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RESUME CV

 

George E. Bonney, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics
National Human Genome Center
Howard University
Washington, DC
 

Education 

1973  University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Mathematics
1976  University of Ghana, Stat/Genetics
1981  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Biostatistics/Genetics
 

Research and Professional Experience 

1975-1978 Research Fellow/Statistician, Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics
1976-1978 Lecturer, Statistics (part-time), University of Ghana
1981-1984 Visiting Asst. Prof of Biometry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans
1984-  Visiting Assoc Professor of Medical Education (part-time), Univ of Virginia
1984-1986 Assistant Professor of Bometry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans
1986-   Associate Professor, Oncology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC
1987-   Associate Director, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Howard University Cancer Center
1987-1998 Chairman, Department of Biostatistics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
1998-   Professor, Department of Microbiology, Howard Univ, College of Medicine, Washington, DC
1998-   Director, Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics Unit, National Human Genome Center at Howard University, Washington, DC
 

Honors and Awards 

1996-   Cancer Centers Review Standing Committee, NCI
1996-   Board of Directors, National Human Genome Research Institute
1995   Advisory Board for Genetic Epidemiology, The Official Publication of the International
Genetic Epidemiology Society
1995-1997 Council of Sections Representative to the Board of Directors, American Statistical Association
1994-1996 Biostatistical and Epidemiology Contracts Review Board, NIH
1990-1989 National Human Genome Centers Review Committee, NIH
1989-1987 Chairman of the Research Committee, DC Cancer Consortium
1988   Tenth Annual George W. Snedecor Award for best published work in Statistics
1986   Vice President, Louisiana Chapter of the American Statistical Association 
1981-1978 Populations Dynamics Fellow
 

Selected Publications 

Bonney, G.E., Zhang, H (In press) “Use of Classification Trees for Association Studies, “Genetic Epidemiology.  King, E., Rimer, B., Benincasa, T., Harrop, C., Amfoh, K., Bonney, G.E., Kornguth, P., Denmark-Wahnefried, W., Tessaro, I., Strigo, T., Engstrom, P. Strategies to encourage mammography among women in Senior Citizen's housing facilities. J. Cancer Educ.,1999. 

Bonney, G.E. Ascertainment Corrections Based on Smaller Family Units. Am. J. Hum Genet. 63:1203-1216, 1998. 

Bonney, G.E., Regressive Models, In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, John Wiley, Chichester, UK, Vol. 5, pp. 3755-3762, 1998. 

Bonney, G.E., Slater, E., O’Connell, P., Demenais, F., Adams-Campbell, L., Dunston, Statistics in the Genetic epidemiology of breast cancer among African American Women. American Statistical Association 1997 Proceedings of the Epidemiology Section , pp. 28-32, 1997. 

Bonney, G.E. , Slater, E., Slifker, M. G.E.Ms – A computer package for fitting Genetic Epidemiology Models. Am. J. Hum. Genet. Supplement 61:A212, 1997. 

Bonney, G.E., Amfoh, K., Kwagyan, J., Slater, E., Slifker, M. CORRDAT – A computer package for CORRelated DATa. Am. J. Hum. Genet. Supplement 61:A194, 1997. 

Bonney, G.E., Apprey, V., Kwagyan, J., Amfoh, K. MULTIMAX – A computer package for MULTI-objective MAXimization with applications in Genetics and Epidemiology. Am. J. Hum. Genet. Supplement 61:A193, 1997.  Sauter, E.R., Daly, M., Lenahan, K., Ehya, H., Engstrom, P.F., Bonney, G.E., Ross, E.,Yu., H., Diamanis, E. Prostate-specific antigen levels in nipple aspirate fluid correlate with breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers & Prev. 5:967-970, 1996. 

Adams-Campbell, L., Kim, K.S., Dunston, G., Laing, A.E., Bonney, G.E.., Demenais, F. The relationship of body mass index to reproductive factors in pre- and postmenopausal African-American Women with and without breast cancer. Obesity Research 4:451 456, 1996. 

Lerman, C., Naron, S., Schulman, K., Hughes, C., Gomez-Caminero, A., Bonney, G.E., Gold, K., Trock, B., Main, D., Lynch, J., Fulmore, C., Snyder, C., Lemon, S.J., Conway, T., Tonin, P., Lenoir, G., Lynch, H. BRCA1 testing in families with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer. A prospective study of patient decision making and outcomes. Am. Med. Assoc. 275:1885-1892, 1996. 

Morgan, G.D., Noll, E.L., Orleans, C.T., Rimer, B.K., Amfoh, K., Bonney, G. E. Reaching mid-life and older smokers: Tailored interventions for routine medical care. Prev. Med. 25:346-354, 1996. 

Bonney, G.E. Some new results on regressive models in family studies. In: 1995 Proceedings of the Biometrics Section, American Statistical Association, pp. 177-182, 1995.

Zhang, H., Bonney, G.E.: Use of classification trees for association studies, Genetic Epidemiology, in press. Adams-Campbell, L., Kim, K.S., Dunston, G., Laing, A.E., Bonney, G. E., and Demenais. The relationship of body mass index to reproductive factors in pre- and postmenopausal African American Women with and without breast cancer. Obesity Research 4:451-456, 1996. 

Calaf, G., Alvarado, M.V., Bonney, G.E., Amfoh, K.K. and Russo, J. Influence of Lobular development on breast epithelial cell proliferation and steroid hormone receptor content. Intl. J. Oncol. 7:1285-1288, 1995. 

Shankar, S., Kofie, V.Y., Helzlsouer, K., Rivo, M.L. and Bonney, G.E. Cancer prevention behaviors among African American adults: A survey of wards 7 and 8 in Washington, DC. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 87:39-46,1995. 

Li, Z., Bonney, G.E., Lathrop, G.M., and Rao, D.C. Genetic analysis combining path analysis with regressive models: the TAU model of multifactorial transmission. Human Hered. 1911:305:311, 1994. 

Li, Z., Bonney, G.E., and Rao, D.C. Genetic analysis combining path analysis with regressive Models: The BETA path model of polygenic and familial environmental transmission. Genet. Epidemiol. 11:431-442, 1994. 

Amfoh, K., Shaw, R., Bonney, G. The use of logistic models for the analysis of codon frequencies of DNA sequences in terms of explanatory variables. Biometrics 50:1054 1063, 1994. 

Liang, A.E., Bonney, G.E., Adams-Campbell, L., Dunston, G.M., Williams, R., DeWitty, R., Lynch, J.,Goldson, A.L. and Demenais, F. Reproductive and Lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer in African-American women. Genetic Epidemiology 11:300, 1994. 

Rubin, L.A., Amos, C.I., Wade, J.A., Martin, J.R., Bale, S.J., Bonney, G., Little, A.H., Rubenstein, J.D., and Siminovitch, K.A. Investigating the genetic basis for ankylosing spondylitis: Linkage studies with the major histocompatibility complex region. Arthrit. & Rheumat. 37:1212-1220, 1994. 

Williams, R., A.E. Laing, G.E. Bonney, F.M. Demenais, G. Kissling, G.L. Barry and V.W. Chen. Descriptive analysis of breast cancer in African-American women at Howard University Hospital 1960-1987. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 85:828-834, 1993. 

Laing, A.E., Demanais, F.M., Williams, R., Kissling, G., Chen, V.M. and G.E. Bonney. Breast cancer risk factors in African-American women: Howard University Tumor Registry Experience. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 85:931-939, 1993.  

Borecki, I., Bonney, G.E., Rice, T., Bouchard, C., and Rao, D.C. Influence of genotype-dependent effects of covariates on the outcome of segregation analysis of the body mass index. 53:676-687, 1993. 

Demenais, F.M., Laing, A.E., Bonney, G.E. Numerical comparisons of two formulations of the logistic regressive models with the mixed model in segregation analysis of discrete traits. Genetic Epidemiol. 9:419-435, 1992. 

Hu, N., Dawsey, S.M., Wu, M., Bonney, G.E., He, L.J., Han, X.Y., Fu, M. and Taylor P.R. Familial aggregation of esophageal cancer in Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, China. Int. J. Epidemiol. 21:877-882, 1992. 

Carter, C.L., Hu, N., Wu, M., Lin, P.-Z., Murigande, C., and Bonney, G.E. Segregation analysis of esophageal cancer in 221 high risk Chinese families. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 84:771-776, 1992. 

Bonney, G. E., Amfoh, K. K., Sherman, S. L. and Keats, B. J. B. An application of empirical Bayes methods to updating linkage information on chromosome 21. Cytogent. Cell Genet. 59:112-113, 1992. 

Bonney, G.E. Compound regressive models for family data. Hum. Hered. 42:28-41, 1992. Borecki, I.B., Lathrop, G.M., Bonney, G.E., Yaouanq, J. and Rao, D.C. Combined segregation and linkage analysis of genetic hemochromatosis using affection status, serum iron, and HLA. Am. J. Hum Genet. 47:542-550, 1990. 

Amos, C.I., Elston, R.C., Bonney, G.E., Keats, B.J.B. and Berenson, G.S. A multivariate method for detecting genetic linkage with application to a pedigree with an adverse lipoprotein phenotype. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 47:247-254, 1990. 

Bonney, G.E. Interactions of genes, environment, and life-style in lung cancer development. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 82:1236-1238, 1990

 
   
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