Mary D. Sammel Sc.D.

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Emeritus Professor CE of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Director of Residency Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Director of Biostatistics, Women’s Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Director of Biostatistics, Penn PROMOTES Research on Sex and Gender in Health,University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

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Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Rm. 605 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Education:
B.A. (Statistics)
The University of Michigan, 1986.
M.A. (Applied Statistics)
The University of Michigan, 1988.
Sc.D. (Biostatistics)
Harvard School of Public Health, 1995.
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Description of Research Expertise

Biostatistics

Selected Publications

Sammel, M.D., Ryan, L.M.: Effects of covariance misspecification in a latent variable model for multiple outcomes. Statistica Sinica 12: 1207-1222, 2002.

Ferrand, P., Parry, S., Sammel, M., Macones, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Romero, R., Strauss, J.F.: A Polymorphism in the matrix Metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) promoter is associated with increased risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) in African Americans. Molecular Human Reproduction 8(5): 494-501, May 2002.

Fujimoto, T., Parry, S., Urbanek, M., Sammel, M., Macones, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Romero, R., Strauss, J.F.: A single nucleotide polymorphism in the matrix metalloprotrinase-1 (MMP-1) promoter influences expression of MMP-1 by amnion mesenchymal cells and is associated with risk of preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277(8): 6296-6302, February 2002.

Ferrand, P.E., Fujimoto, T., Chennathukuzhi, V., Parry, S., Macones, G.A., Sammel, M., Kuivaniemi, H., Romero, R., Strauss, J.F.: The CARD15 2936insC mutation and TLR4 896 A>G polymorphism in African Americans and risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Molecular Human Reproduction 8(11): 1031-1034, November 2002.

Freeman, E.W., Sammel, M.D., Grisso, J.A., Battistini, M.D., Garcia-Espagna, B., Hollander B.A.: Hot flashes in the late reproductive years: Risk factors for African American and Caucasian Women. Journal of Women's Health and Gender Based Medicine 10: 67-76, 2001.

Manson, J.M., Sammel, M.D., Freeman, E.W., Grisso, J.A.: Racial differences in sex hormone levels in women approaching the transition to menopause. Fertility and Sterility 75: 297-304, 2001.

Freeman, E.W., Grisso, J.A., Berlin, J., Sammel, M., Garcia-Espana, B., Hollander, L.: Symptom reports from a cohort of African American and Caucasian Women in the late reproductive years. Menopause 8: 33-42, 2001.

Morrison, M.F., Ten Have, T., Freeman, E. W., Sammel, M., and Grisso, J.A.: DHEA-S levels and depressive symptoms in a cohort of African American and Caucasian women in the late reproductive years. Biological Psychiatry 50: 705-711, 2001.

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