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Richard W. Hornung, DrPh

Title

Director of the Biostatistics and Data Management Core and the Children's Environmental Health Center

Appointment

Professor of Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

richard.hornung@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-1948

Fax

513-636-4402

Credentials

DrPH: University of North Carolina School of Public Health, 1985

MS: Statistics, University of Kentucky, 1972

BS: Mathematics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 1970

Research

Environmental exposure assessment; epidemiologic methods; longitudinal data analysis.

Research Grants and Contracts

R01-ES014575-01 Lanphear (PI) 4/1/07 – 3/31/12
NIEHS
A Community-Based Trial to Prevent Lead Poisoning and Injuries
The goals are to extend the follow-up of an ongoing birth cohort designed to test the efficacy of interventions to control residential hazards in children from the ages of 3-5.
Role: Co-investigator and Biostatistician

CCU319276 CFDA Kleindorfer (PI) 10/1/06 – 9/30/09
CDC
Effect of Improved Hospital Reimbursement on Rt-PA Use
The goal of this project is to determine whether new reimbursement rates for Rt-PA use in ischemic stroke patients results in increased use and better patient outcomes.
Role: Biostatistician

U38 CCU522352-05 Staat (PI) 09/30/02 – 09/29/08
CDC
Enhanced Surveillance for Newly Vaccine Preventable Diseases
The goal of this project is to design and carry out studies to assess the vaccine effectiveness for rota virus and flu.
Role: Biostatistician

FAMRI Young Clinical Scientist Award Spanier (PI) 7/1/07 – 6/30/10
Low Level Prenatal Tobacco Exposure & Infant Wheeze
Role: Biostatistician

N01 HD 63416 Lanphear (Subcontract PI) 11/1/05 – 10/31/10
National Children’s Study Vanguard Center
The major goal of this project is to improve the health and well-being of children by examining the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of children across the United States.
Role: Biostatistician

R01 NS030678-11A2 Broderick (PI) 7/1/04 – 6/30/09
NIH/NINDS
Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke Among Blacks and Whites
The objective of this research is to identify factors associated with hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke and how they differ by racial group.
Role: Co-investigator and Biostatistician

DOD/University of Iowa Hornung (Subcontract PI) 8/1/04 – 7/31/09
Epi. Survey of IA Army Ammunition Plant Workers
This project involves an epidemiologic health survey of Department of Defense contract workers at the Iowa Army Ammunitions Plant in Middletown, IA. It also involves analyses of cohort mortality/cancer incidence for the prevalence of positive beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests.
Role: Co-Investigator and Biostatistician

Publications, Most Recent

Hornung RW, Pinney SM, Lodwick J, Killough GG, Brewer DE, and Nasuta J. Estimation of radon exposures to workers at the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center 1952-1988.J of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2008;18(5):512-23.

Wright JP, Dietrich KN, Ris DM, Hornung RW, Wessel SD, Lanphear BP, Ho M, Rae MN. Association of Prenatal and Childhood Blood Lead Concentrations with Criminal Arrests in Early Childhood.PLoS Medicine 2008;5(5):1-9.

Heaton PC, Guo JJ, Hornung RW, Johnston JA, Jang R, Moomaw CJ, Cluxton RJ. Analysis of the effectiveness and cost benefit of leukotriene modifiers in adults with asthma in the Ohio medicaid population. J Manag Care Pharm 2006;12(1):33-42.

Mathis BR, Diers T, Hornung RW, Ho M, Rouan GW. Implementing Duty-Hour Restrictions without Diminishing Patient Care or Education: Can it Be Done? Academic Medicine 2006;81(1):68-75.