Alaattin Erkanli | Scholars@Duke

Alaattin Erkanli
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Areas of research interests include Bayesian hierarchical models for longitudinal data, Bayesian optimal designs, finite mixtures and Mixtures of Dirichlet Processes, Markov transition models, nonparametrics smoothing and density estimation, survival analysis for recurrent-event data, biomarker selection and detecting early ovarian cancer.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2007

Contact Information

Brightleaf Sq Ste 22B, 905 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701
Duke Box 3454, Durham, NC 27710
al@psych.mc.duke.edu (919) 385-0826

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University 1991
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2006 - 2007
- Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2000 - 2006
- Assistant Research Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 1999 - 2000
- Assistant Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1995 - 1999
Research
Selected Grants
- Persistent Post-Mastectomy Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial of Targeted Pain Coping Skills Training (Targeted-PCST) with Mediational Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
- Improving Symptom Management for Survivors of Young Adult Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- Closing the gap between identification and treatment of cervical abnormalities in Lima, Peru through integration of pocket colposcopy, telemedicine and visual counseling 2019 - 2022
- Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation in Depression across the Adult Lifespan awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Flourine-18 labeled MDM2 antagonists for PET imaging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation with enhanced focality and depth (fdTMS) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
- mHealth-supported telecolposcopy for cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2021
- Quiet TMS: A Low-Acoustic-Noise Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Improving Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Development and Pilot Testing of a Hybrid In Person and mHealth Coping Skills Training Intervention for Symptom Management and Daily Steps in Stem Cell Transplant Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2020
- A Self-Management Intervention for Women with Breast Cancer and Diabetes 2016 - 2020
- Culturally appropriate screening and diagnosis of cervical cancer in East Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for High Blood Pressure: A Two-Site RCT awarded by University of Pennsylvania 2014 - 2020
- Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms of Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2018
- Towards a viable solution for a see and treat paradigm for cervical pre-cancer in East Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
- Early Substance Use in Rural American Indian and White/Anglo Youth awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- Strengthening Instrumental Extinction to Prevent Smoking Relapse awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
- Vulnerability to Drug Abuse:Pathways to Recovery awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2017
- A Novel Optical Spectral Imaging System for Rapid Imaging of Breast Tumor Margins awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2017
- Early Substance Use in Rural American Indian and White/Anglo Youth awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2016 - 2017
- A Quantitative Optical Sensor to Monitor Tumor Vascular Physiology 2015 - 2016
- Cognitive/Affective Mechanisms of Risk among Suicidal Adults with and without Substance Abuse 2013 - 2016
- Evaluating the Impact of Adolescent Suicide Attempts on Parents awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- Mathematical Modeling in Clinical Trials of Tuberculosis Therapeutics awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2014
- Science Education in Health Ed Class: Tobacco and Addiction awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2014
- A developmental model of gene-environment interplay in SUDs awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2014
- Prefrontal Function in Adolescent Limited vs Life Course Persistent SUD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2014
- Young Smokers' Reactions to Genetic Risk for Lung Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
- Longitudinal Functional Imaging of Early Childhood Anxiety Disorders awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2013
- Cancer Control Using Message Framing to Promote Physical Activity in Colorectal Cancer Survivors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
- Sex, stress, emotional disorders: uniting preclinical and epidemiologic research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
- Preschool Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2012
- Biomarkers of Interoceptive Awareness in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2012
- Increasing Attention to Smoking Risk Messages awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2011
- Outcomes of Preschool Mental Health Problems awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
- Effects of Communicating RPFNA Results on Decisions about Tamoxifen Use awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2010
- Effects of Parental Arrest/Incarceration on Outcomes of Children in CWS 2005 - 2007
- Multi-Site Longitudinal Analysis of Psychiatric Risk of SUDs awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2007
- Validity Without a Gold Standard awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2007
- Prepubertal Comorbidity: Gender and Developmental Heterotypy awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2006
- Functional Neuroanatomical Deficits in ADHD Families awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2006
- Promoting Evidence-Based ADHD Treatment in the Community awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2005
- Assessing Preschool Comorbidity: A Test-Retest Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2004
- Epidemiology of Pubertal Hormonal Changes and Depression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2003
- Caring For Children In The Community awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1999
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Shelby, Rebecca A., Caroline S. Dorfman, Sarah S. Arthur, Hayden B. Bosworth, Leonor Corsino, Linda Sutton, Lynda Owen, et al. “Improving health engagement and lifestyle management for breast cancer survivors with diabetes.” Contemp Clin Trials 92 (May 2020): 105998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.105998.
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  - Cheek, Shayna M., David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Maya Massing-Schaffer, and Richard T. Liu. “Social Rejection and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Adolescents Following Hospitalization: a Prospective Study.” J Abnorm Child Psychol 48, no. 1 (January 2020): 123–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00580-z.
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  - Shelby, Rebecca A., Caroline S. Dorfman, Hayden B. Bosworth, Francis Keefe, Linda Sutton, Lynda Owen, Leonor Corsino, et al. “Testing a behavioral intervention to improve adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET).” Contemp Clin Trials 76 (January 2019): 120–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2018.11.010.
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  - Mueller, J. L., C. T. Lam, D. Dahl, M. N. Asiedu, M. S. Krieger, Y. Bellido-Fuentes, M. Kellish, et al. “Portable Pocket colposcopy performs comparably to standard-of-care clinical colposcopy using acetic acid and Lugol's iodine as contrast mediators: an investigational study in Peru.” Bjog 125, no. 10 (September 2018): 1321–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15326.
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  - Palmer, Gregory M., Hengtao Zhang, Chen-Ting Lee, Husam Mikati, Joseph A. Herbert, Marlee Krieger, Jesko von Windheim, et al. “Assessing effects of pressure on tumor and normal tissue physiology using an automated self-calibrated, pressure-sensing probe for diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.” J Biomed Opt 23, no. 5 (May 2018): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.5.057004.
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  - Martinez, Amy F., Samuel S. McCachren, Marianne Lee, Helen A. Murphy, Caigang Zhu, Brian T. Crouch, Hannah L. Martin, et al. “Metaboloptics: Visualization of the tumor functional landscape via metabolic and vascular imaging.” Sci Rep 8, no. 1 (March 8, 2018): 4171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22480-w.
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  - Ramos, K., A. Erkanli, and H. G. Koenig. “Effects of religious versus conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on suicidal thoughts in major depression and chronic medical illness.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 10, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 79–87. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000113.
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  - Hu, Fangyao, Hannah Martin, Amy Martinez, Jeffrey Everitt, Alaattin Erkanli, Walter T. Lee, Mark Dewhirst, and Nimmi Ramanujam. “Distinct Angiogenic Changes during Carcinogenesis Defined by Novel Label-Free Dark-Field Imaging in a Hamster Cheek Pouch Model.” Cancer Res 77, no. 24 (December 15, 2017): 7109–19. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-1058.
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  - Daniel, Stephanie S., David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Nicole Heilbron, and Joseph C. Franklin. “Prospective Study of Major Loss Life Events and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults.” Suicide Life Threat Behav 47, no. 4 (August 2017): 436–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12305.
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  - Koenig, Harold G., Kathleen Perno, Alaattin Erkanli, and Ted Hamilton. “Effects of a 12-Month Educational Intervention on Clinicians' Attitudes/Practices Regarding the Screening Spiritual History.” South Med J 110, no. 6 (June 2017): 412–18. https://doi.org/10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000657.
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  - Mueller, Jenna L., Elizabeth Asma, Christopher T. Lam, Marlee S. Krieger, Jennifer E. Gallagher, Alaattin Erkanli, Roopa Hariprasad, et al. “International Image Concordance Study to Compare a Point-of-Care Tampon Colposcope With a Standard-of-Care Colposcope.” J Low Genit Tract Dis 21, no. 2 (April 2017): 112–19. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000306.
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  - Hu, Fangyao, Karthik Vishwanath, Joseph K. Salama, Alaattin Erkanli, Bercedis Peterson, James R. Oleson, Walter T. Lee, David M. Brizel, Nimmi Ramanujam, and Mark W. Dewhirst. “Oxygen and Perfusion Kinetics in Response to Fractionated Radiation Therapy in FaDu Head and Neck Cancer Xenografts Are Related to Treatment Outcome.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96, no. 2 (October 1, 2016): 462–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.007.
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  - Koenig, Harold G., Michelle J. Pearce, Bruce Nelson, and Alaattin Erkanli. “Effects on Daily Spiritual Experiences of Religious Versus Conventional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression.” J Relig Health 55, no. 5 (October 2016): 1763–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0270-3.
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  - Mueller, Jenna L., Jennifer E. Gallagher, Rhea Chitalia, Marlee Krieger, Alaattin Erkanli, Rebecca M. Willett, Joseph Geradts, and Nimmi Ramanujam. “Rapid staining and imaging of subnuclear features to differentiate between malignant and benign breast tissues at a point-of-care setting.” J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 142, no. 7 (July 2016): 1475–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-016-2165-9.
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  - Gupta, Saurabh, Kenneth Ronald Gersing, Alaattin Erkanli, and Tal Burt. “Antidepressant Regulatory Warnings, Prescription Patterns, Suicidality and Other Aggressive Behaviors in Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Disorders.” Psychiatr Q 87, no. 2 (June 2016): 329–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-015-9389-8.
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  - Goldston, David B., Alaattin Erkanli, Stephanie S. Daniel, Nicole Heilbron, Bridget E. Weller, and Otima Doyle. “Developmental Trajectories of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors From Adolescence Through Adulthood.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 55, no. 5 (May 2016): 400-407.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.010.
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  - Mueller, Jenna L., Henry L. Fu, Jeffrey K. Mito, Melodi J. Whitley, Rhea Chitalia, Alaattin Erkanli, Leslie Dodd, et al. “A quantitative microscopic approach to predict local recurrence based on in vivo intraoperative imaging of sarcoma tumor margins.” Int J Cancer 137, no. 10 (November 15, 2015): 2403–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29611.
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  - Adkins, Daniel E., Shaunna L. Clark, William E. Copeland, Martin Kennedy, Kevin Conway, Adrian Angold, Hermine Maes, et al. “Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Alcohol Consumption Across Youth and Early Adulthood.” Twin Res Hum Genet 18, no. 4 (August 2015): 335–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2015.36.
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  - Goldston, David B., Stephanie S. Daniel, Alaattin Erkanli, Nicole Heilbron, Otima Doyle, Bridget Weller, Jeffrey Sapyta, Andrew Mayfield, and Madelaine Faulkner. “Suicide attempts in a longitudinal sample of adolescents followed through adulthood: Evidence of escalation.” J Consult Clin Psychol 83, no. 2 (April 2015): 253–64. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038657.
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  - Suarez, Edward C., John S. Sundy, and Alaattin Erkanli. “Depressogenic vulnerability and gender-specific patterns of neuro-immune dysregulation: What the ratio of cortisol to C-reactive protein can tell us about loss of normal regulatory control.” Brain Behav Immun 44 (February 2015): 137–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.09.008.
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  - Sung, Minje, Al Erkanli, and E Jane Costello. “Estimating the causal effect of conduct disorder on the time from first substance use to substance use disorders using g-estimation.” Subst Abus 35, no. 2 (2014): 141–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2013.816651.
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  - Shanahan, Lilly, William E. Copeland, Carol M. Worthman, Alaattin Erkanli, Adrian Angold, and E Jane Costello. “Sex-differentiated changes in C-reactive protein from ages 9 to 21: the contributions of BMI and physical/sexual maturation.” Psychoneuroendocrinology 38, no. 10 (October 2013): 2209–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.04.010.
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  - Suarez, Edward C., Nicole L. Schramm-Sapyta, Tracey Vann Hawkins, and Alaattin Erkanli. “Depression inhibits the anti-inflammatory effects of leisure time physical activity and light to moderate alcohol consumption.” Brain Behav Immun 32 (August 2013): 144–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.03.009.
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  - Costello, E Jane, Lindon Eaves, Patrick Sullivan, Martin Kennedy, Kevin Conway, Daniel E. Adkins, A. Angold, et al. “Genes, environments, and developmental research: methods for a multi-site study of early substance abuse.” Twin Res Hum Genet 16, no. 2 (April 2013): 505–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2013.6.
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  - Copeland, William E., Lilly Shanahan, Alaattin Erkanli, E Jane Costello, and Adrian Angold. “Indirect comorbidity in childhood and adolescence.” Front Psychiatry 4 (2013): 144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00144.
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  - Hu, Fangyao, Karthik Vishwanath, Justin Lo, Alaattin Erkanli, Christine Mulvey, Walter T. Lee, and Nimmi Ramanujam. “Rapid determination of oxygen saturation and vascularity for cancer detection.” Plos One 8, no. 12 (2013): e82977. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082977.
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  - Angold, Adrian, Alaattin Erkanli, William Copeland, Robert Goodman, Prudence W. Fisher, and E Jane Costello. “Psychiatric diagnostic interviews for children and adolescents: a comparative study.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51, no. 5 (May 2012): 506–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2012.02.020.
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  - Sapyta, Jeffrey, David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Stephanie S. Daniel, Nicole Heilbron, Andrew Mayfield, and S Lyn Treadway. “Evaluating the predictive validity of suicidal intent and medical lethality in youth.” J Consult Clin Psychol 80, no. 2 (April 2012): 222–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026870.
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  - Sterba, Sonya K., William Copeland, Helen L. Egger, E. Jane Costello, Alaattin Erkanli, and Adrian Angold. “Longitudinal dimensionality of adolescent psychopathology: testing the differentiation hypothesis.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51, no. 8 (August 2010): 871–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02234.x.
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  - Costello, E Jane, Alaattin Erkanli, William Copeland, and Adrian Angold. “Association of family income supplements in adolescence with development of psychiatric and substance use disorders in adulthood among an American Indian population.” Jama 303, no. 19 (May 19, 2010): 1954–60. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.621.
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  - Brown, Ryan, William E. Copeland, E Jane Costello, Alaattin Erkanli, and Carol M. Worthman. “Family and Community Influences on Educational Outcomes Among Appalachian Youth.” J Community Psychol 37, no. 7 (September 2009): 795–808. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20331.
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  - Daniel, Stephanie S., David B. Goldston, Alaattin Erkanli, Joseph C. Franklin, and Andrew M. Mayfield. “Trait anger, anger expression, and suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults: a prospective study.” J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38, no. 5 (September 2009): 661–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374410903103494.
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  - Goldston, David B., Stephanie Sergent Daniel, Alaattin Erkanli, Beth A. Reboussin, Andrew Mayfield, Patricia H. Frazier, and Sarah L. Treadway. “Psychiatric diagnoses as contemporaneous risk factors for suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults: developmental changes.” J Consult Clin Psychol 77, no. 2 (April 2009): 281–90. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014732.
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  - Phillips, S. D., S. J. Leathers, and A. Erkanli. “Children of probationers in the child welfare system and their families.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 18, no. 2 (April 1, 2009): 183–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-008-9218-x.
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  - Phillips, S. D., and A. Erkanli. “Differences in patterns of maternal arrest and the parent, family, and child problems encountered in working with families.” Children and Youth Services Review 30, no. 2 (February 1, 2008): 157–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.09.003.
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  - Bittner, Antje, Helen L. Egger, Alaattin Erkanli, E. Jane Costello, Debra L. Foley, and Adrian Angold. “What do childhood anxiety disorders predict?” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48, no. 12 (December 2007): 1174–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01812.x.
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  - Epstein, Jeffery N., David Rabiner, Diane E. Johnson, David P. Fitzgerald, Allan Chrisman, Alaattin Erkanli, Kevin K. Sullivan, et al. “Improving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment outcomes through use of a collaborative consultation treatment service by community-based pediatricians: a cluster randomized trial.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161, no. 9 (September 2007): 835–40. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.9.835.
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  - Costello, Elizabeth Jane, Carol Worthman, Alaattin Erkanli, and Adrian Angold. “Prediction from low birth weight to female adolescent depression: a test of competing hypotheses.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 64, no. 3 (March 2007): 338–44. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.64.3.338.
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  - Goldston, David B., Adam Walsh, Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold, Beth Reboussin, Stephanie Sergent Daniel, Alaattin Erkanli, Dennis Nutter, et al. “Reading problems, psychiatric disorders, and functional impairment from mid- to late adolescence.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46, no. 1 (January 2007): 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000242241.77302.f4.
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  - Phillips, S. D., A. Erkanli, E. J. Costello, and A. Angold. “Differences among children whose mothers have been in contact with the criminal justice system.” Women and Criminal Justice 17, no. 2–3 (2007): 43–61. https://doi.org/10.1300/J012v17n02_04.
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  - Jane Costello, E., Alaattin Erkanli, and Adrian Angold. “Is there an epidemic of child or adolescent depression?” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47, no. 12 (December 2006): 1263–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01682.x.
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  - Erkanli, Alaattin, Minje Sung, E Jane Costello, and Adrian Angold. “Bayesian semi-parametric ROC analysis.” Stat Med 25, no. 22 (November 30, 2006): 3905–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.2496.
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  - Clancy, Carolina P., Anna Graybeal, Whitney P. Tompson, Kourtni S. Badgett, Michelle E. Feldman, Patrick S. Calhoun, Alaattin Erkanli, Michael A. Hertzberg, and Jean C. Beckham. “Lifetime trauma exposure in veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder: association with current symptomatology.” J Clin Psychiatry 67, no. 9 (September 2006): 1346–53. https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.v67n0904.
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  - Egger, Helen Link, Alaattin Erkanli, Gordon Keeler, Edward Potts, Barbara Keith Walter, and Adrian Angold. “Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA).” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45, no. 5 (May 2006): 538–49. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000205705.71194.b8.
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  - Erkanli, Al, Douglas D. Taylor, Deyrick Dean, Faria Eksir, Daniel Egger, James Geyer, Brad H. Nelson, Brad Stone, Herbert A. Fritsche, and Richard B. S. Roden. “Application of Bayesian modeling of autologous antibody responses against ovarian tumor-associated antigens to cancer detection.” Cancer Res 66, no. 3 (February 1, 2006): 1792–98. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0669.
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  - Brown, Ryan A., Carol M. Worthman, E Jane Costello, and Alaattin Erkanli. “The Life Trajectory Interview for Youth (LTI-Y): method development and psychometric properties of an instrument to assess life-course models and achievement.” Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 15, no. 4 (2006): 192–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.195.
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  - Eaves, Lindon, Alaattin Erkanli, Judy Silberg, Adrian Angold, Hermine H. Maes, and Debra Foley. “Application of Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling to item-response theory modeling of multi-symptom genetic data.” Behav Genet 35, no. 6 (November 2005): 765–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-005-7284-z.
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  - Beckham, Jean C., Michelle E. Feldman, Scott R. Vrana, Susannah L. Mozley, Alaattin Erkanli, Carolina P. Clancy, and Jed E. Rose. “Immediate antecedents of cigarette smoking in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a preliminary study.” Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 13, no. 3 (August 2005): 219–28. https://doi.org/10.1037/1064-1297.13.3.219.
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  - Costello, E. J., A. Erkanli, G. Keeler, and A. Angold. “Distant Trauma: A prospective study of the effects of september 11th on young adults in North Carolina.” Applied Developmental Science 8, no. 4 (October 1, 2004): 211–20. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532480xads0804_4.
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  - Eaves, Lindon, Judy Silberg, Debra Foley, Cynthia Bulik, Hermine Maes, Alaattin Erkanli, Adrian Angold, E Jane Costello, and Carol Worthman. “Genetic and environmental influences on the relative timing of pubertal change.” Twin Res 7, no. 5 (October 2004): 471–81. https://doi.org/10.1375/1369052042335278.
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  - Sung, Minje, Al Erkanli, Adrian Angold, and E Jane Costello. “Effects of age at first substance use and psychiatric comorbidity on the development of substance use disorders.” Drug Alcohol Depend 75, no. 3 (September 6, 2004): 287–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.03.013.
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  - Eaves, Lindon, Judy Silberg, and Alaattin Erkanli. “Resolving multiple epigenetic pathways to adolescent depression.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 44, no. 7 (October 2003): 1006–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00185.
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  - Epstein, Jeffery N., Alaatin Erkanli, C Keith Conners, John Klaric, Jane E. Costello, and Adrian Angold. “Relations between Continuous Performance Test performance measures and ADHD behaviors.” J Abnorm Child Psychol 31, no. 5 (October 2003): 543–54. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1025405216339.
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  - Costello, E Jane, Sarah Mustillo, Alaattin Erkanli, Gordon Keeler, and Adrian Angold. “Prevalence and development of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 60, no. 8 (August 2003): 837–44. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.60.8.837.
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  - Eaves, Lindon, and Alaattin Erkanli. “Markov Chain Monte Carlo approaches to analysis of genetic and environmental components of human developmental change and G x E interaction.” Behav Genet 33, no. 3 (May 2003): 279–99. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023446524917.
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  - Mustillo, Sarah, Carol Worthman, Alaattin Erkanli, Gordon Keeler, Adrian Angold, and E Jane Costello. “Obesity and psychiatric disorder: developmental trajectories.” Pediatrics 111, no. 4 Pt 1 (April 2003): 851–59. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.4.851.
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  - Angold, Adrian, Alaattin Erkanli, Judy Silberg, Lindon Eaves, and E Jane Costello. “Depression scale scores in 8-17-year-olds: effects of age and gender.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43, no. 8 (November 2002): 1052–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00232.
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  - Angold, Adrian, Alaattin Erkanli, Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, John A. Fairbank, Barbara J. Burns, Gordon Keeler, and E Jane Costello. “Psychiatric disorder, impairment, and service use in rural African American and white youth.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 59, no. 10 (October 2002): 893–901. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.59.10.893.
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  - Costello, E Jane, Alaattin Erkanli, John A. Fairbank, and Adrian Angold. “The prevalence of potentially traumatic events in childhood and adolescence.” J Trauma Stress 15, no. 2 (April 2002): 99–112. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014851823163.
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  - Ezpeleta, L., G. Keeler, A. Erkanli, E. J. Costello, and A. Angold. “Epidemiology of psychiatric disability in childhood and adolescence.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 42, no. 7 (October 2001): 901–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00786.
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  - Erkanli, A., R. Soyer, and A. Angold. “Bayesian analyses of longitudinal binary data using Markov regression models of unknown order.” Stat Med 20, no. 5 (March 15, 2001): 755–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.702.
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  - Erkanli, A., and R. Soyer. “Simulation-based designs for accelerated life tests.” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 90, no. 2 (October 1, 2000): 335–48.
  - Angold, A., A. Erkanli, H. L. Egger, and E. J. Costello. “Stimulant treatment for children: a community perspective.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 39, no. 8 (August 2000): 975–84. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200008000-00009.
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  - Angold, A., E. J. Costello, B. J. Burns, A. Erkanli, and E. M. Farmer. “Effectiveness of nonresidential specialty mental health services for children and adolescents in the "real world".” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 39, no. 2 (February 2000): 154–60. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200002000-00013.
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  - Erkanli, A., R. Soyer, and E. J. Costello. “Bayesian inference for prevalence in longitudinal two-phase studies.” Biometrics 55, no. 4 (December 1999): 1145–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0006-341x.1999.01145.x.
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  - Angold, A., E. J. Costello, A. Erkanli, and C. M. Worthman. “Pubertal changes in hormone levels and depression in girls.” Psychol Med 29, no. 5 (September 1999): 1043–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291799008946.
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  - Costello, E. J., A. Erkanli, E. Federman, and A. Angold. “Development of psychiatric comorbidity with substance abuse in adolescents: effects of timing and sex.” J Clin Child Psychol 28, no. 3 (September 1999): 298–311. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp280302.
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  - Egger, H. L., E. J. Costello, A. Erkanli, and A. Angold. “Somatic complaints and psychopathology in children and adolescents: stomach aches, musculoskeletal pains, and headaches.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 38, no. 7 (July 1999): 852–60. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199907000-00015.
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  - Angold, A., E. J. Costello, E. M. Farmer, B. J. Burns, and A. Erkanli. “Impaired but undiagnosed.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 38, no. 2 (February 1999): 129–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199902000-00011.
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  - Angold, A., E. J. Costello, and A. Erkanli. “Comorbidity.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 40, no. 1 (January 1999): 57–87.
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  - Erkanli, A., R. Soyer, and A. Angold. “Optimal Bayesian two-phase designs.” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 66, no. 1 (January 5, 1998): 175–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-3758(97)00075-x.
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  - Erkanli, A., T. A. Mazzuchi, and R. Soyer. “Bayesian computations for a class of reliability growth models.” Technometrics 40, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 14–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.1998.10485478.
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  - Erkanli, A. “Boundary-mode approximations for posterior expectations.” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 58, no. 2 (December 1, 1997): 217–39.
  - Erkanli, A., R. Soyer, and D. Stangl. “Bayesian inference in two-phase prevalence studies.” Stat Med 16, no. 10 (May 30, 1997): 1121–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19970530)16:10<1121::aid-sim526>3.0.co;2-l.
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  - Costello, E. J., E. M. Farmer, A. Angold, B. J. Burns, and A. Erkanli. “Psychiatric disorders among American Indian and white youth in Appalachia: the Great Smoky Mountains Study.” Am J Public Health 87, no. 5 (May 1997): 827–32. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.87.5.827.
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  - Federman, E. B., E. J. Costello, A. Angold, E. M. Farmer, and A. Erkanli. “Development of substance use and psychiatric comorbidity in an epidemiologic study of white and American Indian young adolescents the Great Smoky Mountains Study.” Drug Alcohol Depend 44, no. 2–3 (March 14, 1997): 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0376-8716(96)01317-8.
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  - Burns, BJ, Costello, EJ, Erkanli, A, Tweed, DL, Farmer, EMZ, and Angold, A. "Insurance coverage and mental health services use by adolescents with serious emotional disturbance." Journal of Child and Family Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 89-111.
  - Costello, E. J., A. Angold, B. J. Burns, A. Erkanli, D. K. Stangl, and D. L. Tweed. “The Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. Functional impairment and serious emotional disturbance.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 53, no. 12 (December 1996): 1137–43. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830120077013.
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  - Costello, E. J., A. Angold, B. J. Burns, D. K. Stangl, D. L. Tweed, A. Erkanli, and C. M. Worthman. “The Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. Goals, design, methods, and the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 53, no. 12 (December 1996): 1129–36. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830120067012.
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  - Angold, A., A. Erkanli, E. J. Costello, and M. Rutter. “Precision, reliability and accuracy in the dating of symptom onsets in child and adolescent psychopathology.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 37, no. 6 (September 1996): 657–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01457.x.
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  - Angold, A., A. Erkanli, R. Loebkr, E. J. Costello, W. Van Kammen, and M. Stouthamer-Loeber. “Disappearing Depression in a Population Sample of Boys.” Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 4, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1177/106342669600400204.
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  - Müller, P., A. Erkanli, and M. West. “Bayesian curve fitting using multivariate normal mixtures.” Biometrika 83, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 67–79. https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/83.1.67.
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  - Burns, B. J., E. J. Costello, A. Angold, D. Tweed, D. Stangl, E. M. Farmer, and A. Erkanli. “Children's mental health service use across service sectors.” Health Aff (Millwood) 14, no. 3 (1995): 147–59. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.14.3.147.
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  - Erkanli, Alaattin. “Laplace Approximations for Posterior Expectations When the Mode Occurs at the Boundary of the Parameter Space.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 89, no. 425 (March 1994): 250–250. https://doi.org/10.2307/2291221.
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  - Erkanli, A. “Laplace approximations for posterior expectations when the mode occurs at the boundary of the parameter space.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 89, no. 425 (January 1, 1994): 250–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1994.10476466.
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- Book Sections
  - Costello, E. J., H. L. Egger, W. Copeland, A. Erkanli, and A. Angold. “The developmental epidemiology of anxiety disorders: Phenomenology, prevalence, and comorbidity.” In Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition, 56–75, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511994920.004.
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- Conference Papers
  - Mueller, J. L., C. T. Lam, M. Kellish, J. Peters, M. Asiedu, M. S. Krieger, J. E. Gallagher, et al. “Clinical evaluation of a portable pocket colposcope for cervical cancer screening in the United States, Perú, and Tanzania.” In 2017 Ieee Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies, Hi Poct 2017, 2017-December:117–20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/HIC.2017.8227598.
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  - Kimmick, Gretchen Genevieve, Hayden B. Bosworth, Francis J. Keefe, Linda Sutton, Lynda Owen, Alaattin Erkanli, Shelby D. Reed, et al. “Testing a behavioral intervention to improve adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET).” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:TPS10128–TPS10128. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.tps10128.
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  - McClintock, Shawn, Matthew Pierson, Alaattin Erkanli, Zhi-De Deng, Bruce Luber, Mustafa Husain, and Sarah Lisanby. “Comparing the Effects of an Index Course of Magnetic Seizure Therapy and Electroconvulsive Therapy on Quality of Life.” In Neuropsychopharmacology, 40:S148–49. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2015.
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  - ERKANLI, A., R. E. KASS, and A. GENZ. “ADAPTING SUBREGION-ADAPTIVE INTEGRATION SOFTWARE TO PROBLEMS IN BAYESIAN-INFERENCE.” In Computing Science and Statistics : Vol 24, edited by H. J. Newton, 179–81. INTERFACE FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA, 1992.
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