Naji Younes, PhD, MA

Naji Younes is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

• Phone: (301) 816-8077
• Fax: (301) 881-0179
• Email: naji@biostat.bsc.gwu.edu

Professor Younes works at the interface between statistics and computers at the GW Biostatistics Center. As a statistician, he designs, runs and analyzes clinical and observational studies; as a programming expert, he leads a team of ten programmers in designing and implementing statistical and data management software. He is currently Deputy Director of Statistics and Data Management for the Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Network, sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders, which has four multicenter studies underway in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, and plans for launching four others in the coming year.

Dr. Younes has been a familiar presence at The George Washington University for more than two decades, pursuing his undergraduate and graduate degrees here, and then joining the Biostatistics Center in 1992. His previous statistical activities included a stint as Principal Investigator of the Coordinating Center for the Women's Angiographic Vitamins and Estrogen Trial, and statistical work for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIDCD) Neonatal Intensive Care Units Network.

Education

Master of Arts (Statistics, with a concentration in computers), The George Washington University, 1986
Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematical Statistics), The George Washington University, 1994

Teaching

Design and Analysis of Medical Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Research

Dr. Younes's main research interests are biostatistics and clinical trial design; computational statistics, computer intensive analysis techniques, and artificial intelligence application to statistics; and data management, databases, large data-flow systems and web data capture.

Community Service

Professor Younes is a member of the Data Safety and Monitoring Board of two trials sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. One compares medialization and reinnervation for unilateral vocal cord paralysis; the other is a multicenter treatment trial studying sudden hearing loss.

Departments

• Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Institutes & Centers

• Biostatistics Center

Research Activities

• Women's Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen Trial (WAVE)

Publications

• Clinical features of acute coronary syndromes in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection.
  Hsue PY, Kamini G, Erickson S, MacGregor JS, Younes N, Amandeep S, et al. Clinical features of acute coronary syndromes in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. Circulation 2004;109:316.
• A web tool for calculating k0-NAA uncertainties.
  Younes N, Robouch P. A web tool for calculating k0-NAA uncertainties. J Radioanalytical Nuclear Chemistry 2003;257(3): 665-7.
• Technical note: PTB-IT-10
  Robouch P, Younes N, Vermaercke P. Technical note: PTB-IT-10: 149, ISSN 0942-1785, ISBN 3-89701-933-3; 2003.
• Effects of hormone replacement therapy and antioxidant vitamin supplements on coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women - a randomized controlled trial.
  Waters DD, et al. Effects of hormone replacement therapy and antioxidant vitamin supplements on coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women - a randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Assoc 2002;288:2432-40.
• Women's angiographic vitamin and estrogen trial: - design and methods.
  Hsia J, et al. Women's angiographic vitamin and estrogen trial: - design and methods. Controlled Clinical Trials 2002;23:708-27.