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Douglas K Childers, Ph.D.

Douglas K Childers, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics
Ryals Public Health Bldg, 317C
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 975-9122 
Fax: (205) 975-2540 
E-mail: dchilders@ms.soph.uab.edu
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I received my PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in August, 2006. The principle area of research during my studies as a PhD student in mathematics was non-linear dynamical systems. However, I also studied a wide variety of topological and dynamical applications to biology and physics (e.g. understanding networks; modeling the dynamics of biological systems – population dynamics, effects of gene therapy, etc.).

I began my position here at SSG in October, 2006. I am currently working with Dr. Kui Zhang on developing statistical methods in genetics. A more detailed version of my current research can be read on my CV. In the future I hope to apply these methods, along with others that I may learn, as a useful tool towards developing a more structured connection than that of which is presently observed between biological robustness and components of dynamical systems.

Publications
 

  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  1. D.K. Childers, G. Kang, N. Liu, G. Gao, and K. Zhang. Application of imputation methods for the analysis of genome-wide association studies. To appear in the GAW16 Proceedings, 2008.
     
  2. G. Kang, D.K. Childers, N. Liu, K. Zhang, and G. Gao. Genome-wide association studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis data via multiple hypothesis testing methods for correlated tests. To appear in the GAW16 Proceedings, 2008.
     
  3. D. K. Childers. Are there critical points on the boundaries of mother hedgehogs? Fields Institute Communications 53, pg 75-89, 2008.
     
  4. A. Blokh, D. K. Childers, J. C. Mayer, and L. Oversteegen. Non-degenerate quadratic laminations. Submitted. [PDF]
     
  5. D.K. Childers and D.B. Allison. The 'obesity paradox': A parsimonious explanation for the change in the relation between obesity and mortality rate with aging? Submitted.
  1. S. Heymsfield, D.K. Childers, J. Beetsch, D. Allison, and A. Pietrobelli. Body size and human energy requirements: reduced mass-specific resting energy expenditure in tall adults. Journal of Applied Physiology, 103 (5): 1543-50, November, 2007. [PMID: 17690196] [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00461.2007 ]
     
  2. D. K. Childers. Wandering polygons and recurrent critical leaves. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 27, no. 1, pp. 87-107, 2007.[DOI: 10.1017/S0143385706000526]
     
  1. D. K. Childers, J. C. Mayer, H. M. Tuncali, and E. D. Tymchatyn. Indecomposable continua and the Julia sets of rational maps. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 396, pp. 1-20, 2006.
     
  2. D. K. Childers, J. C. Mayer, and J. T. Rogers, Jr. Indecomposable continua and the Julia sets of polynomials, II. Topology and its Applications, Vol. 153, pp. 1593-1602, 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.topol.2004.04.013]
     

 

Acknowledgement and Disclaimer
The trainee's projects are supported by Grant Number T32HL072757 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health.

Years: 2006 - 2009
Mentor(s): Kui Zhang, Ph.D. & David B. Allison, PhD
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics, UAB