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Specialties
Biostatistics; puberty; juvenile rheumatoid/idiopathic arthritis; substance use/abuse; STI; GE interaction; quality of life
Biography
Dr. Huang has more than 10 years of statistical consulting experience in pediatric research. She has contributed to 60 peer reviewed publications in statistics and medical research journals. She has been funded as principal investigator by a NIH/NIDA RO1 grant; and as co-investigator/biostatistician by more than 20 NIH grants. She is editor for Pediatric Research, Section of Public Health; served as a reviewer to journals such as Biometrics, Statistics in Medicine, Journal of Pediatrics, American Journal of Public Health, Child Development and Journal of Adolescent Health. She also serves on NIH Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1 PSEC). Dr. Huang leads a collaborative education program with the UC Department of Mathematics, through which five PhD graduate students in Applied Statistics are currently engaged in research at Cincinnati Children's.
Education and Training
BS: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 1991.
MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1995.
PhD: Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.
Publications
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Huang B, Hillman J, Ding, L, Biro FM, Dorn LD, Susman EJ, Correspondence Between Gonadal Steriod Hormone Concentrations and Secondary Sexual Characteristics Assessed by Clinicians, Adolescents, and Parents. Journal of Research on Adolescence 2012, Jan 10 online early view, doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00773.x.
Huang J, Huang B, Proportion of Treatment Effects Explained by a Continuous Surrogate Marker in Randomized Clinical Trial. Statistics in Pharmaceutical Research, 2010; 2(2): 229-238. doi:10.1198/sbr.2009.0070.
Huang B, Biro FM, Dorn LD, Determination of Relative Timing of Pubertal Maturation through Ordinal Logistic Modeling: Evaluation of Growth and Timing Parameters, Journal of Adolescent Health 2009: 45(4): 383-8. PMID 19766943
Huang B, Sivaganasen S, Succop P, Goodman E. Statistical assessment of mediational effects for logistic mediational models. Statistics in Medicine 2004; 23(17):2713-28.
Grants
Behavioral and Virologic Impact of HPV Immunization, Co-I, NIH/NIAID, Nov 2008 – Dec 2012.
Impact of peripubertal exposure to xenohormones on fat distribution and cytokines, Co-I, NIH/NIEHS, Apr 2010 – Mar 2012.
Continued Studies of Environment on Puberty: GUF2, Statistician, NIH/NIEHS, Sept 2010 – Apr 2015.
Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with JIA, Co-I, NIH/NIAMS, Aug 2008 – July 2013.
Explaining Racial Disparities in Child Asthma Morbidity, Biostatistician, NIH/NICHD, May 2010 – Apr 2012.
Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Asthma Related Hospital Readmission, Co-PI, CCTST Methodology Research Award, Apr 2011 – Mar 2012.
Enhancing PROMIS in Pediatric Pain, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation Research, Biostatistician, NIH/NIAMS, Sept 2009 – Aug 2013.
The Cincinnati Home Injury Prevention (CHIP) Trial, Biostatistician, NIH/NICHD, Sept 2010 – July 2015.
“Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Cincinnati" Methodology Core, Principal Biostatistician, NIH/NIAMS, Aug 2008 – July 2013
