Portfolio

Current Projects

Seed Funding for a Strategic Translational Research (STAR) Intercollege Program at UIC
Sponsor: UIC
PI: Craig Beam
The Chicago Area Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research Consortium DEcIDE Network Center
Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
PI: Glen Shumock
PKC Alpha as a Marker for Logical Therapeutic Approaches to Breast Cancer
Sponsor: NIH
PI: Debra Tonetti
Validation of the NINDS VCI Neuropsychology Protocols
Sponsor: NIH
PI: David Nyenhuis
Molecular Evidence of the Role of Lobular Involution in Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Avon Foundation
PI: Debra Tonetti
A Translational Study of The Role of Akt/mTORC1 Pathway in Hepatocarcinogenesis
Sponsor: UIC
PI: Scott Cotler
Predictors of Oral Mucositis
Sponsor: UIC
PI: Phillip Marucha
The Role of PKC Alpha and ER Beta in Aggressive Breast Cancer in African-American Patients
Sponsor: UIC
PI: Debra Tonetti
Mammography effectiveness and ethnic disparity in symptomatic breast cancer
Sponsor: American Cancer Society
PI: Garth Rauscher
Translocations in Dioxin Exposed Workers from Ufa
Sponsor: NIOSH
PI: Daniel Hryhorczuk
A Life Course Perspective Model of HIV Risk and Substance Use Patterns among MSM
Sponsor: NIH
PI: James Swartz
More than training: Workers' rights centers empowering hazard awareness/response
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PI: Rosemary Sokas

Clients

College of Applied Health Sciences
Department of Movement Sciences
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Medicine
Section of Digestive Disease and Nutrition
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Dialysis Unit, Section of Nephrology
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Department of Pathology
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Jane Addams College of Social Work

Recent Publications

Randal C. Jaffe, Susan D. Ferguson-Gottschall, Weihua Gao, Craig Beam, Asgerally T. Fazleabas. Histone Deacetylase Inhibition and Progesterone Act Synergistically to Stimulate Baboon Glycodelin Gene Expression. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, (2007) 38, 401-407
Emile Jorgensen, Rosemary K. Sokas, Leslie Nickels, Weihua Gao, Janie L. Gittleman. An English/Spanish Safety Climate Scale for Construction Workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2007-Jun; vol 50 (issue 6) : pp 438-42
Andrea D. Birnbaum, Kara A. Schultz, Weihua Gao, Frederick Oh, Howard H. Tessler, Debra A. Goldstein. Epidemiological Relationship between Fuchs' Heterochromic Iridocyclitis and the Rubella Vaccination Program. Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Volume 144, Issue 3, Pages 424-428.e2
Michael Chan, Ali Alaraj, Mateo Calderon, Sebastian Ramon Herrera, Weihua Gao, Craig Beam, Mustafa Efkan Colpan, Sean Ruland, Ben Zion Roitberg. Predictors of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Dependency in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of Neurosurgery, In Press

Craig A. Beam, Weihua Gao, Virgilia Macias, Weimin Liang, Andre Balla (J Kajdacsy Balla, Sequential Testing Approach as an Efficient and Easier Alternative for the Validation of New Predictive Technologies in the Clinic. Journal of Clinical Oncology, in press
Scott J. Cotler, Nissim Hay, Hui Xie, Mei Ling Chen, Pei Zhang Xu, Thomas J. Layden and Grace Guzman (2008) Immunohistochemical Expression of Components of the Akt-mTORC1 Pathway is Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease. Digestive Diseases & Sciences. 53: 844-849.
H. Xie (2008) A Local Sensitivity Analysis Approach to Longitudinal Non-Gaussian Data with Nonignorable Dropout. Statistics in Medicine, 27:3155-3177.
Neogi T., Xie H., and Felson D. (2008) The relative responsiveness of physician/assessor-derived and patient-derived core set measures in rheumatoid arthritis trials. The Journal of Rheumatology. 35: 757-762.
E.G. Lipov, J.R. Joshi, S.Sanders, K. Wilcox, S.Lipov, Hui Xie, R.Maganini and K, Slavin (2008). Stellate Ganglion Block Reduces Hot Flushes and Night Awakenings in Breast Cancer Survivor: A pilot study. Lancet Oncology.9:523-532.
Xie, Hui and Heitjan, Daniel F (2008). Local sensitivity to nonignorability: Dependence on the assumed dropout mechanism. In press,Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research.
E.G. Lipov, J.R. Joshi , Hui Xie and K, Slavin (2008). Updated findings on the effects of stellate-ganglion block on hot flushes and night awakenings. Lancet Oncology 9:819-820.