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Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD

Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD

Associate Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine

Contact Information:
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas 77555-0177
email: yokuo@utmb.edu

B.S.: Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan (Nursing) 1984
M.Ed.: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (Health Education) 1986
M.A.S: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Applied Statistics) 1994
Ph.D.: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Biostatistics) 1997

Professional Experience: Research

1986-1988 Senior Researcher and Planner, Research and Evaluation Counsel, Taipei city government, Taipei, Taiwan
1988-1989 Lecturer, Department of Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
1989-1991 Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 - 1996 Graduate Research Associate. Division of Epidemiology and Biometrics, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1996 - 1997 Senior Clinical Research Analyst, Research and Evaluation Department, Health Service Division, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA
1998 - 1999 Chief Biostatistical Research Analyst, Research and Evaluation Department, Health Service Division, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA
1999 - 2002 Manager, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Research, Research and Evaluation Department, Health Service Division, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
2002 - present Sr. Biostatistician, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
2003 - present Associate Member of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
2004 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

AWARDS

1986 Member, the International History Honor Society of Phi Tau Phi

1996 Member, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

PUBLICATIONS

ABSTRACTS AND RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

  1. Kuo, YF (1988). The survey of occupational intention for nursing students. National Taipei College of Nursing. Taipei, Taiwan
  2. Kuo, YF (1989). The functions of primary health organization in Taipei. Taipei City Government, Research and Development Counsel. Taipei, Taiwan.
  3. Kuo, YF (1990). The future demand and supply of chronicle hospital bed. Taipei City Government, Research and Development Counsel. Taipei, Taiwan.
  4. Kuo, YF (1991). The analysis on the quantity and quality of the work of public health nurse. National Health Administration. Taipei, Taiwan.
  5. Kuo, YF, Moeschberger ML (1997). A Comparison of Different Statistical Methods For Deciding Optimal Cutpoints of Risk Factors in Survival Data Analysis. 1997 Joint Statistics Meeting. Orange County, CA.
  6. Kuo YF, Moeschberger ML (1998). Comparisons of the sensitivity and specificity for estimating an optimal cutpoint in survival data analysis. 1998 Joint Statistics Meeting. Dallas, TX
  7. Moeschberger ML, Kuo YF (1998). Sensitivity, Specificity Considerations in Time-to-Event Analysis. 1998 American Public Health Association 126th Meeting. Washington, DC.
  8. Moeschberger ML, Kuo YF (1999). A Comparison of different Statistical Methods for Deciding Optimal Cutpoints of Risk Factors in Survival Data Analysis. Sixth International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas, Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics.
  9. Kuo YF, Claffery, MT (2000). Asthma Connection Program Evaluation. Sixth annual American Association of Health Plans Research Conference. Atlanta, GA.
  10. Kuo YF, McAna, J, Lyons D (2000). Evaluation of a Congestive Heart Failure Disease Management Program. 15th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Washington, DC.
  11. Kuo YF, Raji MA, Goodwin JS, Markides KS (2003). Adherence to anti-diabetic treatments, diabetic complications and mortality in older Mexican Americans over a 7 year-period: Data from the Hispanic-EPESE. American Geriatrics Society 2003 Meeting Abstract: #P516. Baltimore, MD.
  12. Kuo, YF, Ostir GV, Zhang L, Ottenbacher KJ (2003). A Multiple Step Approach to Investigate the Effectiveness of Follow-up Rehabilitation Therapy. 2003 Joint Statistics Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
  13. Ahuja TS, Kuo YF (2003). Survival of Children with HIV-associated Nephropathy (HIVAN) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in the United State. American Society of Nephrology, 36th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
  14. Al Snih S, Markides KS, Ray LA, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS (2003). Seven-Year Mortality among Older Mexican Americans with Arthritis. ARC/ARHP, 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Antonio, TX.
  15. Lackan NA, Ostir, GV, Freeman JL, Kuo YF, Zhang DD, Goodwin JS (2003). Hospice Use by Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites. The Gerontological Society of American, 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA
  16. Indrikovs, IM, Peek, MK, Kuo, YF, Markides KS (2003). Religious Involvement and Changes in Physical Functioning After Stroke in Older Mexican Americans: Finding from H-EPESE. The Gerontological Society of American, 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA
  17. Raji MA, Kuo YF, Salazar JA, Satish S, Goodwin JS (2003). Ethnic Difference in the Blood Pressure Treatment in the Elderly: A Population based Survey. The Gerontological Society of American, 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA
  18. Ahuja TS, Malik A, Kuo YF (2004). Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. 24th Annual Dialysis Conference. San Antonio, TX.
  19. Bui Q, Ostir GV, Kuo YF, Freeman JL, Goodwin JS. Depression and Satisfaction with Medical Care in Older Women with Breast Cancer. 2004 AGS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING. Las Vegas, NV.
  20. Reyes-Ortiz CA, Kuo YF, DiNuzzo AR, Ray LA, Raji MA, Markides KS. Sensory Deprivation and Cognitive Impairment in Older Mexican Americans. P341. 2004 AGS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING. Las Vegas, NV.
  21. Raji MA, Lorea J, Kuo YF, Sharaf B, Goodwin JS. Ethnic variations in herbs, minerals and vitamins usage in adults aged 77 and older. 2004 AGS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING. P185. Las Vegas, NV.
  22. Raji MA, Kuo YF, Amador LF, Goodwin JS. Prevalence and correlates of depression in elderly cancer patients. 2004 AGS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING. P114. Las Vegas, NV.
  23. Kuo YF, Raji MA, Peek MK, Goodwin JS. Social disengagements, subsequent disability and survival in older diabetic patients. 2004 AGS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING. P195. Las Vegas, NV.

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  1. Moeschberger ML, Anderson J, Kuo, YF, Chen M, Wewers, ME, Guthrie, R. Multivariate Profile of Smoking in Southeast Asian Men: A Biochemically Verified Analysis. Preventive Medicine 1997; 26:53-58.
  2. Kuo YF, Raji MA, Markides KS, Ray LA, Espino DV, Goodwin JS. Inconsistent use of diabetic medications, diabetic complications and mortality in older Mexican Americans over a 7 year-period: Data from the Hispanic-EPESE. Diabetes Care 2003; 26:3054-3060
  3. Raji MA, Kuo YF, Salazar J, Satish S, Goodwin JS. Ethnic differences in antihypertensive medication use in the elderly. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2004; 38(2): 209-214

IN PRESS

  1. Kuo YF, Raji MA, Peek MK, Goodwin JS. (2004) Health-related social disengagement in elderly diabetic patients: Association with subsequent disability and survival. Diabetes Care.
  2. Lackan NA, Ostir GV, Freeman, JL, Kuo YF, Zhang DD, Goodwin JS. (2004). Hospice use by Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of Health Services Research.
  3. Jennings-Sanders A, Kuo YF, Anderson ET, Freeman JL, Goodwin JS. (2004). How Do Nurse Case Mangers Care for Older Women with Breast Cancer? Oncology Nursing Forum.
  4. Agraharkar ML, Cinclair RD, Kuo, YF, Daller JA, Shahinian VB. (2004). Risk of Malignancy with Long-term Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients. Kidney International.
  5. Agraharkar ML, Martinez MA, Kuo YF, Ahuja TS. (2004) Hospitalization for Initiation of Maintenance Hemodialysis. Nephron Clinical Practice.
  6. Ahuja TS, Abbott KC, Kuo YF. (2004) HIV-Associated Nephropathy and End-Stage Renal Disease in Children in the United States. Pediatric Nephrology.

PROCEEDING PAPER

  1. Kuo YF, Moeschberger ML. Comparisons of the Sensitivity and Specificity for Estimating an Optimal Cutpoint in Survival Analysis. American Statistical Association 1998 Proceedings of the Section on Biometrics, 1998.

SUBMITTED

  1. Jennings-Sanders A, Kuo YF. (2003). Breast Cancer in Older Women: Emotional Support from Nurse Case Managers. Journal of Geronotological Nursing
  2. Lackan NA, Ostir, GV, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS, Freeman JL. (2004) The association of marital status and hospice use among older adults dying of cancer. Journal of Palliative Care.
  3. Shahinian VB, Kuo YF, Freeman JL, Goodwin JS. (2004) Increasing Use of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology.
  4. Reyes-Ortiz CA, Kuo YF, DiNuzzo AR, Ray LA, Raji MA, Markides KS. (2004) Near Vision Impairment Predicts Cognitive Impairment in Older Mexican Americans. Journal of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sci & Meidcal Sci.
  5. Kuo YF, Ostir GV, Linn RT, Granger CV, Ottenbacher KJ. Examining Follow-up Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Stroke: When Does it Work? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.