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Epidemiology Faculty: Suh-Yuh Wu

  Suh-Yuh Wu, MA
Research Assistant Professor

Office Phone: (631) 444-3131
e-mail:
Suhyuh.wu@stonybrook.edu

Academic Interests:
Eye Disease Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Professor Wu has an interest in eye disease epidemiology and cancer epidemiology. She is the Director of Data Analyses - Data Coordinating Center. She has served as a Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator/Senior Biostatistician on numerous grants within the division of Epidemiology.
 
Selected Publications: (since 2003)
 

Leske MC, Wu S-Y. Case-control and cohort studies. Applications in studies of age-related cataract. The Epidemiology of eye disease. 2nd edition. Johnson GJ, Minassian DC, Weale RA, West SK. Ed. Arnold. London. 2003;53-64.

Leske MC, Wu SY, Hyman L, Nemesure B, Hennis A, Schachat A, for the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Four-year incidence of visual impairment: Barbados Incidence Study of Eye Diseases. Ophthalmology 2004;111:118-124.

Leske MC, Wu SY, Hyman L, et al. Four-year incidence of macular changes in the Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2004;111:706-711.

Wu SY, Yoo YJ, Nemesure B, et al. 9-year refractive changes in the Barbados Eye Studies. Invest Ophthalmol & Vis Sci 2005;46:4032-4039.

Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis A, et al. 9-year incidence of age-related macular degeneration in the Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2006;113:29-35

Wu SY, Nemesure B, Hennis A, et al. 9-year Changes in Intraocular Pressure - The Barbados Eye Studies. Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:1631-1636.

Leske MC, Wu SY, Honkanen R, et al, the Barbados Eye Studies Group. 9-year incidence of open-angle glaucoma in the Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2007;114:1058-1064

Benn-Torres J, Bonilla C, Robbins C, et al. Admixture and Population Stratification in African Caribbean Populations. Ann Hum Gen 2007;71:1-9

Leske MC. Wu SY, Hennis A, et al, the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Risk Factors for Incident Open-Angle Glaucoma. The Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2008;115:85-93

Wu SY, Nemesure B, Hennis A, et al. and the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Open-angle Glaucoma and Mortality - the Barbados Eye Studies. Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:365-370

Wu SY, Hennis A, Nemesure B, Leske MC, for the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Impact of glaucoma, lens opacities, and cataract surgery on visual functioning and related quality of life- The Barbados Eye Studies. Invest Ophthalmol & Vis Sci 2008;49:1333-1338

Nemesure B, Wu SY, Leske MC, et al. Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in a Black Population- The Barbados National Cancer Study. Int J Cancer Int J Cancer 2009;124:174-179

Hennis AJ, Hambleton IR, Wu SY, et al. Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population – comparisons with African-Americans. Int J Cancer 2009;124:429-433

Wu SY, Nemesure B, Hennis A, Leske MC, for the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Visual Acuity Impairment and Vision-related Quality of Life. British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2009;27:9-24.

Leske MC, Wu SY, Nemesure B, Hennis A, and the Barbados Eye Studies Group. Causes of visual loss and their risk factors: an incidence summary from the Barbados Eye Studies. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2010;27 (4):259-26.