Papers

Estimating the Number of Essential Genes in a Genome by Random Transposon Mutagenesis.
Blades NJ, Broman KW.
Technical Report MS02-20. Department of Biostatistics. Johns Hopkins University.

The Statistical Analysis of Truncated Data: Application to the Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak.
Brookmeyer R, Blades NJ, Hugh-Jones M, Henderson DA.
Biostatistics 2(2): 233-247, 2001.

Prevention of Inhalational Anthrax in the U.S. Outbreak.
Brookmeyer R, Blades NJ.
Science 295:1861, 2002.

Relationships and Differentially Expressed Genes Among Pancreatic Cancers Examined by Large-Scale Serial Analysis of Gene Expression.
Ryu B, Jones J, Blades NJ, Parmigiani G, Hollingsworth MA, Hruban RH, Kern SE.
Cancer Research 63(2):819-826, 2002.

Single Donor Platelets Reduce the Risk of Septic Platelet Transfusion Reactions.
Ness PM, Braine HG, King KE, Barrasso C, Kickler TS, Fuller A, Blades NJ.
Transfusion 41(7):857-861, 2002.

Statistical Models and Bioterrorism: Application to the U.S. Anthrax Outbreak.
Brookmeyer R, Blades NJ.
JASA 98(464): 781-788, 2003.

Proteotypic Classification of Spontaneous and Transgenic Mammary Neoplasms.
Mikaelian I, Blades NJ, Churchill GA, Fancher K, Knowles BK, Eppig JT, Sundberg JP.
Breast Cancer Research 6(6):R668-679, 2004.

A Postgenomic Method for Predicting Essential Genes at Subsaturation Levels of Mutagenesis.
Lamichhane G, Zignol M, Blades NJ, Geiman D, Dougherty A, Grosset J, Broman K, Bishai WR.
PNAS 63(2):819-826, 2003.

Improved Statistical Tests for Differential Gene Expression by Shrinking Variance Components.
Cui XQ, Hwang G, Qiu J, Blades NJ and Churchill GA.
Biostatistics 6(1): 59-75, 2005.

Developing Vaccine Communication Strategies: Patterns of Use and Credibility of Sources for Vaccine Information.
Salmon D, Sepe SJ, Blades NJ, Geilen A, Anderson L, Breiman RF.
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