Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Bin Huang, PhD

Title

Assistant Professor

Appointment

Assistant Professor

Credentials

BS: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 1991.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1995.

PhD: Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.

Awards and Honors

Comer-Reynolds Memorial Statistical Award for outstanding graduation student, 2002
The best abstract (Co-Author) presented to North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), La Jolla, CA, May 2004
National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Award for Young Women Researcher, Pathways in the Future, Toronto, ON, Canada, Aug 2004
National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Award, ENAR Junior Investigator Workshop, Tampa, FL, Mar 2005

Research

Bin Huang, PhD, has a research interest in mediational model, bayesian statistics and longitudinal data analysis .

Research Grants and Contracts

1R01DA019965-01A1 (Huang)
04/10/06 - 12/31/09
NIH/NIDA (R01)
Innovative Modeling of Puberty and Substance Use Risk
The goals of this study are two folds. It is aimed to testing direct and indirect of the pubertal transitional process to the early development of substance abuse. The aim accomplished by investigates two new statistical methods in modeling pubertal transition and mediational process where latent variables are involved.
Role: Principal Investigator

1R01DA016402-01 (Dorn)
04/15/03 - 03/31/08
NIH/NINR
Smoking and Metabolic Complications in Adolescent Girls
Goal: To examine the combined impact of smoking, depression and anxiety, on timing of puberty, bone and reproductive health.
Role: Co-Investigator

5R01NR007615-04 (Dorn)
10/01/03 - 06/30/08
NIH/NINR(R01)
Endocrine Changes and Treatment of Conduct Problems
Goal: To examine hormonal changes and its interaction with the treatment in young patients after a brief booster treatment on disruptive behavior disorders.
Role: Co-Investigator

1U01ES012770-010002 (Biro)
09/01/03 - 08/31/10
NIH/NCI (U01)
Puberty and Cancer Initiation: Environment, Diet and Obesity
Goal: To investigate the association of the dietary fatty acid and phytoestrogen composition during the perinatal period and childhood with puberty maturation, and to address environmental factors that impact breast cancer risk.
Role: Co-Investigator

5R01-HD41527-03 (Goodman, PI)
2/1/02 - 1/31/07
NIH/NICHD
Understanding Social Status Impact on Adolescent Health
Goal: To determine how both objective and subjective measures of social status create health differentials. The project will determine how these measures impact on adolescent obesity and traditional precursors of adult cardiovascular disease.
Role: Statistician

R01 AR051868-01 (Brunner)
09/28/04 - 05/31/07
NIH / NIAMS
Meaningful Outcome Measures in Pediatric Lupus Trials
To validate the proposed ACR Ad-hoc Committee criteria for minimal important differences (MCID) in disease activity of adults with SLE when used in cSLE. To prospectively validate the proposed definitions of clinically important improvement in cSLE. To newly develop preliminary criteria of disease flare for cSLE based on the PRINTO/PRCSG core response variables.
Role: Statistician

1R01AR049762-01A2 (Wallace)
07/01/06 - 06/30/11
NIH/NIAMS(R01)
Early Aggressive Therapy in Polyarticular JIA (TREAT-JIA)
To examine the effectiveness of an early aggressive therapy in polyarticular JIA patients.
Role: Statistician

Publications, Most Recent

Kahn JA, Huang B, Austin B, Aweh G, Colditz G, Frazier L. Development of a scale to measure adolescents' beliefs and attitudes about postponing sexual initiation.J. Adolescent Health. 2004; 35: 425e1-425e10.

Bonny A, Britto M, Huang B, Succop P, Slap G. Weight gain, adiposity and eating behaviors among adolescent Females on depomedroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA).Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2004; 17(2):109-15.

Kahn JA, Slap GB, Huang B, et al. Comparison of adolescent and young adult self-collected and clinician-collected samples for human papillomavirus.Obstet Gynecol 2004;103(5 Pt 1):952-9.

Goodman E, Daniels SR, Morrison JA, Huang B, Dolan LM. Contrasting prevalence of and demographic disparities in the WHO and NCEP definitions of metabolic syndrome among adolescents.The Journal of Pediatrics 2004; 145(4): 445-451.

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.

Goodman E, McEwen BS, Huang B, Dolan LM, Alder NE. Social Inequalities in Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescence.Psychosomatic Medicine 2004;67: 9-15.

Kahn JA, Huang B, Rosenthal SL, Tissot AM, Burk RD. Coercive sexual experiences and subsequent human papillomavirus infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions in college women.Journal of Adolescent Health 2005, Vol 36(5): 363-371.

Peng, Y, Huang B, Frank B, Feng L, Guo, Z, Slap G. Outcome of low birth weight in China: A 16-year longitudinal study.Acta Paediatrica, In press.

Tuchman LK, Huppert J, Huang B, Slap G, Adolescent Use of the Monthly Contraceptive Injection.Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 2005. In Press.

Goodman E, McEwen BS, Huang B, Dolan LM, Adler NE. Social inequalities in biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in adolescence.Psychosomatic Medicine 2005;67(1):9-15.

Kahn JA, Bernstein DI, Rosenthal SL, Huang B, L M Kollar, J L, Colyer, A M Tissot, P A Hillard, D Witte, P Groen, and G B Slap. Acceptability of human papillomavirus self testing in female adolescents.Sex Transmitted Infect 2005;81 408-414

Wallace CA, Huang B, Bandeira M, Ravelli A and Giannini EH. Patterns of Clinical Remission in Select Categories of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).Arthritis and Rheumatism 2005, 52(11): 3554-3562.

Kahn JA, Zimet GD, Bernstein DI, Riedesel JM, Lan D, Huang B, Rosenthal SL. Pediatricians' Intention to Administer Human Papillomavirus Vaccine.Journal of Adolescent Health 2005, 37: 502-510.

Mahabee-Gittens ME and Huang B. Emergency Department Environmental Tobacco Smoke Counseling.The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2005; 23(7): 916-918.

Riedesel JM, Rosenthal SL, Zimet GD, Bernstein DI, Huang B, Lan D, Kahn JA. Pediatricians' Attitudes about Human Papillomavirus Vaccine among Family Physicians.Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 2005, 18(6): 391-398.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

Bin Huang, PhD, has a special interest in biostatistics.

Presentations, Most Recent

Slap GB, Goodman E, Huang B, Hill Y. Adoption as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Suicidal Behavior. J. Adolescent Health 2000; 26:149. Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Arlington VA, March 2000.

Biro F, Evans K, Green B, Huang B, Daniels J. Diagnostic Approaches to Gonococcus and Chlamydia Urogenital Infections in Detained Youth. Joint Meeting of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Baltimore MD, May 2000.

Goodman E and Huang B. Depression, Socioeconomic Status and Health and Well-Being of Adolescences, Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2001

Goodman E and Huang B. The impact of Socioeconomic Status and Health Service Utilization on Depression among Adolescent Girls, Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2001.

Goodman E and Huang B. Depression's Role in Understanding Socioeconomic Status Gradients in Teen Health, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, April 2001.

Huang B. Sivaganesan S, Succop P, Goodman E. Estimation of Mediation Effects in Health Science via Bayesian Methods, Joint Statistics Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2001.

Huang B. Statistical Assessment of the Contribution of a Mediator to an Exposure Outcome Process, Seminar of Biostatistics, Dept. of Environmental Health, Jan 2002.

Bonny A. Britto M. Huang B. Succop P. and Slap G, predictors of Weight Gain Among Adolescent Females on Depomedroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA), The Scientific Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Boston, March, 6-10, 2002.

Slap G. Lot L. Huang B. Daniyam C. Zink T. and Succup P. , Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents in Nigeria. The Scientific Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine,

Boston, March, 6-10, 2002.

Goodman E. Slap G. and Huang B., How Much Does Socioeconomic Status Matter to Adolescent Health? The Scientific Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Boston, March, 6-10, 2002.

Kahn JA, Goodman E, Slap GB, Huang B, Emans SJ. Predictors of Papanicolaou smear follow-up appointments in young women. J Adolesc Health 2002;30(2):95-6.

Huang B, Sivaganasen S, Succop P, Goodman E., Statistical Assessment of Mediaitonal Effects for Generalized Mediational Models. The Joint American Statistial Association Meeting, New York, August 11-15, 2002.

Lovell D and Huang B. Result of Calcium Supplementation JRA Study. Cincinnati Children's Hospital General Clinical Research Center Research Forum, Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 15, 2003.

Kahn JA, Huang B, Rosenthal S, Wanchick A, Burk RD. Coercive sexual experiences and subsequent human papillomavirus infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions in college women. Accepted for Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Seattle, March 2003.

Peng Y, Huang B, Feng L, Guo Z, Biro F, Slap G. A 16-year study of low birth weight infants in China. Finalist for the New Investigator Award, Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Seattle, March 2003.

Lovell, DJ, Giannini, EH, Huang, B, Ranz, J. Trial of calcium supplementation fr bone mineralization in Juvenile rheumatoic arthritis. Pediatric Rheumatology 2003, Snowmass, Colorado, March 22-26, 2003.

Huang B, Slap G. A Chinese 16-year Longitudinal Study on Physical Growth and Neurodevelopment of Low Birth Weight Infants. Children's Hospital International Health Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Apr. 16, 2003

Huang B, Sivaganasen S, Goodman E, Slap, G. Bayesian confidence interval estimation of attributable risk under cross-sectional design, The Joint American Statistial Association Meeting, San Fransisco, August 3-10, 2003