Osunkoya, A.O., Lai, Y., Zhou, W., Abramovitz, M., Xia, M.,
Bouzyk, M., Nam, R., Sugar, L., Stanimirovi, A., Leyland-Jones, B.R., Seth, A.K., Petros, J.A.,
Moreno, C.S. (2011) Protein-coding and microRNA biomarkers of recurrence of prostate cancer
following radical prostatectomy. American Journal of Pathology, 179(1), 46-54.
[31] Long, Q., Zhang, X., and Johnson, B.A. (2011) Robust estimation of area under ROC curve
using auxiliary variables in the presence of missing biomarker values. Biometrics, 67(2), 559567.
[32] Long, Q., Zhang, X. and Bostick, R.M. (2011) Semiparametric estimation for joint modeling
of colorectal cancer risk and functional biomarkers measured with errors. Biometrical Journal ,
53(3), 393-410.
[33] Wang, M. and Long, Q. (2011) Modified robust variance estimator for generalized estimating
equations with improved small-sample properties. Statistics in Medicine, 30(11), 1278-1291.
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[34] Goodman, S., Rouse, M., Long, Q., Ji, S., and Brand, S. (2011) Deconstructing antenatal
depression: What is it that matters for neonatal behavioral functioning? Infant Mental Health
Journal , 32(3), 339-361.
[35] Twombly, J., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Venkat, N.K., and Phillips, L. (2011) Validity
of the diagnosis of diabetes in veterans in the southeastern United States. Diabetes Research
and Clinical Practice, 91(3), 395-400.
[36] Ahearn, T.U., McCullough, M.L., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Sidelnikov, E., Fedirko, V., Daniel,
C.R., Rutherford, R.E., Shaukat, A., and Bostick, R.M. (2011) A randomized clinical trial of
calcium and vitamin D3 supplementation on markers of their metabolism in normal colonic
mucosa. Cancer Research, 71(2), 413-423.
[37] Ji, S., Long, Q.♠ , Newport, J., Na, H., Knight, B.T., Zach, E.B., Morris, N.J., Kutner, M., and
Stowe, Z.N. (2011) Validity of depression rating scales during pregnancy and the postpartum
period: Impact of trimester and parity. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(2), 213-219.
[38] Monk, C., Newport, D.J., Korotkin, J.H., Long, Q., Knight, B.T., and Stowe, Z.N. (2012)
Uterine blood flow in a psychiatric clinical population: impact of maternal depression, anxiety,
and psychotropic medication. Biological Psychiatry, 72(6), 483-490.
[39] Zhang, X. and Long, Q.♠ (2012) Modeling and prediction of subject accrual and event times
in clinical trials: a systematic review. Clinical Trials, 9(6), 681-8.
[40] Zhang, X. and Long, Q.♠ (2012) Joint monitoring and prediction of accrual and event times
in clinical trials. Biometrical Journal , 54(6), 735-749.
[41] Wang, M., Flanders, W.D., Bostick, R.M., and Long, Q.♠ (2012) A conditional likelihood approach for regression analysis using biomarkers measured with batch-specific error. Statistics
in Medicine, 31(29), 3896-906.
[?? An earlier version won Ming Wang the R.L. Anderson Award at the 2011 Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) Summer Research Conference and a Young Investigator Award from American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
(SIE) at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings ??]
[42] Long, Q. (2012) A note on generalized functional linear model and its application. Journal of
Statistical Planning and Inference, 142(9), 2599-2606.
[43] Newport, D.J., Ji, S., Long, Q., Knight, B.T., Zach, E.B., Smith, E.N., Morris, N.J., and
Stowe, Z.N. (2012) Maternal depression and anxiety differentially impact fetal exposures during
pregnancy. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 73(2), 247-251.
[44] Wasse, H., Huang, R., Long, Q., Singapuri, S., Raggi, P., and Tangpricha, V. (2012) Efficacy
and safety of a short course of very high dose cholecalciferol in hemodialysis. The American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95(2), 522-528.
[45] Long, Q., Hsu, C.H., and Li, Y. (2012) Doubly robust nonparametric multiple imputation for
ignorable missing data. Statistica Sinica, 22, 149-172.
[46] Huang, W., Shah, S., Long, Q., Crankshaw, A.K., and Tangpricha, V. (2013) Improvement of
pain, sleep, and quality of life in chronic pain patients with Vitamin D supplementation. The
Clinical Journal of Pain, 29(4):341-7.
[47] Chakkalakal, R.J., Higgins, S., Bernstein, L., Lundberg, K., Wu, V., Long, Q., Doyle, J. (2013)
Revisiting the role of gender in the initial evaluation of chest pain: Do physicians examine men
and women differently? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28(4), 561-6.
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[48] Wasse, H., Cardarelli, F., De Staercke, C., Hooper, C. and Long, Q.♠ (2013) Accumulation of
retained, nonfunctional arteriovenous grafts correlates with severity of inflammation in asymptomatic ESRD patients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 28(4), 991-7.
[49] Torres, M.A., Pace, T.W., Liu, T., Felger, J.C., Mister, D., Doho, G., Kohn, J.N., Barsevick, A.,
Long, Q., and Miller, A.H. (2013) Predictors OF depression in breast cancer patients during
and after radiotherapy: role of chemotherapy and the inflammatory response. Cancer , 119(11),
1951–9.
[50] Chung, M., Long, Q., and Johnson, B.A. (2013) A tutorial on rank-based coefficient estimation
for censored data in small- and large-scale problems. Statistics and Computing, 23, 601–614.
[51] Chatterjee, R., Narayan, K.M.V., Lipscomb, J., Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Zhu, M., and Phillips,
L. (2013) Screening for diabetes and prediabetes should be cost-saving in high-risk patients.
Diabetes Care, 36(7), 1981-7.
[52] Musselman, D., Royster, E.B., Wang, M., Long, Q., Trimble, L.M., Mann, T.K., Graciaa, D.S.,
McNutt, M.D., Auyeung, S.F., Oliver, L., Lawson, D.H., and Miller, A.H. (2013) The Impact
of Escitalopram on IL-2-induced Neuroendocrine, Immune, and Behavioral Changes in Patients
with Malignant Melanoma: Preliminary Findings. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(10), 1921-8.
[53] Huang, W., Bliwise, D.L., Johnson, T.M., Long, Q., Kutner, N., and Stringer, A.Y. (2013)
Correlates of persistent sleep complaint after traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23(5), 698-714.
[54] Wasse, H., Huang, R., Long, Q., Zhao, Y., Singapuri, S., Tangpricha, V. (2014) Very Highdose Cholecalciferol and Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation in ESRD Patients: A Randomized,
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study. Journal Of Vascular Access, 15(2), 88-94.
[55] Hsu, C.H., Long, Q., Li, Y., Jacobs, E., and Nyitray, A. (2014) A nonparametric multiple
imputation approach for data with missing covariate values with application to estimation of
colorectal adenoma recurrence. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 24(3):634-48.
[56] Long, Q., Xu, J., Osunkoya, A.O., Sannigrahi, S., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Gillespie, T., Park,
J.Y., Nam, R.K., Sugar, L., Stanimirovic, A., Seth, A.K., Petros, J.A., and Moreno, C.S. (2014)
Global transcriptome analysis of formalin-fixed prostate cancer specimens identifies biomarkers
of disease recurrence. Cancer Research, 74(12), 3228-37.
[57] Dubowitz, N., Xue, W., Long, Q., Ownby, J.G., Olson, D.E., Barb, D., Rhee, M.K., Mohan,
A.V., Watson-Williams, P.I., Jackson, S.L., Tomolo, A.M., Johnson, T.E., Phillips L.S. (2014)
Aging is associated with increased HbA1c levels, independently of glucose levels and insulin
resistance, and also with decreased HbA1c diagnostic specificity. Diabetic Medicine, 31(8), 92735.
[58] Tu, H.K., Sun, L., Dong, X., Gong, Y., Xu, Q., Jing J., Long, Q., Flanders, W.D., Bostick,
R.M. and Yuan, Y. (2015) Temporal changes in serum biomarkers and risk for progression of
gastric precancerous lesions: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Cancer , 136(2),
425-34.
[59] Tu, H.K., Flanders, W.D., Ahearn, T.U., Daniel, C.R., Gonzalez-Feliciano1, A.G., Long, Q.,
Rutherford, R.E., and Bostick, R.M. (2013) Effects of calcium and vitamin D3 on TGFα and
TGFβ1 expression in rectal mucosa of sporadic colorectal adenoma patients: a randomized
controlled trial. Molecular Carcinogenesis, in press.
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[60] Long, Q., Zhang, X., Zhao, Y., Johnson, B.A., and Bostick, R.M. (2014) Modeling clinical outcome using multiple correlated functional biomarkers: a Bayesian approach. Statistical Methods
in Medical Research, in press.
[61] Zhao, Y. and Long, Q. (2013) Multiple Imputation in the Presence of High-dimensional Data.
Statistical Methods in Medical Research, in press.
[62] Merjaneh, L., He, Q., Long, Q., Phillips, L.S., and Stecenko, A.A. (2014) Disposition index
identifies defective beta-cell function in cystic fibrosis subjects with normal glucose tolerance.
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, in press.
[63] Morris, A.A., Kalogeropoulos, A., Zhao, L., Long, Q., Owen, M., Laskar, S.R., Vega, J.D.,
Smith, A., and Butler, J.. (2014) Race and Ethnic Differences in the Epidemiology and Risk
Factors for Graft Failure after Heart Transplantation Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, accepted pending minor revision.
[64] Deng, Y., Zhang, X. and Long, Q. (2014) Bayesian modeling and prediction of patient accrual
in multi-regional clinical trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, in press.
Manuscripts under invited revision
[65] Long, Q., and Johnson, B.A. (2013) Variable selection in the presence of missing data: resampling and imputation. Biostatistics, minor revision.
[66] Wang, M. and Long, Q. (2014) Addressing issues associated with evaluating prediction models
for survival endpoints based on the concordance statistic. Biometrics, invited revision.
[67] Zhao, Y., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2014) Bayesian Multiresolution Variable Selection for UltraHigh Dimensional Neuroimaging Data. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology
and Bioinformatics, invited revision.
[?? An earlier version won Yize Zhao a Student Paper Award from ASA Statistical Learning
and Data Mining Section at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings (Declined) ??]
[68] Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Rhee, M.K., Olson, D.E., Tomolo, A.M., Cunningham S.A., Ramakrishnan, U., Narayan, K.M.V., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Weight loss and diabetes incidence with
the VA lifestyle change program. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, invited revision.
[69] Olson, D.E., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Barb, D., Haw, J.S., Rhee, M.K., Mohan, A.V., WatsonWilliams, P.I., Jackson, S.L., Tomolo, A.M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, K.M.V., Lipscomb, J.,
Phillips, L.S. (2014) Impact of unrecognized diabetes and prediabetes on the VA and veterans
in the southeastern U.S. Journal of General internal Medicine, invited revision.
Manuscripts submitted
[70] Zhao, Y., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2014) Bayesian hierarchical feature selection of structured
functional predictors measured with error.
[?? An earlier version won Yize Zhao a Student Paper Award from ASA Section on
Bayesian Statistical Science at the 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings ??]
[71] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., Glass, J.D., and Long, Q. (2014) Estimating the palliative effect of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in an observational registry using principal
stratification and generalized propensity scores.
[72] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., and Long, Q. (2014) Propensity Process Matching with
Time-varying Covariates from Observational Registries.
[?? An earlier version won Pallavi Mishra-Kalyani an Honorable Mention in the Student
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Paper Competition from the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section at the 2014 Joint Statistical
Meetings and a student paper award at the 2014 International Indian Statistical Association
Conference ??]
[73] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., Glass, J.D., and Long, Q. (2014) Estimating treatment
effect in observational studies in the presence of censoring by death and missing outcome data.
[74] Johnson, B.A., Long, Q., Huang, Y., Chanski, K., and Redman, M. (2014) Log-penalized
regression, iteratively reweighted lasso, and variable selection for censored lifetime medical cost.
[75] Hsu, C.H., He, Y., Li, Y., Long, Q., and Friese, R. (2014) A double robust local multiple
imputation method.
[76] Rhee, M.K., Jackson, S.L., Xue, W., Long, Q., Ownby, J.G., Olson, D.E., Barb, D., Haw, J.S.,
Mohan, A.V., Watson-Williams, P.I., Tomolo, A.M., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Determination of
normal inpatient glucose values.
[77] Tu, H.K., Sun, L., Dong, X., Gong, Y., Xu, Q., Jing J., Long, Q., Bostick, R.M. and Yuan, Y.
(2014) Serological biomarkers of personalized recommendations for gastroscopy in populationbased gastric cancer screening.
[78] Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Rhee, M.K., Olson, D.E., Jasien C., Tomolo, A.M., Cunningham, S.A.,
Narayan, K.M.V., Ramakrishan U., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Reduced Cardiovascular Disease
with a National VA Lifestyle Change Program.
[79] Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Rhee, M.K., Olson, D.E., Jasien C., Tomolo, A.M., Cunningham,
S.A., Narayan, K.M.V., Ramakrishan U., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Participation in a National
VA Lifestyle Change Program is Associated with Improved Diabetes Management.
[80] Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Chatterjee, R., Varughese R.M., Michaels J.A., Rhee, M.K., Wilson,
P.W.F., Long, Q., Lipscomb, J., Narayan, K.M.V., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Glucose challenge
test screening for predicates and early diabetes in the VA.
[81] Woolard, S., Long, Q., Deng, Y., Sesay, M., Tomolo, A., Razvi, M., Klapproth, J. (2014) The
Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic on Hospitalization Rates in a Veteran Population.
[82] Mheid, I.A., Hayek, S., Ghasemzadeh, N., Akbik, F., Mekonnen, G., Shen, J., Wilmot, K., Li,
Q., Martin, G.S., Jones, D.P., Rosenthal, H., Long, Q., Zafari, M., Vaccarino, V., Waller, E.K.,
and Quyyumi, A.A. (2014) Age and human regenerative capacity: Impact of cardiovascular risk
factors.
[83] Phillips, L.S., Barb, D., Yong, C., Tomolo, A.M., Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Rhee, M.K., He,
Q., and Long, Q. (2014) Translating What Works - A New Approach To Improve Diabetes
Management.
Unpublished manuscripts
[84] Johnson, B.A. and Long, Q. (2011) Tight convex relaxation of `2 -norm plus cardinality.
[85] Cui, H., Fraser, L., Kahn, H., Kolm, P., Zhu, M., Long, Q., and Phillips, L. (2011) Ability of
fat-Related indices to identify glucose intolerance.
[86] Peng, H., Long, Q., and Yu, T. (2009) LC/MS data denoising and peak identification using
regularized regression.
[?? This paper won Hesen Peng the R.L. Anderson Award at the 2009 Southern Regional
Council on Statistics (SRCOS) Summer Research Conference ??]
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[87] Twombly, J.G., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, V.K.M., and Phillips, L.S. (2009)
Blacks with diabetes have higher A1c levels than whites with comparable glucose levels.
Selected abstracts
[1] Flaherty, K.R., King, T.E., Raghu, G., Kazerooni, E.A., Gross, B.H., Travis, W.D., Colby, T.V.,
Lynch, III J.P., Long, Q., Murray, S., Gay, S.E., Lama, V.N., Thannickal, V.J., Toews, G.B.,
and Martinez, F.J. (2004) A confident clinical and radiographic diagnosis of usual interstitial
pneumonia or nonspecific interstitial pneumonia is associated with a higher likelihood of finding
histologic UIP or NSIP on biopsy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med , 169:A706.
[2] Flaherty, K.R., Long, Q., Murray, S., Travis, W.D., Colby, T.V., Lama, V., Gay, S.E., Toews,
G.B., and Martinez, F.J. (2004) Baseline quality of life is similar in patients with usual interstitial
pneumonia is similar compared to patients with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Am J Respir
Crit Care Med , 169:A778.
[3] Sidelnikov, E., Bostick, R.M., Long, Q., and Dash, C. (2007) MLH1 levels in colon cancer
risk factors in the markers of adenomatous polyps II case-control study. Proceedings of the
American Association for Cancer Research, 48:407-408.
[4] Dash, C., Shaukat, A., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Fedirko, V., Cohen, V.L., and Bostick,
R.M. (2007) Relationship between APC and Cyclin D1 expression in patients with and without
colorectal adenoma: a modeling approach using the Wnt pathway. AACR Special Conference
”Approaches to Complex Pathways in Molecular Epidemiology”.
[5] Fedirko, V., Bostick, R.M. Flanders, W.D., Long, Q. and Cohen, V. (2008) Effect of vitamin
D and calcium supplementation on markers of apoptosis in normal colon mucosa: Results from
a randomized clinical trial.
Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research,
49:108.
[6] Phillips, L.S., Narayan, K.M.V., Wilson, P.W.F., Twombly, J.G., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Hanfelt,
J.J., Tsui, C., Michaels, J., Ieong, J., Jenkins, M., Forrester, M., Jasien, C., Byrd-Sellers, J.,
and Kukreja, R. (2008) Accuracy of initial diagnosis of diabetes in the VA. The 27th National
Meeting of VA’s Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D).
[7] Twombly, J.G., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, K.M.V., Phillips, L.S. (2009)
Health Disparities in Diabetes Care in the VA. Diabetes. 2009(58; suppl 1A), LB13.
[8] Ahearn, T., McCullough, M.L., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., Sidelnikov, E.; Fedirko, V.; Cohen,
V., Theodore, R., and Bostick, R.M. (2009) Effects of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on
oxidative DNA damage, proliferation, and differentiation in normal colon mucosa: a randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Proceedings of the American Association for
Cancer Research, 50:724.
[9] Fedirko, V., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q.,Sidelnikov, E., Smith E.V., Woodward, J.J., Cohen, V.
and Bostick, R.M. (2009) Effects of calcium and-vitamin D on the expression of the calcium
sensing receptor, beta-catenin, and E-cadherin in normal colorectal mucosa: A randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Proceedings of the American Association for
Cancer Research, 50:723.
[10] Twombly, J.G., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, KM.V., and Phillips, L.S. (2010)
Validity of the diagnosis of diabetes in veterans in the southeastern united states. ENDO 2010:
The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting & Expo.
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[11] Ahearn, T., McCullough, M.L., Flanders, W.D., Long, Q., and Bostick, R.M. (2010) Effects
of calcium and vitamin D on markers of vitamin D metabolism in normal colon mucosa: a
randomized clinical trial. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research, 51:705.
[12] Twombly, J.G., Ziemer, D.C., Long, Q., Zhu, M., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, KM.V., Fraser, L.,
Webber, B.C., Miller, D.R., Pogach, L.M. and Phillips, L.S. (2010) Levels of Random Plasma
Glucose Predict the Diagnosis of Diabetes. American Diabetes Associations 70th Scientific
Sessions.
[13] Sharma, S., Dollar, A., Long, Q., McDaniel, M.C., Quairoli, K., and Doyle, J.P. (2011) Clopidogrel overuse beyond the guidelines: predictors and financial outcomes. American Heart Association, Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2011 Scientific Sessions.
[14] Olson, D.E., Wilson, P.W.F., Narayan, KM.V., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Jasien, C., Byrd-Sellers,
J., and Phillips, L.S. (2011) Impact of diabetes and prediabetes on the VA and veterans in the
southeastern U.S. American Diabetes Association 71st Scientific Sessions.
[15] Dubowitz, N., Zhu, M., Long, Q., and Phillips, L.S. (2011) Why does aging increase A1c?
American Diabetes Association 71st Scientific Sessions.
[16] Olson, D., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Jasien, C., Byrd-Sellers, J. and Phillips, L.S. (2011) Random
plasma glucose predicts diagnosis of diabetes in veterans in the southeastern United States.
ENDO 2011: The Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting & Expo.
[17] Cardarelli, F., Long, Q., and Wasse, H. (2012) Elevation in Endothelial Progenitor Cells Are
Associated with Worse Survival in African-American Hemodialysis Patients.
ASN Kidney
Week 2012 Annual Meeting.
[18] Dubowitz, N., Xue, W., Zhu, M., Long, Q., Johnson, T.M. II, Phillips, L.S. (2012) Aging
increases A1c in two large datasets. American Diabetes Association 72nd Scientific Sessions.
[19] Olson, D.E., Vakili, J., Chatterjee, R., Long, Q., Phillips, L.S. (2012) Screening for diabetes:
Can simpler tests substitute for the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)? ENDO 2012: The
Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting & Expo.
[20] Jonathan, O.G., Xue, W., Long, Q., and Phillips, L.S. (2012) Rigorous delineation of normal
glucose levels during hospitalization.
ENDO 2012: The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual
Meeting & Expo.
[21] Huang, W., Bliwise, D.L., Johnson, T.M. II, Long, Q., Kutner, N., and Stringer, A.Y. (2012)
Correlates of persistent sleep complaint after traumatic brain injury. Annual Assembly of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
[22] Musselman, D., Royster, E.B., Trimble, L.M., Mann, T.K., Graciaa, D.S., McNutt, M.D., Wang,
M., Long, Q., Lawson, D.H., Miller, A.H. (2012) High dose IL-2 in patients with malignant
melanoma: depression, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity, and treatment tolerance and adherence. The Society of Biological Psychiatry’s 67th Annual Meeting.
[23] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Xu, J., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Arun, S., Nam, R.K.,
Park, J., Gillespie, T.W., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya, A.O. (2013) RNAseq Analysis of Formalin
Fixed Paraffin Embedded Radical Prostatectomy Specimens Identifies Predictors of Biochemical
Recurrence in Prostate Cancer. 102nd United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual
Meeting.
[24] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Xu, J., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Nam, R.K., Seth,
A., Petros, J.A., Gillespie, T.Q., and Osunkoya, A.O., (2013) RNAseq Analysis of Formalin
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Fixed Paraffin Embedded Radical Prostatectomy Specimens Identifies Predictors of Biochemical
Recurrence in Prostate Cancer. 100th ASIP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
[25] Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., NARAYAN, V.K.M., Lipscomb, J., Long, Q., Wilson, P., Michaels,
J., Varughess, R., Rhee, M., Haw, S., Mohan, A.V., Watson-williams, P., Tomolo, A., Barb, D.,
and Phillips, L.S. (2013) Glucose Challenge Test Screening for Diabetes and Dysglycemia in a
High-risk Primary Care Population. American Diabetes Association 73rd Scientific Sessions.
[26] Rhee, M., Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Xue, W., Long, Q., Haw, S., Barb, D., Mohan, A.V.,
Tomolo, A., Watson-williams, P., and Phillips, L.S. (2013) Inpatient Glucose Levels Predict
Clinical Diabetes After Hospitalization. American Diabetes Association 73rd Scientific Sessions.
[27] Rhee, M., Jackson, S.L., Xue, W., Olson, D.E., Haw, S., Barb, D., Tomolo, A., Mohan, A.V.,
Long, Q., Watson-williams, P., and Phillips, L.S. (2013) Determination of Normal Inpatient
Glucose Values in the National VA Population. American Diabetes Association 73rd Scientific
Sessions.
[28] Phillips, L.S., Mohan, A.V., Khosravanipour, M., Tomolo, A., Xue, W., Long, Q., Barb, D.,
Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Rhee, M., Haw, S., and Watson-williams, P. (2013) Comparing
Apples with Apples-Diabetes Care by Endocrinologists vs. Internists. American Diabetes Association 73rd Scientific Sessions.
[29] Barb, D., Xue, W., Jasien, C., Olson, D.E., Haw, S., Rhee, M., Mohan, A.V., Tomolo, A.,
Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., and Phillips, L.S. (2013) Use of Insulin in the VA is Improving.
American Diabetes Association 73rd Scientific Sessions.
[30] Haw, S., Olson, D.E., Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Jasien, C., Barb, D., Rhee, M., Tomolo, A.,
Mohan, A.V., Watson-williams, P., Xue, W., and Phillips, L.S. (2013) Chronic poor diabetes
control in a large, integrated healthcare system. ENDO 2013: The Endocrine Society’s 95th
Annual Meeting & Expo.
[31] Eaton, B.R., Liu, T., Yang X., Mister, D., Zhao, Y., Miller, A., Long, Q., and Torres, M.A.
(2013) Perceived Stress Predicts for Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Toxicity: Evidence for the
Mind-Body Connection. 2013 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium .
[32] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Xu, J., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Arun, S., Nam,
R.K., Park, J., Gillespie, T.W., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya, A.O. (2014) Biomarkers Differentially Expressed in Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Gleason Score 3+4=7 vs Gleason Score 4+3=7
Identified by Global Transcriptome Sequencing of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissue.
103rd United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting.
[33] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Xu, J., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Arun, S., Nam, R.K.,
Park, J., Gillespie, T.W., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya, A.O. (2014) Global Transcriptome Sequencing of Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Patient Samples Identifies Biomarkers That Are
Differentially Expressed between Caucasian and African American Men with Prostate Cancer.
103rd United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting.
[34] Frankel, M.R., Quyyumi, A., Zhao, Y. Long, Q., Le, N., Waller, E.K., Lynn, M., Juan, F.,
Lane, B.A., and Chimowitz, M. (2014) Abstract T MP33: Biomarkers of Ischemic Outcomes
in Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis (BIOSIS)-Preliminary Results. Stroke 45, no. Suppl 1
(2014): ATMP33-ATMP33 .
[35] Jackson, S.L., Long, Q., Rhee, M.K., Olson, D.E., Jasien C., Tomolo, A.M., Yang, Y., Cunningham, S.A., Narayan, K.M.V., Ramakrishan U., and Phillips, L.S. (2014) Participation in a
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Lifestyle Change Program is Associated with Reduced Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in a
Large National Healthcare System. American Diabetes Association 74th Scientific Sessions.
[36] Yang, Y., He, Q., Long, Q., Jasien, C.L., Jackson, S.L., Rhee, M.K., and Phillips, L.S. (2014)
Midlevel Providers Are As Good As Physicians in Managing Diabetes in a Large National
Healthcare System. American Diabetes Association 74th Scientific Sessions.
[37] Phillips, L.S., Barb, D., Yong, C., Duva, I.M., Tomolo, A.M., Jackson, S.L., Olson, D.E., Rhee,
M.K., He, Q., and Long, Q. (2014) Translating What Works - A New Approach To Improve
Diabetes Management In Primary Care. American Diabetes Association 74th Scientific Sessions.
[38] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Xu, J., Sannigrahi, S., Johnson, B. A., Zhou, W., Gillespie, T., Park,
J.Y., Nam, R.K., Sugar, L., Stanimirovic, A., Seth, A.K., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya, A.O.
(2014) Biomarkers Differentially Expressed in Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Gleason Score 3+ 4=
7 vs Gleason Score 4+ 3= 7 Identified by Global Transcriptome Sequencing of Forman-Fixed
Paraffin Embedded Tissue. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION 94, 250A-250A.
[39] Moreno, C. S., Xu, J., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Johnson, B. A., Zhou, W., Gillespie, T.,
Park, J.Y., Nam, R.K., Sugar, L., Stanimirovic, A., Seth, A.K., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya,
A.O. (2014) Global Transcriptome Sequencing of Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Patient
Samples Identifies Biomarkers That Are Differentially Expressed between Caucasian and African
American Men with Prostate Cancer. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION 94, 250A-250A.
[40] Vaccarino, V., Pimple, P.M., Garcia, E.V., Nye, J., Mheid, I.A., Wilmot, K., Ramadan, R.,
Shah, A.J., Raggi, P., Esteves, F., Kutner, M., Long, Q., Bremner, J.D., and Quyyumi, A.A.
(2014) Young Women with Stable CHD are More Likely to Develop Myocardial Ischemia with
Mental Stress Than Men of Similar Age. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014 .
[41] Pimple, P.M., Garcia, E.V., Nye, J., Mheid, I.A., Wilmot, K., Ramadan, R., Shah, A.J., Raggi,
P., Esteves, F., Kutner, M., Long, Q., Bremner, J.D., Quyyumi, A.A., and Vaccarino, V. (2014)
Mental Stress is Associated with More Transient Ischemic Dilatation of the Left Ventricle Than
Physical Stress. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014 .
[42] Wilmot, K., Mheid, I.A., Ramadan, R., Pimple, P.M., Shah, A.J., Alkhoder, A., Obideen, M.,
Kutner, M., Long, Q., Lewis, T., Raggi, P., Bremner, J.D., Quyyumi, A.A., and Vaccarino,
V. (2014) Race Differences in Hemodynamic Responses to Acute Mental Stress and the Role of
Depressive Symptoms. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014 .
[43] Prabhakaran, S., Liebeskind, D., Campo-Bustillo, I., Feldmann, E., Long, Q., and Romano,J.G.
(2015) MDMechanisms of early Recurrence in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (MyRIAD,
NCT02121028). International Stroke Conference 2015 .
[44] Moreno, C.S., Long, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Xu, J., Johnson, B.A., Zhou, W., Arun, S., Nam, R.K.,
Park, J., Gillespie, T.W., Petros, J.A., and Osunkoya, A.O. (2015) Genomic RNAseq From
Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) Prostate Needle Core Biopsies of Patients With
Prostatic Adenocarcinoma. 104th United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual
Meeting.
Patents
[1] Pending: RNA Biomarkers of Recurrence in Prostate Cancer. PCT/US2014/011211, with
Moreno, C.S.
[2] Pending: Cancer biomarkers to predict recurrence and metastatic potential. PCT/US2010/062293,
with Moreno, C.S. and Barwick, B.G.
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[3] Pending: Prostate cancer biomarkers to predictor recurrence and metastatic potential, PCT/US2009/064384,
Serial No. 13/129,122, with Moreno, C.S., Osunkoya, A., Zhou, W., Leyland-Jones, B., and
Johnson, B.A.
Invited Presentations and Seminars
August 2014, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA.
June 2014, the 2014 WNAR/IMS Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
February 2014, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA.
May 2013, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX.
May 2013, 2nd Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA.
July 2012, Second Joint Biostatistics Symposium, Beijing, China.
April 2012, ENAR Spring Meeting, Washington, DC.
October 2011, Department of Mathematics, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
February 2011, Bioinformatics Interest Group, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
August 2010, 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, Canada.
November 2008, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA.
February 2007, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
August 2006, Ninth Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and Probability, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Seattle, WA.
August 2005, 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings, Minneapolis, MN.
March 2005, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, NB.
March 2005, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
February 2005, Department of Biostatistics, Emory University, GA.
February 2005, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, NC.
January 2005, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, CA.
Other Presentations
As Presenting Author
[1] Long, Q., Little, R.J.A., and Lin, X. (2005) “Causal Inference in Hybrid Intervention Trials
Involving Treatment Choice,” contributed talk at 2005 ENAR Spring Meeting, Austin, TX.
[2] Long, Q., Little, R.J.A., and Lin, X. (2004) “Causal Inference in Hybrid Intervention Trials
Involving Treatment Choice,” contributed talk at 2004 ENAR Spring Meeting, Pittsburgh,
PA.
As Non-Presenting Co-Author
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[1] Zhao, Y., Chung, M., Johnson, B.A., Moreno, C., and Long, Q. (2014) “Hierarchical Feature Selection Incorporating Known and Novel Biological Information: Identifying Genomic
Features Predictive of Cancer Recurrence,” topic contributed talk at 2014 Joint Statistical
Meetings, Boston, MA.
[2] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., and Long, Q. (2014) “Propensity Process for Timevarying Covariates with Application to Assessing Treatment Effect in ALS Patients,” contributed talk at 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA.
[3] He, Q., and Long, Q. (2014) “Bayesian Modeling and Prediction of Patient Accrual using
Gaussian Processes,” topic contributed talk at 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston,
MA.
[4] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., and Long, Q. (2014) “Matching using Propensity
Score Methods for Time-varying Treatments,” contributed talk at 2014 ENAR Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
[5] He, Q., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2014) “Bayesian Gaussian Process Regression for Highdimensional Data,” poster presentation at 2014 ENAR Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
[6] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A., and Long, Q. (2013) “Estimating Effect of TimeDependent Treatment in Observational Studies,” contributed talk at 2013 Joint Statistical
Meetings, Montreal, Canada.
[7] Zhao, Y., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2013) “Bayesian Hierarchical Feature Selection of
Structured Functional Predictors for Multilevel Functional Data Measured with Error ,”
topic contributed talk at 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal, Canada.
[8] He, Q., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2013) “Bayesian Gaussian Process Regression for Highdimensional Data,” poster presentation at the Southern Regional Council on Statistics
Summer Research Conference, Nashville, TN.
[9] Mishra-Kalyani, P.S., Johnson, B.A. and Long, Q. (2013) “Estimating Treatment Effect
in Observational Studies in the Presence Of Censoring Due To Death,” poster presentation
at the Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference, Nashville,
TN.
[10] Wang, L., Long, Q., Taylor, A., and Manatunga, A. (2013) “A Predictive Latent Class
Model For Analyzing Time-series Data With Incorporation Of Expert Ratings,” poster
presentation at the Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference,
Nashville, TN.
[11] Lu, X., Long, Q., Taylor, A., and Manatunga, A. (2013) “A new approach for quantifying
agreement among multiple raters: estimation and comparison,” poster presentation at the
Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference, Nashville, TN.
[12] Wang, M., Flanders, W.D., Bostick, R.M., and Long, Q. (2012) “A Conditional Likelihood
Approach for Regression Analysis Using Biomarkers Measured with Batch-Specific Error,”
topic contributed talk at 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA.
[13] He, Q., Kang, J., and Long, Q. (2012) “Bayesian Gaussian Process Regression for HighDimensional Data ,” contributed talk at 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA.
[14] Zhang, X. and Long, Q. (2012) “Bayesian Modeling and Prediction of Patient Accrual in
Multi-Regional Clinical Trials,” topic contributed talk at 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings,
San Diego, CA.
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[15] Zhao, Y. and Long, Q. (2012) “Multiple Imputation for High-Dimensional Data ,” topic
contributed talk at 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA.
[16] Zhang, X., Long, Q., and Chiu-Hsieh Hsu (2011) “Multiple Imputation Methods for ROC
Analysis in the Presence of Missing Data,” contributed talk at 2011 ENAR Spring Meeting,
Miami, FL.
[17] Wang, M. and Long, Q. (2010) “Modified Robust Covariance Estimator for Generalized
Estimating Equations with Improved Small-Sample Properties,” contributed talk at 2010
Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, Canada.
[18] Zhang, X. and Long, Q. (2011) “Robust ROC Analysis Using Auxiliary Variables in the
Presence of Missing Biomarker Values,” topic contributed talk at 2010 Joint Statistical
Meetings, Vancouver, Canada.
[19] Zhang, X. and Long, Q. (2011) “Predicting Accrual in Ongoing Trials,” invited talk at
2011 University of Pennsylvania Annual Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials,
Philadelphia, PA.
[20] Hsu, C.H. and Long, Q. (2009) “A Double Robust Local Multiple Imputation,” contributed talk at 2009 ENAR Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
[21] Peng, H., Long, Q. and Yu, T. (2009) “LC/MS data denoising and peak identification
using regularized regression,” poster presentation at the Southern Regional Council on
Statistics Summer Research Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia.
[22] Little, R.J.A., Long, Q., and Lin, X. (2004) “Causal Inference in Hybrid Intervention
Trials Involving Treatment Choice,” invited talk at 2004 Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto,
Canada.
Advising at Emory University
Postdoctoral Fellows (Current)
Changgee Chang
Sandra Safo
Doctoral Dissertation Advisees (Current)
Domonique Watson
∗ Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD) Predoctoral Fellowship, 20132015.
Samantha Mary Noreen
Will Zhu (joint with Amita Manatunga)
Doctoral Dissertation Advisees (Past)
Pallavi S. Mishra-Kalyani (joint with Brent A. Johnson), 2014
∗ Student Travel Award and Finalist for the Best Student Paper Award, 2014 International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) Conference
∗ Student Paper Award Honorable Mention, Biopharmaceutical Section, American Statistical Association, 2014
∗ Student Travel Award, American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation,
2014
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∗ Emory Graduate Diversity Fellowship, 2009-2014
Yize Zhao (joint with Jian Kang), 2014
∗ David P. Byar Young Investigator Travel Award, Biometrics Section, American Statistical Association 2014
∗ Student Paper Award (Declined), Statistical Learning and Data Mining Section, American Statistical Association 2014
∗ Student Paper Award, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, American Statistical
Association, 2013
Masters Thesis Advisees
Chenchen Yu (joint with Yi-An Ko), 2014-present
Jessica Vakili, 2011-2012
Research Assistants Supervised
Domonique Watson, 2014-present
Ziyi Li, 2014-present
Zheyu Hu, 2014-present
Chenchen Yu, 2014-present
Yi Deng, 2013-present
Samantha Noreen, 2013-present
Lijia Wang, 2012-present
Yize Zhao, 2011-2014
Qing He, 2011-2014
Pallavi S. Mishra-Kalyani, 2011-2014
Zhuxuan Jin, 2013-2014
Xin Lu, 2012-2013
Wenqiong Xue, 2011-2013
Ming Wang, 2011-2012
– R.L. Anderson Award, SRCOS Summer Research Conference, 2011
– Young Investigator Award, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, American Statistical
Association, 2012
Ming Zhu, 2009-2011
Shuang Ji, 2008-2012
Doctoral Dissertation Committees Served as Member
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics:
Xin Lu, 2014-present; Emily Mitchell, 2012-2013; Ming Wang, 2011-2013; Shannon McClintock,
2010-2012; Li Li, 2009-2011; Tielin Qin, 2009-2011; Yuemei Wang, 2007-2009; Jian Chen, 20082009; Megan Price, 2008-2009.
Department of Epidemiology:
Tu, Huakang, 2012-2014; Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, 2012; Edward Sidelnikov, 2007-2009.
Nutrition and Health Sciences Program:
Lisa Staimez, 2010-2013; Sandra L. Jackson 2012-2014.
Business School:
Yi Wang, 2011-2012.
Masters Thesis Served as Committee Member
Cherie James (MSPH), 2007
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Ph.D. Qualifier Committee
Xinxian Shao (Department of Physics), 2012
Graduate Students Advised as Academic Advisor
Doctoral Students: Ziyi Li, 2014-present; Xin Lu, 2010-2012; Xiaoyan Sun, 2009-2011; Yaping
Wang, 2006-2008.
Masters Students: Junhan Fang, 2014-present; Zheyu Hu, 2014-present; Alice Parish, 2012-2014;
Tiffany William, 2010-2012; Sebastian D Perez, 2007-2009.
Teaching at Emory University
BIOS 709 (4 credit hours), Generalized Linear Models, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2013-present.
BIOS 709 (2 credit hours), Generalized Linear Models, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2009-2012.
BIOS 708 (2 credit hours), Advanced Methods for Categorical Data, Department of Biostatistics
and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2007-2011.
BIOS 708 (4 credit hours), Categorical Data Analysis, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
BIOS 590R and 790R, Biostatistics Seminar, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2008 and 2014.
Academic Committees and Activities
National (not listed above)
– External reviewer for Appointments and Promotions: University of Pittsburgh, 2012.
Emory University
– Member, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee at Rollins School of Public
Health, 2014-present.
– Member, Search Committee for Director of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Winship
Cancer Institute, 2010.
– Member, Shepard Award Committee at Rollins School of Public Health, 2007-2011.
Emory University, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
– Member, Brogan Lecture Committee, 2009-present.
– Member, Kutner Alumni Award Selection Committee, 2013-present.
– Member, Collaborative Research Committee, 2014-present.
– Member, Admissions Committee, 2006-present.
– Co-Chair, Admissions Committee, 2012-2014.
– Chair, Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Committee, 2010-2012.
– Member, 50th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee, 2013-2014.
– Member, Curriculum Committee, 2009-2014.
– Member, Computer Advisory Committee, 2006-2013.
– Member, Qualifying Exams Committee, 2012.
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– Member, Technical Reports Committee, 2009-2012.
– Member, Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2007.
University of Michigan, Department of Biostatistics
– Member, Student Activity Committee, 2003-2004.
– Member, Student Computing Committee, 2003-2004.
Professional Memberships
Member, American Statistical Association, 2002-present
Member, International Biometric Society (Eastern North American Region), 2003-present
Permanent Member, International Chinese Statistical Association, 2007-present
Life Member, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2007-present
Lifetime Member, International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2014-present
References
Xihong Lin, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
Contact: [email protected], (617) 432-2914
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/xlin/
Roderick J.A. Little, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Contact: [email protected], (734) 936-1003
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/rlittle/home
Brent A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester
Contact: brent [email protected], (585) 273-1869
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/biostat/people/faculty/johnson.cfm
Chiu-Hsieh (Paul) Hsu, Ph.D.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, University of Arizona
Contact: [email protected], (520) 626-5054
http://publichealth.arizona.edu/directory/paul-hsu
Carlos S. Moreno, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University
Contact: [email protected], (404)712-2809
http://confac.emory.edu/csm.html
Lawrence S. Phillips
Department of Medicine, Emory University
Contact: [email protected], (404) 727-1392
http://medicine.emory.edu/about us/our people/faculty-directory/phillips-lawrence.html
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