Ada O Youk, PhD

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Office of the Dean

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Biostatistics

Director, BPSH Program, Office of the Dean

Associate Professor, Clinical & Translational Science

Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Contact

A728 Crabtree Hall, Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
R-znvy: nlbhx@cvgg.rqh
Primary Phone: 967-179-0906

Personal Statement

I am the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of the BSPH program, Associate Professor in Biostatistics and Vice Chair of Education in Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health. I am also Senior Biostatistician in the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) Biostatistics and Informatics Core at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. In my roles as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, and Lead Biostatistician, I have primary responsibility for statistical integrity, including conceptualization, design, and grant development, recruitment/data collection, monitoring, analysis, reporting, and manuscript preparation. My primary area of statistical expertise is regression modeling with extensive experience analyzing big data from large administrative data systems as well as prospective clinical trials and epidemiological studies involving time to event modeling and mixed effects modeling. I have maintained successful research collaborations most recently with VA investigators. In my roles as Educator and Mentor, I teach courses in introductory biostatistics, applied regression analysis, scientific communication skills, mathematical methods for statistics, and mixed models as well as direct the MS Capstone in Biostatistics. I have mentored over 100 students, fellows and early career faculty and 36% of my peer-reviewed publications are with mentees. 

Education

Undergraduate

 

 

 

1984-88

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

B.A. (Cum Laude), 1988

Mathematics

Graduate

 

 

 

1988-90

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

M.A., 1990

Applied Statistics

1990-96

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Ph.D., 1996

Biostatistics

Teaching

BIOS 2011 Principles of Statistical Reasoning

BIOST 2041 Introduction to Statistical Methods

BIOS 2049 Applied Regression Analysis

BIOS 2058 Scientific Communications Skills

BIOS 2081 Mathematical Methods for Statistics

BIOS 2086 Applied Mixed Models

BIOS 2022 Capstone Preparation

BIOS 2099 Biostatistics Capstone

PUBHLT 0310 Introduction to Public Health Biostatistics

Selected Publications

  1. McClendon J, Essien UR, YOUK A, Ibrahim SA, Vina E, Kwoh CK, Hausmann LRM. Cumulative Disadvantage and Disparities in Depression and Pain among Veterans with Osteoarthritis: The Role of Perceived Discrimination. Arthritis Care & Research, 2021; 73 (1), 11-17.
  1. George EL, Hall DE, YOUK A, Chen R, Kashikar A, Trickey AW, Varley PR, Shireman P, Shinall MC, Massarweh NN, Johanning J, Arya S.  Association between patient frailty and postoperative mortality across multiple noncardiac surgical specialties.  JAMA Surgery, 2021; 156(1):e205152.  doi:10.001/jamasurg.2020.5152
  1. *Paul P, Hammer A, Rositch AF, Burke AE, Viscidi RP, Silver MI, Campos M, YOUK AO, Gravitt PE. Rates of new human papillomavirus detection and loss of detection in middle-aged women by recent and past sexual behavior.  J Infect Dis. 2021; 223(8):1423-1432 doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa557.
  1. Boyer TL, YOUK AO, Haas AP, Brown GR, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR.  Suicide, homicide, and all-cause mortality among transgender and cisgender patients in the Veterans Health Administration.  LGBT Health, 2021; 8(3):173-180.
  1. Zupa MF, Piette JD, Stoll SC, Obrosky DS, Kelly MB, YOUK AO, Overholt L, Trivedi R, Heisler M, Rosland AM.  Patient and Supporter Factors Affecting Engagement with Diabetes Telehealth.  Am J Manag Care, 2021; 27(10):409-414. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88758.
  2. Rogal S, YOUK A, Agbalajobi O, Zhang H, Gellad W, Fine MJ, Belperio P, Morgan T, Good CB, Kraemer K. Medication Treatment of Active Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans with Cirrhosis.  American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021; 116(7):1406-1413.
  1. Vina ER, YOUK AO, Quinones C, Kwoh CK, Ibrahim SA, and Hausmann LRM. Use of complementary and alternative therapy for knee osteoarthritis: race and gender variations. ACR Open Rheumatol, 2021; 3(9):660-667. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11307.
  1. Reitz KM, Varley PR, Liang NL, YOUK A, George EL, Shinall MC, Shireman PK, Arya S, Tzeng E, Hall DE. The Correlation Between Case Total Work Relative Value Unit, Operative Stress and Patient Frailty: Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg, 2021; 274(4):637-645.
  1. *Bulas AM, Li Lihua, Kumar RG, Mazumdar M, Rosso AL, YOUK AO, Dams-O’Connor K. Pre-Injury Health Status of Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Matched Case-Control Study. J Head Trauma Rehabil, 2022; 37(3):E186-E195.
  1. Zupa MF, Lee AA, Piette JD, Trivedi R, YOUK AO, Heisler M, Rosland AM. Impact of a Dyadic Intervention on Family Supporter Involvement in Helping Adults Manage Type 2 Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med, 2022; 37(4):761-768. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06946-8.
  1. Yan Q, Kim J, Hall DE, Shinall MC Jr, Reitz KM, Stitzenberg KB, Kao LS, George EL, YOUK A, Wang CP, Silverstein JC, Bernstam EV, Shireman PK. Association of Frailty and the Expanded Operative Stress Score with Preoperative Acute Serious Conditions, Complications and Mortality in Males Compared to Females – A Retrospective Observational Study. Ann Surg, 2021. In press.
  1. Hollis B, Kim N, YOUK A, Dichter M.  Opportunities to more comprehensively assess sexual violence experience in Veterans Health Administration medical records data.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021.  In press.
  1. *Yu Y, Luu HN, Wang R, Thomas CE, Glynn NW, YOUK AO, Behari J, Yuan J.  Serum Biomarkers of Iron Status and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2022; 31(1):230-235. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.
  1. George EL, Massarweh NN, YOUK A, Reitz KM, Shinall MC Jr, Chen R, Trickey AW, Varley PR, Johanning JM, Shireman PK, Arya S, Hall DE. Comparing Veterans Affairs and Private-sector Perioperative Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery. JAMA Surgery, 2022; 157(3):231-239. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6488.
  1. Dinardo MM, Greco C, Phares AD, Beyer NM, Obrosky DS, YOUK AO, Morone NE, Owen J, Saba SK, Suss SJ, Siminerio L.  Effects of an Integrated Mindfulness Intervention for Veterans with Diabetes Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial.  BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, 2022; 10(2):e002631.
  1. Hall DE, YOUK A, Allsup K, Kennedy K, Byard T, Dhupar R, Chu D, Rahman A, Wilson MA, Cahalin L, Afilalo J, Forman, D. Preoperative rehabilitation is feasible in the weeks prior to surgery and significantly improves functional performance. Journal of Frailty and Aging, 2022 https://doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2022.42.

 
 

*          co-authored with student, **  co-authored with Biostatistics student

***      co-authored with Biostatistics advisee, **** co-authored with fellow

Underline is student/advisee/fellow author

Ada O Youk