Chris (James C.) Slaughter, DrPH

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University
D-2207 Medical Center North
Nashville, TN 37232-2158
james.c.slaughter@vanderbilt.edu

Phone: 615.322.0439

Research Interests

• Longitudinal data analysis for observational studies
• Latent variable methods
• Bayesian statistics
• Reproductive health applications

Education

• DrPH in Biostatistics 2007
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Dissertation: Bayesian Latent Variable Methods for Fetal Growth and Development
• Advisor: Amy H Herring

• MS in Biostatistics 2000
• University of Washington
• Advisor: Thomas Lumley

• BS in Cell and Molecular Biology 1998
• BS in Mathematics 1998
• Tulane University

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor 2007-Present
• Vanderbilt University, Department of Biostatistics

• Research Scientist 2000-2002
• UW-EPA NW Research Center for Particulate Matter and Health

• Curriculum Vitae

Published Papers

1. Hill ML, Baldwin L, Slaughter JC, Walsh WF, Weitkamp J-H (2009). A Silver Alginate-Coated Dressing to Reduce Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Infections in NICU Patients - a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Perinatology. Accepted.
2. Brown N, Morrow JD, Slaughter JC, Paria BC, Reese J (2009). Restoration of on-time embryo implantation corrects the timing of parturition in cytosolic phospholipase A2 group IVA deficient mice. Biology of Reproduction. Accepted.
3. Maitre N, Marshall D, Price W, Slaughter JC, O’Shea TM, Goldstein R (2009). More favorable neurodevelopmental outcomes for infants with unilateral than bilateral periventricular hemorrhagic infarction. Pediatrics. Accepted.
4. Slaughter JC, Herring AH, and Thorp JM (2009). A Bayesian Latent Variable Mixture Model for Longitudinal Fetal Growth. Biometrics. In press.
5. Hong SS, Maltz BE, Coburn LA, Slaughter JC, Chaturvedi R, Schwartz DA, Wilson KT (2009). Increased Serum Levels of L-Arginine in Ulcerative Colitis and Correlation with Disease Severity Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In press.
6. Pritchett JM, Aslam M, Slaughter JC, Ness RM, Garrett CG, Vaezi MF (2009). Efficacy of Esophageal Impedance/pH Monitoring in Patients With Refractory Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, on and off Therapy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. In press
7. Muddana S, Slaughter JC, Vaezi MF (2009). A New pH Catheter for Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Normal Values. The Laryngoscope. In press.
8. Hartmann KE, McPheeters ML, Biller DH, Ward RM, McKoy JN, Jerome RN, Micucci SR, Meints L, Fisher JA, Scott T, Slaughter JC, Blume JD (2009). Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 187 (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10065-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 09-E017. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August. 2009
9. Johnson JL, Muller KE, Slaughter JC, Gurka MJ, Gribbin MJ, Simpson SL (2009). POWERLIB: SAS/IML Software for Computing Power in Multivariate Linear Models Accepted, Journal of Statistical Software. 30(5), 1-27.
10. Aschner JL, Zeng H, Kaplowitz MR, Zhang Y, Slaughter JC, Fike CD (2009). Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)/eNOS interactions mature with postnatal age in the pulmonary circulation of the piglet. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 296(3), 555-564.
11. Fike CD, Slaughter JC, Kaplowitz MR, Zhang Y, and Aschner JL (2008). Reactive oxygen species from NADPH oxidase contribute to altered pulmonary vascular responses in newborn piglets with chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Lung, Cellular, and Molecular Physiology. 295(5), 881-888.
12. Slaughter JC, Herring AH, and Hartmann KE (2008). Bayesian Modeling of Embryonic Growth Using Latent Variables. Biostatistics, 9(2), 373-89.
13. Schildcrout JS, Sheppard L, Lumley TS, Slaughter JC, Koenig JQ, Shapiro GG (2006). Ambient air pollution and asthma aggravation in children: An eight-city analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 164(6), 505-517.
14. Sheppard L, Slaughter JC, Schildcrout J, Liu S, and Lumley T (2005). Exposure and Measurement Contributions to Estimates of Acute Air Pollution Effects. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15, 366-376.
15. Slaughter JC, Kim E, Sheppard L, Sullivan JH, Larson TV, Claiborn C (2005). Association between particulate matter and emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and mortality in Spokane, Washington. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15, 153-159.
16. Slaughter JC, Koenig JQ, Reinhardt TL (Jan 2004). Association between Lung Function and Exposure to Smoke among Firefighters at Prescribed Burns. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 1(1), 45-49.
17. Slaughter JC, Lumley T, Sheppard L, Koenig JQ, and Shapiro GG (Oct 2003). Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Symptom Severity and Medication Usage in Children with Asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 91(4), 346-353.
18. Kim E, Larson TV, Hopke PK, Slaughter C, Sheppard LE, and Claiborn C (2003). Source Identification of PM2.5 in an Arid Northwest U.S. City by Positive Matrix Factorization. Atmospheric Research, 66, 291-305.
19. Liu L-JS, Slaughter JC, Larson TV (2002). Comparison of Light Scattering Devices and Impactors for Particulate Measurements in Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Environments. Environ Sci Technol, 36, 2977-2986.

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