I work primarily on the analysis of clinical data sets relating to hypertension and cardiovascular health. I am currently involved with the Dallas Heart Study, a population sample of 6,101 individuals representing the residential population of Dallas County, and with the Barbershop Study, a group-randomized, community-level behavioral intervention to improve hypertension control rates among the adult male population of Black barbershops in Dallas County.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bayesian methods
Resampling methods
Empirical likelihood methods
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Canham RM, Das SR, Leonard D, Abdullah SM, Mehta SK, Chung AK, Li JL, Victor RG, Auchus RJ, Drazner MH, "Alpha2cDel322-325 and beta1Arg389 adrenergic polymorphisms are not associated with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction or increased left ventricular volume" J Am Coll Cardiol, 49:274-6, 2007
Hess PL, Reingold JS, Jones J, Fellman MA, Knowles P, Ravenell JE, Kim S, Raju J, Ruger E, Clark S, Okoro C, Ogunji O, Knowles P, Leonard D, Wilson RP, Haley RW, Ferdinand KC, Freeman A, Victor RG, "Barbershops as hypertension detection, referral, and follow-up centers for black men" Hypertension, 49:1040-6, 2007
Auchus RJ, Chandler DW, Singeetham S, Chokshi N, Nwariaku FE, Dolmatch BL, Holt SA, Wians FH Jr, Josephs SC, Trimmer CK, Lopera J, Vongpatanasin W, Nesbitt SD, Leonard D, Victor RG, "Measurement of 18-Hydroxycorticosterone During Adrenal Vein Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism" J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 92:2648-51, 2007
Menon DV, Wang Z, Fadel PJ, Arbique D, Leonard D, Li JL, Victor RG, Vongpatanasin W, "Central sympatholysis as a novel countermeasure for cocaine-induced sympathetic activation and vasoconstriction in humans" J Am Coll Cardiol, 50:626-33, 2007
Markham DW, Dries DL, King LP, Leonard D, Yancy CW, Peshock RM, Willett D, Cooper RS, Drazner MH, "Blacks and whites have a similar prevalence of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in the general population: the Dallas Heart Study (DHS)" Am Heart J, 155:876-82, 2008
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