This project seeks to develop new statistical techniques for problems in human development and to apply existing techniques to those problems in novel ways. In the past year, work focused on applications of statistical techniques to study a disease of childhood, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and two neurological diseases of aging, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease. I have also assisted in the design of a clinical study to assess the hormonal effects of soy estrogen in the diets of neonates on their development. For ADHD, we have carried out a case-control study in a local school district and are currently working on describing the psychometric properties of the screening instruments used to assess disease status. We are also estimating ADHD prevalence among elementary school children in this county. For ALS, based on a case-control study that we conducted, we examined possible genetic modifiers of risk, finding some evidence that certain haplotypes of the vascular epithelium growth factor (VEGF)gene were associated with increased risk of ALS. The planning and preliminary work of the Parkinson's disease study is complete and field data collection is now underway. The same is true of a pilot study of the effects of soy estrogen on neonatal development.
| Rowland, Andrew S; Skipper, Betty; Rabiner, David L et al. (2008) The shifting subtypes of ADHD: classification depends on how symptom reports are combined. J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:731-43 |
| Kamel, Freya; Umbach, David M; Stallone, Lillian et al. (2008) Association of lead exposure with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Environ Health Perspect 116:943-7 |
| Rowland, Andrew S; Umbach, David M; Bohlig, E Michael et al. (2007) Modifying the response labels of an ADHD teacher rating scale: psychometric and epidemiologic implications. J Atten Disord 11:384-97 |
| Kamel, F; Tanner, Cm; Umbach, Dm et al. (2007) Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson's disease in the agricultural health study. Am J Epidemiol 165:364-74 |
| Chen, Honglei; Richard, Marie; Sandler, Dale P et al. (2007) Head injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Am J Epidemiol 166:810-6 |
| Rozman, Karl K; Bhatia, Jatinder; Calafat, Antonia M et al. (2006) NTP-CERHR expert panel report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of soy formula. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol 77:280-397 |
| Rozman, Karl K; Bhatia, Jatinder; Calafat, Antonia M et al. (2006) NTP-CERHR expert panel report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of genistein. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol 77:485-638 |
| Terry, Paul D; Kamel, Freya; Umbach, David M et al. (2004) VEGF promoter haplotype and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). J Neurogenet 18:429-34 |
| Kamel, Freya; Umbach, David M; Lehman, Teresa A et al. (2003) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, lead, and genetic susceptibility: polymorphisms in the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and vitamin D receptor genes. Environ Health Perspect 111:1335-9 |
| Rowland, Andrew S; Umbach, David M; Stallone, Lil et al. (2002) Prevalence of medication treatment for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder among elementary school children in Johnston County, North Carolina. Am J Public Health 92:231-4 |
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