Ruby Chang
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Ruby is Lecturer in Statistics at the RVC.
Biography
Yu-Mei Ruby Chang completed her B.Sc. at Tung-hai University in Taiwan, and gained her M.Sc. degree in Statistics and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon completing her Ph.D., she was appointed to the post of Computational Geneticist in the Dairy Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she provided statistical and computational assistance to students and faculty staffs, and she also participated in collaborative research in the area of statistical modelling and algorithm development with application to dairy cattle improvement programs.
She joined the Section of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds as a Research Fellow in 2006. She allied with scientists and clinicians on the genetic and epidemiological data analysis of melanoma studies.
Ruby joins the RVC as a Lecturer in Statistics/Biometry in 2009.
Selected Publications
1. Branstrom R, Chang YM, Kasparian N, Affleck P, Tibben A, Aspinwall LG et al.. 2010 Melanoma Risk Factors, Perceived Threat and Intentional Tanning: An International Online Survey. Euro J of Cancer Prevention 19,216-226.
2. Conway C, Beswick S, Elliott F, Chang YM, Randerson-Moor J, Harland M, et al. 2010. Deletion at 9p in relation to BRAF/NRAS mutations and prognostic significance for primary melanoma. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer 49, 425-38
3. Newton-Bishop JA, Beswick A, Randerson-Moor J, Chang YM, Affleck P, Elliott F, Chan M, Leake S, Karpavicius B, Haynes S, Kukalizch K, Whitaker L, Jackson S, Gerry E, Nolan C, Bertram C, Marsden J, Elder DE, Barrett JH and Bishop DT. 2009. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 levels are associated with Breslow thickness at presentation, and survival from melanoma. J Clin Oncology 27, 5439-5444.
4. Chang YM, Barrett JH, Bishop DT, Armstrong BK, Bataille V, Bergman W, Berwick M, Bracci PM, Elwood JM, Ernstoff MS, Gallagher RP, Green AC, Gruis NA, Holly EA, Ingvar C, Kanetsky PA, Karagas MR, Lee TK, Le Marchand L, Mackie RM, Olsson H, Osterlind A, Rebbeck TR, Sasieni P, Siskind V, Swerdlow AJ, Titus-Ernstoff L, Zens MS, Newton-Bishop JA. 2009. Sun exposure and melanoma risk at different latitudes: a pooled analysis of 5700 cases and 7216 controls. Int J Epid. 38, 814-830.
5. Chang YM, Newton-Bishop JA, Bishop DT, Armstrong BK, Bataille V, Bergman W, Berwick M, Bracci PM, Elwood JM, Ernstoff MS, Green AC, Gruis NA, Holly EA, Ingvar C, Kanetsky PA, Karagas MR, Le Marchand L, Mackie RM, Olsson H, Osterlind A, Rebbeck TR, Reich K, Sasieni P, Siskind V, Swerdlow AJ, Titus-Ernstoff L, Zens MS, Ziegler A, Barrett JH. 2009. A pooled analysis of melanocytic naevus phenotype and the risk of cutaneous melanoma at different latitudes. Int J Cancer, 124, 420-428.
6. Konig S, Chang YM, Borstel UUv, Gianola D, Simianer H. 2008. Genetic and phenotypic relationships among milk urea nitrogen, fertility, and milk yield in Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci, 91, 4372-4382.
7. Lee CE, Remfert JL, Chang YM 2007. Response to selection and evolvability of invasive populations. Genetica 129, 179-192.
8. Chang YM, Gianola D, Heringstad B, Klemetsdal G. 2007. Periodic analysis of longitudinal binary responses: a case study of clinical mastitis in Norwegian Red cows. Genetics, Selection, Evolution 39, 249-265.
9. Gonda MG, Chang YM, Shook GE, Collins MT, Kirkpatrick BW 2006. Genetic variation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infection in US Holsteins. J Dairy Sci 89, 1804-1812.
10. Chang YM, Andersen-Ranberg IM, Heringstad B, Gianola D, Klemetsdal G. 2006. Bi-variate analysis of number of services to conception and days open in Norwegian Red using a censored threshold{linear model. J Dairy Sci 89, 772-778.
11. Gonzalez-Recio O, Chang YM Gianola D, Weigel KA. 2005. Genetic analysis of number of inseminations to conception in Holstein cows using censored records and time-dependent covariates. J Dairy Sci 88, 3655-3662.
12. Heringstad B, Chang YM, Gianola D, Klemetsdal G. 2005. Genetic analysis of clinical mastitis, milk fever, ketosis and retained placenta in the rst three lactations of Norwegian Red with a multivariate threshold model. J Dairy Sci 88, 3273-3281.