Research Interests
Generalized additive models, spatio-temporal modeling, spatial
epidemiology, linear mixed models, longitudinal data analysis, and
statistical applications in biological, environmental and health
sciences
Publications
Lakshmi Kollara, Jamie L. Perry, Richard E. Kirschner, Xiangming Fang, and Adriane L. Baylis (2022). Assessment of the Velopharyngeal Mechanism at Rest and During Speech in Children With 22q11.2DS: A Cross-Sectional Study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656221100674.
Andrew J. Vermiglio and Xiangming Fang (2022). The World Health Organization (WHO) Hearing Impairment Guidelines and a Speech Recognition in Noise (SRN) Disorder. International Journal of Audiology. In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1976424.
Jamie L. Perry, Abigail E. Haenssler, Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Joshua Y. Chen, Xiangming Fang, Yifan Guo, Kazlin Mason, and Michael Webb (2022). Does the type of MRI sequence influence perceived quality and measurement consistency in investigations of the anatomy of the velopharynx? The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211025191.
Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Michael S. Jaskolka, Xiangming Fang, Charles Ellis, Silvia S. Blemker, Bruce Horswell, Paul Kloostra, and Jamie L. Perry (2022). A preliminary study of anatomical changes following the use of a pedicled buccal fat pad flap during primary palatoplasty. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211014070.
Austin L. Rogers, Robert D. Allman, Xiangming Fang, Linda C. Kindell, Leslie W. Nifong, Benjamin C. Degner, Shahab A. Akhter (2022). Thromboelastography-platelet mapping allows safe and earlier urgent coronary artery bypass grafting. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 113(4), 1119-1125.
Jamie L. Perry, Abigail E. Haenssler, Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Xiangming Fang, Shea Middleton, Robert Mason, and David P. Kuehn (2022). A midsagittal-view MRI study of the growth and involution of the adenoid mass and related changes in selected velopharyngeal structures. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 65(4), 1282-1293.
Frederick Stine, Caroline B Collier, Xiangming Fang, Kelsey Ross Dew, and Suzanne Lazorick (2021). Impact of BMI, Socioeconomic Status and Bedtime Technology Use on Sleep Duration in Adolescents. Clinical Pediatrics 60(13), 520-527.
Robert D.
Allman, Austin L. Rogers, Patrycja Popowicz, Xiangming Fang, Ronny A.
Bell, Michael J. Bates, Shahab A. Akhter, and Benjamin C. Degner (2021).
Analysis of racial disparities in acute type A aortic dissection repair at a
rural tertiary academic medical center. Journal
of Cardiac Surgery 36(11), 4238-4242.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Lauren Leclerc, Meagan Thornton, Hannah Osborne, Elizabeth Bonilla, and Xiangming Fang (2021). Diagnostic Accuracy of the AzBio Speech Recognition in Noise Test. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 64(8), 3303-3316.
Neda Tahmasebifard, Charles Ellis, Kathrin Rothermich, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2021). Evaluation of the symmetry of the levator veli palatini muscle and velopharyngeal closure among a noncleft adult population. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 58(6), 728-735.
Graham C. Schenck, Jamie L. Perry, Mary M. O’Gara, Amy Morgan Linde, Mitchell F. Grasseschi, Robert J. Wood, Martin S. Lacey, and Xiangming Fang (2021). Velopharyngeal Muscle Morphology in Children With Unrepaired Submucous Cleft Palate: An Imaging Study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 58(3), 313-323.
Molly Jacobs, Patrick M Briley, Xiangming Fang, and Charles Ellis (2021). Telepractice Treatment for Aphasia: Association between Clinical Outcomes and Client Satisfaction. Telemedicine Reports 2(1), 118-124.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Emery Bulla, Julia Skinner, Paige Heeke, Xiangming Fang, Keerthana Velappan, Elizabeth Bonilla, and Ellie Garner (2021). A convergent validity study: Listening in Spatialized Noise-Sentences (LiSN-S) test and the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT). International Journal of Audiology 60(1), 27-34.
Abigail E. Haenssler, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2020). Effective velopharyngeal ratio: a more clinically relevant measure of velopharyngeal function. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 63(11), 3586-3593.
Eshan Pua, Catherine Pelland, Charles Ellis, Xiangming Fang, Stephen Leierer, Bradley Sutton, David Kuehn, Silvia Blemker, and Jamie Perry (2020). Identifying Predictors of Levator Veli Palatini Muscle Contraction during Speech using Dynamic MRI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 63(6), 1726-1735.
Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Catherine M. Pelland, Silvia S. Blemker, Michael S. Jaskolka, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2020). Asymmetry and positioning of the levator veli palatini muscle in children with repaired cleft palate. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 63(5), 1317-1325.
Kimberly May, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Verginia C. Stage, Casey J. Kelley, Sarah Burkholder, Xiangming Fang, April Zeng, and Suzanne Lazorick (2020). Use of the Veggie Meter as a tool to objectively approximate fruit and vegetable intake among youth for evaluation of preschool and school-based interventions. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 33(6), 869-875.
Chloe E. Opper, Caroline B Collier, Xiangming Fang, and Suzanne Lazorick (2020). Measuring determinants of health for a school-based obesity intervention. Health Behavior and Policy Review 7(3), 223-237.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Sigfrid D. Soli, Daniel J. Freed, and Xiangming Fang (2020). The effect of stimulus audibility on the relationship between pure-tone average and speech recognition in noise ability. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 31(3), 224-232.
Abigail E. Haenssler, Adriane Baylis, Jamie L. Perry, Lakshmi Kollara, Xiangming Fang, and Richard Kirschner (2020). Impact of cranial base abnormalities on cerebellar volume and the velopharynx in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 57(4), 412-419.
Lakshmi Kollara, Adriane Baylis, Richard Kirschner, Gregory Bates, Mark Smith, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2019). Velopharyngeal structural and muscle variations in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an unsedated MRI study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 56(9), 1139-1148.
Jamie L. Perry, Joshua Y. Chen, Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Abigail Haenssler, Bradley P. Sutton, David P. Kuehn, Thomas J. Sitzman, and Xiangming Fang (2019). Morphology of the musculus uvulae in vivo using mri and 3D modeling among adults with normal anatomy and preliminary comparison to cleft palate anatomy. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 56(8), 993-1000.
Saryu Sharma, Patrick M. Briley, Heather Harris Wright, Jamie L. Perry, Xiangming Fang, and Charles Ellis (2019). Gender differences in aphasia outcomes: evidence from the AphasiaBank. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 54(5), 806-813.
Jamie L. Perry, Lakshmi Kollara, Bradley P. Sutton, David P. Kuehn, and Xiangming Fang (2019). Growth effects on velopharyngeal anatomy from childhood to adulthood. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 62(3), 682-692.
Erin Clark, Christy Isler, Diana Strickland, Amy Gross McMillan, Xiangming Fang, Devon Kuehn, Srikanth Ravisankar, Cody Strom, and Linda E May (2019). Influence of aerobic exercise on maternal lipid levels and offspring morphometrics. International Journal of Obesity 43(3), 594-602.
Eshan Pua, Yolanda Holt, Lakshmi Kollara, Balaji Rangarathnam, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2019). Evaluating nasalance values among bilingual Mandarin–English speakers. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 56(4), 462-470.
Kristie Hicks, Stephanie B. Pitts, Suzanne Lazorick, Xiangming Fang, and Ann P. Rafferty (2019). Examining the association between screen time, beverage and snack consumption, and weight status among eastern North Carolina youth. NC Medical Journal 80(2), 69-75.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Caroline Herring, Paige Heeke, Courtney Post, and Xiangming Fang (2019). Sentence recognition in steady-state speech-shaped noise versus four-talker babble. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 30(1), 54-65.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Keerthana Velappan, Paige Heeke, Emery Bulla, Xiangming Fang, Elizabeth Bonilla, Elizabeth Garner, and Julia Skinner (2019). The relationship between speech recognition in noise and non-speech recognition in noise test performances: Implications for central auditory processing disorders testing. Journal of Communication Disorders 77, 31-43.
Jamie L. Perry, Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Bradley P. Sutton, David P. Kuehn, Michael S. Jaskolka, Xiangming Fang, Stuart W. Point, and Frank Rauccio (2018). Variations in velopharyngeal structure in adults with repaired cleft palate. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 55(10), 1409-1418.
Paige Heeke, Andrew J. Vermiglio, Emery E. Bulla, Keerthana Velappan, and Xiangming Fang (2018). The relationship between random gap detection and hearing in noise test performances. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 29(10), 948-954.
Samantha McDonald, Nichelle A. Satterfield, Linda E. May, Edward R. Newton, Jeffrey Livingston, and Xiangming Fang (2018). Influence of maternal exercise on fetal heart response during labor and delivery. Health Science Reports 1(10): e81.
Oyinlola T.Babatunde, Patrick M.Briley, Brandi M.White, XiangmingFang, and CharlesEllis (2018). Dietary practices among stroke-survivors—racial/ethnic differences. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 27(11), 2926-2931.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Stephanie Griffin, Courtney Post, and Xiangming Fang (2018). An evaluation of the World Health Organization and American Medical Association ratings of hearing impairment and simulated single-sided deafness. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 29(7), 634-647.
Andrew J. Vermiglio, Sigfrid D. Soli, and Xiangming Fang (2018). An argument for self-report as a reference standard in audiology. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 29(3), 206-222.
Jamie L. Perry, Lakshmi Kollara, David P. Kuehn, Bradley P. Sutton, and Xiangming Fang (2018). Examining age, sex, and race characteristics of velopharyngeal structures in 4- to 9-year-old children using magnetic resonance imaging. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 55(1), 21-34.
Jamie L. Perry, David P. Kuehn, Bradley P. Sutton, and Xiangming Fang (2017). Velopharyngeal structural and functional assessment of speech in young children using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 54(4), 408-422.
Pooja Purswan, Suzanne
Lazorick, Xiangming Fang, and George T. Hardson (2017). Effect of
school-based wellness intervention in 7th graders on stage of change for
lifestyle behaviors: The MATCH Program. Journal
of Childhood Obesity 2:4. DOI: 10.21767/2572-5394.10026.
Josh
Bendickson, Shelby Solomon, and Xiangming
Fang (2017). Prospect theory: The
impact of relative distances. Journal of Managerial Issues 29(2),
155-168.
Katelyn J. Kotlarek,
Jamie L. Perry, and Xiangming Fang
(2017). Morphology of the levator veli palatini muscle in adults with
repaired cleft palate. Journal of
Craniofacial Surgery 28(3), 833-837.
Holly N. Jordan, Graham
C. Schenck, Charles Ellis, Balaji Rangarathnam, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (2017). Examining
velopharyngeal closure patterns based on anatomic variables. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 28(1),
270-274.
Bryce L. Jorgensen, Damon L. Rappleyea, John T. Schweichler, Xiangming Fang, and Mary E. Moran (2017). The financial behavior of emerging adults: a family financial socialization approach. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 38(1), 57-69.
Tejas Desai, Sadeem Ali, Xiangming Fang, Wanda Thompson, Pankaj Jawa, and Tushar
Vachharajani (2016). Equal work for unequal pay: the gender reimbursement gap
for healthcare providers in the United States. Postgraduate Medical Journal 92(1092), 571-575.
Tejas Desai , Vibhu Dhingra, Afreen Shariff, Aabid
Shariff, Edgar Lerma, Parteek Singla, Swapnil Kachare, Zoheb Syed, Deeba
Minhas, Ryan Madanick, and Xiangming
Fang (2016). Quantifying the twitter influence of third party commercial
entities versus healthcare providers in thirteen medical conferences from
2011 – 2013. PLoS ONE 11(9):
e0162376.
Graham C. Schenck, Jamie L.
Perry, and Xiangming Fang (2016).
Normative velopharyngeal data in infants: implications for treatment of cleft
palate. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
27(6), 1430-1439.
Charles Ellis, Xiangming
Fang, and Patrick Briley (2016). Temporal aspects of global coherence
during discourse production in early stage Parkinson’s disease. Advances in Parkinson's Disease 5(3),
41-49.
Linda May, Jennifer R.
Knowlton, Jessica A. Hanson, Richard R. Suminski, Christopher Paynter, Xiangming Fang, and Kathleen M.
Gustafson (2016). Effects of
exercise during pregnancy on maternal heart rate and heart rate variability. PM&R 8(7), 611-617.
Suzanne Lazorick, Xiangming
Fang, and Yancey Crawford (2016). The MATCH Program- Long term obesity
prevention through a middle school based intervention. Childhood Obesity 12(2), 103-112.
Kazlin Mason, Jamie L. Perry, John Riski, and Xiangming Fang (2016). Age related
changes between the level of velopharyngeal closure and the cervical spine. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 27(2),
498-503.
Jamie L. Perry, David P. Kuehn, Bradley P. Sutton,
Jinadasa Gamage, and Xiangming Fang
(2016). Anthropometric analysis of the velopharynx and related craniometric
dimensions in three adult populations using MRI. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 53(1), e1-e13.
Carmen Moyer, Jeffrey
Livingston, Xiangming Fang, and
Linda May (2015). Influence of exercise mode on pregnancy outcomes: ENHANCED
by Mom project. BMC Pregnancy and
Childbirth 15:133. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0556-6.
Suzanne Lazorick, Xiangming
Fang, George T. Hardison, and Yancey Crawford (2015). Improved BMI
measures following a middle school-based obesity intervention- The MATCH
program. Journal of School Health
85(10), 680-687.
Tejas Desai, Vibhu Dhingra, Afreen Shariff, Aabid
Shariff, Edgar Lerma, Parteek Singla, Swapnil Kachare, Zoheb Syed, Deeba
Minhas, Ryan Madanick, Xiangming Fang
(2015). Measuring the Influence of Commercial Entities in the Twitter
backchannels of medical conferences: The #MICEproject, The Winnower 3:e143688.88406. DOI: 10.15200/winn.143688.88406.
Xiangming Fang and
Kung-Sik Chan (2015). Additive models with spatio-temporal data. Environmental and Ecological
Statistics
22(1), 61-86.
Prutha Patel, John W. Norbury, and Xiangming Fang (2014). Sonographic measurements of the ulnar
nerve at the elbow with different degrees of elbow flexion. PM&R 6(5), 395-399.
Damon L. Rappleyea, Alan C. Taylor, and Xiangming Fang (2014). Gender
differences and communication technology use among emerging adults in the
initiation of dating relationships. Marriage
& Family Review 50(3), 269-284.
Suzanne Lazorick, Yancey Crawford, Anthony Gilbird, Xiangming Fang, Veronica Burr,
Valeria Moore, and George T. Hardison (2014). Long term obesity prevention
and the Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health program. Childhood Obesity 10(1), 25-33.
Amit S. Kelkar, Monica S. Hough, and Xiangming Fang (2013). Do we think alike? A cross-cultural study
of executive functioning. Culture and
Brain 1(2-4), 118-137.
Alan C. Taylor, Damon L. Rappleyea, Xiangming Fang, and Dylan Cannon (2013). Emerging adults’
perceptions of acceptable behaviors prior to forming a committed, dating
relationship. Journal of Adult
Development 20(4), 173-184.
Clinton E Faulk, Natalie R Cooper, Judit A Staneata, Michael P
Bunch, Enrique Galang, Xiangming
Fang, and Keith J Foster (2013). Rate of return to acute care hospital based on day and time of
rehabilitation admission. PM&R
5(9), 757-762.
Afreen I. Shariff, Xiangming Fang, and Tejas Desai (2013). Using social media to
create a professional network between physician trainees and the American
Society of Nephrology. Advances in
Chronic Kidney Disease 20(4), 357-363.
Tejas Desai, Vivek Sanghani, Xiangming Fang, Cynthia Christiano, and Maria Ferris (2013). Assessing a
nephrology-focused YouTube channel’s potential to educate health care
providers. Journal of Nephrology 26(1), 81-85.
Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett, Laura Gantt, Xiangming Fang, Nancy G. Harris, Jamie Hopkins, Shelby Donnelly, Jacqueline Lancaster
Prevost, and Marynese Titre (2013). Evaluating knowledge and self-efficacy
among caribbean healthcare workers through a community engagement nutrition
education program. Journal of Community
Nutrition and Health 1(2), 52-59.
Dale L. Zimmerman, Peng Sun, and Xiangming Fang (2012). Likelihood-based estimation of spatial
intensity and variation in disease risk from locations subject to geocoding
errors. Statistics and Its Interface 5(2),
207-220.
Dale L. Zimmerman and Xiangming Fang (2012). Estimating
spatial variation in disease risk from locations coarsened by incomplete
geocoding. Statistical
Methodology
9(1-2), 239-250.
Tejas Desai, Xiangming
Fang, and Maria Ferris (2012). Introducing
the global medical community to the information presented at local scientific
conferences through nephrology blogs. F1000
Research 1:66.
Tejas Desai, Afreen Shariff, Aabid Shariff, Mark Kats, Xiangming Fang, Cynthia Christiano,
and Maria Ferris (2012). Tweeting the Meeting: A in-depth analysis of Twitter activity at
Kidney Week 2011. PLoS ONE 7(7):
e40253.
Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett, M. Elizabeth Kunkel, Pamela K.
Guiste, Patrick D. Gerard, Xiangming
Fang, and Jacqueline Lancaster Prevost (2012). Anthropometric status and
nutrient intake of dominican children in schools with and without school
feeding programs. Topics in Clinical
Nutrition 27(2), 85-94.
Wesley O'Neal, Matthew Winters, Kerri Augustino, Xiangming Fang, and Paul Cook (2012). TB screening in an HIV
clinic: How interferon-γ assays improve screening compliance. The International Journal of Tuberculosis
and Lung Disease 16(5), 707-707.
Gus Jonathan Lewis, Xiangming Fang,
Michael Gooch, and Paul
Cook (2012).
Decreased
resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with restriction of ciprofloxacin in a
large teaching hospital’s intensive and intermediate care units. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology 33(4), 368-373.
Tejas Desai, Maria de Ferris, Cynthia Christiano, and Xiangming Fang (2012). Predicting the number of US medical
graduates entering adult nephrology fellowships using search term analysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases
59(3), 467-469.
Paul P. Cook, Shemra Rizzo, Michael Gooch, Michelle
Jordan, Xiangming Fang, and
Suzanne Hudson (2011). Sustained reduction in
antimicrobial use and decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylcoccus aureus
and Clostridium difficile infections following implementation of an
electronic medical record at a tertiary-care teaching hospital. Journal of Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy 66(1), 205-209.
Yan Li and Xiangming Fang (2010). A reappraisal of the exchange rate
determination: a liquidity approach. International Business Research 3(4),
50-59.
Jessica N. Kent, C. Suzanne
Lea, Xiangming Fang, Lloyd F.
Novick, and Jo Morgan (2010). Seasonal influenza vaccination rates
among local health department personnel in North Carolina, 2007-2008. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 39(1), 74-77.
Dale L. Zimmerman, Jie Li, and Xiangming Fang (2010). Spatial autocorrelation among automated
geocoding errors and its effects on testing for disease clustering. Statistics in Medicine 29(9),
1025-1036.
Dale L. Zimmerman, Xiangming Fang, and Soumya Mazumdar (2008). Spatial clustering of
the failure to geocode and its implications for the detection of disease
clustering. Statistics in Medicine
27(21), 4254-4266.
Dale L. Zimmerman, Xiangming Fang, Soumya Mazumdar, and Gerard Rushton (2007).
Modeling the probability distribution of positional errors incurred by
residential address geocoding. International
Journal of Health Geographics, 6:1.
Xiangming Fang and Guangming Hou (2002).
A game-theory perspective of anti-dumping. Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (Social Sciences
Edition) 1, 62-64.
Yan Li and Xiangming
Fang (2001). The characteristics of R&D in a multinational
corporation . Journal of Beijing
Institute of Technology (Social Sciences Edition) 1, 68-71.
Jin Dong, Yan Li, and Xiangming Fang (2000). Multinational companies’ R&D
presence in China. Proceedings of the
2000 International Conference on
Management Science and Engineering, Beijing, China.
RESEARCH sUPPORT
Ongoing Research Support
National Institutes of Health (NIH 1R01DK129480-01A1)
May
(PI)
05/15/22 – 04/31/27
Effect of exercise
modality during pregnancy on childhood obesity risk.
The goal of this
study is to determine 1) the influence of different exercise modes during
OW/OB pregnancy on infant cardiometabolic health and growth trajectories; and
2) the most effective exercise mode in OW/OB pregnancy on improving maternal
cardiometabolic health outcomes.
Role: Co-Investigator
NC Department of Health and Human Service
Lazorick (PI)
10/01/18 – 09/30/22
SNAP-Ed MATCH.
The goal of this
study is to expand the Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE
Health (MATCH) program in 7th graders to greater number of schools and
evaluate changes in participant behavior knowledge and body mass index.
Role: Co-Investigator
Completed Research Support
American Heart Association
May
(PI)
09/01/18 –
08/31/20
Influence of
maternal exercise on Infant skeletal muscle and metabolomics.
The goal of this
study is to determine 1) the ability of regular maternal exercise to imprint
key myocellular metabolic (insulin sensitivity) properties of offspring
mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), neuromotor function, and morphometry; and 2)
the distinct abilities of regular maternal exercise to imprint the metabolome
of offspring MSC.
Role: Co-Investigator
Blue
Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation
Lazorick (PI)
07/01/15 – 01/31/20
MATCH Growth and
Capacity Building.
The goal of this study is to build capacity for future multi-state and
largescale dissemination of the MATCH program and further develop the
technology supports of the program delivery, training, resources and data
management system that are proving critical for consistent implementation and
fidelity.
Role: Co-Investigator
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Charles (PI)
09/01/17 – 08/31/19
Speech
Telerehabilitation after Stroke: Proof of Concept and Feasibility.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability,
credibility and satisfaction of using a telerehabilitation approach in rural
eastern NC to treat aphasia among stroke survivors.
Role: Co-Investigator
ECU Interdisciplinary Research Award Babatunde (PI) 07/01/17 – 06/30/18
Racial-ethnic differences in stroke outcomes- Is the disparities justified?
The goal of this study is to examine 1) the relationship between
utilization of nutrition services, dietary behavior and overall nutrition
literacy, and nutrition supplements and stroke-related disability, and 2) the
relationship between dietary behavior, nutrition literacy and secondary
stroke prevention and comorbid disease management (diabetes, lipids and
hypertension), and to determine if the relationships differ across
racial-ethnic groups.
Role: Co-Investigator
NC Department of Health and Human Service
Lazorick (PI)
10/01/15 – 09/30/18
SNAP-Ed MATCH Expansion 2015-2018.
The goal of this study is to expand the Motivating Adolescents with
Technology to CHOOSE Health (MATCH) program in 7th graders to
greater number of schools and evaluate changes in participant
behavior knowledge and body mass index.
Role: Co-Investigator
Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation
Lazorick (PI)
07/01/15 – 06/30/18
MATCH
Growth and Capacity Building 2015-2018.
The goal of this study is to build capacity for future multi-state and
largescale dissemination of the MATCH program and further develop
the technology supports of the program delivery, training, resources
and data management system that are proving critical for consistent
implementation and fidelity.
Role: Co-Investigator
American Heart Association
May (PI)
07/01/15 – 06/30/17
ENHANCED by Mom (Enhanced Neonatal Health And Neonatal
Cardiovascular Efficiency Developmentally by Mom)
The goal of this study is to determine if exercise protocols for pregnant
women can improve cardiometabolic health in offspring.
Role: Statistician
American Heart Association
Swift
(PI)
07/01/13 –
06/30/17
The
Intervention Composed of Aerobic Training and Non-Exercise Physical
Activity.
The goal of this study is to investigate the
effects of aerobic exercise training and increasing physical
activity outside of structured exercise training sessions on waist
circumference, weight, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors
in a prospective pilot trial.
Role: Co-Investigator
Cleft Palate Foundation
Perry (PI)
07/01/15 – 06/30/16
Velopharyngeal Muscle Morphology in Children with Congenital Palatal
Microforms.
The goal of this study is to identify
quantitative and qualitative differences in the levator muscle, the
musculus uvulae, and velar measures between children aged 3-6 years
with symptomatic palatal microforms and typically developing
children withnormal VP anatomy.
Role: Co-Investigator
Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation
Lazorick (PI)
07/01/14 – 06/30/15
Planning and Infrastructure for MATCH Expansion.
The goal of this study is to develop infrastructure and plan for a
large-scale expansion of the Motivating Adolescents with Technology
to CHOOSE Health (MATCH) intervention in 7th graders. Infrastructure
to be developed include: data management and teacher resource-system
programming and design and development of web-based training
resources.
Role: Co-Investigator
National Institute of Justice
Oliver
(PI)
01/01/13 – 12/31/14
The
Interpretation of Patterned Injuries in Medicolegal Death
Investigation.
The goal of this study is to develop 1) a
quantitative error measure for patterned injury interpretation at
the population level for forensic pathologists; 2) a quantitative
measure of the usefulness of image processing methods on the
detection and interpretation of patterned injury of the skin; 3) a
quantitative measure of the accuracy and precision of postmortem
injury measurement, and recommended protocols for increasing both.
Role: Investigator
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust
Lazorick
(PI)
01/01/12 – 12/31/14
2012-2015 MATCH Expansion.
The goal of this study is to
expand the MATCH (Motivating
Adolescents with Technology to Choose Health) program and further
investigate its effect on
childhood
obesity among 7th grade students.
Role: Investigator
ECU Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy
Lazorick (PI)
01/01/13 – 06/30/13
Improving implementation of the middle school physical activity
component of the NC Healthy Active Children Policy.
The goal of this study is to
better understand and inform the NC
State Board of Education about effects and provision of daily
physical activity for students in grades 6-8.
Role: Statistician
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Lazorick
(PI)
07/01/09 – 09/30/12
MATCH
Learning to Lifestyle: School-Based Wellness Intervention for
Obesity.
The goal of this study is to
determine if the MATCH (Motivating
Adolescents with Technology to Choose Health) intervention has a
healthy effect on student body composition as measured by Body Mass
Index.
Role: Investigator
Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation
Lazorick (PI)
11/16/10 – 04/03/12
MATCH Anniversary Grant.
The goal of this study is to expand, develop and evaluate the Motivating
Adolescents through Technology to Choose Health (MATCH) program into
5 schools with 2 control schools.
Role: Co-investigator
National Cancer Institute RO1 CA115363-01
Herr (PI)
09/09/05 – 06/30/10
Cancer
Pain in Elders: Promoting EBP in Hospices.
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of an interdisciplinary
multifaceted translation of research into practice (TRIP)
intervention focused on increasing evidence-based practices (EBPs)
for assessing and managing pain in elders with cancer in hospices.
Role: Statistician (7/01/06 – 5/31/07)
Conference PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS
Benjamin C. Degner,
Shahab A. Akhter, Michael J. Bates, Xiangming
Fang, and Adam Celio (May 2022). Analysis of
racial differences in secondar aortic surgery after initial acute type A
aortic dissection repair. 2022 AATS Aortic
Symposium. Boston, MA.
Young Joo Kim,
Carley Overman, Anne Dickerson, Xiangming
Fang, and Heather L. Panczykowski (April 2022).
Individuals receiving inpatient rehabilitation show the highest objectively-measured physical activity level during
occupational therapy. 2022 American
Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. San Antonio,
TX.
Abigail E. Haenssler,
Katelyn J. Kotlarek, Joshua Chen, Xiangming Fang, Yifan
Guo, �Michael
D. Webb, and Jamie L. Perry (March-April 2022). The Influence of MRI on
Quality and Measurement Consistency on the Anatomy of the Velopharynx. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Association 79th Annual Meeting. Fort Worth, TX.
Sina Kazemzadeh, Xiangming
Fang, and Suzanne Lazorick (May 2021). Determining
Trends and Factors associated with Self-Reported Physical Activity among
Adolescents in Rural North Carolina. Pediatric
Academic Societies 2021 Meeting. Virtual.
Abigail E. Haenssler,
Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (April
2021). Velopharyngeal Ratios Used as Clinical Determinants of Velopharyngeal
Function. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Association 78th Annual Meeting. Virtual.
Neda Tahmasebifard,
Charles Ellis, Kathrin Rothermich, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (April 2021).
Evaluation
of the symmetry of the levator veli
palatini muscle and velopharyngeal closure among a noncleft adult population.
The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Association 78th Annual Meeting. Virtual.
Katelyn Kotlarek, �Michael Jaskolka,
Xiangming Fang, Charles Ellis, Bradley
Sutton, Silvia Blemker, Bruce Horswell,
Paul Kloostra, and Jamie L. Perry (November 2020). Anatomical
Changes Following Pedicled Buccal Fat Pad Graft During Primary Palatoplasty:
A Preliminary Analysis. 2020 ASHA
Convention. Virtual.
Sina Kazemzadeh, Xiangming
Fang, and Suzanne Lazorick (October 2020). Determining
Trends and Factors associated with Self-Reported Physical Activity among
Adolescents in Rural North Carolina. 2020 Southern
Medical Association Southern Regional Assembly. Virtual.
Suzanne Lazorick,
Xiangming Fang, Kelsey Dew, Matthew
Fawcett, Michele H. Wallen, and Thomas Francis Daly (May 2020). Students in
middle schools implementing the MATCH integrated wellness curriculum and
maintenance of academic outcomes. Pediatric
Academic Societies 2020 Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Charles Ellis, Patrick Briley, and Xiangming Fang (February 2020). Credibility, expectancy and satisfaction with community-based telepractice treatment for aphasia. International
Stroke Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Eshan Pua, Catherine Pelland, Silvia Blemker, Xiangming
Fang, Charles Ellis, Stephen Leierer, and Jamie
Perry (November 2019). Use of Dynamic MRI for Sex Comparisons in Levator
Veli Palatini Muscle Shortening and Velocities. American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Abigail Haenssler,
Shea Middleton, Kazlin Mason, Katelyn Kotlarek, Xiangming
Fang, Robert Mason, and Jamie Perry (November 2019). Normative
Adenoid Development From Infancy Through Adulthood. American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Abigail Haenssler,
Xiangming Fang, and Jamie Perry (November
2019). Is
Velopharyngeal Ratio Really an Accurate Clinical Determinant of
Velopharyngeal Function? American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Orlando,
FL.
Neda Tahmasebifard,
Jamie Perry, and Xiangming Fang (November
2019). Evaluation
of the Levator Veli
Palatini Muscle Asymmetry in the Non-Cleft Population Using MRI. American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Lakshmi Kollara,
Adriane Baylis, Richard Kirschner, D. Gregory Bates, Mark Smith, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (July 2018).
ffects of the Craniofacial Complex & Velopharyngeal Musculature on
Speech Resonance in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention,
Boston, MA.
Oyinlola Toyin Babatunde, Sruthi Boddapati, and Xiangming Fang (October
2018). Racial-Ethnic
Differences Exist in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Stroke Survivors-
Findings from the 2015 BRFSS Data. Food
and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), Washington DC.
Lakshmi Kollara,
Adriane Baylis, Richard Kirschner, D. Gregory Bates, Mark Smith, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (July 2018).
Velopharyngeal
structural and muscle variations in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The 11th Biennial International 22q11.2
Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada.
Reena Patel, Suzanne Lazorick, Xiangming
Fang, B. Kelsey Ross, and George T. Hardison (May 2018). Change in
self-reported water intake after the MATCH obesity intervention in middle
school students. Pediatric Academic
Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Chloe Opper,
Suzanne Lazorick, Xiangming
Fang, B. Kelsey Ross, and George T. Hardison (May 2018). Development of a
scale to assess school and community determinants of health in a school-based
wellness program and association with adolescent health measures. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual
Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Eshan Pua, Jamie L. Perry, Lakshmi Kollara,
Yolanda F. Holt, Balaji Rangarathnam, and Xiangming Fang
(April 2018). Assessing the Nasalance of Native
Mandarin Speakers in Mandarin & English. Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate Association, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Linda E May, Edward Newton, Diana M
Strickland, Christy M Isler, Lisa Chasan-Taber,
George A Kelley, R D Steed, Joseph A Houmard, and Xiangming Fang
(March 2018). Maternal Aerobic Exercise Intervention Improves Fetal Heart and
Growth Measures. Epidemiology and
Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, New Orleans, LA.
Eshan Pua, Lakshmi Kollara, Yolanda
F. Holt, Charles Ellis, Balaji Rangarathnam, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (November
2017). Assessing
the Nasalance of Native Mandarin Speakers in
Mandarin & English. Annual
Convention of the American Speech- Language and Hearing Association,
Los Angeles, CA.
Kristie Hicks, Suzanne Lazorick, Stephanie B. Pitts, and Xiangming
Fang (October 2017). Examining the Association Between Screen Time, and Beverage and
Snack Consumption Among NC Youth. The
Obesity Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
Clifford Long, Suzanne Lazorick, Ann P. Rafferty, and Xiangming
Fang (October 2017). Examining Patterns of Beverage Consumption among NC Adolescents
in the MATCH Program. The Obesity
Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
Suzanne Lazorick,
Xiangming Fang, B. Kelsey Ross, and
George T. Hardison (May 2017). Differences in self-reported nutrition behaviors in the MATCH
middle school obesity intervention. Pediatric
Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Matthew Dauterive, Farnaz Houshmand, Xiangming Fang, Mark Mazer, and Arjun Mohan
(May 2017). Mandatory
Documentation of Tidal Volume on the Respiratory Flow Sheet Improves
Compliance with Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Strategy: A 5-year Tertiary Care
Center Experience. American Thoracic
Society International Conference, Washington DC.
Linda E May, Carmen M Moyer, Ed Newton,
Diana Strickland, Christy Isler, Kelley Haven, Jim DeVente,
Lisa Chasan-Taber, George Kelley, and Xiangming Fang (April 2017). Influence of
Exercise and Maternal Lipids during Pregnancy on Neonatal Size. Experimental Biology, Chicago,
IL.
Lakshmi Kollara,
Adriane Baylis, Richard Kirschner, D. Gregory Bates, Mark Smith, Xiangming Fang, and Jamie L. Perry (March 2017).
An
innovative, non-sedated mri protocol to assess
velopharyngeal variations in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association's (ACPA) 74th
Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO.
Graham Schenck, Lakshmi Kollara, Jamie L. Perry, David P. Kuehn, and Xiangming Fang (November 2016). Effects of Surgery & CPAP Therapy on the Velopharyngeal
Mechanism: A Single Case Study Report. ASHA Annual
Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Lakshmi Kollara,
Adriane Baylis, Richard Kirschner, D. Gregory Bates, Mark Smith, Xiangming Fang, Heather Wright, Charles Ellis,
and Jamie L. Perry (November 2016). Evaluating
Velopharyngeal Structures in Children With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Using an
Innovative MRI Protocol. ASHA Annual
Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Ahmed Abubaker, Nada Fadul, Xiangming Fang, and S. Mohamed (October 2016). HIV Transmitted Drug Resistant in Rural Southern Community.
IDWeek, New Orleans, LA.
Kazlin Mason, Jamie L. Perry, John Riski,
and Xiangming Fang (April 2016). Do Age Related Changes Exist Between The
Level Of Velopharyngeal Closure And The Cervical Spine? 73rd Annual Meeting
of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Atlanta, GA.
Graham Schenck, Jamie L. Perry, and Xiangming Fang (April 2016). Utilization Of Velopharyngeal Muscle
Morphology For Advanced Treatment Of Submucous Cleft
Palate. 73rd Annual Meeting of the
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Atlanta, GA.
Sadeem Ali, Xiangming Fang,
Pankaj Jawa, and Tejas
Desai (November 2015). Quantifying the Gender Reimbursement Gap in
Nephrology. American Society of
Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Graham Schenck, Lakshmi Kollara, Jamie L.
Perry, David P. Kuehn, and
Xiangming Fang (November 2016).
Effects of Surgery & CPAP Therapy on the Velopharyngeal Mechanism:
A Single Case Study Report.
ASHA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Lakshmi Kollara, Adriane Baylis, Richard
Kirschner, D. Gregory Bates, Mark Smith,
Xiangming Fang, Heather
Wright, Charles Ellis, and Jamie L. Perry (November 2016).
Evaluating Velopharyngeal Structures in Children With 22q11.2
Deletion Syndrome Using an Innovative MRI Protocol.
ASHA Annual Convention,
Philadelphia, PA.
Ahmed Abubaker, Nada Fadul,
Xiangming Fang, and S. Mohamed (October 2016).
HIV Transmitted Drug Resistant in Rural Southern Community.
IDWeek, New Orleans, LA.
Kazlin Mason, Jamie L. Perry, John Riski,
and Xiangming Fang (April
2016).
Do Age Related Changes Exist Between The Level Of Velopharyngeal
Closure And The Cervical Spine?
73rd Annual Meeting of the
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Atlanta, GA.
Graham Schenck, Jamie L.
Perry, and Xiangming Fang
(April 2016). Utilization Of Velopharyngeal Muscle Morphology For
Advanced Treatment Of Submucous Cleft Palate.
73rd Annual Meeting of the
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Atlanta, GA.
Sadeem Ali,
Xiangming Fang, Pankaj Jawa, and Tejas Desai (November 2015).
Quantifying the Gender Reimbursement Gap in Nephrology.
American Society of Nephrology
(ASN) Kidney Week 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Graham Schenck, Jamie L.
Perry, and Xiangming Fang
(November 2015). Examination of the Velopharyngeal Musculature in
Submucous Cleft Palate: Clinical Implications for Advanced
Treatment. 2015
American
Speech–Language–Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.
Lakshmi Kollara, Jamie L.
Perry, and Xiangming Fang
(November 2015). 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Single Case Study
Investigation Using MRI. 2015
American
Speech–Language–Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.
Lakshmi Kollara, Jamie L.
Perry, and Xiangming Fang
(April 2015). Extravelar and intravelar morphology of the levator
veli palatini: Implications for cleft palate speech.
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Palm Springs,
CA.
Pooja Krish Purswani, George
T. Hardison, Xiangming Fang,
and Suzanne Lazorick (April 2015). Effect of the MATCH Intervention
for Obesity in 7th Grade on Stage of Change for Lifestyle Behaviors.
2015 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting,
San Diego, CA.
Kaushal Shah, Paul Cook, Tae
Lee, John Christie, Xiangming
Fang, and Muhammad Ashraf (April 2015). Is Nursing Home Specific
Antibiogram Necessary For All Nursing Homes?
2015 Yash P. Kataria Research
Day, Greenville, NC.
Siobh�n O’Keefe,
Xiangming Fang, Nathan
Brinn, Mary Catherine Turner, and Dale Newton (March 2015). Moving
The Needle On Our MedPeds Board Pass Rate – Second Phase.
MPPDA National Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Linda May, Diana Strickland, Edward Newton, Amy
Gross-McMillan, Dennis Biko, and
Xiangming Fang (March
2015). Influence of Prenatal Exercise on fetal/infant health.
FASEB Conference, Boston,
MA.
Kaushal Shah, Paul Cook, Tae
Lee, Muhammad Ashraf, John Christie, and
Xiangming Fang (October
2014). Is Nursing Home Specific Antibiogram Necessary For All
Nursing Homes? IDWeek,
Philadelphia, PA.
Dale Zimmerman and
Xiangming Fang (June 2014). Estimating spatial
variation in disease risk from incompletely geocoded data.
Third Joint Biostatistics Symposium, Chengdu, China.
Suzanne Lazorick,
Xiangming Fang, Yancey
Crawford, and George T. Hardison (May 2014). Decreased
Cardiometabolic Risk after 4 Years in Overweight Adolescents in the
MATCH Intervention Compared to Control.
Pediatric Academic Societies
and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting,
Vancouver, Canada.
Suzanne Lazorick,
Xiangming Fang, Yancey
Crawford, George T. Hardison, Alexis Barnett, and Lauren Needell
(May 2014). Lifestyle Behavior Changes after 4 Years in Adolescents
in the MATCH Intervention Compared to Control.
Pediatric Academic Societies
and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting,
Vancouver, Canada.
Min Kim, Stephen Leierer, Steven Sligar, Paul Toriello, and
Xiangming Fang
(February 2014). Effectiveness of substance abuse intensive
outpatient program based on vocational counseling services on
consumers’ issues.
The 10th Annual Jean Mills Health
Symposium, Greenville, NC.
Suzanne Lazorick, Yancey Crawford, Lauren Needell, and
Xiangming Fang
(November 2013). Participants in the MATCH wellness intervention
demonstrate improved weight status after 4 years.
The 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society, Atlanta, GA.
Suzanne Lazorick, Alexis Barnett, Lauren Needell, Yancey Crawford,
and
Xiangming Fang
(November 2013). Ten years after State Board of Education policy
requirement: North Carolina middle school principal and school
district representative views on providing daily physical activity
in school.
The 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society, Atlanta, GA.
Ellen Crowell Poland, Deborah Culbertson,
Xiangming Fang, Sharon Rutledge, Gregg Givens, and
Kathleen Treole Cox (November 2013). Hearing Aids in Older Adults:
Audibility, Outcomes, Status, Characteristics, & Skills.
ASHA Annual Convention,
Chicago, IL.
Ellen Crowell Poland, Deborah Culbertson,
Xiangming Fang, Sharon Rutledge, Gregg Givens, and
Kathleen Treole Cox (September 2013). Hearing Aid Outcomes in
Community-Dwelling Seniors.
NCSHLA 2013 Fall Conference, Wilmington,
NC.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (July 2013). Additive models for spatio-temporal
data.
IMS-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability,
Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Danielle Jordan, George T. Hardison, Yancey Crawford,
Xiangming Fang,
and Suzanne Lazorick (May 2013). Effect of Including Structured
Daily Physical Activity on BMI and Fitness Outcomes of MATCH – A
Middle School-Based Intervention for Obesity.
2013 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting,
Washington DC.
Ramzy Rimawi, Mark Mazer, Ruba Sarsour, Badih Kabchi, Ari Frenkel,
Dawd Siraj, Michael Gooch,
Xiangming Fang, and Paul Cook (May 2013). The Impact Of Daily Collaboration
Between Critical Care And Infectious Disease Specialists On
Adherence To Guidelines And Antibiotic Use In The Medical Intensive
Care Unit.
2013 American Thoracic Society International
Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Ramzy Rimawi, Mark Mazer, Ruba Sarsour, Badih Kabchi, Ari Frenkel,
Dawd Siraj, Michael Gooch,
Xiangming Fang, and Paul Cook (April 2013). Impact of Regular Collaboration
between Infectious Disease and Critical Care on Antimicrobial
Utilization and Patient Outcome.
Yash Kataria Research Day 2013,
Greenville, NC.
Lauren Needell, Yancey Crawford, Suzanne Lazorick, George T.
Hardison, and
Xiangming Fang
(March 2013). Expansion of Motivating Adolescents with Technology to
Choose Health (MATCH) to fifteen schools in tier 1 counties: Program
success and expansion challenges.
The 9th Annual Jean
Mills Health Symposium, Greenville, NC.
Danielle Jordan, George T. Hardison, Yancey Crawford,
Xiangming Fang,
and Suzanne Lazorick (November 2012). Effect of Including Structured
Daily Physical Activity on BMI and Fitness Outcomes of MATCH – A
Middle School-Based Intervention for Obesity.
2012 ECU Healthy Weight Summit, Greenville, NC.
Danielle Jordan, George T. Hardison, Yancey Crawford,
Xiangming Fang,
and Suzanne Lazorick (November 2012). Effect of Including Structured
Daily Physical Activity on BMI and Fitness Outcomes of MATCH – A
Middle School-Based Intervention for Obesity.
AMA Meeting, Hawaii.
Suzanne Lazorick, George T. Hardison,
Xiangming Fang, Yancey Crawford, Vee Burr, and Valeria
Moore (September 2012). Long term BMI results from Motivating
Adolescents with Technology to Choose Health (MATCH) and associated
current health behaviors.
The Obesity Society Annual Meeting 2012, San Antonio, TX.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (July 2012). Modeling spatio-temporal data with
additive models.
Joint Statistical Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (June 2012). Additive models with spatio-temporal
data.
SRCOS 2012 Summer Research Conference, Jekyll Island, GA.
Suzanne Lazorick, George T Hardison,
Xiangming Fang, Yancey
Crawford, Veronica Burr,
and Valeria Moore
(April 2012).
Expansion
of the MATCH intervention for obesity to 7 middle schools in rural
NC.
2012
Pediatric Academic
Societies' Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Prutha Patel, John
W. Norbury, and Xiangming
Fang (March 2012). Sonographic Findings of the Ulnar Nerve at
the Elbow with Different Degrees of Elbow Flexion.
2012 Association of Academic
Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Suzanne Lazorick, George T Hardison,
Xiangming Fang, Yancey
Crawford, Valeria Moore,
and Veronica Burr, (December 2011). Motivating Adolescents with Technology
to Choose Health (MATCH) - A promising educational model for obesity
in 7th graders.
American College of Sports Medicine Conference on Physical Activity,
Cognitive Abilities and Academic Achievement, Washington DC.
Amit S. Kelkar, Monica Hough, Kathleen
T.Cox, and Xiangming Fang
(November 2011). A Cross-Cultural Study of Cognition & Executive
Functioning System. The 2011
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention,
San Diego, CA.
Muhammad S. Ashraf, Vickie
Kinzie, Naureen Sheikh, Kathy Cochran,
Xiangming Fang, Clinton
Faulk, Keith Ramsey
(October 2011). Does early foley
catheter removal lead to higher re-catheterization rate in patients
at a Rehabilitation (Rehab) Center?
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of
America (IDSA),
Boston, MA.
Gus Jonathan Lewis,
Xiangming Fang, Michael Gooch, and
Paul Cook
(October 2011).
Decreased resistance of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa with restriction of ciprofloxacin in a large
teaching hospital's intensive and intermediate care units.
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of
America (IDSA),
Boston, MA.
Dale Zimmerman and
Xiangming Fang (August 2011). Estimating spatial
variation in disease risk from locations coarsened by incomplete
geocoding. Joint Statistical
Meeting, Miami, FL.
Wesley O'Neal, Matthew
Winters, Kerri Augustino,
Xiangming Fang, and Paul Cook
(April 2011). Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in
HIV: Comparison of the Tuberculin Skin Test to an Interferon-Gamma
Release Assay.
American
College of Physicians (ACP) annual meeting Internal Medicine 2011, San Diego, CA.
Muhammad Ashraf, Vicki
Kinzie, Kathy Cochran,
Xiangming Fang, Clinton Faulk, and
Keith Ramsey
(April 2011). Impact
of an Action Plan to Reduce Catheter Associated Urinary Tract
Infections (CAUTI) at a Rehabilitation (Rehab) Facility.
The
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Annual Scientific Meeting,
Dallas, TX.
Dale Zimmerman and
Xiangming Fang (December 2010). Estimating spatial
variation in disease risk from locations coarsened by incomplete
geocoding.
The Eighth International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA)
International Conference: Frontiers of Interdisciplinary and
Methodological Statistical Research, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (July 2010). Additive models with spatio-temporal
data.
The Thirteenth Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and
Probability,
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (August 2010). Additive models with
spatio-temporal data. Joint
Statistical Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Xiangming Fang and Kung-Sik Chan
(March 2010). Additive models with spatio-temporal data.
ENAR Spring Meeting, New
Orleans, LA.
Xiangming Fang
and Kung-Sik Chan (August 2009). Generalized additive models with
spatio-temporal data. Joint
Statistical Meeting, Washington, DC.
Keela Herr, Marita Titler, Perry Fine, Chris Forcucci, Patricia
McNichol, Kimberly Bergen, Jimmy Reyes, Melissa Lehan Mackin,
Xiangming Fang, Sara Sanders, John Swegle (November 2007). The
current state of pain management practices for older adults with
cancer in hospices. Sigma Theta Tau International’s 39th Biennial
Convention, Baltimore, Maryland.
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