Education: Ph.D., 2005, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Teaches: PubH 8452 Longitudinal Data Analysis, Spring 2008

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

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

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. Sorock GS, Quigley PA, Rutledge MK, Taylor J, Luo X, Foulis P, Wang M-C, Varadhan R, Bellantoni M, Baker SP. Psychotropic medication changes and the short-term risk of falls in nursing home residents: A case-crossover study. Long-Term-Care Interface (accepted).

13. 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 (Epub ahead of print), DOI: 10.1177/0962280208090220.

14. Grant T, McNeil M, Luo X. Absolute and relative value of human simulator features as perceived by medical undergraduates. Simulation in Healthcare (accepted).

15. An LC, Berg CJ, Klatt CM, Perry CL, Thomas JL, Luo X, Ehlinger E, Ahluwalia JS. Symptoms of cough and shortness of breath among occasional young adult smokers. Nico-
tine & Tobacco Research (accepted).

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

17. Burke MJ, Trotz B, Luo X , Baker KS, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. Allo-geneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (Allo-HCT) for Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: impact of imatinib on relapse and survival. Blood and Marrow Transplant (accepted).

Other Publications:

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

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Update: July 14, 2008