Dr. Stephen C. Waring

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Epidemiology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 1998
Texas Alzheimer's Research Consortium
Epidemiology
Research Epidemiologist and Lead ScientistAppointed: 2006
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Environmental Sciences
(Secondary Appointment)Appointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

1200 Herman Pressler Blvd.
P.O. Box 20186
RAS E629
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-9241
Fax: (713) 500-9264
stephen.c.waring@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Epidemiology, 1994.
D.V.M., Texas A&M University, 1980.
M.S., Texas A&M University, Epidemiology, 1977.
B.S., Texas A&M University, Zoology, 1974.

Expertise and Research Interests

Epidemiologic methods
Genetic and non-genetic risk factors, gene-environment interactions for Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer's dementia, Guam ALS/PDC, and other neurodegenerative disorders
Development and management of longitudinal study databases

Other Expertise

Clinical epidemiology
Rapid Assessment Methodology
Cross-cultural studies of dementia

Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Genetic Epidemiology Society
World Federation of Neurology, Research Group on Neuroepidemiology

Honors and Awards

2003-2005, Distinguished Service, Emergency Nurses Association
2000-2005, Dean's Award for Merit, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
2000-2005, Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
2000-2006, Excellence in Research Award, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
1997-1997, Media Highlight Presentation, AAN Meeting - Boston, Estrogen and risk of Alzheimers disease
1991-1992, Traineeship, U.S. Public Health Service, University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Epidemiology
1990-1991, Traineeship, US Public Health Service, University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Epidemiology
1973-1974, Distinguished Student, College of Science, Texas A&M University

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Co-Investigator, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, $1,235,768, Jul 2000 to 2008.
  • Texas Alzheimer's Research Consortium, State of Texas Council on Alzeimer's and Related Disorders: Lead Scientist and Research Epidemiologist, $4,000,000 ($308,000, 2007 to 2009.
  • Texas Council on Alzheimer's and Related Disorders: Lead Scientist and Research Epidemiologist, Texas Alzheimer's Research Consortium, $2,000,000 ($141,000, 2006 to 2007.

Publications

  • Waring SC, Rosenberg R (2008) Genome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease, Arch Neurol, In Press
  • Rountree SD, Waring SC, Chan WC, Lupo PJ, Darby EJ, Doody RS (2007) Importance of Subtle Amnestic and Non-amnestic Deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Prognosis and Conversion to Dementia, Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis, In Press
  • White DL, Moore S, Waring SC, Cook K, Lai ED (2007) Parkinson's disease and secondary parkinsonism among veterans using a tertiary care medical center, Movement Disorders, 22, 915-923
  • Waring SC, Doody RS, Pavlik VN, Massman PJ, Chen W (2005) Survival among patients with dementia from a large multi-ethnic population, Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders, 19 (4), 178-183
  • Waring SC, Steele JH, Armstrong D, Zoonoses, Merck Veterinary Manual (Kahn C, ed.), 9th Ed.(in press), 01 Jan 2005
  • Waring S, Zakos-Feliberti A, Wood R, Stone M, Padgett P, Arafat R (2005) The utility of geographic information systems (GIS) in rapid epidemiological assessments following weather-related disasters: methodological issues based on the Tropical Storm Allison Experience., International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 208 (1-2), 109-16 Abstract
  • Waring SC, Brown BJ (Apr-Jun 2005) The threat of communicable diseases following natural disasters: a public health response., Disaster Management & Response, 3 (2), 41-7 Abstract
  • Doody R, Pavlik V, Massman P, Kenan M, Yeh S, Powell S, Cooke N, Dyer C, Demirovic J, Waring S, Chan W (2005) Changing patient characteristics and survival experience in an Alzheimer's center patient cohort., Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 20 (2-3), 198-208 Abstract
  • Waring SC, Esteban-Santillan C, Reed DM, Craig UK, Labarthe DR, Petersen RC, Kurland LT, Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and of the parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam, 1950-1989, Neuroepidemiology, 23(4), 192-200, Jul 2004 Abstract
  • Shadomy SV, Waring SC, Chappell CL, Combined use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and flow cytometry to detect antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in domestic canines in Texas, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 11(2), 313-9, Mar 2004 Abstract
  • Zerwekh JT, Emery RJ, Waring SC, Lillibridge S, Using the Results of Routine Laboratory Workplace Surveillance Activities to Assess Compliance with Recommmended Biosafety Guidelines, Applied Biosafety, 9(2), 76-83, 2004
  • Zerwekh JT, Waring SC, Epidemiology of Bioterrorism: An Overview, Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism, 2004
  • Waring SC, Reynolds KM, D'Souza G, Arafat RR, Rapid assessment of household needs in the Houston area after Tropical Storm Allison, Disaster Management & Response, 3-9, Sep 2002 Abstract
  • Waring SC, desVignes-Kendrick M, Arafat RR, Reynolds KM, D’Souza GA, Bishop SA, Perrotta DM, Rapid needs assessment following Tropical Storm Allison: Houston and Harris County, June 2001, MMWR, 51(17), 365-369, 2002
  • Beard CM, Waring SC, O’Brien PC, Kurland LT, Kokmen E, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and Alzheimer’s disease, Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 2001
  • Waring SC, Reed DR, Petersen RC, Craig UK, Kurland LT (2001) The Epidemiology of Lytico-Bodig: What have we learned over the years?, 10th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, Pacific Science Association, Mangilao, Guam, University of Guam/Pacific Science Association, 39 pages
  • Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Xu YC, Waring SC, O'Brien PC, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Tangalos EG, Boeve BF, Kokmen E, Memory and MRI-based hippocampal volumes in aging and AD, Neurology, 54(3), 581-7, February 2000 Abstract
  • Waring SC, Rocca WA, Petersen RC, Tangalos EG, Kokmen E, Postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy and Alzheimer’s disease, Menopause Digest, 12(3), 6-7, 2000
  • Waring SC, Hendra and Nipah Viral Diseases, Control of Communicable Diseases, 17th Ed., 236-238, 2000
  • Houlden H, Baker M, Adamson J, Grover A, Waring S, Dickson D, Lynch T, Boeve B, Petersen RC, Pickering-Brown S, Owen F, Neary D, Craufurd D, Snowden J, Mann D, Hutton M, Frequency of tau mutations in three series of non-Alzheimer's degenerative dementia, Annals of Neurology, 46(2), 243-8, August 1999 Abstract
  • Perez-Tur J, Buee L, Morris HR, Waring SC, Onstead L, Wavrant-De Vrieze F, Crook R, Buee-Scherrer V, Hof PR, Petersen RC, McGeer PL, Delacourte A, Hutton M, Siddique T, Ahlskog JE, Hardy J, Steele JC, Neurodegenerative diseases of Guam: analysis of TAU, Neurology, 53(2), 411-3, July 1999 Abstract
  • Leibson C, Owens T, O'Brien P, Waring S, Tangalos E, Hanson V, Plevak M, Kokmen E, Use of physician and acute care services by persons with and without Alzheimer's disease: a population-based comparison, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(7), 864-9, July 1999 Abstract
  • Ahlskog JE, Litchy WJ, Peterson RC, Waring SC, Esteban-Santillan C, Chen KM, Harper CM, Craig UK, Kurland LT, Guamanian neurodegenerative disease: electrophysiologic findings, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 166(1), 28-35, June 1999 Abstract
  • Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Xu YC, O'Brien PC, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Boeve BF, Waring SC, Tangalos EG, Kokmen E, Prediction of AD with MRI-based hippocampal volume in mild cognitive impairment, Neurology, 52(7), 1397-403, April 1999 Abstract
  • Petersen RC, Smith GE, Waring SC, Ivnik RJ, Tangalos EG, Kokmen E, Mild cognitive impairment: clinical characterization and outcome [published erratum appears in Arch Neurol 1999 Jun, Archives of Neurology, 56(3), 303-8, March 1999 Abstract
  • Waring SC, Rocca WA, Petersen RC, O'Brien PC, Tangalos EG, Kokmen E, Postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy and risk of AD: a population-based study, Neurology, 52(5), 965-70, March 1999 Abstract
  • Ahlskog JE, Waring SC, Petersen RC, Esteban-Santillan C, Craig UK, O'Brien PC, Plevak MF, Kurland LT, Olfactory dysfunction in Guamanian ALS, parkinsonism, and dementia, Neurology, 51(6), 1672-7, December 1998 Abstract
  • Beard CM, Waring SC, O'Brien PC, Kurland LT, Kokmen E, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study in Rochester, Minnesota, 1980 through 1984, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 73(10), 951-5, October 1998 Abstract
  • Rocca WA, Cha RH, Waring SC, Kokmen E, Incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a reanalysis of data from Rochester, Minnesota, 1975-1984, American Journal of Epidemiology, 148(1), 51-62, July 1998 Abstract
  • Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Xu YC, O'Brien PC, Waring SC, Tangalos EG, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Thibodeau SN, Kokmen E, Hippocampal atrophy and apolipoprotein E genotype are independently associated with Alzheimer's disease, Annals of Neurology, 43(3), 303-10, March 1998 Abstract
  • Smith GE, Bohac DL, Waring SC, Kokmen E, Tangalos EG, Ivnik RJ, Petersen RC, Apolipoprotein E genotype influences cognitive 'phenotype' in patients with Alzheimer's disease but not in healthy control subjects, Neurology, 50(2), 355-62, February 1998 Abstract
  • Low PA, Ahlskog JE, Petersen RC, Waring SC, Esteban-Santillan C, Kurland LT, Autonomic failure in Guamanian neurodegenerative disease, Neurology, 49(4), 1031-4, October 1997 Abstract
  • Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Xu YC, Waring SC, O'Brien PC, Tangalos EG, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Kokmen E, Medial temporal atrophy on MRI in normal aging and very mild Alzheimer's disease, Neurology, 49(3), 786-94, September 1997 Abstract
  • Rummans TA, Smith GE, Lin SC, Waring SC, Kokmen E, Comorbidity of dementia and psychiatric disorders in older persons, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 5(3), 261-7, Summer 1997 Abstract
  • Ahlskog JE, Petersen RC, Waring SC, Esteban-Santillan C, Craig UK, Maraganore DM, Lennon VA, Kurland LT, Guamanian neurodegenerative disease: are diabetes mellitus and altered humoral immunity clues to pathogenesis?, Neurology, 48(5), 1356-62, May 1997 Abstract
  • Ono S, Waring SC, Kurland LL, Katrina-Craig U, Petersen RC, Guamanian neurodegenerative disease: ultrastructural studies of skin, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 146(1), 35-40, February 1997 Abstract
  • FitzSimon JS, Waring SC, Kokmen E, McLaren JW, Brubaker RF, Response of the pupil to tropicamide is not a reliable test for Alzheimer disease, Archives of Neurology, 54(2), 155-9, February 1997 Abstract
  • Petersen RC, Smith GE, Waring SC, Ivnik RJ, Kokmen E, Tangelos EG, Aging, memory, and mild cognitive impairment, International Psychogeriatrics, 9 Suppl 1, 65-9, 1997 Abstract
  • Petersen RC, Waring SC, Smith GE, Tangalos EG, Thibodeau SN, Predictive value of APOE genotyping in incipient Alzheimer's disease, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 802, 58-69, December 1996 Abstract
  • Lautenschlager NT, Cupples LA, Rao VS, Auerbach SA, Becker R, Burke J, Chui H, Duara R, Foley EJ, Glatt SL, Green RC, Jones R, Karlinsky H, Kukull WA, Kurz A, Larson EB, Martelli K, Sadovnick AD, Volicer L, Waring SC, Growdon JH, Farrer LA, Risk of dementia among relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients in the MIRAGE study: What is in store for the oldest old?, Neurology, 46(3), 641-50, March 1996 Abstract
  • Ahlskog JE, Waring SC, Kurland LT, Petersen RC, Moyer TP, Harmsen WS, Maraganore DM, O'Brien PC, Esteban-Santillan C, Bush V, Guamanian neurodegenerative disease: investigation of the calcium metabolism/heavy metal hypothesis, Neurology, 45(7), 1340-4, July 1995 Abstract
  • Okumura H, Kurland LT, Waring SC, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and polio: is there an association?, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 753, 245-56, May 1995 Abstract
  • Petersen RC, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Tangalos EG, Schaid DJ, Thibodeau SN, Kokmen E, Waring SC, Kurland LT, Apolipoprotein E status as a predictor of the development of Alzheimer's disease in memory-impaired individuals [published erratum appears in JAMA 1995 Aug 16, JAMA, 273(16), 1274-8, April 1995 Abstract
  • Percy AK, Glaze DG, Schultz RJ, Zoghbi HY, Williamson D, Frost JD Jr, Jankovic JJ, del Junco D, Skender M, Waring S, et al, Rett syndrome: controlled study of an oral opiate antagonist, naltrexone, Annals of Neurology, 35(4), 464-70, April 1994 Abstract
  • Waring SC, O'Brien PC, Kurland LT, Thibodeau SN, Tsai MS, Petersen RC, Esteban-Santillan CE, Apolipoprotein E allele in Chamorros with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex [letter], Lancet, 343(8897), 611, March 1994 Abstract
  • Kurland LT, Radhakrishnan K, Williams DB, Waring SC, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam: Epidemiological and etiological perspectives, Motor Neurone Disease (Chapman and Hill), 109-130, 1994
  • del Junco D, MacNaughton N, Waring SC, Skender M, Kozinetz C, Moore S, Hunter K, Percy A, Glaze D, Survival in a Large Cohort of US Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome, Journal of Child Neurology, 8, 101-102, 1993

Previous Positions

2004-2006, Associate Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
1998-2000, Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, CVM, Epidemiology
1998-1999, Visiting Scientist, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Health Sciences Research, Clinical Epidemiology
1994-1998, Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Health Sciences Research, Clinical Epidemiology
1991-1994, Research Associate, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Health Sciences Research, Clinical Epidemiology
1989-1991, Research Assistant, The Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology
1988-1989, Zoonosis Veterinarian, Texas Department of Health, PHR-7

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Biological Markers, Communicable Diseases, Death or Mortality, Dementia, Environment (Health or Safety or Medical), Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Gene Products, Genes, Gerontology, Neurodegenerative Diseases.

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