Huiman X. Barnhart

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Duke University
Duke University Medical Center
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

Duke University
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Duke Clinical Research Institute
P.O. Box 17969
Durham, North Carolina 27715
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (919) 668-8403
Fax: (919) 668-7049
huiman.barnhart@duke.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Statistics, 1992.
M.A., University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics, 1988.

Expertise and Research Interests

Assessing medical diagnostic tests
Assessing reliability and agreement
Modeling correlated categorical/ordinal data
Modeling randomly repeated measures/multivariate random length data
Methods on missing data
Clinical trials
Cardiovascular disease
Parkinson's disease
Kidney disease
HIV/AIDS
Aging
Malnutrition
Reproductive medicine

Keywords

COS Keywords:

AIDS, Bioinformatics, Biometry, Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Trial, Data Analysis, Gerontology, Mathematical Modeling, Medical Diagnosis, Nutrition Or Dietetics, Parkinson's Disease, Reproductive Health Services, Statistics.

Memberships

American Statistical Association
International Biometric Society

Honors and Awards

2003-2003, Runner-up for the Best Theoretical Statistical Paper, CDC Statistical Science Awards Committee, Emory University
1997-1997, Excellence in Research Certificate, American Physical Association,Section on Geriatrics, Emory University
1993-1993, Dissertation Summary Award, Drug Information Association, Emory University
1992-1992, Best graduate Student, Pittsburgh Chapter, American Statistical Association, University of Pittsburgh
1989-1989, Culver-Teplitz Award, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh

Previous Positions

1998-2003, Associate Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Biostatistics
1992-1998, Assistant Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Biostatistics

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): New Methods for Evaluating Interobserver Agreement, Co-PI, 20%, 2004 to 2007.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosis (APPLE), Co-investigator, 20%, 2004 to 2008.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Statin-Treated SLE Patients, Co-investigator, 20%, 2004 to 2008.
  • ORTHO BIOTECH PRODUCTS, L.P.: Correction of Hemoglobin and Outcomes in Renal Insufficiency (CHOIR), Co-investigator, 10%, 2004 to 2009.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Cooperative Multi-Center Reproductive Medicine Network, Co-investigator, 20%, 2003 to 2005.
  • GE: Comparison of Noninvasive CT Angiography for Epicardial Coronary Imaging with Catheter-based Angiography (CINEMA), Co-investigator, 11%, 2003 to 2004.
  • Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Science: Assessment and Validation of Measurement Scales, PI, $17,500, 2002 to 2003.
  • Emory University Research Committee: Assessing Agreement between Continuous Measurements, PI, $28,785, 2001 to 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): United States Renal Data System. Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Special Study, Co-investigator, 18%, 2001 to 2003.
  • American Heart Association: Methods for Evaluating Non-invasive Diagnostic Test, Co-investigator, 20%, 1999 to 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Co-investigator, 30%, 1999 to 1999.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Statistical Methods for Randomly Repeated Measures, PI, 55% effort, 1997 to 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Generational Effects of Malnutrition, Co-investigator, 20%, 1997 to 2002.
  • Emory University Research Committee: Models for Multivariate Random Length Ordinal Data, PI, 1995 to 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Pallidotomy in Parkinson's Disease, Co-investigator, 20%, 1994 to 1998.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Pallidotomy in Parkinson's Disease, Co-investigator, 30%, 1994 to 1999.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Pediatric Spectrum of Disease Project, PI for contract, 25%, 1993 to 1997.

Publications

  • Conlisk AJ, Barnhart HX, Martorell R, Grajeda R, Stein AD, Maternal and child nutritional supplementation are inversely associated with fasting plasma glucose concentration in young Guatemalan adults, The Journal of Nutrition, 134(4), 890-7, April 2004 Abstract
  • Stein AD, Barnhart HX, Wang M, Hoshen MB, Ologoudou K, Ramakrishnan U, Grajeda R, Ramirez-Zea M, Martorell R, Comparison of linear growth patterns in the first three years of life across two generations in Guatemala, Pediatrics, 113(3 Pt 1), e270-5, March 2004 Abstract
  • Li H, DiGirolamo AM, Barnhart HX, Stein AD, Martorell R, Relative importance of birth size and postnatal growth for women's educational achievement, Early Human Development, 76(1), 1-16, January 2004 Abstract
  • Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Kutner NG, McNeely E, Coogler C, Xu T, Atlanta FICSIT Group, Selected as the best paper in the 1990s: Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of tai chi and computerized balance training, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51(12), 1794-803, December 2003 Abstract
  • Li H, Barnhart HX, Stein AD, Martorell R, Effects of early childhood supplementation on the educational achievement of women, Pediatrics, 112(5), 1156-62, November 2003 Abstract
  • Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, A global sensitivity analysis of performance of a medical diagnostic test when verification bias is present, Statistics in Medicine, 22(17), 2711-21, September 2003 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Evaluating medical diagnostic tests at the subunit level in the presence of verification bias, Statistics in Medicine, 22(13), 2161-76, July 2003 Abstract
  • Berkowitz Z, Barnhart HX, Kaye WE, Factors associated with severity of injury resulting from acute releases of hazardous substances in the manufacturing industry, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine., 45(7), 734-42, July 2003 Abstract
  • Stein AD, Barnhart HX, Hickey M, Ramakrishnan U, Schroeder DG, Martorell R, Prospective study of protein-energy supplementation early in life and of growth in the subsequent generation in Guatemala, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78(1), 162-7, July 2003 Abstract
  • Li H, Stein AD, Barnhart HX, Ramakrishnan U, Martorell R, Associations between prenatal and postnatal growth and adult body size and composition, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77(6), 1498-505, June 2003 Abstract
  • Vitek JL, Bakay RA, Freeman A, Evatt M, Green J, McDonald W, Haber M, Barnhart H, Wahlay N, Triche S, Mewes K, Chockkan V, Zhang JY, DeLong MR, Randomized trial of pallidotomy versus medical therapy for Parkinson's disease, Annals of Neurology, 53(5), 558-69, May 2003 Abstract
  • Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Accounting for nonignorable verification bias in assessment of diagnostic tests, Biometrics, 59(1), 163-71, March 2003 Abstract
  • Zhao XQ, Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Superko HR, King SB 3rd, Prediction of native coronary artery disease progression following PTCA or CABG in the Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial, Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research., 9(2), CR48-54, February 2003 Abstract
  • Zimmer M, Barnhart H, Idris U, Lee MD, Detection of Campylobacter jejuni strains in the water lines of a commercial broiler house and their relationship to the strains that colonized the chickens, Avian Diseases, 47(1), 101-7, Jan-M 2003 Abstract
  • Allen AS, Barnhart HX, Joint models for toxicology studies with dose-dependent number of implantations, Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 22(6), 1165-73, December 2002 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Williamson JM, Weighted least-squares approach for comparing correlated kappa, Biometrics, 58(4), 1012-9, December 2002 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Haber M, Song J, Overall concordance correlation coefficient for evaluating agreement among multiple observers, Biometrics, 58(4), 1020-7, December 2002 Abstract
  • Green J, McDonald WM, Vitek JL, Haber M, Barnhart H, Bakay RA, Evatt M, Freeman A, Wahlay N, Triche S, Sirockman B, DeLong MR, Neuropsychological and psychiatric sequelae of pallidotomy for PD: clinical trial findings, Neurology, 58(6), 858-65, March 2002 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Williamson JM, Modeling concordance correlation via GEE to evaluate reproducibility, Biometrics, 57(3), 931-40, September 2001 Abstract
  • Green J, Barnhart H, The impact of lesion laterality on neuropsychological change following posterior pallidotomy: a review of current findings, Brain and Cognition, 42(3), 379-98, April 2000 Abstract
  • Ramakrishnan U, Barnhart H, Schroeder DG, Stein AD, Martorell R, Early childhood nutrition, education and fertility milestones in Guatemala, The Journal of Nutrition, 129(12), 2196-202, December 1999 Abstract
  • Stiger TR, Barnhart HX, Williamson JM, Testing proportionality in the proportional odds model fitted with GEE, Statistics in Medicine, 18(11), 1419-33, June 1999 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Sampson AR, A regression model for multivariate random length data, Statistics in Medicine, 18(2), 199-211, Jan 1999 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Williamson JM, Goodness-of-fit tests for GEE modeling with binary responses., Biometrics, 54(2), 720-9, 1998 Abstract
  • Albert PS, Follmann DA, Barnhart HX, A generalized estimating equation approach for modeling random length binary vector data, Biometrics, 53(3), 1116-24, September 1997 Abstract
  • Kutner NG, Barnhart H, Wolf SL, McNeely E, Xu T, Self-report benefits of Tai Chi practice by older adults, The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences., 52(5), P242-6, September 1997 Abstract
  • King SB 3rd, Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, Lembo NJ, Petersen JY, Douglas JS Jr, Jones EL, Craver JM, Guyton RA, Morris DC, Liberman HA, Angioplasty or surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease: comparison of eligible registry and randomized patients in the EAST trial and influence of treatment selection on outcomes. Emory Angiop, American Journal of Cardiology, 79(11), 1453-9, 1 1997 Abstract
  • Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Ellison GL, Coogler CE, The effect of Tai Chi Quan and computerized balance training on postural stability in older subjects. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies on Intervention Techniques., Phys Ther, 77(4), 371-81; discussion 3, 1997 Abstract
  • Zhao XQ, Brown BG, Stewart DK, Hillger LA, Barnhart HX, Kosinski AS, Weintraub WS, King SB 3rd, Effectiveness of revascularization in the Emory angioplasty versus surgery trial. A randomized comparison of coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery, Circulation, 93(11), 1954-62, June 1996 Abstract
  • Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Kutner NG, McNeely E, Coogler C, Xu T, Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44(5), 489-97, May 1996 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Caldwell MB, Thomas P, Mascola L, Ortiz I, Hsu HW, Schulte J, Parrott R, Maldonado Y, Byers R, Natural history of human immunodeficiency virus disease in perinatally infected children: an analysis from the Pediatric Spectrum of Disease Project, Pediatrics, 97(5), 710-6, May 1996 Abstract
  • King SB 3rd, Lembo NJ, Weintraub WS, Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Kutner MH, Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial \(EAST\): design, recruitment, and baseline description of patients., American Journal of Cardiology, 75(9), 42C-59C, 23 1995 Abstract
  • Barnhart HX, Sampson AR, Multiple population models for multivariate random length data--with applications in clinical trials, Biometrics, 51(1), 195-204, March 1995 Abstract
  • King SB 3rd, Lembo NJ, Weintraub WS, Kosinski AS, Barnhart HX, Kutner MH, Alazraki NP, Guyton RA, Zhao XQ, A randomized trial comparing coronary angioplasty with coronary bypass surgery. Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST), The New England Journal of Medicine, 331(16), 1044-50, October 1994 Abstract

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