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Arthur Berg
Title Associate Professor
Institution College of Medicine
Department Public Health Sciences
Address 500 University Drive Hershey PA 17033
Mailbox: CH69
Telephone 7175317678
Email
Background
PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:

Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Director of the Bioinformatics Core
Director of the PhD program in Biostatistics
Leader of the Biomedical Informatics Program (CTSI)

SECONDARY APPOINTMENT(S)/ INSTITUTE(S)/ CENTER(S):

Center for Statistical Genetics
Penn State Cancer Institute
Department of Statistics
Division of Colorectal Surgery (unofficial)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2007
MS, University of California, San Diego, 2005
MA, University of Southern California, 2002

WEBSITE:
http://arthurberg.com/

NARRATIVE:

Dr. Berg enjoys all aspects of biostatistics and bioinformatics, including methodological research, collaboration, and education. His general research interests include, but are not limited to, Computational Biology, Statistical Genetics, Time Series Analysis, Survival Analysis, Functional Smoothing, Bootstrap, Subsampling, Nonparametric Statistics, Density Estimation, Simulation, Bayesian Statistics, and Longitudinal Data Analysis. As a faculty member of Penn State’s Center for Statistical Genetics, Dr. Berg is passionate about unlocking the mysteries of DNA and its connection to human health. Located in the newly renovated Clinical and Translation Science Institute, Dr. Berg works in close proximity to clinical researchers allowing for convenient collaborations on grants and publications.
Publications
1. Connelly TM, Sehgal R, Berg AS, Hegarty JP, Deiling S, Stewart DB, Poritz LS, Koltun WA. Mutation in TAGAP is protective of anal sepsis in ileocolic Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Nov; 55(11):1145-52.
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2. Stewart DB, Berg A, Hegarty J. Predicting Recurrence of C. difficile Colitis Using Bacterial Virulence Factors: Binary Toxin Is the Key. J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Jan; 17(1):118-25.
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3. Tsetskhladze ZR, Canfield VA, Ang KC, Wentzel SM, Reid KP, Berg AS, Johnson SL, Kawakami K, Cheng KC. Functional assessment of human coding mutations affecting skin pigmentation using zebrafish. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e47398.
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4. Popova EY, Xu X, Dewan AT, Salzberg AC, Berg A, Hoh J, Zhang SS, Barnstable CJ. Stage and Gene Specific Signatures Defined by Histones H3K4me2 and H3K27me3 Accompany Mammalian Retina Maturation In Vivo. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e46867.
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5. Ang KC, Ngu MS, Reid KP, Teh MS, Aida ZS, Koh DX, Berg A, Oppenheimer S, Salleh H, Clyde MM, Md-Zain BM, Canfield VA, Cheng KC. Skin color variation in Orang Asli tribes of Peninsular Malaysia. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e42752.
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6. Clawson GA, Kimchi E, Patrick SD, Xin P, Harouaka R, Zheng S, Berg A, Schell T, Staveley-O'Carroll KF, Neves RI, Mosca PJ, Thiboutot D. Circulating tumor cells in melanoma patients. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e41052.
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7. Foulds J, Veldheer S, Berg A. Electronic cigarettes: a response to Leelavathi and Das. Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Apr; 66(4):417-8.
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8. Sehgal R, Berg A, Polinski JI, Hegarty JP, Lin Z, McKenna KJ, Stewart DB, Poritz LS, Koltun WA. Genetic Risk Profiling and Gene Signature Modeling to Predict Risk of Complications After IPAA. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Mar; 55(3):239-48.
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9. Sehgal R, Berg A, Polinski JI, Hegarty JP, Lin Z, McKenna KJ, Stewart DB, Poritz LS, Koltun WA. Mutations in IRGM are associated with more frequent need for surgery in patients with ileocolonic Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Feb; 55(2):115-21.
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10. Weisz J, Shearer DA, Murata E, Patrick SD, Han B, Berg A, Clawson GA. Identification of mammary epithelial cells subject to chronic oxidative stress in mammary epithelium of young women and teenagers living in USA: implication for breast carcinogenesis. Cancer Biol Ther. 2012 Jan 15; 13(2):101-13.
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11. Yu W, Hegarty JP, Berg A, Kelly AA, Wang Y, Poritz LS, Franke A, Schreiber S, Koltun WA, Lin Z. PTPN2 is associated with Crohn's disease and its expression is regulated by NKX2-3. Dis Markers. 2012; 32(2):83-91.
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12. Hou L, Wang L, Berg A, Qian M, Zhu Y, Li F, Deng M. Comparison and evaluation of network clustering algorithms applied to genetic interaction networks. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2012; 4:2150-61.
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13. Avella DM, Li G, Schell TD, Liu D, Zhang SS, Lou X, Berg A, Kimchi ET, Tagaram HR, Yang Q, Shereef S, Garcia LS, Kester M, Isom HC, Rountree CB, Staveley-O'Carroll KF. Regression of established hepatocellular carcinoma is induced by chemoimmunotherapy in an orthotopic murine model. Hepatology. 2012 Jan; 55(1):141-52.
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14. Poritz LS, Sehgal R, Hartnett K, Berg A, Koltun WA. Tumor volume and percent positive lymph nodes as a predictor of 5-year survival in colorectal cancer. Surgery. 2011 Oct; 150(4):649-55.
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15. Foulds J, Veldheer S, Berg A. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs): views of aficionados and clinical/public health perspectives. Int J Clin Pract. 2011 Oct; 65(10):1037-42.
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16. Lin Z, John G, Hegarty JP, Berg A, Yu W, Wang Y, Kelly AA, Peterson BZ, Poritz LS, Floros J, Koltun WA. Genetic variants and monoallelic expression of surfactant protein-D in inflammatory bowel disease. Ann Hum Genet. 2011 Sep; 75(5):559-68.
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17. John G, Hegarty JP, Yu W, Berg A, Pastor DM, Kelly AA, Wang Y, Poritz LS, Schreiber S, Koltun WA, Lin Z. NKX2-3 variant rs11190140 is associated with IBD and alters binding of NFAT. Mol Genet Metab. 2011 Sep-Oct; 104(1-2):174-9.
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18. Yu W, Hegarty JP, Berg A, Chen X, West G, Kelly AA, Wang Y, Poritz LS, Koltun WA, Lin Z. NKX2-3 transcriptional regulation of endothelin-1 and VEGF signaling in human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5):e20454.
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19. Sharma AK, Kline CL, Berg A, Amin S, Irby RB. The Akt inhibitor ISC-4 activates prostate apoptosis response protein-4 and reduces colon tumor growth in a nude mouse model. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jul 1; 17(13):4474-83.
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20. Ramesh G, Berg A, Jayakumar C. Plasma netrin-1 is a diagnostic biomarker of human cancers. Biomarkers. 2011 Mar; 16(2):172-80.
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21. Cupp J, Simmons Z, Berg A, Felgoise SH, Walsh SM, Stephens HE. Psychological health in patients with ALS is maintained as physical function declines. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2011 Jul; 12(4):290-6.
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22. Fu G, Luo J, Berg A, Wang Z, Li J, Das K, Li R, Wu R. A dynamic model for functional mapping of biological rhythms. J Biol Dyn. 2011 Jan; 5(1):84-101.
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23. Berg A, Li N, Tong C, Wang Z, Berceli SA, Wu R. Functional mapping of expression quantitative trait loci that regulate oscillatory gene expression. Methods Mol Biol. 2011; 734:241-55.
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24. Sehgal R, Berg A, Figueroa R, Poritz LS, McKenna KJ, Stewart DB, Koltun WA. Risk factors for surgical site infections after colorectal resection in diabetic patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jan; 212(1):29-34.
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25. Sehgal R, Berg A, Hegarty JP, Kelly AA, Lin Z, Poritz LS, Koltun WA. NOD2/CARD15 mutations correlate with severe pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Nov; 53(11):1487-94.
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26. Chen G, Giambrone NE, Dluzen DF, Muscat JE, Berg A, Gallagher CJ, Lazarus P. Glucuronidation genotypes and nicotine metabolic phenotypes: importance of functional UGT2B10 and UGT2B17 polymorphisms. Cancer Res. 2010 Oct 1; 70(19):7543-52.
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27. Jones NR, Spratt TE, Berg AS, Muscat JE, Lazarus P, Gallagher CJ. Association studies of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) haplotypes with lung and head and neck cancer risk in a Caucasian population. Cancer Epidemiol. 2011 Apr; 35(2):175-81.
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28. Kim BR, McMurry T, Zhao W, Wu R, Berg A. Wavelet-based functional clustering for patterns of high-dimensional dynamic gene expression. J Comput Biol. 2010 Aug; 17(8):1067-80.
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29. Li Y, Berg A, Wu LR, Wang Z, Chen G, Wu R. Modeling the aneuploidy control of cancer. BMC Cancer. 2010; 10:346.
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30. Fu G, Berg A, Das K, Li J, Li R, Wu R. A statistical model for mapping morphological shape. Theor Biol Med Model. 2010; 7:28.
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31. Ahn K, Luo J, Berg A, Keefe D, Wu R. Functional mapping of drug response with pharmacodynamic-pharmacokinetic principles. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Jul; 31(7):306-11.
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32. Drost DR, Benedict CI, Berg A, Novaes E, Novaes CR, Yu Q, Dervinis C, Maia JM, Yap J, Miles B, Kirst M. Diversification in the genetic architecture of gene expression and transcriptional networks in organ differentiation of Populus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 May 4; 107(18):8492-7.
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33. Li N, McMurry T, Berg A, Wang Z, Berceli SA, Wu R. Functional clustering of periodic transcriptional profiles through ARMA(p,q). PLoS One. 2010; 5(4):e9894.
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34. Lin M, Berg A, Wu R. Modeling the genetic etiology of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic links with the ARMA process. J Biopharm Stat. 2010 Mar; 20(2):351-72.
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35. Berg A, He Q, Shen Y, Chen Y, Huang M, Wu R. Trilocus disequilibrium analysis of multiallelic markers in outcrossing populations. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol. 2010; 9(1):Article 16.
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36. He Q, Berg A, Li Y, Vallejos CE, Wu R. Mapping genes for plant structure, development and evolution: functional mapping meets ontology. Trends Genet. 2010 Jan; 26(1):39-46.
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37. Li Y, Berg A, Chang MN, Du P, Ahn K, Mauger D, Liao D, Wu R. A statistical model for genetic mapping of viral infection by integrating epidemiological behavior. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol. 2009; 8(1):Article 38.
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38. Wen S, Wang C, Berg A, Li Y, Chang MM, Fillingim RB, Wallace MR, Staud R, Kaplan L, Wu R. Modeling genetic imprinting effects of DNA sequences with multilocus polymorphism data. Algorithms Mol Biol. 2009; 4:11.
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39. Hou W, Liu T, Li Y, Li Q, Li J, Das K, Berg A, Wu R. Multilocus genomics of outcrossing plant populations. Theor Popul Biol. 2009 Aug; 76(1):68-76.
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40. Cheng Y, Berg A, Wu S, Li Y, Wu R. Computing genetic imprinting expressed by haplotypes. Methods Mol Biol. 2009; 573:189-212.
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41. He Q, Shen Y, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Berg A, Wu R, Huang M. Development of 16 polymorphic simple sequence repeat markers for Lycoris longituba from expressed sequence tags. Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 Jan; 9(1):278-80.
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42. Kim BR, Zhang L, Berg A, Fan J, Wu R. A computational approach to the functional clustering of periodic gene-expression profiles. Genetics. 2008 Oct; 180(2):821-34.
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43. Brumback B, Berg A. On effect-measure modification: Relationships among changes in the relative risk, odds ratio, and risk difference. Stat Med. 2008 Aug 15; 27(18):3453-65.
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44. Ma CX, Yu Q, Berg A, Drost D, Novaes E, Fu G, Yap JS, Tan A, Kirst M, Cui Y, Wu R. A statistical model for testing the pleiotropic control of phenotypic plasticity for a count trait. Genetics. 2008 May; 179(1):627-36.
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Co-Authors  
Foulds, Jonathan
Kimchi, Eric
Koltun, Walter
Poritz, Lisa
Stewart, David
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