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BURTON H. SINGER 

Date of Birth:                    June 12, 1938

Place of Birth:                   Chicago, Illinois

Citizenship:                       American

 

Education

B.S.              Engineering Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1959

M.S.             Mechanical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, 1961

Ph.D.            Statistics, Stanford University, 1967

 

Professional Background

Academic

Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1999 -  

Professor of Demography and Public Affairs, Princeton University, 1994-

Ira Vaughan Hiscock Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, 1991-1994

Chairman Epidemiology and Public Health and Associate Dean for Public Health, Yale School of Medicine 1989-1993

Professor of Public Health, Statistics and Economics, Yale University, 1985-1994

Visiting Investigator, Biostatistics Laboratory, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1979-1981

Adjunct Professor, Rockefeller University 1977-1990

Professor of Mathematical Statistics, 1977-1985, Chairman, Department of Statistics, 1983-1985,

Columbia University

Adjunct Associate Professor, Rockefeller University, 1975-1977

Associate Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University, 1972-1977

Visiting Research Associate, Princeton University, 1972-1973

Assistant Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University, 1967-1972

Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 1963-1967

Teaching Assistant, Case Institute of Technology, 1961-1962

Government and Industrial

Statistical Consultant, SRI, International, Menlo Park, California, 1978-1980

Statistical Consultant, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1978-1985

Statistical Consultant, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, 1977-1980

Statistical Consultant, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, 1977-1980

Statistical Consultant, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-1975

Statistical Consultant, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1971-1978

Statistical Consultant, Union Carbide Corporation, New York, New York, 1971-1978

Research Engineer, IBM Corporation, San Jose, California, 1963-1964

Circuit Design Engineer, Motorola, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1958-1960 (summer only)

 

Professional Societies

Population Association of America, 1994-

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1972-

Psychometric Society, 1972-1978

American Statistical Association, 1971-1995

Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1963-1970

Institute of Radio Engineers, 1959-1963

Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, 1958-1960

 

Honors

Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1994

Mindel C. Sheps Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mathematical Demography, Population Association of America, 1994

Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, 1993

Elected Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science, 1984

Guggenheim Fellow, 1981-1982

Invited to be a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1980

Elected Fellow of American Statistical Association, 1980

Elected to Sigma Xi, 1961

 

Other Professional Activities

Member, Advisory Board, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD 2003 --

Coordinator, Malaria Task Force, UN Millenium Project, United Nations, NY 2002 --

Chair, National Research Council Panel on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Science Research at NIH, 1999-2000

Member, Advisory Board, American Museum of National History, Exhibit on Infectious Diseases 1997-98

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Santa Fe Institute, 1997-

Member, Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council, 1996- 2002

Member, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on SES and Health, 1995- 1999.

Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Tropical Disease Research Program, World Health Organization, 1995- 1999.

Member, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council, 1994- 1997.

Chairman, Steering Committee for Applied Field Research, Tropical Disease Research Program, World Health Organization, 1993-1995

Member, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Health and Behavior Network, 1992-1994

Member, Editorial Board, Springer-Verlag Series in Statistics, 1988-

Chairman, Steering Committee for Socio-Economic Research, Tropical Disease Research Program, World Health Organization, 1988-1993

Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Social Science Research Council, 1987- 2000.

Member, Editorial Board, Springer-Verlag Series, "Frontiers of Primary Medicine," 1984-

Chairman, Panel on Immigration Statistics, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1982-1985

Member, Study Section on Social Science and Population, National Institutes of Health, 1982-1985

Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences 1981-1985, Chairman, 1987-1993

Editorial Board, Sociological Methodology, 1980-1983

Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 1980-1983

Member, Advisory Panel on Measurement Methods and Data Resources, U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Social Sciences, 1979-1981

Chairman, Committee on Longitudinal Methodology, Social Science Research Council, 1976-1980

Co-Chairman, Advisory Board, Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University, 1979-1980

Member 1976-1978, Chairman 1979-1984, Advisory Board, Department of Statistics, Princeton University

 

Publications

Publications are listed chronologically within each of the following subject-matter categories: Mathematics, Statistics/Methodology, Tropical Health, Integrative Pathways to Health & Illness, Clinical Medicine, Sociology,. Genetics, and Miscellaneous

Mathematics 

Singer, Burton.  (Review) Markov Processes and Potential Theory.  Edited by J. Chover.  Journal of American Statistical Association, 64:394‑397.  1969.

Singer, Burton.  Some Asymptotic Results in a Model of Population Growth, I.  A Class of Birth and Death Processes.  Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 41(1):115‑132.  1970.

Singer, Burton.  Stochastic Models in Population Genetics.  N.Y.U. ‑ Courant Institute Seminar Notes on Mathematical Biology, pp. 69‑84.  June‑July 1970.

Brezis, H.; Rosenkrantz, W.; Singer, B.  An Extension of Khintchine's Estimate for Large Deviations to a Class of Markov Chains Converging to a Singular Diffusion, I.  Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 77(6):980‑982.  1971.

Brezis, H.; Rosenkrantz, W.; Singer, B.  An Extension of Khintchine's Estimate for Large Deviations to a Class of Markov Chains Converging to a Singular Diffusion, II.  Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 24:705‑726.  1971.

Brezis, H.; Rosenkrantz, W.; Singer, B.  On a Degenerate Elliptic‑Parabolic Equation Occurring in the Theory of Probability.  Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 24:395‑416.  1971.

Singer, Burton.  Some Asymptotic Results in a Model of Population Growth, II.  Positive Recurrent Chains.  Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 42(4):1296‑1315.  1971.

Singer, B, Spilerman, S. Trace Inequalities for Mixtures of Markov Chains.  Advances in Applied Probability, 9(4):747‑764.  1977.

Frydman, H; Singer, B. Total Positivity and the Embedding Problem for Markov Chains.  Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 86:339‑344.  1979.

Pincus, S; Singer, B. Randomness and Degrees of Irregularity.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93:2083-2088.  March, 1996.

Singer, B; Pincus, S.  Irregular Arrays and Randomization.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95:1363-1368.  1998.

Pincus, S; Singer, B. A Recipe for Randomness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95: 10367-10372.1998.

 

Statistics/Methodology

Flehinger, B.J.; Louis, T.; Robbins, H.; Singer, B.  Reducing the Number of Inferior Treatments in Clinical Trials.  Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 69(10):2993‑2994.  1972.

Singer, B; Spilerman, S.  Social Mobility Models for Heterogeneous Populations.  Sociological Methodology, pp. 356‑401.  Edited by H. Costner.  Jossey‑Bass, Inc.; San Francisco.  1974.

Singer, B; Spilerman, S.  Identifying Structural Parameters of Social Processes Using Fragmentary Data.  Proceedings of 40th Session of International Statistical Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2:681‑697.  September 1975.

Singer, Burton.  Exploratory Strategies and Graphical Displays.  Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 7(1):57‑70.  1976.

Singer, Burton; Spilerman, Seymour.  Some Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Longitudinal Surveys.  Annals of Economic and Social Measurement, 5(4):447‑474.  1976.

Singer, Burton; Spilerman, Seymour.  The Representation of Social Processes by Markov Models.  American Journal of Sociology, 82(1):1‑54.  1976.

Singer, Burton; Spilerman, Seymour.  Fitting Stochastic Models to Longitudinal Survey Data‑‑Some Examples in the Social Sciences.  Bulletin of International Statistical Institute, 47(3):283‑300.  1977.

Barnett, A.; Kleitman, D.J.; Rosenbaum, D.; Singer, B.  A Statistical Procedure for Testing Nuclear Powered Cardiac Pacemakers.  Technometrics, pp. 221‑226.  August 1978.

Singer, B, Spilerman, S.  Clustering on the Mail Diagonal in Mobility Matrices.  Sociological Methodology, pp. 172‑208.  Edited by K. Schuessler.  San Francisco.  1978.

Singer, B, Spilerman, S.  Mathematical Representations of Development Theories.  Longitudinal Research in Human Development‑‑Methodology, pp. 155‑177. Edited by P. Baltes and J. Nesselroade.  Academic Press: New York.  1979.

Singer, B, Cohen, JE.  Estimating Malaria Incidence and Recovery Rates from Panel Surveys.  Mathematical Biosciences, 49:273‑305.  1980.

Singer, Burton.  Estimating Nonstationary Markov Chains from Panel Data.  Sociological Methodology, pp. 319‑337.  Jossey‑Bass, Inc.: San Francisco.  1980.

Singer, Burton.  Individual Histories as the Focus of Analysis in Longitudinal Surveys.  Journal of Economics and Business, 32(2):126‑135.  1980.

Singer, Burton.  Aspects of Nonstationarity.  Journal of Econometrics, 18(1):169‑190.  1982.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  Population Heterogeneity in Demographic Models.  Multidimensional Mathematical Demography, pp. 567‑599.  Academic Press: New York.  1982.

Gilbert, A. Singer, B.  Reassessing Zooarcheological Quantification.  World Archaeology, 14(1):21‑40.  1982.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  The Identification Problem in Econometric Models of Duration Data.  Advances in Econometrics, pp. 39‑77.  Edited by W. Hildenbrand.  Cambridge University Press: New York.  1982.

Gilbert, A, Singer, B, Perkins, D.  Quantification Experiments on Computer‑Simulated Faunal Collections.  OSSA, 8:79‑94.  1983.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  A Method for Minimizing the Impact of Distributional Assumptions in Econometric Models for Duration Data.  Econometrica, 52(2):271‑320.  1984.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  Econometric Duration Analysis.  Journal of Econometrics, 24(102):63‑132.  1984.

Heckman, J, Singer, B. Identifiability in Proportional Hazard Models.  Review of Economic Studies, 51(2):231‑242.  1984.

Singer, Burton.  Mathematical Models of Infectious Disease: Seeking New Tools for Planning and Evaluating Control Programs.  Child Survival: Strategies for Research. Supplement to Population and Development Review, 10:347‑365.  1984.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data.  Cambridge University Press: New York.  1985.

Frydman, H, Singer, B.  Assessing Qualitative Features of Longitudinal Data. Pp.308-324 in James Heckman and Burton Singer (eds.) Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data. New York:Cambridge University Press 1985.

Fienberg, SE, Singer, B, Tanur, JM.  Large Scale Social Experimentation in the U.S.A.  International Statistical Institute Centenary Volume: A Celebration of Statistics, pp. 251‑290.  Edited by A. Atkinson and S. Fienberg.  Springer‑Verlag: New York.  1985.

Singer, Burton.  Longitudinal Data Analysis.  Encyclopedia of the Statistical Sciences, 5:142‑155.  Edited by N. Johnson and S. Kotz.  John Wiley and Sons: New York.  1985.

Heckman, J, Singer, B.  Econometric Analysis of Labor Market Data.  Handbook of Econometrics, 3:1689‑1763.  Edited by Z. Griliches and M. Intriligator.  Amsterdam: North Holland.  1986.

Singer, B, Marini, M.  Advancing Social Research: An Essay Based on S. Lieberson's 'Making it Count.'  Sociological Methodology, pp. 373‑391.  Edited by C. Clogg.  Jossey‑Bass: San Francisco.  1987.

Black, FL, Singer, B.  Elaboration versus Simplification in Refining Mathematical Models of Infectious Disease.  Annual Review of Microbiology, pp. 677‑701.  Edited by L.N. Ornstein.  Annual Reviews, Inc.: Palo Alto.  1987.

Marini, M, Singer, B.  Causality in the Social Sciences.  Sociological Methodology, pp. 347‑409.  Edited by C. Clogg.  American Sociological Association: Washington.  1988.

Singer, B.  Comment on Cleland and Verma, 'The World Fertility Survey: An Appraisal of Methodology.' Journal of American Statistical Association, 84(407):771‑772.  1989.

Singer, B. Grade of Membership Representation: Concepts and Problems.  Probability, Statistics and Mathematics: Papers in Honor of Samuel Karlin, pp. 317‑334.  Edited by T.W. Anderson, K.B. Athreya and D. Iglehart.  Academic Press.  1989.

Singer, B. T.W. Anderson and Panel Analysis.  The Collected Papers of T.W. Anderson: 1943‑1985, 2:1651‑1655.  John Wiley and Sons: New York.  1990.

Singer, B. Comment on Jack E. Triplett, 'The Federal Statistical System's Response to Emerging Data Needs.' Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 17(3,4):185‑188.  1991.

Manton, KG, Stallard, E, Singer, B. Projecting the Future Size and Health Status of the U.S. Elderly Population.  International Journal of Forecasting, 8:433‑458.  1992.

Manton, KG, Singer, B, Woodbury, M.  Some Issues in the Quantitative Characterization of Heterogeneous Populations.  Demographic Applications of Event History Analysis, pp. 9‑37.  Edited by J. Trussell, R. Hankinson and J. Tilton.  Oxford University Press.  1992.

Manton, KG, Singer, B, Suzman, R. The Scientific and Policy Needs for Improved Health Forecasting Models for Elderly Populations.  Forecasting the Health of Elderly Populations, pp. 3‑35.  Edited by K.G. Manton, B. Singer and R. Suzman.  Springer-Verlag: New York.  1993.

Manton, KG, Singer, B, Stallard, E. Cancer Forecasting: Cohort Models of Disease Progression and Mortality.  Forecasting the Health of Elderly Populations, pp. 109‑136.  Edited by K.G. Manton, B. Singer and R. Suzman.  Springer‑Verlag: New York.  1993.

Manton, KG, Stallard, E, Singer, B. Methods for Projecting the Size and Health Status of Elderly Populations.  Economics of Aging, pp. 42-77.  Edited by D. Wise.  University of Chicago Press: Chicago.  1994.

Horwitz, RI, Singer, B, Viscoli, C, Makuch, R. Can Treatment that is helpful on Average be Harmful to Some Patients?  A Study of the Conflicting Information Needs of Clinical Inquiry and Drug Regulation.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 49(4):395-400. 1996.

Horwitz, RI, Singer, B, Makuch, R, Viscoli, C. On Reaching the Tunnel at the End of the Light.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 50(7):753-755. 1997.

Singer, B, Ryff, CD, Carr, D, Magee, W. Linking Life Histories and Mental Health: A Person-Centered Strategy.  Sociological Methodology, 1998 pp. 1-51.  Edited by Adrian Raftery. American Sociological Association: Washington.  1998.

Horwitz, RI, Singer, B, Makuch, R, Viscoli, C. Clinical vs. Statistical Considerations in The Design and Analysis of Clinical Research Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(4): 305-307. 1998.

Horwitz, RI, Singer, B, Makuch, R, Viscoli, C. Response to ‘On Subgroups and Groping for Significance.’ Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(12): 1367-1368.  1998.

Singer, B, Manton, KG. The Effects of Health Changes on Projections of Health Service Needs for the Elderly Population of the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95:15618-15622. 1998.

van Vliet, C, Holmes, KK, Singer, B, Habbema, JDF. The effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies under alternative scenarios: Evaluation with the STDSIM model. Pp. 207-237 in Ainsworth, M., Fransen, L. and Over, M. (eds.). Confronting AIDS:  Evidence from the Developing World Brussels, Belgium:  The European Commission (1998).

Zhang, H, Singer, B. Recursive Partitioning in the Health Sciences. New York: Springer-Verlag (1999)

Zhang, H, Yu, C-Y, Singer, B, and Xiong, M. Recursive Partitioning for tumor classification with gene expression microarray data. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 98(12): 6730-6735. 2001

Singer, B. Longitudinal Data Analysis: Person-Centered Methods. Pp. 9058-9063 in P. Baltes and N. Smelser (eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 2002 .

Zhang, H, Yu, C-Y and Singer, B. Cell and Tumor Classification using gene expression data: Construction of Forests. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 100(7): 4168-4172. 2003

 

Tropical Health

Cohen, JE, Singer, B.. Malaria in Nigeria: Constrained Continuous‑time Markov Models for Discrete‑time Longitudinal Data on Human Mixed‑Species Infections.  Some Mathematical Questions in Biology.  Edited by S. Levin.  Also in Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, 12:69‑133.  American Mathematical Society: Providence.  1979.

Wertheimer, S, Vermund, S, Lumey, LH, Singer, B. Lack of Demonstrable Density ‑ Dependent Fecundity of Schistosomiasis Mansoni: Analysis of Egyptian Quantitative Human Autopsies.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 37(1):79‑84.  1987.

Singer, Burton.  Social Science and the Improvement of Tropical Disease Control Programs.  Biomedical Science and the Third World: Under the Volcano, 569:275‑287.  Edited by B. Bloom and A. Cerami.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  1989.

Cross, AP, Singer, B. Modeling the Development of Resistance of 'Plasmodium Falciparum' to Anti‑Malarial Drugs.  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 85:349‑355.  1991.

Singer, B,. Sawyer, DO. Perceived Malaria Illness Reports in Mobile Populations.  Health Policy and Planning, 7(1):40‑45.  1992.

Montagnini, F, Singer, B, Auer, B, Muniz-Miret, N. Human Health and Effective Utilization of Tropical Forests.  TRI News, 12(1):1‑2.  Journal of the Tropical Resources Institute.  Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.  1993.

Singer, Burton. Something Can Be Done About Malaria Today. HMS Beagle. Issue 88, 13 October at http://news.bmn.com/hmsbeagle/88/viewpts/op_ed. 2000

Utzinger, J, Tanner, M, and Singer, B. Roll Back Malaria and the Potential of the Internet. Trends in Parasitology  17(4): 159-161. 2001

Utzinger, J, Tozan, Y, and Singer, B. Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Environmental Management for Malaria Control. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6(9):677-687. 2001

Van Vliet, C, Meester, E, Korenromp, E, Singer, B, Bakker, R, Habbema, JDF. Focusing strategies of condom use against HIV in different behavioral settings: an evaluation based on a simulation model. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 79(5):442-454. 2001

Singer, B, and Castro, MC, Agricultural Colonization and Malaria on the Amazon Frontier. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 954: 184-222. 2001 

Utzinger, J, Tozan, Y, Domani, F, and Singer, B. The Economic Payoffs of Malaria Control in the Zambian Copper Belt: 1930-1950. Tropical Medicine and International Health 7(8):657-677. 2002

Keiser, J, N’Goran, E, Traore, M, Lohourignon, KL, Singer, BH, Lengeler, C, Tanner, M, & Utzinger, J. Polyparasitism in Schistosoma mansoni, geohelminths & intestinal protozoa in rural Cote d’Ivoire. Journal of Parasitology,  88(3): 461-466. 2002.

Utzinger, J, Tanner, M, Kammen, D,  Killeen, G, Singer, B. Integrated Programme is Key to Malaria Control. Nature , 419: 431. 2002.

Keiser, J, N’Goran, E, Singer, B, Lengeler, C, Tanner, M, Utzinger, J. Association between Schistosoma Mansoni and hookworm infections among schoolchildren in Cote d’Ivoire. Acta Tropica. 84(1): 31-41. 2002.

Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, and Singer, B. The potential of intermittent irrigation for increasing rice yields, lowering water consumption, reducing methane emissions, and controlling malaria in African rice fields. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 18(4): 329-340. 2002.

Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, Premji, Z, Yamagata, Y, and  Singer, B. Acridine Orange  for malaria diagnosis: It’s performance, it’s promotion and implementation in Tanzania, and the implications for malaria control. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 96(7): 643-654. 2002

Utzinger, J, Keiser, J, Shuhua, X, Tanner, M, and Singer, B. Combination Chemotherapy of Schistosomiasis in Laboratory Studies and Clinical Trials. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47(5): 1487-1495. 2003

Utzinger, J, Muller, I, vounatsou, P, Singer, B, N’Goran, E, Tanner, M. Random Spatial Distribution of Schistosoma Mansoni and Hookworm Infections among School Children within a Single Village. Journal of Parsitology. 89(4): 686-692. 2003

Utzinger, J, Bergquist, R, Xiao, S-H, Singer, BH, & Tanner, M. Sustainable schistosomiasis control – the way forward. The Lancet. 362: 1932-1934. 2003

Giardin, O, Daouda, D, Koudou, BG, Esse, C, Cisse, G, Yao, T, N’Goran, EK, Tschannen, AB, Bordmann, G, Lehmann, B, Nsambimana, C, Keiser, J, Killeen, GF, Singer, BH, Tanner, M & Utzinger, J. Opportunities and limiting factors of intensive vegetable farming in malaria endemic Cote d’Ivoire. Acta Tropica. 89: 109 -123. 2004

Utzinger, J, Wyss, K, Moto, DD, Tanner, M & Singer, BH. Community Health Outreach of the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project. Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 4(1): 9 – 26. 2004

Castro, MC, Yamagata, Y, Mtasiwa, D, Tanner, M, Utzinger, J, Keiser, J & Singer, BH. Integrated urban malaria control: A case study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Aug. 71 (2Suppl): 103 – 117. 2004

Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, Castro, MC, Smith, TA, Tanner, M & Singer, BH. Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for malaria control. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Aug. 71 (2Suppl): 118 – 127. 2004

Raso, G, Luginbuhl, A, Adjoua, CA, Tian-BI, NT, Silue, KD, Matthys, B, Vounatsou, P, Wang, Y, Dumas, ME, Holmes, E, Singer, BH, Tanner, M, N’’Goran, EK & Utzinger, J. Multiple parasite infections and their relationship to self-reported morbidity in a community of rural Cote d’Ivoire. International Journal of Epidemiology. 33(5): 1092 – 1102. 2004

Wang Y, Holmes, E, Nicholson, JK, Cloarec, O, Chollet, J, Tanner, M, Singer, BH & Utzinger, J. Metabonomic investigations in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni: an approach for biomarker identification. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 101(34): 12676 – 12681. 2004

Utzinger, J, Wyss, K, Moto, DD, Yemadji N, Tanner, M & Singer, BH. Assessing health impacts of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project: challenges and a way forward. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 25: 63 - 93. 2005

Ezzati, M, Utzinger, J, Cairncross, S, Cohen AJ, & Singer, BH. Environmental Risks in the Developing World: Exposure Indicators for Evaluating Interventions, Programmes, and Policies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 59(1): 15 – 22. 2005  

Raso, G, Holmes E, Singer, BH, N’Goran, EK & Utzinger, J. Author’s Response (to E. McKenzie). International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(1): 222 -223. 2005

Castro, MC, Singer, BH. Was malaria present in the Amazon before the European conquest? Available evidence and future research agenda. Journal of Archaeological Science. 32(3): 337 – 340. 2005

Keiser, JR, Castro, MC, Maltese, MF, Bos, R, Tanner, M, Singer, BH, Utzinger, J. Effect of Irrigation and Large Dams on the Burden of Malaria on a Global and Regional Scale. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 72(4): 392 – 406. 2005

Keiser, JR, Maltese, MF, Erlanger, TE, Bos, R, Tanner, M, Singer, BH, Utzinger, J. Effect of irrigated rice agriculture on Japanese encephalitis including challenges and opportunities for integrated vector management. Acta Tropica, 95: 40 – 57. 2005

Castro, MC, Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, Smith, TA, Tanner, M, Yamagata, Y, Mtasiwa, D, Singer, BH. Remote sensing of malaria in urban areas: two scales, two problems (Reply to Hay and Tatem). American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 72: 656 – 657. 2005

 

Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness

Dole, VP, Singer, B. On the Evaluation of Treatment Programs for Narcotics Addiction.  Journal of Drug Issues, pp. 205‑211.  1979.

Singer, Burton.  Self‑Selection and Performance‑Based Ratings: A Case Study in Program Evaluation.  Drawing Inferences from Self‑Selected Samples, pp. 29‑49.  Edited by H. Wainer.  Springer‑Verlag: New York.  1986.

Berkman, L, Singer, B, Manton, KG. Black/White Differences in Health Status and Mortality Among the Elderly.  Demography, 26(4):661‑678.  1989.

Manton, KG, Singer, B. Forecasting the Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Elderly Populations.  AIDS in an Aging Society, pp. 169‑191.  Edited by M.G. Ory and D. Zablotsky.  Springer‑Verlag: New York.  1989

Singer, B, Manton, KG. How Many Elderly in the Next Generation? Focus, 12(2):1‑11.  Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Summer 1993.

Manton, KG, Singer, B.  What's the Fuss about Compression of Mortality? Chance, 7(4):21-30. Autumn, 1994.

Seeman, T, Singer, B, Charpentier, P. Gender Differences in Patterns of HPA Axis Response to Challenge.  Psychoneuroendocrinology, 20(7):711-725. 1995. 

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Psychological Well-Being: Meaning, Measurement, and Implications for Psychotherapy Research. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 65:14-23. 1996.

Singer, B,  Ryff, CD.  Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Environmental, Psychosocial, and Physiological Pathways.  Intelligence, Genes and Success: Scientists Respond to the Bell Curve, pp. 89-122.  Edited by B. Devlin, S.E. Fienberg, D. Resnick and K. Roeder.  Springer-Verlag: New York, 1997.

Seeman, T, McEwen, B, Singer, B, Albert, M, Rowe, J. Increase in Urinary Cortisol Excretion and Memory Declines: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 82(8):2458-2465.  1997.

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. The Contours of Positive Human Health. Psychological Inquiry. 9(1): 1 – 28. 1998

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Human Health: New Directions for the Next Millenium. Psychological Inquiry. 9(1): 69 – 85. 1998

Ryff, CD, Singer, B, Love, G, Essex, M. Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life. Pp. 69 -86 in J Lomranz (ed.) Handbook of Aging and Mental Health. New York: Plenum Press. 1998

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. The Role of Purpose in Life and Personal Growth in Positive Human Health. In The Human Quest for Meaning, pp. 213 – 235. Edited by PTP Wong and PS Fry, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Mahwah, NJ. 1998

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Middle Age and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Vol. 2, pp. 707-717. Orlando, FL: Academic Press. 1998

Zhao, H, Brooks-Gunn, J, McLanahan, S, Singer, B. Studying the real child rather than the ideal child: Bringing the Person into Developmental Studies. Pp. 393-419 in L Bergman and R Cairns (eds.) Developmental Science and the Holistic Approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 1999

Singer B, Ryff CD. Hierarchies of Life Histories and Associated Health Risks. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. 896: 96 – 115. 1999

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Interpersonal Flourishing: A Positive Health Agenda for the New Millenium. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 4(1): 30 – 44. 2000

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Biopsychosocial Challenges of the New Millenium. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 69(4): 170 – 177. 2000

Ryff, CD, Singer, B, Wing, E, Love, G. Elective Affinities and Uninvited Agonies: Mapping Emotion with Significant Others onto Health. Pp. 133-175 in C.D. Ryff and B.H. Singer (eds.) Emotion, Social Relationships, and Health: Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Introduction: Integrating Emotion into the Study of Social Relationships and Health. Pp. 3-22 in C.D. Ryff and B.H. Singer (eds.) Emotion, Social Relationships, and Health: Third Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001

Seeman, T, Singer, B, Wilkinson, C, McEwen, B. Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in HPA Axis Reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 26: 225-240. 2001

Seeman, T, McEwen, B, Rowe, J, Singer, B. Allostatic Load as a marker of cumulative biological risk: MacArthur Studies  of successful aging. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 98(8): 4770-4775. 2001

Singer, B, Ryff, CD. (Eds.) New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach. Washington, DC: National Academy Press . 2001

Ryff, CD, Kwan, CM, Singer, B. Personality and Aging: Flourishing Agendas and Future Challenges. Pp. 477-499 in J.E. Birren & K.W. Schaie (Eds.) Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 5th Edition. San Diego: Academic Press. 2001

Singer, B, Ryff, CD. Person-Centered Methods for Understanding Aging: The Integration of Numbers and Narratives. Pp. 44-65 in Robert Binstock and Linda K. George (Eds.) Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. San Diego: Academic Press. 2001

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. From Social Structure to Biology: Integrative Science in Pursuit of Human Health and Well-Being. Pp 541-555 in C.R. Snyder and S.J. Lopez (eds.) Handbook of Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002

Ryff, CD, Singer, B, Seltzer, MM. Pathways through challenge: implications for well-being and health. Pp. 302-328 in L. Pulkkinen and A. Caspi (eds.) Paths to Successful Development: Personality in the Life Course. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002  

Seeman, T, Singer, B, Ryff, CD, Love, GD, Levy-Storms, L. Social relationships, Gender, and Allostatic Load across Two Age Cohorts. Psychosomatic Medicine. 64: 395-406. 2002

Karlamangla, A, Singer, B, McEwen, B, Rowe, J, Seeman, T. Allostatic Load as Predictor of Functional Decline. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(7): 699-710. 2002  .

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Ironies of the Human Condition: Well-Being and Health on the Way to Mortality. Pp. 271-287 in L.G. Aspinwall & U.M. Staudinnger (Eds.), A Psychology of Human Strengths: Perspectives on an emerging field. Washington, DC: American Psychologixal Association. 2002.

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. The Role of Emotions on Pathways to Positive Health. Pp. 1083-1104 in R.J. Davidson, H.H. Goldsmith, & K. Scherer (Eds.) Handbook of Affective Science. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Flourishing under fire: Resilience as a prototype of challenged thriving. Pp. 15-36 in Corey L.M. Keyes & Jonathan Haidt (eds.) Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 2003

Hayney, M, Love, G, Buck, J,  Ryff, CD, Singer, B, Muller, D. The Association between psychosocial factors and vaccine-induced cytokine production. Vaccine. 21: 2428-2432. 2003

Ryff, CD, Singer, B. Thriving in the Face of Challenge: The Integrative Science of Human Resilience. Pp. 181-205 in Frank Kessel, Patricia L. Rosenfield and Norman B. Anderson (eds.) Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003

Rosenkranz, MA, Jackson, DC, Dalton, KM, Dolski, I, Ryff, CD, Singer, BH, Muller, D, Kalin, NH, Davidson, RJ. Affective Style and in vivoimmune response: Neurobehavioral mechanisms. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 100(19): 11148 – 11152. 2003

Weinstein, M, Gorrindo, T, Riley, A, Mormino, J, Niedfeldt, J, Singer, B, Rodriguez, G, Simon, J, Pincus, S. Timing of Menopause and Patterns of Menstrual Bleeding. American Journal of Epidemiology. 158(8): 781 -791. 2003

Jackson, DC, Mueller, CJ, Dolski, I, Dalton, KM, Nitschke, JB, Urry, HL, Rosenkranz, MA, Ryff, CD, Singer, BH, Davidson, RJ. Now you feel it, Now you don’t: Frontal Brain Electrical Asymmetry and Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation. Psychological Science. 14 (6): 612 – 617. 2003

Ryff, CD, Singer, BH, Palmersheim KA. Social Inequlities in Health and Well-Being: The Role of Relational and Religious Protective Factors. Pp. 90 – 123 in OG Brim, CD Ryff & RC Kessler (eds.) How Healthy are We? Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2004

Seeman, TE, Crimmins, E, Huang, M-H, Singer, B, Bucur, A, Gruenewald, T, Berkman, LF, Reuben, DB. Cumulative Biological Risk and Socio-economic Differences in Mortality: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Social Science and Medicine. 58: 1985 – 1997. 2004

Karlamangla, AS, Singer, BH, Reuben, DB, Seeman, TE. Increases in serum non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol may be beneficial in some high functioning older adults: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. J. Amer. Geriatrics Soc. 52(4): 487 – 494. 2004

Urry, HL, Nitschke, JB, Dolski, I, Jackson, DC, Dalton, KM, Mueller, CJ, Rosenkranz, MA, Ryff, CD, Singer, BH, Davidson, RJ. Making a life worth living: neural correlates of well-being. Psychological Science. 15(6): 367 – 372. 2004

Goldman, N, Weinstein, M, Cornman, J, Singer, B, Seeman, T, Chang, MC. Sex differentials in biological risk factors for chronic disease: estimates from population-based surveys. J. Women’s Health 13(4): 393 -403. 2004

Ryff, CD, Singer, BH, Love, GD. Positive Health: Connecting Well-Being with Biology. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society of London. B Biological Sciences Sept. 29 359(1449):1383 – 1394. 2004. 

Seeman T, Glei, D, Goldman, N, Weinstein, M, Singer, B, Lin YH. Social Relationships and Allostatic Load in Taiwanese Elderly and Near Elderly..Social Science and Medicine. 59(11):2245 – 2257. 2004

Singer, B, Ryff, CD, Seeman T. Operationalizing Allostatic Load. Pp. 113 – 149 in J Schulkin (ed.) Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation. Cambridge, UK:Cambridge University Press. 2004

Karlamangla, A, Singer, BH, Williams, DR, Schwartz, JE, Matthews, KA, Kiefe, CI & Seeman, TE. Impact of socioeconomic status on longitudinal accumulation of cardiovascular risk in young adults: the CARDIA study (USA). Social Science and Medicine. 60(5): 999 – 1015. 2005

Karlamangla, A, Singer, BH, Greendale, GA & Seeman, TE. Increase in epinephrine excretion is associated with cognitive decline in elderly men: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30: 453 – 460. 2005

 

Clinical Medicine

Levy, David E.; Bates, David; Caronna, John J.; Cartlidge, Niall E.F.; Knill‑Jones, Robin P.; Lapinski, Robert H.; Singer, Burton H.; Shaw, David A.; Plum, Fred.  Prognosis in Nontraumatic Coma.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 94(3):293‑301.  1981.

Levy, DE, Carrona, J, Frydman, H, Lapinski, R, Singer, B, Plum, F.  Predicting Outcome from Hypoxic‑Ischemic Coma.  Journal of American Medical Association, 253:1420‑1426.  1985.

Levy, DE, Scherer, PB, Lapinski, RH, Singer, BH, Pulsinelli, W, Plum, F.. Predicting Recovery from Acute Ischemic Stroke using Multiple Clinical Variables, pp. 69-75 in Cerebrovascular Diseases 14th edition. Edited by F. Plum and W.A. Pulsinelli. New York: Raven Press. 1985.

Viscoli, C, Horwitz, RI, Singer, B.  Beta‑Blockers After Myocardial Infarction: Influence of First Year Clinical Course on Longer‑Term Effectiveness.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 118(2):99‑105. 1993.

 

Sociology

Singer, Burton (Chairman) and Members of the National Research Council on Immigration Statistics.  Immigration Statistics, A Story of Neglect, National Academy Press: Washington.  1985.

Cole, J, Singer, B. A Theory of Limited Differences: Explaining the Productivity Puzzle in Science.  The Outer Circle, pp. 277‑310.  Edited by H. Zuckerman, J.R. Cole and J. Bruer.  W.W. Norton.  1991.

Guelich, JM, Singer, BH, Castro, MC. and Rosenberg, LE. A Gender Gap in the Next Generation of Physician Scientists: Medical Student Interest and Participation in Research. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 50(6): 412-418. 2002. 

Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, Singer, B. Gender Composition of Editorial Boards of General Medical Journals. The Lancet. 362, 18 Octiber 1336. 2003

Keiser, J, Utzinger, J, Tanner, M, Singer, BH. Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: survey of current evidence. British Medical Journal. 328(7450):1229-1232. 2004

 

Genetics

Singer, B, Sager, R, Ramanas, Z. Chloroplast Genetics of Chlamydomonas‑‑Closing the Circle.  Genetics, 83:341‑354.  1976.

Singer, Burton.  The Interface Between Genetics, Demography and Epidemiology: Examples and Future Directions.  Convergent Questions in Genetics and Demography, pp. 257‑274.  Edited by J. Adams, D. Lam and P. Smouse.  Oxford University Press.  1990.

Risch, N, DeLeon, D, Ozelius, L, Kramer, P, Almasy, L, Singer, B, Fahn, S, Breakfield, X, Bressman, S.  Genetic Analysis of Idiopathic Torsion Dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews: and their Recent Descent from a Small Founder Population.  Nature Genetics, 9:152-159. February, 1995.

Risch, N.; DeLeon, D.; Fahn, S., Bressman, S.; Ozelius, L.; Breakfield, X.; Kramer, P.; Almasy, L.; Singer, B.  ITD in Ashkenazi Jews: genetic drift or selection?  Nature Genetics, In Reply to Zoossmann-Diskin, (11):14-15.  September, 1995.

Ryff, CD & Singer, BH. Social Environments and the Genetics of Aging: Advancing Knowledge of Protective Health Mechanisms. Journals of Gerontology: Series B Vo. 608 (Special Issue I): 12 – 23. 2005

 

Miscellaneous

Mergler, HW, Singer, B. Digital Linear Interpolation and the Binary Rate Multiplier.  Control Engineering, pp. 79‑83.  June 1964.

Frost, WT, Singer, B.  Increased Areal Density in Magnetic Recording.  Proceedings of International Conference on Magnetic Recording, I.E.E., pp. 44‑47.  London England. July 1964.

Ezzati, M, Singer, B, Kammen, D. Towards an Integrated Framework for Development and Environmental Policy: The Dynamics of Environmental Kuznets Curves. World Development, 29(8): 1421-1434. 2001