Amy K. Ferketich, PhD

Ferketich
Associate Professor
Epidemiology

320 W. 10th Ave.
B-209 Starling Loving Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
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Phone: (614) 293-4387

 

Education

Ph.D., Public Health, The Ohio State University 2000
M.A.S., Statistics, The Ohio State University 2001
M.A., Exercise Physiology, The Ohio State University 1994
B.S., Physical Education, Kent State University 1992
B.S., Nutrition and Dietetics, Kent State University 1992

Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Statistics
Member, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
Member, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Member, American Statistical Association
Member, American Statistical Association Survey Research Methods Section BRFSS Working Group

 

Courses

PUBH-EPI 710, Principles of Epidemiology

 

2008 Publications

Cook SC, Ferketich AK, Raman SV. Myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic adults with repaired aortic coarctation. International Journal of Cardiology, February 8, 2008 [Epub ahead of print].

Grainger EM, Schwartz SJ, Wang S, Unlu NZ, Boileau TWM, Ferketich AK, Monk JP, Gong MC, Bahnson RR, DeGroff VL, and Clinton SK. A combination of tomato and soy products for men with recurring prostate cancer and rising prostate specific antigen. Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal, 60:145-154, 2008.

Browning KK, Ferketich AK, Salsberry PJ, Wewers ME. Socioeconomic disparity in provider delivered assistance to quit smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10:55-61, 2008.

Ferketich AK, Katz ML, Kauffman RM, Paskett ED, Lemeshow S, Westman JA, Clinton SK, Bloomfield CD, Wewers, ME. Tobacco use among the Amish in Holmes County, Ohio. Journal of Rural Health, 24:84-90, 2008.

Steinman KJ, Ferketich AK, Sahr T. The dose-response relationship of adolescent religious activity and substance use: variation across demographic groups. Health Education & Behavior, 35:22-43, 2008.

Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz JM, Kuun P, and Wewers ME. Factors associated with smokeless tobacco cessation in an Appalachian population. Addictive Behaviors, 33;821-830, 2008.

Ferketich AK, Pirie P, Wewers ME, Barquero D, and Hardikar S. Women and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Appalachia, Ohio. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 3:40-46, 2008.

Ferketich AK, Gallus S, Colombo P, Fossati R, Apolone G, Zuccaro P, and La Vecchia C. Physician-delivered advice to quit smoking among Italian smokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35:60-63, 2008.

Ferketich AK, Fossati R, Apolone G. An Evaluation of the Italian Version of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. Psychological Reports, 102:687-694, 2008.

Holmes JH, Ferketich AK, Hade E, Lehman A, Gehlert S, Rauscher GH, Abrams J, Bird C. Challenges for multi-level health disparities research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(2S):S182-S192, 2008.

Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, and Wewers ME. Tobacco policy in American prisons, 2007. Tobacco Control, 17:357-360, 2008.

Ferketich AK, Gallus S, Colombo P, Apolone G, Rossi S, Zuccaro P, and La Vecchia C. Use of Pharmacotherapy while Attempting Cessation among Italian Smokers. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, (in press).

Ferketich AK, Gallus S, Iacobelli N, Colombo P, Zuccaro P, and La Vecchia C. Smoking in Italy in 2007, with a focus on the young. Tumori, (in press).

Ferketich AK, Gallus S, Colombo P, Pacifici R, Zuccaro P, and La Vecchia C. Prevalence of Smoking and Hardcore Smoking among Italian Male and Female Adults. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, (in press).

Everhart J, Ferketich AK, Browning KK, and Wewers ME. Acculturation and misclassification of smoking among Hispanic men and women in the United States. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, (in press).

 

2007 Publications

Wu G, Yang W, Barth RF, Kawabata S, Swindall M, Bandyopadhyaya AK, Tjarks W, Khorsandi B, Blue TE, Ferketich AK, Yang M, Christoforidis GA, Sferra TJ, Binns PJ, Riley KJ, Ciesielski MJ, Fenstermaker RA. Molecular targeting and treatment of an epidermal growth factor receptor-positive glioma using boronated Cetuximab. Clinical Cancer Research, 13:1260-1268, 2007.

Iyengar S, Haas G, Lamba S, Orsinelli DA, Babu GJ, Ferketich AK, Yamokoski L, Periasamy M, Abraham WT. Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on myocardial gene expression in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 13:304-311, 2007.

Trotta R, Ciarlariello D, Dal Col J, Allard II J, Neviani P, Santhanam R, Mao H, Becknell B, Yu J, Ferketich AK, Thomas B, Modi A, Blaser BW, Perrotti D, and Caligiuri MA. The PP2A inhibitor SET regulates natural killer cell IFN-? production. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 204:2397-2405, 2007.

Duncan FJ, Wulff BC, Tober KL, Ferketich AK, Martin J, Thoman-Ahner JM, Allen SD, Kusewitt DF, Oberyszyn TM, and VanBuskirk AM. Clinically relevant immunosuppressants influence UVB-induced tumor size through effects on inflammation and angiogenesis. American Journal of Transplantation, 7:2693-2703, 2007.

Grainger EM, Schwartz SJ, Wang S, Unlu NZ, Ferketich AK, Monk JP, Gong MC, Bahnson RR, DeGroff VL, and Clinton SK. A phase II trial combining tomato and soy products for men with recurring prostate cancer and rising prostate specific antigen. Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal, (in press).

Lord LK, Wittum TE, Ferketich AK, Funk JA, Rajala-Schultz PJ. Search and identification methods that owners use to find a lost cat. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 230:217–220, 2007.

Lord LK, Wittum TE, Ferketich AK, Funk JA, Rajala-Schultz PJ. Search and identification methods that owners use to find a lost dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 230:211–216, 2007.

Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz J, Wewers ME. A measure of nicotine dependence for smokeless tobacco users. Addictive Behaviors, 32:1970-1975, 2007.

Ferketich AK, Kwong K, Shek A, Lee M. Design and evaluation of a tobacco-prevention program targeting Chinese American youth in New York City. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 9:249-256, 2007.

Studnek JR, Ferketich AK. Organizational policy and other factors associated with emergency medical technician seat belt use. Journal of Safety Research, 38:1-8, 2007.

Clark BR, Ferketich AK, Fisher J, Ruymann FB, Harris RE, Wilkins JR III. Evidence of population mixing based on the geographical distribution of childhood leukemia in Ohio. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 49:797-802, 2007.

Harwood GA, Salsberry P, Ferketich AK, Wewers ME. Cigarette smoking, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial factors: Examining a conceptual framework. Public Health Nursing, 24:361-371, 2007.

Lord LK, Wittum TE, Ferketich AK, Funk JA, Rajala-Schultz PJ. Search methods that people use to find owners of lost pets. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 230:1835-1840, 2007.

Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz J, Wewers ME. Smokeless tobacco use and salivary cotinine concentration. Addictive Behaviors, 32:2953-2962, 2007.

Studnek JR, Ferketich AK, Crawford JM. On the Job illness and injury resulting in lost work time among a national cohort of emergency medical services professionals. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, October 4, 2007 [Epub ahead of print].

 

2006 Publications

Cooke GE, Cooke C, Liu-Stratton Y, Ferketich AK, Moeschberger ML, Goldschmidt-Clermont P. Effect of platelet antigen polymorphism on platelet inhibition by aspirin, clopidogrel, or their combination. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 47:541-546, 2006.

Raman SV, Shah M, McCarthy B, Garcia A, Ferketich AK. Multi-detector row cardiac CT accurately quantifies right and left ventricular size and function compared to cardiac magnetic resonance. American Heart Journal, 151:736-744, 2006.

VanDeusen JB, Shah MH, Becknell B, Blaser BW, Ferketich AK, Nuovo GJ, Ahmer BM, Durbin J, Caligiuri MA. STAT-1-mediated repression of monocyte interleukin-10 gene expression in vivo. European Journal of Immunology, 36:623-630, 2006.

Freud AG, Yokohama A, Becknell B, Lee MT, Mao HC, Ferketich AK, Caligiuri MA. Evidence for discrete stages of human natural killer cell differentiation in vivo. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 203:1033-43, 2006.

Yang W, Barth RF, Wu G, Kawabata S, Sferra TJ, Bandyopadhyaya AK, Tjarks W, Ferketich AK, Moeschberger ML, Binns PJ, Riley KJ, Coderre JA, Ciesielski MJ, Fenstermaker RA, Wikstrand CJ. Molecular targeting and treatment of EGFRvIII positive gliomas using boronated monoclonal antibody L8A4. Clinical Cancer Research, 15:3792-3802, 2006.

Blaser BW, Schwind NR, Karol S, Chang D, Shin S, Roychowdhury S, Becknell B, Ferketich AK, Kusewitt DF, Blazar BR, Caligiuri MA. Trans-presentation of donor-derived interleukin 15 is necessary for the rapid onset of acute graft versus host disease but not for graft versus tumor activity. Blood, 108:2463,9, 2006.

Dorrance AM, Liu S, Yuan W, Becknell B, Arnoczky KJ, Guimond M, Strout MP, Feng L, Nakamura T, Yu L, Rush LJ, Weinstein M, Leone G, Wu L, Ferketich AK, Whitman SP, Marcucci G, Caligiuri MA. Mll partial tandem duplication induces aberrant Hox expression in vivo via specific epigenetic alterations. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 116:2707-2716, 2006.

Kahn KD, Emmanouilides C, Benson Jr. DM, Hurst D, Garcia P, Michelson G, Milan S, Ferketich AK, Piro L, Leonard JP, Porcu P, Eisenbeis CF, Banks AL, Byrd JC, Caligiuri MA. A Phase 2 study of rituximab in combination with recombinant interleukin-2 for rituximab-refractory indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 12:7046-7053, 2006.

Shah MH, Freud AG, Benson DM Jr., Ferkitich AK, Dezube BJ, Bernstein ZP, and. Caligiuri MA. A phase I study of ultra low dose interleukin-2 and stem cell factor in patients with HIV infection or HIV and cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 12:3993-3996, 2006.

Cataland SR, Jin M, Ferketich AK, Kennedy MS, Kraut EH, George JN, Wu HM. An evaluation of ciclosporin and corticosteroids individually as adjuncts to plasma exchange in the treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. British Journal of Haematology, 132:146-149, 2006.

Steinman KA, Ferketich AK, Sahr T. The dose-response relationship of adolescent religious activity and substance use: variation across demographic groups. Health Education & Behavior, July 21, 2006 (Epub).

McGeehan J, Shields BJ, Wilkins JR, Ferketich AK, Smith GA. Escalator-related injuries among children in the United States, 1990-2002. Pediatric Electronic Pages, 118:e279-e285, 2006.

Lord LK, Wittum TE, Ferketich AK, Funk JA, Rajala-Shultz P, Kauffman RM. Demographic trends for animal care and control agencies in Ohio from 1996 to 2004. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 229:48-54, 2006.

Ferketich AK, Khan Y, Wewers ME. Are physicians asking about tobacco use and assisting with cessation? Results from the 2001-2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Preventive Medicine, 43:472-476, 2006.