Faculty and staff. General consultation is provided to faculty and staff free of charge. However, researchers routinely list consultants as co-authors on journal publications or paper presentations, and as co-PIs on research grants, as recognition for their service. Researchers are encouraged to interact with a consultant as early as possible in a study, preferably at the planning stage. To obtain assistance, send a brief description of the scope and type of assistance anticipated to scc@uncg.edu.
Graduate students. Graduate students who wish to use the SCC must register for STA 667 during the semester in which they plan to use the Center. The student will then be entitled to one hour of consulting per week for that semester. STA 667 is designed to be a learning experience for both the consultants and their clients. The SCC points out problems, tries to correct errors, suggests possible solutions, and assists in the analysis of the results. Every attempt is made to increase the understanding of problems and possible solutions. Enrollment in STA 667 is by sections, corresponding to different faculty members involved in consulting during that semester. Students must obtain permission to enroll in a STA 667 section. If the student has a consultant preference, they should contact the consultant directly to obtain permission to enroll in that consultant’s section. If the student does not have a consultant preference, the student should send a brief description of the research topic, as well as the scope and type of assistance anticipated, to scc@uncg.edu, and the student will be referred to a consultant.
Summer. The SCC generally does not operate during the summer. Faculty, staff, and students with large problems or complex analyses should seek assistance during the regular academic year.
Recent Funded Grants
Investigating Donor Human Milk Composition Globally to Develop Effective Strategies for the Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants. NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 07/01/2021-06/30/2024 ($1,393,261). Richter: Co-PI.
Embedded Systems Security/Artificial Intelligence Research and Workforce Development. U.S. Department of Defense, 2021-2024, ($2,100,000). Huang: Co-PI.
TRIAD 2 Center for Health Disparities Research. NIMHD RFA-MD-11-002, 6/01//2012-4/30/2016 ($4,792,825). Richter: Co-PI.
He Y., Sun J., Tan X. (2025). Performance of Apriori Algorithm for Detecting Drug-Drug Interactions from Spontaneous Reporting Systems. Mathematics, 13(11):1710.
Bussberg, N., Shields, J., and Huang, C. (2025). Non-Homogeneity estimation and Universal kriging on the sphere. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 19.
Alter, J. B., Heiland, T. L. & Richter, S., (2025). Action Preferences of College Students in Dance, Other Majors, and College Athletics: Toward Understanding Students’ Use of Their Kinesthetic Intelligence. Journal of Movement Arts Literacy, 9(1): 1, 1-28.
Yang, M., Lohrmann, D., Huang, C., Jacobs, W., Lin, H. (2025). Optimal urinary cotinine and total nicotine equivalents (TNE-2) cut-points for distinguishing tobacco users from non-users among American youth. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Li M., Sun J., Tan X. (2024). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Large Language Models in Abstract Screening: A Comparative Analysis. Systematic Reviews, 13:219.
Sykes, J., Cassidy-Vu, L., Richter, S., Parker, M., Eniola, K. (2024). Nutrition Training in Medical Education among Family Medicine Residents in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(6), 439-445.
Eniola, K., Brown, C., Pray, M, Foster, K. Richter, S., Parker, M., Carvajal, D. (2024). Assessing the Knowledge and Comfort Level of US Family Medicine Residents Regarding Consenting and Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care. Southern Medical Journal, 117(5), 272-278.
Han, D., Elam, K., Quinn, P., Huang, C., and Seo, D. (2023). Within-person associations of escalated electronic nicotine delivery systems use with cigarette, alcohol, marijuana and drug use behaviors among US young adults. Addiction, Vol. 118, 509-519.
Perrin, M.T., Mansen, K. Israel-Ballard, K. Richter, S., Bode, L. Hampel, D. Allen, L. Hoang, T. Mena, P. Njuguna, E. & Wesolowska, A. (2023). Investigating Donor Human Milk Composition Globally to Develop Effective Strategies for the Nutritional Care of Preterm Infant: Study Protocol. Plos One, 18(4).
Taylor, J., McCann, M. & Richter, S. (2022). Impact of local mask mandates upon COVID-19 case rates in Oklahoma. Plos One, 17(6).
Lacey, E.P., Marshall, M.M., Bucciarelli, M. & Richter, S.J. (2022). Transgenerational Genetic Effects Help Explain Latitudinal Variation, Plants, 11, 522.
Adcock, S.J., Nelson-Gray, R.O., & Richter, S.J. (2022). A prosocial manipulation produces increases in positive affect and prosocial behavior, including those high in borderline traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 181.
Bai F., Zhang L., Liu X., Wang C., Zheng C., Sun J., Li M., Zhu W., Pei X. (2021). GATA3 functions downstream of BRCA1 to suppress EMT in breast cancer. Theranostics, 11(17), p.8218-8233.
Sherrill, C., Houpt, C., Dixon, E. & Richter, S. (2021). Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing One Versus Two Pharmacist-Driven Encounters. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 4(7), 785-792.
Lacey, E., Herrera, F. & Richter, S. (2021). Multiple modes of selection can influence the role of phenotypic plasticity in species’ invasions: Evidence from a manipulative field experiment. Ecology and Evolution, 11(9) 4140-4157.
Tan X., Chen B., Sun J., Patel T., and Joseph I. (2020). A Hierarchical Testing Approach for Detecting Safety Signals in Clinical Trials. Statistics in Medicine, 39(10), p.1541-1557.
Bussbert, N., Maxwell, J., Robeson, S., and Huang, C. (2020). The effect of end-point adjustments on smoothing splines used for tree-ring standardization. Dendrochronologia, Vol. 60.
Washnik, N., Bhatt, I., Phillips, S., Tucker, D. & Richter, S. (2020). Effect of Noise Exposure on Normal Hearing Non-Musician and Musicians Students. Hearing Research, 395.
Sherrill, C., Houpt, C., Dixon, E. & Richter, S. (2020). Impact of Pharmacist-Driven Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adults with Uncontrolled Diabetes. Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, 26(5), 600-609.
Wang C., Sun J., Guillaume B., Ge T., Hibar D.P., Greenwood C., Qiu A., and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2017). A Set-Based Mixed Effect Model for Gene-Environment Interaction and Its Application to Neuroimaging Phenotypes. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11:191.
Cheng, H., Li, A., Koenigsberger, A., Huang, C., Wang, Y., Seng, J., and Newman, S. (2017). Pseudo-Bootstrap network analysis – an application in functional connectivity fingerprinting, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Bhatt, I. S., Phillips, S. L., Richter, S. J., Tucker, D., Lundgren, K., Morehouse, R. & Henrich, V. (2016). A polymorphism in human estrogen-related receptor beta (ESRRβ) predicts audiometric temporary threshold shift. International Journal of Audiology, 55(10) 571-579.
Saari, S., Higgins, M., Richter, S. & Faeth, S. (2016). Urbanization is not associated with increased abundance or decreased richness of terrestrial animals – dissecting the literature through meta-analysis. Urban Ecosystems, 19:1251–1264.
Jun, M., Gassman, R., Agley, J., and Huang, C. (2016) “College binge drinking and social norms: advancing understanding through statistical applications”, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 25, 113-123.
