Education: Ph.D., 2006, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Teaches: PubH 8452 Longitudinal Data Analysis, Spring 2010

Research Interests: Development and application of methods for recurrent event data, survival data, andlongitudinal data; design and analysis of clinical trials. Collaborations include cancer research, bone marrow transplant (BMT), tobacco use and smoking cessation, gerontology, pediatric psychiatry, and health disparity research.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (view in PubMed) :

1. Luo X and Ni J. (2000). Advances in land use and land cover change. Journal of Basic Science and Engineering (in Chinese), 8: 262-272.

2. Luo X, Ni J and Luo H. (2001). Multicollinearity problems and their treatment in statistical studies of land use change. Journal of Basic Science and Engineering (in Chinese), 9: 297-306.

3. Wissow LS, Roter D, Larson SM, Wang M-C, Hwang W-T, Johnson R and Luo X. (2002). Mechanisms behind the failure of residents' longitudinal primary care to promote disclosure and discussion of psychosocial Issues. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 156: 685-692.

4. Wissow LS, Larson SM, Roter D, Wang M-C, Hwang W-T, Luo X, Johnson R, Gielen A, Wilson MH and McDonald E. (2003). Longitudinal care improves disclosure of psychosocial information. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 157: 419-424.

5. Chen L, Wang M, Villalta PW, Luo X, Feuer R, Jensen J, Hatsukami DK, and Hecht SS. (2007). Quantitation of an acetaldehyde adduct in human leukocyte DNA and the effect of smoking cessation. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 20(1):108-13.

6. Hecht SS, Carmella SG, Murphy SE, Riley W, Le C, Luo X, Mooney ME, and Hatsukami DK. (2007). Similar uptake of a tabacco-specific carcinogen in smokeless tobacco users and smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 16(8):1567-72.

7. Wissow LS, Gadomski A, Roter D, Larson S, Brown J, Zachary C, Bartlett E, Horn I, Luo X and Wang M-C. (2008). Training primary care providers to improve child and parent mental health: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Pediatrics, 121(2):266-75.

8. Dudek AZ, Mescher MF, Okazaki I, Math VT, Luo X, Curtsinger JM, and Miller JS. (2008). Autologous large multivalent immunogen vaccine (LMI) in patients with metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 31(2):173-81.

9. Harker-Murray PD, Thomas AJ, Wagner JE, Weisdorf D, Luo X, Defor TE, Verneris MR, Dusenbery KE, Macmillan ML, Tolar J, Baker KS, Orchard PJ. (2008). Allogeneic
hematopoietic cell transplantation in children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia isolated to the central nervous system. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 14(6):685-92.

10. Hecht SS, Carmella SG, Edmonds A, Murphy SE, Stepanov I, Luo X, Hatsukami DK. (2008). Exposure to nicotine and a tobacco-specific carcinogen increase with duration of use of smokeless tobacco. Tobacco Control, 17:128-131.

11. Luo X, Sorock GS. (2008). Analysis of recurrent event data under the case-crossover design with applications to elderly falls. Statistics in Medicine, 27:2890-2901.

12. Grant T, McNeil M, Luo X. (2008). Absolute and relative value of human simulator features as perceived by medical undergraduates. Simulation in Healthcare, 3:133-137.

13. Hertsgaard L, Hanson K, Riley W, Hecht SS, Lindgren B, Luo X , Carmella SG, Riley W, Murphy S, Hatsukami DK. (2008). Exposure to a tobacco-specific carcinogen in adolescent versus adult smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 17(12):3337-3343.

14. An LC, Berg CJ, Klatt CM, Perry CL, Thomas JL, Luo X, Ehlinger E, Ahluwalia JS. (2009). Symptoms of cough and shortness of breath among occasional young adult smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 11(2):126-33.

15. Burke MJ, Trotz B, Luo X, Baker KS, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. (2009). Allo-hematopoietic cell transplantation for Ph chromosome-positive ALL: impact of imatinib on relapse and survival. Bone Marrow Transplant, 43(2):107-13.

16. Bachanova V, Brunstein CG, Burns LJ, Miller JS, Luo X, Defor TE, Young JA, Weisdorf DJ, Tomblyn M. (2009). Fewer infections and lower infection-related mortality following non-myeloablative versus myeloablative conditioning for allotransplantation of patients with lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant, 43(3):237-44.

17. Burke MJ, Trotz B, Luo X, Weisdorf DJ, Baker KS, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. (2009). Imatinib use either pre or post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (Allo-HCT) does not increase cardiac risks in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients. Bone Marrow Transplant, 44(3):169-74.

18. Sorock GS, Quigley PA, Rutledge MK, Taylor J, Luo X, Foulis P, Wang M-C, Varadhan R, Bellantoni M, Baker SP. (2009). Central nervous system medication changes and falls in nursing home residents. Geriatric Nursing, 30(5):334-40.

19. Luo X, Wang M-C, Huang C-Y. A comparison of various rate functions of a recurrent event process in the presence of a terminal event. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2008 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1177/0962280208090220.

20. Davydova J, Gavrikova T, Brown EJ, Luo X , Curiel DT, Vickers SM, Yamamoto M. In vivo bioimaging tracks conditionally replicative adenoviral replication and provides an early indication of viral antitumor efficacy. Cancer Science, 2009 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]

21. Sperduto PW, Chao S, Sneed P, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen A, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash J, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M. Diagnosis-specific prognostic factors, indices and treatment outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases: a multi-institutional analysis of 4259 patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2009 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print]

22. Thomas JL, An LC, Luo X, Scherber RM, Berg CJ, Golden D, Ehlinger EP, Murphy SE, Hecht SS, Ahluwalia JS. Abstinence and relapse rates following a college campus-based "Quit & Win" contest. The Journal of American College Health (in press).

Other Publications:

1. Huang C-Y, Luo X. Review of "The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events (R. J. Cook and J. F. Lawless)". Biometrics, 64:987-8.

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