CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NAME                                                Jeffrey S. Morris, Ph.D.

 

TITLE & AFFILIATION                  Assistant Professor

                                                            Department of Biostatistics

                                                            University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

 

BIRTH DATE & PLACE                  December 6, 1970

Lansdale, PA

 

CITIZENSHIP                                   USA

 

HOME ADDRESS                            3327 Coastwood Lane

                                                            Pearland, TX  77584

HOME TELEPHONE                       (713) 436-3089

 

OFFICE ADDRESS                          The University of Texas

                                                            MD Anderson Cancer Center

                                                            1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 447

                                                            Houston, TX  77030-4009

OFFICE TELEPHONE                     713-794-1720

 

e-MAIL ADDRESS                          jeffmo@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.. 2000, Ph.D., Statistics

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., 1997, MS, Statistics

Messiah College, Grantham, PA., 1993, BS, Mathematics Education

 

CREDENTIALS

 

Board Certifications:  N/A

            Licensures:                             N/A

 

EXPERIENCE/SERVICE

 

Academic Appointments

 

Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 1997

 

Research Assistant, Nutrition Group, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., 1998-2000

                                   

Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX., 2000 - Present

Academic Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities:  N/A

 

Institutional Committee Activities:  N/A

 

Consultantships:  None

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Texas A&M University Graduate Merit Fellowship, 1995

Texas A&M College of Science Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, 1995

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Visiting Fellowship, 2001

Travel Award for Young Researchers, Biometrics Section of ASA, 2001

Best Abstract, 1st Annual Duke University Proteomics Data Mining Conference, 2002

JASA Applications and Case Studies Invited Paper Award, 2003

 

RESEARCH

 

Grants and Contracts

 

Statistician, MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant, “Hepatitis Virus, Alcohol Exposure and Oxidative Stress,”10/1/01 – 9/30/03, $49,835

 

Statistician, NIH-NIEHS, RO3ES11481, “Hepatitis Virus, Alcohol Exposure and Oxidative Stress”, $100,000 per year.

 

Patents Granted & Pending:  N/A

 

Grant Reviewer/Service on NIH/Other Study Sections:  N/A

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

 

1.      Morris JS, Wang N, Lupton JR, Chapkin RS, Turner ND, Hong MY and Carroll RJ:  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship Between Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon.  Journal of the American Statistical Association 96:  816-826, 2001.

 

2.      Morris JS, Wang N, Lupton JR, Chapkin RS, Turner ND, Hong MY and Carroll RJ:  A Bayesian Analysis Involving Colonic Crypt Structure and Coordinated Response to Carcinogens Incorporating Missing Crypts, Biostatistics, In Press 2002.

 

3.      Morris JS:  The BLUPs Are Not “Best” When It Comes To Bootstrapping.  Statistics and Probability Letters 56 (2002) 425-430.

 

4.      Morris JS, Vannucci M, Brown PJ and Carroll RJ: Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis.  Journal of the American Statistical Association, To appear September 2003.

 

5.      Morris JS, Baggerly K, and Coombes K: Bayesian Method for Estimation of the Relative Abundance of mRNA Transcripts using SAGE. In revision.

 

6.      Baggerly K, Morris JS, Wang J, Gold D, Xiao LC, and Coombes K: A Comprehensive Approach to the Analysis of MALDI-TOF Proteomics Spectra from Serum Samples.

Submitted to Proteomics.

 

7.      Rashid A, Lanlan S, Morris JS, Issa J-PJ, Hamilton SR: CpG island methylation in colorectal adenomas. The American Journal of Pathology 159:1129-1135, 2001.

 

8.      Shureiqi I, Cook CD, Morris JS, Soliman AS, Levin B, and Lippman SM: Effect of Age on Risk of Second Primary Colorectal Cancer.  Journal of the National Cancer Insitute 93: 1264-1265, 2001.

 

9.      Hong MY, Chapkin RS, Morris JS, Wang N, Carroll RJ, Turner ND, Chang WCL, Davidson FA and Lupton JR:  Anatomical Site-Specific Response to DNA Damage is Related to Later Tumor Development in the Rat AOM Colon Carcinogenesis Model.   Carcinogenesis 22:1831-1835,  2001.

 

10.  Arrington JL, Chapkin RS, Switzer KC, Morris JS and McMurray DN:  Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Modulate Purified Murine T-cell Subset Activation.  Clinical and Experimental Immunology 125: 499-507, 2001.

 

11.  Chan AOO, Issa J-PJ, Morris JS, Hamilton SR and Rashid A:  Concordant CpG Island Methylation in Hyperplastic Polyposis.   The American Journal of Pathology, Accepted 2001

 

12.  Shureiqi I, Xu X, Chen D, Lotan R, Morris JS, Fischer SM and Lippman SM:  Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Induce Apoptosis in Esophageal Cancer Cells by Restoring 15-Lipoxygenase-1 Expression.  Cancer Research.  Accepted 2001.

 

13.  Hong MY, Lupton JR, Morris JS, Wang N, Carroll RJ, Davidson LA, Elder R and Chapkin RS:  Dietary Fish Oil Reduces 06-methylguanine DNA Adduct Levels in the Rat Colon In Part By Increasing Apoptosis During Tumor Initiation.  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 9: 819-826, 2000.

 

14.  Davidson LA, Brown RE, Chang W-CL, Lupton JR, Morris JS, Wang N, Carroll, RJ, Turner, ND and Chapkin, RS:  Morphodensitometric Analysis of Protein Kinase C bII Expression in the Rat Colon:  Modulation by Diet and Relation to in situ Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis.  Carcinogenesis 21: 1513-1519, 2000.

 

15.  Hong MY, Chapkin RS, Wild CP, Morris JS, Wang N, Carroll RJ, Turner ND and Lupton JR:  Relationship Between DNA Adduct Levels, Repair Enzyme and Apoptosis as a Function of DNA Alkylation by Azoxymethane.  Cell Growth and Differentiation 10: 749-758, 1999.

 

16.  Madoff DC, Hicks ME, Abdalla EK, Morris JS and Vauthey JN:  Portal vein embolization using polyvinyl alcohol particles and coils in preparation for major liver resection for hepatobiliary malignancy:  Safety and Efficacy:  A study in 26 patients.  Radiology, In Press, 2002.

 

17.  Switzer KC, McMurray DN, Morris JS and Chapkin RS:  N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids promote activation-induced cell death in undifferentiated lymphocytes.  Submitted, 2002.

 

Invited Articles:  N/A

Editorials:  N/A

Other Articles:  N/A

Abstracts:

 

Lin, E, Morris, J, Crane, C, Chau, NK, Wolf, R, Delcos, M, Xiong, X, Janjan, N and Abbruzzese JL:  Celecoxib attenuated capecitabine induced hand-and-foot syndrome (HFS) and

diarrhea and improved time to tumor progression in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). ASCO

 

Abu-Hamda E, Kaw M, Gagneja H, Wolff RA, Cohen D, Morris J, Pisters P, Lee J, Vauthey J-N and Evans D: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the staging of pancreatic adeno-carcinoma and detection of small tumors. GI Endoscopy, April 2002; 55(5); AB240.

Patel MB, Kaw M, Gagneja H, Cohen D, Morris J, Singh S, Ho L, Ajani J. Endoscopic ultrasonography for restaging of gastric adenocarcinoma. GI Endoscopy, April 2002; 55(5); AB251.

 

 

Book Chapters:

 

Morris, JS, Wang, N, Lupton, JR, Chapkin, RS, Turner, ND, Hong, MY and Carroll, RJ:  Understanding the Relationship Between Carcinogen-induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon.  In:  Mathematical Models in Experimental Nutrition.  J Novotny, M Green and RC Boston, Eds, Plenum, NY, To be published 2001.

 

Books (edited and written):  N/A

Letters to the Editor:  N/A

Manuals, Teaching Aids:  N/A

 

Technical Reports:

 

1.  Morris JS, Vannucci M, Brown PJ and Carroll RJ: Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions, MDACC Department of Biostatistics Technical Report # 019-01, 2001.

 

2.  Morris JS, Wang N, Lupton JR, Chapkin RS, Turner ND, Hong MY and Carroll RJ:  A Bayesian Analysis Involving Colonic Crypt Structure and Coordinated Response to Carcinogens Incorporating Missing Crypts, MDACC Department of Biostatistics Technical Report # 020-01, 2001.

 

3.  Morris JS, Vannucci M, Brown PJ and Carroll RJ: Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions, IMS Technical Report # UKC/IMS/01/39, 2001.

 

4.  Jordan R, Pack D and Morris JS (1997).  Fexofenadine Capsules – 24 Month Stability Data and Statistical Analysis of Registration Batches.  Third Interim Report.  Hoechst Marion Roussell Internal Report.

 

5.  Gerald K and Morris JS (1997).  A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel, Multiple Dose, Multicenter Study to Determine the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Biochemical Activity of MDL 1000,907 in Patients with Schizophrenia.  Abbreviated Clinical Study Report, Protocol No. OUPR0006.

 

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES

 

Editor/Service on Editorial Board(s):  N/A

 

Journal Reviewer:

 

Referee – Communications in Statistics, 1998

Referee – Drug Information Journal, 2001

Referee – Bioinformatics, 2002

TEACHING – Within Current Institution:

 

TEACHING -- Outside of Current Institution:

 

Organization of Conferences: National

Session Chairman, East North American Region, International Biometric Society, 2001

Invited Session Organizer, East North American Region, International Biometric Society, 2002

Invited Session Organizer, West North American Region, International Biometric Society, 2003

 

Presentations at National or International Conferences:

 

Invited

 

Invited speaker, Analysis of DNA Damage and Repair in Colonic Crypts, ENAR meetings of the International Biometrics Society, Arlington, VA, March, 2002.

 

Selected speaker, Bayesian Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions, 7th Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics, Canary Islands, Spain, June, 2002.

 

Invited speaker, A Bayesian Method for Estimation of the Relative Abundance of mRNA Transcripts using SAGE, ENAR meetings of the International Biometrics Society, Tampa, FL, March, 2003.

 

Invited speaker, Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis, Joint Statistical Meetings, San Francisco, CA, August, 2003.

 

Contributed

 

Speaker, Bayesian Method for Estimation of the Relative Abundance in mRNA Transcripts using SAGE, Joint Statistical Meetings, New York, NY, August, 2002.

 

Speaker, Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis, ENAR meetings of the International Biometrics Society, Arlington, VA, March, 2002.

 

Speaker, Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, Joint Statistical Meetings, Atlanta, GA, August, 2001.

 

Speaker, Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, ENAR meetings of the International Biometrics Society, Charlotte, NC, March, 2001.

 

Seminar Invitations from Other Institutions

 

1.      Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis, Yale University, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT, November 2002.

2.      Bayesian Methods for Estimation of the Relative Abundance of mRNA Transcripts using SAGE, Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics, College Station, TX, October 2002.

3.      Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis and Markov Chain Monte Carlo, University of North Carolina, Department of Quantitative Psychology, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2002.

4.      Statistical Issues in Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Data (SAGE), St. Cloud State University, Department of Statistics, St. Cloud, MN., April 2002.

5.      Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis,   Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics, College Station, TX., October 2001

6.      Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis, Mississippi State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Starkville, MS., October 2001.

7.      Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions in Colon Carcinogenesis, Southern Methodist University, Department of Statistical Science, Dallas, TX., October 2001.

8.      Bayesian Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions, University of Kent at Canterbury, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Canterbury, UK., July 2001.

9.      Bayesian Wavelet-Based Nonparametric Modeling of Hierarchical Functions, University College of London, Department of Statistical Science London, UK., July 2001.

10.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, Rice University, Department of Statistics, Houston, TX., April 2001.

11.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics, College Station, TX., April 2000.

12.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA., April 2000.

13.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, North Carolina State University, Department of Statistics, Raleigh, NC., March 2000.

14.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, Duke University, Institute for Statistical Decision Sciences, Durham, NC., March 2000.

15.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, University of Chicago, Department of Health Studies, Chicago, IL., March 2000.

16.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, University of New Mexico, Department of Statistics, Albuquerque, NM., March 2000.

17.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, University of Florida, Department of Biostatistics, Gainesville, FL., February 2000.

18.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, University of Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, Ann Arbor, MI., February 2000.

19.  Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Understanding the Relationship of Carcinogen-Induced DNA Adduct Levels in Distal and Proximal Regions of the Colon, Mayo Clinic, Section of Biostatistics, Rochester, MN., January 2000.

 

Lectureships and Visiting Professorships

 

Visiting Fellow, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK, May 2001-July 2001.

 

Other Teaching Experience

 

High School Teacher, Northside Christian School, St. Petersburg, FL, 1993-1995.

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Biometry, Texas A&M University, Department of    Statistics, College Station, TX., 1996-1997.

Assistant Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., 1998.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

Member, American Statistical Association (1997-2002)

Member, International Biometrics Society, East-North American Region (1999-2002)

Member, International Mathematical Society (2001-2002)