Jacqueline Milton-Hicks

Jacqueline Milton has a PhD in Biostatistics and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in the Metropolitan College. She teaches Introduction to Biostatistics (BS 704), Introduction to Statistical Computing (BS 723), Introduction to R (BS 720) and Quantitative Methods for Information Systems (CS 546). She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards at BUSPH. Jacqueline works as a biostatistician for the Center of Sickle Cell Excellence where she examines genetic modifiers associated with disease severity in sickle cell patients developing and applying methodologies in genome-wide association studies, next generation sequencing, and genetic risk prediction. Jacqueline also collaborates with researchers a Harvard University’s and John Hopkin’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to examine publication bias and its association with conflict of interest. She also collaborates with Project SEARCH (Scanning Ears For Child Health) which is a collaboration with the International Health Department to examine how ear biometrics can be used to keep track of medical records in countries where ID systems are extremely unreliable (a project that has also been funded through Crowd Funding). Jacqueline is involved in running the Public Health and Biostatistics Lab series for the Upward Bound Math/Science Summer Program, a program whose purpose is to prepare low-income and first-generation college bound students for success in higher education. Jacqueline is also the co-Principal Investigator of Boston University School of Public Health’s Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics which is designed to promote interest in the field of Biostatistics and the many career opportunities in the field.

Sebastiani P, Farrell JJ, Alsultan A, Wang S, Edward HL, Shappell H, Bae H, Milton JN, Baldwin CT, Al-Rubaish AM, Naserullah Z, Al-Muhanna F, Alsuliman A, Patra PK, Farrer LA, Ngo D, Vathipadiekal V, Chui DH, Al-Ali AK, Steinberg MH. BCL11A enhancer haplotypes and fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2015 Mar; 54(3):224-30.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25703683; PMCID: PMC4341902; DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.01.001.

Milton JN, Steinberg MH, Sebastiani P. Evaluation of an ensemble of genetic models for prediction of a quantitative trait. Front Genet. 2014; 5:474.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25628649; DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00474.

Lopez J, Prifogle E, Nyame TT, Milton J, May JW. The impact of conflicts of interest in plastic surgery: an analysis of acellular dermal matrix, implant-based breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Jun; 133(6):1328-34. PMID: 24867714; DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000172.

Belfer I, Youngblood V, Darbari DS, Wang Z, Diaw L, Freeman L, Desai K, Dizon M, Allen D, Cunnington C, Channon KM, Milton J, Hartley SW, Nolan V, Kato GJ, Steinberg MH, Goldman D, Taylor JG. A GCH1 haplotype confers sex-specific susceptibility to pain crises and altered endothelial function in adults with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Feb; 89(2):187-93.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24136375; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23613.

Bhatnagar P, Barron-Casella E, Bean CJ, Milton JN, Baldwin CT, Steinberg MH, Debaun M, Casella JF, Arking DE. Genome-wide meta-analysis of systolic blood pressure in children with sickle cell disease. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e74193.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24058526; PMCID: PMC3772989; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074193.

Barbosa CG, Aleluia AC, Pacheco AP, Paz SS, Zanette AM, Lyra IM, Steinberg MH, Milton JN, Goncalves MS. Genetic modulation of HbF in Brazilians with HbSC disease and sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2013 Oct; 88(10):923-4.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23828430; PMCID: PMC3787949.

Boehmer U, Glickman M, Milton J, Winter M. Health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations. Qual Life Res. 2012 Mar; 21(2):225-36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21660650; DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9947-y.

Rai G, Ray S, Milton J, Yang J, Ren P, Lempicki R, Mage RG. Gene expression profiles in a rabbit model of systemic lupus erythematosus autoantibody production. J Immunol. 2010 Oct 1; 185(7):4446-56. PMID: 20817871; PMCID: PMC2949067.

Puliyath N, Ray S, Milton J, Mage RG. Genetic contributions to the autoantibody profile in a rabbit model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2008 Oct 15; 125(3-4):251-67. PMID: 18602165; PMCID: PMC2561998.