Howard Andrews is Director of the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) at New York
State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons and is Co-director of the Research Information Services Consortium
(RISC) at the New York Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Andrews heads the HIV
Center's Data Management Component (DMC) of the Statistics, Epidemiology and
Data Management Core. Dr. Andrews holds a doctorate in Biopsychology and a more
recent Masters degree in Biostatistics. In addition to providing comprehensive
data management services to all of the HIV Center's research projects, Dr.
Andrews' DCC manages data for many other large-scale clinical trials and
epidemiological studies at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, including
The Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, the Prevention of
Alzheimer's Disease with Estrogens Clinical Trial, and the Columbia Child
Environmental Health Center. Dr. Andrews is a specialist in the management and
analysis of large data sets, and in the statistical analysis of community-level
data.
EDUCATION
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Richmond College, CUNY, New York, NY
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B.A.
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1971
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Psychology |
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Rutgers University, NJ
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Ph.D.
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1977
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Biopsychology |
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Columbia University School of Public Health, New York,
NY
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M.S.
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1986
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Biostatistics |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1979-1981 |
Research Scientist II, Epidemiology of Mental Disorders Research Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1980-1994 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Barnard College, New York, NY |
| 1981-1994 |
Research Scientist III, Epidemiology of Mental
Disorders Research Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York,
NY |
| 1988-1991 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY |
| 1989-1997 |
Senior Staff Associate, Neurology Department,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 1994-present |
Director, Research Data Systems, Department, New
York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1996-present |
Director, Data Coordinating Center, New York State
Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1997-present |
Associate Clinical Professor of Neuroscience,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 1998-present |
Research Scientist V, Epidemiology of Mental
Disorders Research Department, Director of Data Coordinating Center, New York
State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1999-present |
Co-Director, Research Information Services
Consortium, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
PUBLICATIONS
Pittman, J., Andrews, H. Struening, E.: The use of zip
coded population data in social area studies of service
utilization. Eval Program Plan, 9: 309-317, 1986.
Kerner, J., Andrews, H., Zauber, A,. Struening, E.:
Geographically-based cancer control: Methods for targeting
and evaluating the impact of interventions on defined
populations. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology,
41:543-553,1988.
Mandelblatt, J., Andrews, H.: Potentially avoidable
cancer mortality in the communities served by New York City
health and hospital corporation facilities: The use of an
ecological analysis for program planning. A report to the
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, 1990.
Mandelblatt, J., Andrews, H., Kerner, J., Zauber, A,
Burnett, W.: Determinants of late stage diagnosis of breast
and cervical cancer: The impact of age, race, social class,
and hospital type. American Journal of Public Health,
81:646-649, 1991.
Andrews, H., Barker, C., Pittman, J., Struening, E.,
LaRocca, N.: Nationwide trends in the vocational
rehabilitation of individuals with physical disabilities and
individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of
Rehabilitation, 58: 7-16, 1992.
Link, B. G., Andrews, H., Cullen, F. T.: Reconsidering
the dangerousness of mental patients: Violent and illegal
behavior of current and former patients compared to
controls. American Sociological Review, 57:1-18, 1992.
Stern, Y., Andrews, H., Pittman, J., Sano, M., Tatemichi,
T., Lantigua, R., Mayeux, R.: Diagnosis of dementia in a
heterogeneous population: Part I. Development of a
neuropsychological paradigm and quantified correction for
education. Archives of Neurology, 49:453-460, 1992.
Tatemichi, T.K., Desmond, D.W., Stern, Y., Sano, M.,
Mayeux, R., Andrews, H.: Prevalence of dementia after stroke
depends on diagnostic criteria. Neurology, 42:413, 1992.
Pittman, J., Andrews, H., Tatemichi, T., Link, B.,
Struening, E., Stern, Y., Mayeux, R.: Diagnosis of dementia
in a heterogeneous population: Part II. Comparison of a
paradigm-based diagnosis and physician's diagnosis. Archives
of Neurology, 49:461-467, 1992.
Allaire, S.L., Partridge, A.J., Andrews, H., Liang, M.H.:
Management of work disability: Resources for vocational
rehabilitation. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 36:1663-1670,
1993.
Andrews, H., Kerner, J.F., Zauber, A.G., Mandelblatt, J.,
Pittman, J., Struening, E.: Using census and mortality data
to target small areas for breast, colorectal, and cervical
cancer screening. American Journal of Public Health,
84:56-61, 1994.
Andrews, H., Goldberg, D., Wellen, N., Barber-Madden, R.,
Pittman, B.: Prediction of need for special education
services and other applications of matched birth
certificate/ board of education data. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, 11:55-61, 1995.
Lorenz, G., Hoven, C., Andrews, H., Bird, H.: Marital
discord and psychiatric disorder in children and
adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 4:341-358,
1995.
Mandelblatt, J. Andrews, H., Kao, R., Wallace, R., Kerner,
J.: Impact of access and social context on breast cancer
stage at diagnosis. Journal of Health Care Poor Underserved,
6: 342-51, 1995.
Padgett, D.K., Struening, E.L., Andrews, H., Pittman, J.:
Predictors of emergency room use by homeless adults in New
York City: The influence of predisposing, enabling and need
factors. Social Sciences and Medicine, 41: 547-56, 1995.
LaRocca, N., Ritvo, P.G., Miller, D.M., Andrews, H., Paty,
D.W.: "Quality of Life" assessment in multiple sclerosis
clinical trials: Current status and strategies for improving
multiple sclerosis clinical trial design. In: Rosalind C.
Kalb, (Ed.), Multiple Sclerosis: The Questions You Have—the
Answers You Need. New York, NY: Demos Vermande, 1996.
Mandelblatt, J., Andrews, H., Kao, R., Wallace, R.,
Kerner, J.: The late-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer:
Demographic and socioeconomic factors. American Journal of
Public Health, 86:1794-7, 1996.
Tang, M.X., Jacobs, D., Stern, Y., Marder, K., Schofield,
P., Gurland, B., Andrews, H., Mayeux, R.: Effect of
oestrogen during menopause on risk and age at onset of
Alzheimer's disease. Lancet, 348:429-32, 1996.
Fisch, H., Andrews, H., Hendricks, J., Goluboff, E.T.,
Olson, J.H., Olsson, C.A.: The relationship of sperm counts
to birth rates: A population-based study. Journal of
Urology, 157: 840-843, 1997.
Schofield, P.W., Logroscino, G., Andrews, H.F., Albert,
S., Stern, Y.: An association between head circumference and
Alzheimer's disease in a population-based study of aging and
dementia. Neurology, 49: 30-37, 1997.
Northridge, M.E., Morabia, A., Ganz, M.L., Bassett, M.T.,
Gemson, D., Andrews, H., McCord, C.: Contribution of smoking
to excess mortality in Harlem. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 147:250-8, 1998.
Tang, M.X., Stern, Y., Marder, K., Bell, K., Gurland B.,
Lantigua, R., Andrews, H., Feng, L., Tycko, B., Mayeux, R.:
The APOE-epsilon4 allele and the risk of alzheimer disease
among African Americans, whites, and Hispanics. Journal of
the American Medical Association, 279:751-5, 1998.
Louis, E.D., Ford, B., Lee, H., Andrews, H.: Does a
screening questionnaire for essential tremor agree with the
physician's examination? Neurology, 50:1351-7, 1998.
Louis, E.D., Ford, B., Lee, H., Andrews, H., Cameron, G.:
Diagnostic criteria for essential tremor: A population
perspective. Archives of Neurology, 55:823-8, 1998.
Louis, E.D., Ford, B., Wendt, K.J., Lee, H., Andrews, H.:
A comparison of different bedside tests for essential
tremor. Movement Disorders, 14:462-7, 1999.
Louis, E.D., Wendt, K.J., Albert, S.M., Pullman, S.L.,
Yu, Q., Andrews, H.: Validity of a performance-based test of
function in essential tremor. Archives of Neurology,
56:841-6, 1999.
Fischer, J.S., LaRocca, N.G., Miller, D.M., Ritvo, P.G.,
Andrews, H., Paty, D.: Recent developments in the assessment
of quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple
Sclerosis, 5:251-9, 1999.
Rauh, V.A., Andrews, H.F.: Birth outcomes for
Asian-American adolescents: A high-risk group? Journal of
American Medical Women's Association, 54:121-5, 1999.
Tang, M-X, Cross, P., Andrews, H., Jacobs, D.M., Small,
S., Bell, K., Merchant, C., Lantigua, R., Costa, R., Stern,
Y., Mayeux, R.: Incidence of AD in African-Americans,
Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians in northern Manhattan.
Neurology, 56:49-56, 2001.
Rauh, V.A., Andrews, H.F. and Garfinkel, R.S.: The contribution of maternal
age to racial disparities in birthweight: a multilevel perspective. American
Journal of Public Health, 91:1815-1824, 2001.
Rauh, V.A., Lamb Parker, F., Garfinkel, R.S., Perry, J. and Andrews, H.:
Biological, social and community influences on third-grade reading levels of
minority Head Start children: a multi-level approach. Journal of Community
Psychology, 31:255-278, 2003.
Marder, K., Levy, G., Louis, E.D., Mejia-Santana, H., Cote, L., Andrews, H.,
Harris, J., Waters, C., Ford, B., Frucht, S., Fahn, S. and Ottman, R.: Familial
aggregation of early and late-onset Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology,
54: 507-413, 2003.
Whyatt, R.M., Barr, D.B., Camann, D.E., Kinney, P.L., Barr, J.R., Andrews, H.,
Hoepner, L.A., Garfinkel, R., Hazi, Y., Reyes, A., Ramirez, J., Cosme, Y., and
Perera, F.P.: Contemporary-use pesticides in personal air samples during
pregnancy and blood samples at delivery among urban minority mothers and
newborns. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111:749-756, 2003.
Clark, L.N., Afridi, S., Mejia-Santana, H., Harris, J., Louis, E.D., Cote,
L.J., Singleton, A., De-Vrieze, F.W., Hardy, J., Mayeux, R., Fahn, S., Waters,
C., Ford, F., Frucht, S., Ottman, R., Marder, K., and Andrews, H.: Analysis of
a multi-ethnic early-onset Parkinson's disease cohort for DJ-1 Mutations.
Annals of Neurology, 54: 507-513, 2003.
Louis, E., Levy, G., Mejia-Santana, H., Cote, L., Andrews, H., Harris, J.,
Waters, C., Ford, B., Frucht, S., Fahn, S., Marder, K., and Ottman, R.: Risk of
action tremor in relatives of tremor dominant PD and postural instability gait
disorder PD. Neurology, 61:931-936, 2003.
Aisen, P.S., Egelko, S., Andrews, H., Diaz-Arrastia, R.Weiner, M., DeCarli, C.,
Jagust, W., Miller, J.W., Green, R., Bell, K., and Sano, M.: A pilot study of
vitamins to lower plasma homocysteine levels in Alzheimer disease. American
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11:246-9, 2003.
Rauh, V.A., Whyatt, R.M., Garfinkel, R., Andrews, H., Hoepner, L., Reyes, A.,
Diaz, D., Camann, D., and Perera, F.P.: Developmental effects of exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke and material hardship among inner-city children.
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 26:373-385, 2004.
Badalamenti, A.F., Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Marquette, L., Helbraun, E., Andrews,
H., et al.: Regulation in Mother-Infant Gaze Systems. Mathematical and Computer
Modeling, 39:305-324, 2004.
Perera, F.P., Rauh, V., Whyatt, R.M., Tsai, W.Y., Bernert, J.T., Tu, Y.H.,
Andrews, H., Ramirez, J., Qu, L., and Tang, D.: Molecular Evidence of an
Interaction Between Prenatal Environmental Exposures on Birth Outcomes in a
Multiethnic Population. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112:626-30, 2004.
Clark, L.N., Afridi, S., Mejia-Santana, H., Harris, J., Louis, E.D., Cote,
L.J., Andrews, et al.: Analysis of an early-onset Parkinson's disease cohort
for DJ-1 mutations. Movement Disorders, 19:796-800, 2004
Lee, J.H., Flaquer, A., Costa, R., Andrews, H., Cross, P., Lantigua, R., et
al.: Genetic influences on life span and survival among elderly
African-Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians. American Journal of
Medical Genetics, 128:159-64, 2004.
Levy, G., Louis, E.D., Mejia-Santana, H., Cote, L., Andrews, H., Harris, J., et
al.: Lack of familial aggregation of Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease.
Archives of Neurology, 61:1033-39, 2004.
Schupf, N., Costa, R., Tang, M.X., Andrews, H., Tycko, B., Lee, J.H., and
Mayeux, R.: Preservation of cognitive and functional ability as markers of
longevity. Neurobiology and Aging, 25:1231- 40, 2004.
Cohen, P., Kasen, S., Bifulco, A., Andrews, H., and Gordon, K.: The accuracy of
adult narrative reports of developmental trajectories. International Journal of
Behavioral Development, 29:345-55, 2005.
Clark, L.N., Nicolai, A., Afridi, S., Harris, J., Mejia-Santana, H., Cote,
L.J., Louis, E.D., Andrews, H., et al.: Pilot association study of the
ß-glucocerebrosidase N370S allele and Parkinson's disease in subjects of Jewish
ethnicity. Movement Disorders, 20:100-103, 2005.
Levy, G., Louis, E.D., Cote, L,. Perez, M., Mejia-Santana, H., Andrews, H.,
Harris, J., Waters, C., Ford, B., Frucht, S., Fahn, S., and Marder, K.:
Contribution of aging to the severity of different motor signs in Parkinson
disease. Archives of Neurology, 62:467-72, 2005.
Whyatt, R.M., Camann, D. Perera, F.P., Rauh, V.A., Tang, D., Kinney, P.L.,
Garfinkel, R., Andrews, H., Hoepner, L, Barr, and D.B.: Biomarkers in assessing
residential insecticide exposures during pregnancy and effects on fetal growth.
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 206:246-54, 2005.
Perera, F.P., Rauh, V., Whyatt, R.M., Tang, D., Tsai, W.Y., Bernert, J.T., Tu,
Y.H., Andrews, H., et al.: A summary of recent findings on birth outcomes and
developmental effects of prenatal ETS, PAH, and pesticide exposures.
Neurotoxicology, 26:573-87, 2005.
Sano, M.C., Aisen, P.S., Dalton, A.J., Andrews, H.F., Tsai, W.Y., and the
International Down Syndrome Alzheimer Disease Consortium.: Assessment of aging
individuals with Down syndrome in clinical trials: results of baseline
measures. Journal of Policy & Practice in Developmental Disabilities, in press.
Aisen, P.S., Dalton, A.J., Sano, M.C., Lott, I.T., Andrews, H.F., Tsai, W.Y.,
and the International Down Syndrome Alzheimer Disease Consortium. Design and
implementation of a multicenter trial of Vitamin E in aging individuals with
Down syndrome. Journal of Policy & Practice in Developmental Disabilities, in
press. |
