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Neuroscience Research Institute

Faculty Biosketch

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Penn State College of Medicine
P.O. Box 850, 
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033-2390

Gary A. Chase, Ph.D.

Health Evaluation Sciences

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Office Information

Phone: 717-531-1259
Mail Code: A210

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Johnson EO, Chase GA, Breslau N: Persistence of cigarette smoking: familial liability and the role of nicotine dependence. Addictions 97; 1063-1070, 2002.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Liu W, Zhao W, Chase GA: Genome scan meta-analysis for hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension 17: 1100-1106, 2004.
  11. 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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