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  • 1972 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Robert Elashoff was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with a notable concentration on Statistics and Probability among other medical subfields.

Their work spanned several subfields including Statistics and Probability, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. The main topics explored in their publications covered Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis, Statistical Methods and Inference, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Some of the recent papers attributed to their research include:

  • Predictive Significance of Serum Interferon-Inducible Protein Score for Response to Treatment in Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease (2020), Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Racial Disparities in Systemic Sclerosis: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Among African American Participants of SLS I and II (2020), ACR Open Rheumatology
  • A flexible joint model for multiple longitudinal biomarkers and a time-to-event outcome: With applications to dynamic prediction using highly correlated biomarkers (2021), Biometrical Journal
  • Peripheral Blood Flow Changes to Cutaneous and Muscular Beds in Response to Acute Hookah Smoking (2020), The American Journal of Cardiology
  • The MUC5B promoter variant does not predict progression of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis (2020), Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Frequent co-authors throughout their career included:

  • Donald P. Tashkin
  • Shervin Assassi
  • Ning Li
  • Elizabeth R. Volkmann
  • Michael D. Roth

Their contributions appeared in venues such as Arthritis & Rheumatology, ACR Open Rheumatology, Biometrical Journal, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, and The American Journal of Cardiology.

During their career, Robert Elashoff received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1972 and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Coronary-Artery Calcification in Young Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease Who Are Undergoing Dialysis

    William G. Goodman;Jonathan Goldin;Beatriz D. Kuizon;Chun Yoon

  • Sentinel-node biopsy or nodal observation in melanoma

    Donald L. Morton;John F. Thompson;Alistair J. Cochran;Nicola Mozzillo

  • Cyclophosphamide versus placebo in scleroderma lung disease.

    Donald P. Tashkin;Robert Elashoff;Philip J. Clements;Jonathan Goldin

  • Malignant Melanoma: Effects of an Early Structured Psychiatric Intervention, Coping, and Affective State on Recurrence and Survival 6 Years Later

    Fawzy I. Fawzy;Nancy W. Fawzy;Christine S. Hyun;Robert Elashoff

  • Final Trial Report of Sentinel-Node Biopsy versus Nodal Observation in Melanoma

    D. L. Morton;J. F. Thompson;A. J. Cochran;N. Mozzillo

  • Completion Dissection or Observation for Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma

    Mark B. Faries;John F. Thompson;Alistair J. Cochran;Robert H. Andtbacka

  • Pancreatitis, Pancreatic, and Thyroid Cancer With Glucagon-Like Peptide-1–Based Therapies

    Michael Elashoff;Aleksey V. Matveyenko;Belinda Gier;Robert Elashoff

  • Dietary Fat Reduction and Breast Cancer Outcome: Interim Efficacy Results From the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;George L. Blackburn;Cynthia A. Thomson;Daniel W. Nixon

  • Validation of the Accuracy of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Early-Stage Melanoma: A Multicenter Trial

    Donald L. Morton;John F. Thompson;Richard Essner;Robert Elashoff

  • A structured psychiatric intervention for cancer patients: I. Changes over time in methods of coping and affective disturbance.

    Fawzy I. Fawzy;Norman Cousins;Nancy W. Fawzy;Margaret E. Kemeny

  • Mycophenolate mofetil versus oral cyclophosphamide in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SLS II): a randomised controlled, double-blind, parallel group trial

    Donald P. Tashkin;Michael D. Roth;Philip J. Clements;Daniel E. Furst

  • Statistical estimations in pharmacokinetics

    Harold G. Boxenbaum;Sidney Riegelman;Robert M. Elashoff

  • Sentinel node biopsy for early-stage melanoma - Accuracy and morbidity in MSLT-I, an international multicenter trial

    Donald L. Morton;Alistair J. Cochran;John F. Thompson;Robert Elashoff

  • Cholesterol-lowering effects of a proprietary Chinese red-yeast-rice dietary supplement

    David Heber;Ian Yip;Judith M Ashley;David A Elashoff

  • A Structured Psychiatric Intervention for Cancer Patients: II. Changes Over Time in Immunological Measures

    Fawzy I. Fawzy;Margaret E. Kemeny;Nancy W. Fawzy;Robert Elashoff

  • Patterns of care related to age of breast cancer patients

    Sheldon Greenfield;Dolores M. Blanco;Robert M. Elashoff;Patricia A. Ganz

  • Phase II Study of Pomegranate Juice for Men with Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen following Surgery or Radiation for Prostate Cancer

    Allan J. Pantuck;John T. Leppert;Nazy Zomorodian;William Aronson

  • PRIMARY CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY FOR EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER

    N F Hacker;J S Berek;L D Lagasse;R K Nieberg

  • Effects of 1-year treatment with cyclophosphamide on outcomes at 2 years in scleroderma lung disease.

    Donald P. Tashkin;Robert Elashoff;Philip J. Clements;Michael D. Roth

  • Phase II Study of Bevacizumab Plus Temozolomide During and After Radiation Therapy for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

    Albert Lai;Anh Tran;Phioanh L. Nghiemphu;Whitney B. Pope

Frequent Co-Authors

He-Jing Wang
He-Jing Wang University of California, Los Angeles
Donald P. Tashkin
Donald P. Tashkin University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel E. Furst
Daniel E. Furst University of California, Los Angeles
Dinesh Khanna
Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald L. Morton
Donald L. Morton Saint John's Health Center
John A. Belperio
John A. Belperio University of California, Los Angeles
Philip J. Clements
Philip J. Clements University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan G. Goldin
Jonathan G. Goldin University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph P. Lynch
Joseph P. Lynch University of California, Los Angeles
David Heber
David Heber University of California, Los Angeles

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