Education:
BS 1996 Earth Systems - Stanford University, Stanford, California
MS 1999 Earth Systems - Stanford University, Stanford, California
PhD 2003 Genetic Epidemiology - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Started at USC: 2003 Research Topics: Biostatistics, Epidemiology (Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes), Cancer Genetics, Neurogenetics
Research Description My research is aimed at elucidating the genetic contribution of complex diseases from population-based samples, and is comprised of both applied genetic epidemiologic studies and development of statistical methods. Presently, my applied work focuses on elucidating the genetic contribution of candidate genes within the dopamine and serotonin pathways and their role in smoking initiation, progression, and cessation. My research in statistical methodology concentrates on the use of hierarchical modeling and Bayes model averaging as a general framework for the analysis of multiple genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in numerous pathways impacting disease.
10 Selected Publications:
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Shtir CJ,Marjoram P,Azen S,Conti DV,Le Marchand L,Haiman CA,Varma R - Variation in genetic admixture and population structure among Latinos - The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES). - BMC Genet [2009] Nov 10;10(1):71 PubMed
Stern MC,Van Den Berg D,Yuan JM,Conti DV,Gago-Dominguez M,Pike MC,Xiang YB,Gao YT,Cortessis VK - Sequence Variant on 3q28 and Urinary Bladder Cancer Risk: Findings from the Los Angeles-Shanghai Bladder Case-Control Study. - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev [2009] Oct 20;(): PubMed
Thomas PD,Mi H,Swan GE,Lerman C,Benowitz N,Tyndale RF,Bergen AW,Conti DV,Pharmacogenetics of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment Consortium - A systems biology network model for genetic association studies of nicotine addiction and treatment. - Pharmacogenet Genomics [2009] Jul;19(7):538-51 PubMed
Bergen AW,Conti DV,Van Den Berg D,Lee W,Liu J,Li D,Guo N,Mi H,Thomas PD,Lessov-Schlaggar CN,Krasnow R,He Y,Nishita D,Jiang R,McClure JB,Tildesley E,Hops H,Tyndale RF,Benowitz NL,Lerman C,Swan GE - Dopamine Genes and Nicotine Dependence in Treatment-Seeking and Community Smokers. - Neuropsychopharmacology [2009] Jun 3;(): PubMed
Chang ET,Birmann BM,Kasperzyk JL,Conti DV,Kraft P,Ambinder RF,Zheng T,Mueller NE - Polymorphic Variation in NFKB1 and Other Aspirin-Related Genes and Risk of Hodgkin Lymphoma. - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev [2009] Feb 17;(): PubMed
Jiang X,Castelao JE,Groshen S,Cortessis VK,Shibata D,Conti DV,Yuan JM,Pike MC,Gago-Dominguez M - Urinary tract infections and reduced risk of bladder cancer in Los Angeles. - Br J Cancer [2009] Jan 27;(): PubMed
Li D,Conti DV - Detecting gene-environment interactions using a combined case-only and case-control approach. - Am J Epidemiol [2009] Feb 15;169(4):497-504 PubMed
Jiang X,Castelao JE,Groshen S,Cortessis VK,Shibata DK,Conti DV,Gago-Dominguez M - Water intake and bladder cancer risk in Los Angeles County. - Int J Cancer [2008] Oct 1;123(7):1649-56 PubMed
Conti DV,Lee W,Li D,Liu J,Van Den Berg D,Thomas PD,Bergen AW,Swan GE,Tyndale RF,Benowitz NL,Lerman C,Pharmacogenetics of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment Consortium - Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta2 subunit gene implicated in a systems-based candidate gene study of smoking cessation. - Hum Mol Genet [2008] Sep 15;17(18):2834-48 PubMed
Edlund CK,Lee WH,Li D,Van Den Berg DJ,Conti DV - Snagger: a user-friendly program for incorporating additional information for tagSNP selection. - BMC Bioinformatics [2008] Mar 27;9():174 PubMed
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