- I have coordinated multi-center clinical trials and observational studies
- I direct data management and statistics cores for various centers
- I am the course coordinator for the capstone course in secondary data analysis
- I am a chair and member of Data and Safety Monitoring Boards and National Institutes of Health review panels
- I am a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, BA, Mathematics
- University of Pittsburgh, MScHyg, Biostatistics
- University of Michigan, PhD, Biostatistics
Teaching
Epidemiology 2230 Secondary Data Analysis: A Capstone Course
Selected Publications
- Zhang C, Ning J, Cai J, Squires JE, Belle SH, Li R. Dynamic risk score modeling for multiple longitudinal risk factors and survival. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 189:January, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2023.107837
- Khalili M, Leonard KR, Ghany MG, Hassan M, Roberts LR, Sterling RK, Belle SH, Lok AS for the Hepatitis B Research Network. Racial disparities in treatment initiation and outcomes of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in North America. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Apr 3; 6(4):e237018. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7018. PMCID: PMC10087055.
- Jakicic JM, Davis KK, Rogers RJ, King WC, Marcus MD, Helsel D, Rickman AD, Wahed AS, Belle SH. Effect of wearable technology combined with a lifestyle intervention on long-term weight loss: The IDEA randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2016 Sep 20;316(11):1161-1171. PMID: 27654602. PMCID: PMC5480209
- Wolfe BM, Belle SH. Long-term risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: A research challenge. JAMA. 2014 Nov 5;312(17):1792-1793. PMID: 25272252.
- Puzziferri N, Roshek III TB, Mayo HG, Gallagher R, Belle SH, Livingston EH. Long-term follow-up after bariatric surgery: A systematic review. JAMA. 2014 Sep 3;312(9):934-942. PMID: 25182102. PMCID: PMC4409000
- Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium, Flum DR, Belle SH, King WC, Wahed AS, Berk P, Chapman W, Pories W, Courcoulas A, McCloskey C, Mitchell J, Patterson E, Pomp A, Staten MA, Yanovski SZ, Thirlby R, Wolfe B. Perioperative safety in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009;361(5):445-54. PMID: 19641201. PMCID: PMC2854565.
- Belle SH, Burgio L, Burns R, Coon D, Czaja SJ, Gallagher-Thompson D, Gitlin LN, Klinger J, Koepke KM, Lee CC, Martindale-Adams J, Nichols L, Schulz R, Stahl S, Stevens A, Winter L, Zhang S. Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2006;145(10):727-738. PMID: 17116917. PMCID: PMC2585490.
- Belle SH, Czaja SJ, Schulz R, Zhang S, Burgio L, Gitlin L, Jones R, Mendelsohn AB, Ory M. Using a new taxonomy to combine the uncombinable: Integrating results across diverse caregiving interventions. Psychol Aging. 2003;18(3):396-405. PMID 14518803.
- Belle SH, Porayko MK, Hoofnagle JH, Lake JR, Zetterman RK for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Liver Transplantation Database (LTD). Changes in quality of life after liver transplantation among adults. Liver Transplantation and Surgery. 1997;3(2):93-104. PMID: 9346722.
- Ganguli M, Chandra V, Gilby JE, Ratcliff G, Sharma SD, Pandav R, Seaberg EC, Belle S. Cognitive test performance in a community-based non-demented elderly sample in rural India. International Psychogeriatrics. 1996;8(4):507-524. PMID: 9147167.
