Division of Preventive Medicine
Sejong Bae, PhD Print E-mail

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Professor,  Co-Director-BBSF, Deputy Director-CARDIA CC, director DISC
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 645
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: (205) 934-6887 or 975-5121
Fax: (205) 934-4262
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Research Interests

Outcomes Research, Health Disparities, Survival Analysis; Statistical Computing; Multistate Cancer Modeling; Chronic Disease Modeling; Clinical Trials

Educational Background

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, PhD, 1999, Biostatistics
  • University of Georgia, Athens, GA, MS, 1993, Statistics
  • University of Georgia, Athens, GA, BS, 1991, Computer Science

Professional Activities

  • Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB):
  • DSMB (2010-Present), Director, Data coordinating Center, Randomized Trial of  Physical Activity Self-management Intervention for Patients with COPD
  • Chair, DSMB (2009-2012), A randomized controlled trial of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and Ultrasound physical therapy for chronic low back pain, NIH-NCCAM
  • DSMB (2009-2012), Charter Member, NIH-NCCAM “Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Pregnancy: Physiologic and Clinical Effects”
  • Data DSMB (2009-2011), Charter Member, NIH-NCCAM, “A Study of the Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
  • Scientific Review Panels:
  • 2007-Present Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program Study Review Panel,
  • 2007-Present DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Study Review Panel
  • 2005-Present NIDRR, Field Initiated Projects Study Review Panel
  • 2011 CDC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers, Study Review Panel
  • 2010-Present Member: Study Review Panel, NIH/BCHI
  • 2010 AHRQ, CHOICE Special Emphasis Study Review Panel
  • 2009 CDC Centers of Excellence in Public Health Informatics, Study Review Panel
  • Organizer / chair-scientific sessions in conferences/congresses
  • Organizer/Session Chair- International Congress on Modeling and Simulation, 2011 - Modeling Data in Health Sciences
  • Organizer/Session Chair- International Congress on Modeling and Simulation, 2009 - Statistical Modeling in Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Organizer/Session Chair- International Congress on Modeling and Simulation2007 - Statistical Methods for Analysis of Public Health Data
  • Session Chair- World Conference on Safety of Oil and Gas Industry 2007 (WCOGI), Gyeongju, Korea
  • Risk and safety Management System, Safety Culture, and Facility Siting;
  • Accident and Incident investigation, Accident Data base case studies
  • Referee for journals/conferences:
    Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Californian Journal of Health Promotion, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Modeling and Simulation-MODSIM ,Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of British Nutrition, Journal of the National Medical Association, International Journal of Health Geographic, International Conference on Information Quality, Psychiatric Services, International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Conferences, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Pediatrics, Ethnicity and Disease, Topics in Integrative Health Care, International Journal of Intelligent Technologies and Applied Statistics
  • Editorial Board:
  • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, Public Health International Bulletin
  • Scientific Journals International
  • Service to professional organizations:
  • Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • 5th Texas Health Disparities conference (2010, 2011), Poster Presentations Judge
  • Advisory Committee, Texas Cancer Registry, 2008-2012
  • Advisory Committee, Texas Cancer Registry, Data Sharing and Access to Texas Health Care Information Collection Data, 2008-2012
  • Cook Children’s Network/NorTex Interdisciplinary Research Team (CIRT), 2007-2012
  • North Texas Healthy Heart Study, 2007-2012
  • Professional Societies:
  • International Biometric Society
  • American Statistical Association
  • International Statistical Institute
  • American Public Health Association
  • Texas Public Health Association
  • Institute for Cancer Research, UNTHSC
  • Modeling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand

  • Selected Recent Publications

  • Jackson B, Suzuki S, Lo K, Su F, Singh KP,  Coultas D, Bartolucci AA, Bae S.  Geographic disparity in COPD hospitalization rates among the Texas.   Population Respiratory Medicine, 2011; 105(5):734-9.
  • Bartolucci AA, Singh KP, Bae S, Triebe KL.    A time to event frailty model with Bayesian considerations.   Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications.  2011; ISDN1067-5817 18 ( 4); 127-135
  • Patel S, Bae S, Singh KP.  Racial/ethnic disparities among the uninsured:  findings from the 2008 behavioral risk factor surveillance system:  findings from the 2008 behavioral risk factor surveillance system.  Ethnicity and Disease, 2010; 20:142-147
  • Pasipanodya JG, McNabb SJN, Hisenrath P, Bae S, Lykens K, Vecino E, Munguia G,  Miller TL, Weis SE, Drewyer G.   Pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis and its contribution to TB burden.   BMC Public Health 2010; 10:259.
  • Stovall B, Bae S, Kumar S. Anterior superior iliac spine asymmetry assessment on a novel, pelvic model: an investigation of accuracy and reliability. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2010; Jun; 33(5):378-85. 
  • Lykens K, Singh KP, Bae S.  Social, economic, and political factors in progress towards improving child survivability in developing nations Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  Nov. 2009; 20 (4) Suppl.
  • Simpkins JW, Brown K, Bae S, Ratka A.  Role of ethnicity in the expression of features of hot flashes.  Maturitus 2009; 63  341–346
  • Le TD, S. Bae S, Hsu C, Singh KP, Blair SN, Shang N.  Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness on serum ferritin concentration and incidence of type 2 diabetes:  evidence from aerobics center longitudinal study (acls), The Review of Diabetic Studies, 2008; 5(4); 245-252.
  • Singhal J, Singhal SS, Yadav S, Suzuki S, Warnke MM, Yacoub A, Bae S, Sharma R, Awasthi YC, Armstrong DW,  Awasthi S. RLIP76 in defense of radiation poisoning, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology  Physics. .2008, 72(2);553–561
  • Nejtek VA, Avila M, Chen L, Zielinski T, Djokovic M, Podawiltz A, Kaiser K, Bae S,  Rush AJ. Do atypical antipsychotics effectively treat co-occurring bipolar disorder and stimulant dependence? a randomized, double-blind trial.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2008; Jul 29:e1-e10 

  • Awards

  • Elected member of International Statistical Institute (ISI) member, 2009
  • Outstanding Public Health Faculty Advisor, UNTHSC, 2009
  • Keynote Presentation, Career Workshop Oct. 7, 2008; Chungju National University
  • Who's Who in America 2008
  • Best Paper award in Issues in Healthcare: Business and Health Administration Association, 2008
  • Elected member of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of Delta Omega – National Honor Society for Public Health, 2007
  • Best Paper award in Issues in Healthcare: Business and Health Administration Association, 2007