George Luta
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Publications
Publications
Articles in journals
- Wallington, S.F., Luta, G., Noone, A.M., Caicedo, L., Lopez-Class, M., Sheppard, V., Spencer, C., & Mandelblatt, J. . "Assessing the Awareness of and Willingness to Participate in Cancer Clinical Trials Among Immigrant Latinos." Journal of Community Health 37 (2012): 335-43.
- Mueller, N.T., Noone, A.M., Luta, G., Wallington, S.F., Huerta, E.E., & Mandelblatt, J.S. . "Information Channels Associated with Awareness of Human Papillomavirus Infections and Vaccination among Latino Immigrants from Safety Net Clinics." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14 (2012): 183-8.
- Selsky, C., Kreling, B., Luta, G., Makgoeng, S.B., Gomez-Duarte, J., Barbo, A.G.A., Mandelblatt, J.S., & Latin American Cancer Research Coalition.. "Hospice Knowledge and Intentions among Latinos using Safety-Net Clinics." Journal of Palliative Medicine 15 (2012): 984-90.
- Graves, K.D., Vegella, P., Poggi, E.A., Peshkin, B.N., Tong, A., Isaacs, C., Finch, C., Kelly, S., Taylor, K.L., Luta, G., & Schwartz, M.D. . "Long-term Psychosocial Outcomes of BRCA1/BRCA2 Testing: Differences across Affected Status and Risk-reducing Surgery Choice." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 21 (2012): 445-55.
- Wang, J.H., Schwartz, M.D., Luta, G., Maxwell, A., & Mandelblatt, J.S.. "Intervention Tailoring for Chinese American Women: Comparing the Effects of Two Videos on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions to Obtain a Mammogram." Health Education Research 27 (2012): 523-36.
- Mandelblatt, J.S., Faul, L.A., Luta, G., Makgoeng, S.B., Isaacs, C., Taylor, K., Sheppard, V.B., Tallarico, M., Barry, W.T., & Cohen, H.J. . "Patient and Physician Decision Styles and Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Use in Older Women: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol #369901." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30 (2012): 2609-14.
- Taylor, K.L., Luta, G., Miller, A.B., Church, T.R., Kelly, S.P., Muenz, L.R., Davis, K.M., Dawson, D.L., Edmond, S.N., Reding, D., Mabie, J.E., & Riley, T.L.. "Long-Term Disease-Specific Functioning Among Prostate Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Controls in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO)." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30 (2012): 2768-75.
- Mays, D., Luta, G., Walker, L.R., & Tercyak, K.P. . "Exposure to peers who smoke moderates the association between sports participation and smoking behaviors among racial/ethnic minority adolescents." Addictive Behaviors 37 (2012): 1114-21.
- Lopez-Class, M., Luta, G., Noone A., Canar, J., Selksy, C., Huerta, E., & Mandelblatt, J.. "Patient and Provider Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening in Safety Net Clinics Serving Low-income, Urban Immigrant Latinos." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2012).
- Selsky, C., Luta, G., Noone, A.M., Huerta, E.E., & Mandelblatt, J.S. . "Internet Access and Online Cancer Information Seeking among Latino Immigrants from Safety-net Clinics." Journal of Health Communication (2012).
- Luta, G. . "On Extensions of K-means Clustering for Automated Gating of Flow Cytometry Data." Cytometry: Part A 79 (2011): 3-5.
- Graves, K.D., Peshkin, B.N., Luta, G., Tuong, W., & Schwartz, M.D. . "Interest in Genetic Testing for Modest Changes in Breast Cancer Risk: Implications for SNP Testing." Public Health Genomics 14 (2011): 178-89.
- Mandelblatt, J.S., Luta, G., Kwan, M.L., Makgoeng, S.B., Ergas, I.J., Roh, J.M., Sternfeld, B., Adams-Campbell, L.L., & Kushi, L.H. . "Associations of physical activity with quality of life and functional ability in breast cancer patients during active adjuvant treatment: the Pathways Study." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 129 (2011): 521-9.
- Bebu, I., Luta, G., & Dragalin, V. . "Likelihood Inference for a Two-Stage Design with Treatment Selection." Biometrical Journal 52 (2010): 811–822.
- Liu, J., Chen, Y.Q., Maisog, J.M., & Luta, G. . "A New Point Containment Test Algorithm Based on Preprocessing and Determining Triangles." Computer-Aided Design 42 (2010): 1143-1150.
- Murphy, L.B., Helmick, C.G., Schwartz, T.A., Renner, J.B., Tudor, G., Koch, G.G., Dragomir, A.D., Kalsbeek, W.D., Luta, G., & Jordan, J.M. . "One in Four People May Develop Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis in His or Her Lifetime." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 18 (2010): 1372-1379.
- Mandelblatt, J.S., Sheppard, V.B., Hurria, A., Kimmick, G., Isaacs, C., Taylor, K., Kornblith, A.B., Noone, A., Luta, G., Barry, W.T., Tallarico, M., Hunegs, L., Zon, R., Naughton, M., Winer, E., . "Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Decisions in Older Women: The Role of Patient Preference and Interactions with Physicians." Journal of Clinical Oncology 28 (2010): 3146-3153.
- Graves, K.D., Wenzel, L., Schwartz, M.D., Luta, G., Wileyto, P., Narod, S., Peshkin, B.N., Marcus, A., Cella, D., Emsbo, S.P., Barnes, D., & Halbert, C.H. . "Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Telephone Counseling Intervention in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 19 (2010): 648-654.
- Naumann, U., Luta, G., & Wand, M.P. . "The curvHDR Method for Gating Flow Cytometry Samples." BMC Bioinformatics 11:44 (2010).
- O’Neill, S.C., Peshkin, B.N., Luta, G., Abraham, A., Walker, L., & Tercyak, K. . "Primary Care Providers’ Willingness to Recommend BRCA1/2 Testing to Adolescents." Familial Cancer 9 (2010): 43-50.
- Pincus, T., Luta, G., & Swearingen, C.J. . "Efficacy of 1–4 mg per Day of Prednisone in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Withdrawal Clinical Trial." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 68 (2009): 1715-1720.
- O’Neill, S.C., Luta, G., Peshkin, B.N., Abraham, A., Walker, L., & Tercyak, K.. "Adolescent Medical Providers’ Willingness to Recommend Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Nicotine Addiction and Lung Cancer Risk to Adolescents." Journal of Pediatric Psychology 34 (2009): 617-626.
- Gottardo, R., Brinkman, R.R., Luta, G., & Wand, M.P. . "Recent Bioinformatics Advances in the Analysis of High Throughput Flow Cytometry Data." Advances in Bioinformatics 46176 (2009).
- Jordan, J.M., Helmick, C.G., Renner, J.B., Luta, G., Dragomir, A.D., Woodard, J., Fang, F., Schwartz, T.A., Nelson, A.E., Abbate, L.M., Callahan, L.F., Kalsbeek, W.D. & Hochberg, M.C. . "Prevalence of Hip Symptoms and Radiographic and Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Journal of Rheumatology 36 (2009): 809-815.
- Graves, K.D., Huerta, E., Cullen J., Kaufman, E., Sheppard, V., Luta, G., Isaacs, C., Schwartz, M. D. & Mandelblatt, J. . "Perceived Risk of Breast Cancer among Latinas Attending Community Clinics: Risk Comprehension and Relationship with Mammography Adherence." Cancer Causes & Control 19 (2008): 1373-1382.
- Last, M., Luta, G., Orso, A., Porter, A., & Young, S. . "Pooled ANOVA." Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 52 (2008): 5215-5228.
- Zhang, L., Dmitrienko, A. & Luta, G. . "Sample Size Calculations in Thorough QT Studies." Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 18 (2008): 468-482.
- Murphy, L., Schwartz, T., Helmick, C., Renner, J., Tudor, G., Koch, G., Dragomir, A., Kalsbeek, W., Luta, G. & Jordan, J. . "The Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis." Arthritis Care and Research 59 (2008): 1207-1213.
- Kraus VB, Stabler T, Luta G, Renner JB, Dragomir AD and Jordan JM. "Interpretation of Serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Levels for Cardiovascular Disease Risk is Complicated by Race, Pulmonary Disease, Body Mass Index, Gender, and Osteoarthritis." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 15 (2007): 966-71.
- Jordan JM, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Luta G, Dragomir AD, Woodard J, Fang F, Schwartz TA, Abbate LM, Callahan LF, Kalsbeek WD and Hochberg MC. "Prevalence of Knee Symptoms and Radiographic and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Journal of Rheumatology 34 (2007): 172-80.
- Lamers RAN, Van Nesselrooij JHJ, Kraus VB, Jordan JM, Renner JB, Dragomir AD , Luta G, Van der Greef J and DeGroot J. "Identification of a Urinary Metabolite Profile Associated with Osteoarthritis." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 13 (2005): 762-8.
- Elliott AL, Kraus VB, Luta G, Stabler T, Renner JB, Dragomir AD, Helmick CG, Hochberg MC and Jordan JM. "Serum Hyaluronan Levels and Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Arthritis and Rheumatism 52 (2005): 105-11.
- Jordan JM, De Roos AJ, Renner JB, Luta G, Cohen A, Craft N, Helmick CG, Hochberg MC and Arab L. "A Case-Control Study of Serum Tocopherol Levels and the Alpha- to Gamma-Tocopherol Ratio in Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." American Journal of Epidemiology 159 (2004): 968-77.
- Jordan JM, Luta G, Stabler T, Renner JB, Dragomir AD, Vilim V, Hochberg MC, Helmick CG and Kraus VB. "Ethnic and Sex Differences in Serum Levels of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Arthritis and Rheumatism 48 (2003): 675-81.
- Dragomir AD, Kraus VB, Renner JB, Luta G, Clark AG, Vilim V, Hochberg MC, Helmick CG and Jordan JM. "Serum Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein and Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Potential Pre-Radiographic Hip and Knee Pathology." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 10 (2002): 687-91.
- De Roos AJ, Arab L, Renner JB, Craft N, Luta G, Helmick CG, Hochberg MC and Jordan JM. "Serum Carotenoids and Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Public Health Nutrition 4 (2001): 935-42.
- Pincus T, Koch GG, Sokka T, Lefkowith J, Wolfe F, Jordan JM, Luta G, Callahan LF, Wang X, Schwartz T, Abramson SB, Caldwell JR, Harrell RA, Kremer JM, Lautzenheiser RL, Markenson JA, Schnitzer TJ, Wea. "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Clinical Trial of Diclofenac plus Misoprostol versus Acetaminophen in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee." Arthritis and Rheumatism 44 (2001): 1587-98.
- Kraus VB, Clark AG, Jordan JM, Dragomir AD, Luta G and Vilim V. "Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis in Relation to Molecular Processes in Cartilage: Comment on the Article by Clark et al – Reply." Arthritis and Rheumatism 43 (2000): 1426-7.
- Gesler W, Jordan JM, Dragomir A, Luta G and Fryer JG. "A Geographical Assessment of Health Care Coverage in Two “Rural” North Carolina Communities." Southeastern Geographer 39 (1999): 27-44.
- Clark AG, Jordan JM, Vilim V, Renner JB, Dragomir AD, Luta G and Kraus VB. "Serum Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Reflects Osteoarthritis Presence and Severity: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Arthritis and Rheumatism 42 (1999): 2356-64.
- Luta G, Koch GG, Cascio WE and Smith WT. "An Application of Methods for Clustered Binary Responses to a Cardiovascular Study with Small Sample Size." Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 8 (1998): 87-102.
- Jordan JM, Luta G, Renner JB, Dragomir A, Hochberg MC and Fryer JG. "Knee Pain and Knee Osteoarthritis Severity in Self-Reported Task-Specific Disability: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Journal of Rheumatology 24 (1997): 1344-9.
- Jordan JM, Luta G, Renner JB, Dragomir A, Hochberg MC and Fryer JG. "Ethnic Differences in Self-Reported Functional Status in the Rural South: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project." Arthritis Care and Research 9 (1996): 483-91.
- Jordan JM, Luta G, Renner JB, Linder GF, Dragomir A, Helmick CG and Fryer JG. "Self-Reported Functional Status in Osteoarthritis of the Knee in a Rural, Southern Community: The Role of Sociodemographic Factors, Obesity, and Knee Pain." Arthritis Care and Research 9 (1996): 273-8.