1. Name of activity: Epidemiologic Consulting

2. Project leader and email address: Bart K. Holland, MPH, PhD: holland @umdnj.edu

3. Brief statement of mission and/or vision:

We offer a variety of services related to the design and analysis of studies relating to epidemiology and clinical medicine.

4. Collaborators, staff and faculty by name and email:

Michael Brimacombe, PhD, brimacmb@umdnj.edu

Amy Davidow, PhD: davidoal@umdnj.edu

William Halperin, MD, MPH, DrPH: halperwe@umdnj.edu

Marian Passannante, PhD: passanna@umdnj.edu

Joan Skurnick, PhD: skurnick@umdnj.edu

Peter Wenger, MD: wengerpn@umdnj.edu

5. Specifics about activity:

Our department has biostatisticans and epidemiologists with a wide variety of training and experience, all of whom work as collaborators by mutual agreement with other investigators on projects of mutual interest. Our collaborations are ordinarily expected to result in joint publications and joint funding.

6. Representative Publications:

From Dr. Holland:

Palumbo, P., Holland, B., Dobbs, T., Pau, C.P., Luo, C.C., Abrams, E.J., Nesheim, S., Vink, P., Respess, R., and Bulterys, M. "Antiretroviral Resistance Mutations Among Pregnant, HIV-Infected Women and Their Newborns in the U.S.: Vertical Transmission and Clades." Journal of Infectious Diseases , 2001, Vol. 184, 1120-1126.

Schutzer, S.E., Coyle, P.K., Reid, P., and Holland, B.K. " Borrelia burgdorferi Specific Immune Complexes in Acute Lyme Disease." Journal of the American Medical Association , November 24, 1999, Vol. 282, No. 20, 1942-1946.

Sutton, M.Y., Holland, B., Denny, T., Garcia, A., Garcia, Z., Stein, D., and Bardequez, A.D. "Effect of Pregnancy and HIV Infection on Intracellular Interleukin-2 Production Patterns." Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology , 2004, Vol. 11, No. 4, 780-785.

From Dr. Passannante:

Bonita T. Mangura, Eileen C. Napolitano, Marian R. Passannante, Matthew D.Sarrel, Reynard J. McDonald, Karen Galanowski, Lee B. Reichman, �DOT is not the entire answer - An operational cohort analysis�, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease , Aug 2002; 6(8):654-61.

Alan Manaker and Marian Passannante, �Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Neurosurgeons: Results of a National Survey of Practice Patterns and Attitudes,� Journal of Neurosurgery , 98:1159-164, 2003.

C Hayden, E. Channer, B Mangura, I. Channger, E. Patterson, M. Passannante and L Reichman, Mangura, �Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent TB Infection (LTBI) Among Long-Term Jail Inmates�, Journal of Correctional Health Care, in press.

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8. Opportunities for students:

Sometimes on-going research projects can provide opportunities for students to participate in research, to the mutual benefit of investigator and student. Consult Dr. Holland for details of current possibilities for research participation.

9. Opportunities for volunteers:

Sometimes on-going research projects can provide opportunities for volunteers to participate in research, to the mutual benefit of volunteer and investigator. Consult Dr. Holland for details of current possibilities for research participation.

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Date revised. 3/29/05