International Journal of Diabetes Research

International Journal of Diabetes Research publishes reports of experimental and clinical research on diabetes mellitus and metabolism. Original contributions on morphological, biochemical, physiological and clinical aspects of research on diabetes and metabolism are welcome. The role of the journal is to provide a venue for dissemination of knowledge and discussion of topics related to diabetes clinical research and patient care.

Yolande Tra

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Diabetes Research

Staff Scientist, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, USA

Research Areas

Public Health Using Poison Center Data

Education

2000Ph.D University of Missouri
1994M.A. StatisticsBall State University
1989M.A. Applied MathematicsUniversity of Abidjan
1985B.A. MathematicsUniversity of Madagascar

Experience

2010-presentStatistician, Maryland Poison Center, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD
2004-2010Assistant Professor of Statistics School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2000-2004Lecturer II Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic Achievement

Provost's Learning Innovation grants (PLIG) awards, 2008.Enhancing Student Success in the Data Analysis Sequence Using Learner Centered Pedagogy and Best Practices Incorporating Instructional Technologies'.'Microarray Data Analysis, an Interdisciplinary C
Nominee for Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008
Outreach Award, School of Mathematical Sciences, 2007
Dean's Summer Research Fellowship Grant, 2005
Best Teacher Award, 'Who's Who Among America's Teachers', 2004-2005
Sigma Xi honor recipient, 2000
Dean's Citation for Academic Excellence, 1994

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Y. Tra, R.D. Frisina., M. D' Souza. A novel high-throughput analysis approach: Immune response-related genes are upregulated in age-related hearing loss. Open Access Bioinformatics. (2011):3 107-122
[2]  S. Doyon, Y. Tra, W. K. Schwartz. Decrease in therapeutic errors involving prescription cough and cold medications after the market withdrawal of over-the-counter products labeled for young children (submitted to Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine).
[3]  C. R. Junquist, Y. Tra, M. Smith, M. Perlis. The Durability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Patients with Chronic Pain (submitted to Journal of Sleep Research).
[4]  Y. Tra, I.M. Evans. Enhancing Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Biology Education: A Microarray Data Analysis Course Bridging these Disciplines CBE Life Sciences Educ. (2010) 9(3): 217–226.
[5]  S. Higbee, D. Messinger, Y. Tra, J. Voelkel and L.Chilton. A Bayesian approach to identification of gaseous effluents in passive LWIR imagery. Proceedings of international society for optics and photonics (SPIE) (2009) Vol 7334.
[6]  S. Kohli, Y. Tra, G. Morrow, M. Hoffman, K. A. Wesnes. The effect of Modafinil on Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors., Cancer (2009)115, 2605-2616.
[7]  S. Williams, J. Taylor, N. Liu, Y. Tra, G. Duchesne, L. Kestin, A. Martinez, G. Pratt, H. Sandler. Use of Individual Fraction Size Data from 3756 Patients to directly determine the α/β Ratio of Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics (2007) 68, 24-33.
[8]  Y. Tra. Even You Can Learn Statistics: A Guide for Everyone Who Has Ever Been Afraid of Statistics.. The American Statistician, (2007) 61, 182.
[9]  Z. He, D.Sun, and Y.Tra. Bayesian modeling age-specific survival in nesting studies under Dirichlet priors. Biometrics, (2001) 57, 1059-1066.
[10]  Y. Tra, R.D. Frisina., M. D'Souza. A novel high-throughput analysis approach: Immune response-related genes are upregulated in age-related hearing loss (accepted to Open Access Bioinformatics, 2011).
[11]  S. Doyon, Y. Tra, W. K. Schwartz. Decrease in therapeutic errors involving prescription cough and cold medications after the market withdrawal of over-the-counter products labeled for young children (submitted to Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine).
[12]  C. R. Junquist, Y. Tra, M. Smith, M. Perlis. The Durability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Patients with Chronic Pain (submitted to Journal of Sleep Research).
[13]  Y. Tra, I.M. Evans. Enhancing Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Biology Education: A Microarray Data Analysis Course Bridging these Disciplines CBE Life Sciences Educ. (2010) 9(3): 217–226.
[14]  S. Higbee, D. Messinger, Y. Tra, J. Voelkel and L.Chilton. A Bayesian approach to identification of gaseous effluents in passive LWIR imagery. Proceedings of international society for optics and photonics (SPIE) (2009) Vol 7334.
[15]  S. Kohli, Y. Tra, G. Morrow, M. Hoffman, K. A. Wesnes. The effect of Modafinil on Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors., Cancer (2009)115, 2605-2616.
[16]  S. Williams, J. Taylor, N. Liu, Y. Tra, G. Duchesne, L. Kestin, A. Martinez, G. Pratt, H. Sandler. Use of Individual Fraction Size Data from 3756 Patients to directly determine the α/β Ratio of Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics (2007) 68, 24-33.
[17]  Y. Tra. Even You Can Learn Statistics: A Guide for Everyone Who Has Ever Been Afraid of Statistics.. The American Statistician, (2007) 61, 182.
[18]  Z. He, D.Sun, and Y.Tra. Bayesian modeling age-specific survival in nesting studies under Dirichlet priors. Biometrics, (2001) 57, 1059-1066.