Rui Chen, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Ph.D. (2006) University of Rochester
 

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
Dept of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
601 Elmwood Avenue Box 630
Rochester, New York 14642
 
Office: Saunders Research Building 4218
Phone: (585) 275-6692
Fax: (585) 273-1031
E-mail: rui_chen@urmc.rochester.edu


Research Interests

Stochastic modeling of biological processes; Branching process; Flow cytometry data analysis; Longitudinal data analysis; Biostatistics in multidisciplinary applications.

 

Selected Publications

  • Lakin, G.E., Sinkin, J.C., Chen, R., Koltz, P.F., and Girotto, J.A. (2011). Genetic and Epigenetic Influences of Twins on the Pathogenesis of Craniosynostosis: A Meta-Analysis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (accepted).
  • Zhang, H., Travis, L.B., Chen, R., Hyrien, O., Milano, M.T., Newlands, S.D., and Chen Y. (2011). Impact of Radiotherapy on Laryngeal Cancer Survival: A Population-Based Study of 13,808 US Patients. Cancer (in press).
  • Coriddi, M.R. Koltz, P.F., Chen, R., and Gusenoff, J.A. (2011). Changes in Quality of Life and Functional Status following Abdominal Contouring in the Massive Weight Loss Population. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 128(2):520-528.
  • Chen, R. and Hyrien, O. (2011). Quasi- and pseudo-likelihood estimation for discretely observed Markov branching processes. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 141(7):2209-2227.
  • Zhang, H., Xia, Y., Chen, R., Lu, N., Tang, W., and Tu, X.M. (2011). Modeling Longitudinal Binomial Responses: Implications from Two Dueling Paradigms. Journal of Applied Statistics 38(11):2373-2390.
  • Chen, R., Hyrien, O., Noble, M., and Mayer-Proschel, M. (2011). A Composite Likelihood Approach to the Analysis of Longitudinal Clonal Data on Multitype Cellular Systems under an Age-Dependent Branching Process. Biostatistics 12(1):173-91.
  • Klostermann, K., Chen, R., Kelly, M.L., Schroeder, V.M., Braitman, A., and Mignone, T. (2011). Coping behavior and depressive symptoms in adult children of alcoholics. Substance Use and Misuse 46(9):1162-8.
  • Kaspler, P. Chen, R., Hyrien, O., Jelveh, S., Bristow, R.G., and Hill, R.P. (2011). Biodosimetry using Radiation-Induced Micronuclei in Skin Fibroblasts. International Journal of Radiation Biology 87(8): 824-838.
  • Hyrien, O., Chen, R., Mayer-Proschel, M., and Noble, M. (2010).  Saddlepoint Approximations to the Moments of Multitype Age-Dependent Branching Processes, with Applications. Biometrics 66:567-577.
  • Reddy, S.M., Anandarajah, A.P., Fisher, M.C., Mease, P.J., Greenberg, J.D., Kremer, J.M., Reed, G., Chen, R., Messing, S., Kaukeinen, K., and Ritchlin, C.T. (2010). Comparative Analysis of Disease Activity Measures, Use of Biologic Agents, BMI, Radiographic Features, and Bone Density in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Followed in a Large US Disease Registry. The Journal of Rheumatology 37(12):2566-2572.
  • Biswas, T., Dhakal, S., Chen, R., Hyrien, O., Bernstein, S.H., Friedberg, J.W., Fisher, R.I., Liesveld, J., Phillips, G., and Constine, L.S. (2010). Involved Field Radiation after Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma in the Rituximab Era. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 77(1):79-85.
  • Kashyap, R., Safadjou, S., Chen, R., Mantry, P., Sharma, R., Patil, V., Maloo, M., Ryan, C., Marroquin, C., Barry, C., Maliakkal, B., and Orloff, M. (2010). Living Donor and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Disease – an Analysis of the UNOS Database.  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 14(9):1362-1369.
  • Bhogal, N., Kaspler, P., Jalali, F., Hyrien, O., Chen, R., Hill, R.P., and Bristow, R.G. (2010). Late Residual H2AX FOCI in Murine Skin are Dose Responsive and Predict Radiosensitivity in vivo.  Radiation Research 173(1):1-9.
  • Koltz, P.F., Chen, R., Messing, S., and Gusenoff, J.A. (2010). Prospective Assessment of Nutrition and Exercise Parameters before Body Contouring Surgery: Optimizing Attainability in the Massive Weight Loss Population. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 125(4):1242-1247.
  • Hyrien, O., Chen, R., and Zand, M.S. (2010). An age-dependent branching process model for the analysis of CFSE-labeling experiments. Biology Direct 5:41.
  • Klostermann, K., Mignone, T., and Chen, R. (2009). Subtypes of alcohol and intimate partner violence: A latent class analysis. Violence and Victims 24(5):563-576.
  • Mignone, T., Klostermann, K. and Chen, R. (2009). The relationship between relapse to alcohol and relapse to violence. Journal of Family Violence 24(7):497-505.
  • Gusenoff, J.A., Koltz, P.F., O’Malley, W.E., Messing, S., Chen, R., and Langstein, H.N. (2009). Breast Cancer and Bariatric Surgery: Temporal Relationships of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 124(4):1025-1032.
  • Connolly, G.C., Chen, R., Hyrien, O., Mantry, P., Bozorgzadeh, A., Abt, P., and Khorana, A.A. (2008).  Incidence, Risk Factors and Consequences of Portal Vein and Systemic Thromboses in Hepatocellar Carcinoma.  Thrombosis Research 122(3):299-306.