• Assistant Professor of Research

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
801 Northeast 13th Street, Room 303
Post Office Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190

Tel: (405) 271-2229 Ext. 48073
Fax: (405) 271-2068

E-mail: Valerie-Skaggs@ouhsc.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Categorical Data Analysis
Gynecological Oncology Clinical Studies

Current major research projects:

• Immune Function and Biodefense in Children, Elderly, and Immunocomprimised Populations.  The objective of this study is to establish and serially follow a collection of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and matched controls before and after influenza vaccination collecting lymphocytes, cell lines, DNA, plasma, and clinical information.  Role:  Co-Investigator
• Research studies in the areas of gynecology oncology and orthopedic surgery.
• Research projects being conducted in the Allied Health Professions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Oklahoma State University, B.S. Statistics (1994), M.S. Statistics (1996)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Ph.D. Biostatistics (2002)

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS:

2004 to Present - Assistant Professor of Research, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2003-2004 – Biostatistician, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Assessment

2002-2003 – Epidemiologist, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Children First Division

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Lynch RA, Malcoe LH, Skaggs VJ, Kegler MC.  The relationship between residential lead exposures and elevated blood lead levels in a rural mining community.  J Environ Health 2000; 63(3):9-15.

Malcoe LH, Lynch RA, Kegler MC, Skaggs VJ.  Lead sources, behaviors, and socioeconomic factors in relation to blood lead of Native American and white children:  a community-based assessment of a former mining area.  Environmental Health Perspectives 2002; 110 Suppl 2:221-31.

Carabin H, Cowan LD, Beebe L, Skaggs V, Thompson D, Agbangla C.  Does participation in a nurse visitation program reduce the frequency of adverse perinatal outcomes in first-time mothers?  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2005; 19:194-205.

Lanneau GS, Skaggs V, Moore K, Stowell S, Zuna R, Gold M.  A LEEP cervical conization is rarely indicated for a 2-step discrepancy:  A 2-step discrepancy in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia is not an indication for LEEP cone.  Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease; in press.

Landers P, Tkacheva-Jameson O, Anderson S, Tolma E, Skaggs V.  An update on breast cancer in Oklahoma and the dietary changes women make after diagnosis.  Oklahoma State Medical Association; in press.

Stratton MA, Jordan AH, Harrison DL, Jacobs EW, Skaggs VJ.  Disparities in the prevalence of medication therapy for hyperlipidemia in the Elderly.  The Consultant Pharmacist; in press.

Landrum L, Lanneau GS, Skaggs V, Gould N, Walker J, McMeekin S, Gold M.  Gynecologic oncology group risk groups for vulvar carcinoma:  Improvement in survival in the modern era.  Gynecologic Oncology; in press.