Faculty Biosketch
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Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center
Penn State College of Medicine
P.O. Box 850,
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033-2390 |
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Gary A. Chase, Ph.D.
Health Evaluation Sciences
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Office Information
Phone: 717-531-1259
Mail Code: A210
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Education |
AB mcl, Harvard, 1966
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1970
Post Doc, Johns Hopkins, Genetics Lab, 1971 |
| Primary
Area of Interest |
| Genetic factors in nicotine dependence and
dementia syndromes |
| Research
Focus |
| Case-control studies, genomics and
haplotyping methods applied to samples from defined
populations with emphasis on African-Americans. |
| References |
- Chase GA, Geller G, Havstad SL, Holtzman NA, Bassett SS: Physicians’
propensity to offer genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease: Results from a
survey. Genetics in Medicine 4: 297-303, 2002.
- Breslau N, Chase GA, Anthony JC: The uniqueness of the DSM definition of
post-traumatic stress disorder: implications for research. Psychological
Medicine 32:573-576, 2002.
- Johnson EO, Chase GA, Breslau N: Persistence of cigarette smoking: familial
liability and the role of nicotine dependence. Addictions 97; 1063-1070, 2002.
- Blacker D, Bertram L, Saunders AJ, Moscarillo TJ, Albert MS, Wiener H, Perry
RT, Collins JS, Harrell LE, Go RCP, Mahoney A, Beaty T, Fallin MD, Avramopoulos
D, Chase GA , Folstein MF, McInnis MG, Bassett SB, Doheny KJ, Pugh EW and Tanzi
RE (The NIMH Genetics Initiative Alzheimer's Disease Study Group): Results of a
high-resolution genome screen of 437 Alzheimer's Disease families. Human
Molecular Genetics 12: 23-32, 2003.
- Rybicki BA, Maliarik MJ, Poisson LM, Sheffer R, Chen KM, Major M, Chase GA,
Iannuzzi MC. The major histocompatibility complex gene region and sarcoidosis
susceptibility in African Americans. American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine 167: 444-449, 2003. Poisson LM, Rybicki BA, Coon SW,
Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Chase GA: Susceptibility scoring in family based association
testing. BMC Genetics 4 (S1): S49, 2003.
- Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Poisson LM, Coon SW, Chase GA, Rybicki BA: Analysis of
gene × environment interactions in sibships using mixed models. BMC Genetics 4
(S1): S18, 2003.
- Liu W, Icitovic N, Shaffer ML, Chase GA. The impact of population
heterogeneity on risk estimation in genetic counseling. BMC Medical Genetics
5(1)18, 2004.
- Coon SW, Savera AT, Zarbo RJ, Benninger MS, Chase GA, Rybicki BA, Van Dyke
DL: Prognostic implications of loss of heterozygosity at 8p21 and 9p21 in head
and neck squamous cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer 111: 206-212,
2004.
- Bassett SS, Havstad SL, Chase GA: The role of test accuracy in predicting
acceptance of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer's disease. Genetic
Testing 8: 120-126, 2004.
- Liu W, Zhao W, Chase GA: Genome scan meta-analysis for hypertension. American
Journal of Hypertension 17: 1100-1106, 2004.
- Drubin D, Smith JS, Liu W, Zhao W, Chase GA, Clawson GA: Comparison of
cryopreservation and standard needle biopsy for gene expression profiling of
human breast cancer specimens. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 90: 93–96,
2005.
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