EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (Epidemiology) 2005, University of Illinois at Chicago
• M.S. (Biostatistics) 2001, University of Illinois at Chicago
• M.S. (Epidemiology) 1997, Beijing Medical University
• M.D. (Preventive Medicine) 1994, Beijing Medical University

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

• Etiology and outcome of cancer, in particular breast cancer
• Genetic epidemiology
• Health disparities

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Huo D, Ikpatt F, Khramtsov A, Dangou J, Nanda R, Dignam J, et al. Population differences in breast cancer: survey in indigenous African women reveal overrepresentation of triple negative breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2009 (in press)
• Huo D, Hetzel JT, Roy H, Rubin RT. Association of colorectal cancer and prostate cancer and impact of radiation therapy. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarker & Prev 2009;18(7):1979-85
• Huo D, Senie RT, Daly M, Buys SS, Cummings S, Ogutha J, Hope K, Olopade OI. Prediction of BRCA mutations using the BRCAPRO model in clinic-based African American, Hispanic, and other minority families in the United States. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2009;278(10):1184-1190
• Olopade OI, Grushko TA, Nanda R, Huo D. Advances in Breast Cancer: Pathways to Personalized Medicine. Clinical Cancer Research 2008;14(24):7988-99
• Ellis NA, Huo D, Yildiz O, Worrillow LJ, Banerjee M, Le Beau MM, et al. MDM2 SNP309 and TP53 Arg72Pro interact to alter therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia susceptibility. Blood 2008 112(3):741-9
• Huo D, Adebamowo CA, Ogundiran TO, Akang EE, Campbell O, Adenipekun A, et al. Parity and breastfeeding are protective against breast cancer in Nigerian women. British Journal of Cancer 2008; 98(5):992-6
• Lauderdale DS, Huo D. Cancer death rates for older Asian Americans: classification by race versus ethnicity. Cancer Cause and Control 2008; 19(2):135-46
• Huo D, Kim HJ, Adebamowo CA, Ogundiran TO, Akang EE, Campbell O, et al. Genetic polymorphisms in uridine diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 and breast cancer risk in Africans. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2008; 110(2):367-76
• Huo D, Olopade OI. Genetic testing in diverse populations: are researchers doing enough to get out the correct message? JAMA 2007;298(24):2910-1
• Hong AL, Huo D, Kim HJ, Niu Q, Fackenthal DL, Cummings SA, John EM, West DW, Whittemore AS, Das S, Olopade OI. UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 Gene Polymorphisms and Total Bilirubin Levels in an Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Women. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 2007; 35(8):1254-61
• Hickson JA, Huo D, Vander Griend DJ, Rinker-Schaeffer CW, and Yamada SD. The p38 kinases MKK4 and MKK6 suppress metastatic colonization in human ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Research 2006; 66(4):2264-2270
• Rubin DT, LoSavio A, Yadron N, Huo D, Hanauer SB. 5-aminosalicylic acid therapy prevents dysplasia and colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006; 4(11):1346-50
• Ryan CW, Huo D, Demers LM, Beer TM, Lacerna LV. Zoledronic Acid Initiated During the First Year of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Increases Bone Mineral Density in Prostate Cancer Patients. Journal of Urology 2006; 176(3):972-8
• Mestan K, Marks J, Hecox K, Huo D, Schreiber MD. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants treated with inhaled nitric oxide. New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 355:23-25
• Schreiber MD, Gin-Mestan K, Marks J, Huo D, Lee G, Srisuparp P. Inhaled nitric oxide decreases pulmonary morbidity and death in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine 2003;349:2099-107
• Karrison TG, Huo D, Chappell R. A group sequential, response-adaptive design for randomized clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trial 2003; 24(5):506-522
• Smith SM, LeBeau MM, Huo D, Karrison T, Sobecks RM, Anastasi J, Vardiman JW, Rowley JD, Larson RA. Clinical-cytogenetic associations in 306 patients with therapy-related myelodysplasia and myeloid leukemia: The University of Chicago series. Blood 2003; 102(1):43-52
• Deyrup AT, Haydon RC, Huo D, Ishikawa A, Peabody TD, He TC, Montag AG. Myoid differentiation and prognosis in adult pleomorphic sarcomas of the extremity: an analysis of 92 cases. Cancer 2003; 98(4):805-813
• Stadler WM, Huo D, George C, Yang X, Ryan CW, Karrison T, Zimmerman TM, Vogelzang NJ. Prognostic factors for survival to gemcitabine plus 5-fluorouracil based regimens for metastatic renal cancer. Journal of Urology 2003; 170(4):1141-1145
• Huo D, Lauderdale DS, Li L. Influence of reproductive factors on hip fracture risk in Chinese women. Osteoporosis International 2003; 14(8):694-700
• Ouellet LJ, Thorpe L, Huo D, Bailey S, Jiminez AD, Johnson WA, Rahimian A, Monterroso E. Prevalence and incidence of HIV among out-of-treatment injecting drug users, Chicago 1994-1996. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000; 25(5):443-50
• Huo D, Li L. A case-control study on risk factor for hip fracture in the middle-aged and elderly in Beijing. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2000; 21(1):37-40

MAJOR COURSES

• Advanced Epidemiologic Methods