Annette Molinaro, MA, PhD

Associate Adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

MolinaroA@neurosurg.ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 353-2136
Box 0112 , UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0112

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Education

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL BS, 05/92, Statistics
University of California, Berkeley, CA, MA, 05/00, Biostatistics
University of California, Berkeley, CA, PhD, 01/04, Biostatistics
National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, 06/04-06/05, Cancer Prevention / Biostatistics

Professional Experience

• 1998 - 2004
  Research Assistant, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF, CA.
• 1999 - 1999
  Instructor, Statistics and Biostatistics Departments, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
• 1999 - 2005
  Biostatistician, Department of Medicine, UCSF.
• 2000
  Instructor, Health Careers Opportunity Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
• 2004 - 2005
  Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD.
• 2005 - 2011
  Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
• 2006 - 2011
  Co-director, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics CORE, Yale Skin Cancer SPORE
• 2011 - present
  Associate Visiting Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Yale University
• 2011 - present
  Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and Division of Biostatistics, UCSF

Honors & Awards

• 2004
  Evelyn Fix Prize, UC Berkeley.
• 2004
  Chin Long Chiang Biostatistics Student of the Year, UC Berkeley.
• 2006
  Elected member of the International Statistical Institute
• 2008
  Excellence in Teaching Award, Yale School of Public Health
• 2009
  Selected as a Yale Center for Clinical Investigation Scholar

Selected Publications

1. Moore CL, Daniels B, Singh D, Luty S, Molinaro A. Prevalence and clinical importance of alternative causes of symptoms using a renal colic computed tomography protocol in patients with flank or back pain and absence of pyuria. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 May; 20(5):470-8.
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2. Safaee M, Oh MC, Sughrue ME, Delance AR, Bloch O, Sun M, Kaur G, Molinaro AM, Parsa AT. The relative patient benefit of gross total resection in adult choroid plexus papillomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Jun; 20(6):808-12.
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3. Mueller S, Bhargava S, Molinaro AM, Yang X, Kolkowitz I, Olow A, Wehmeijer N, Orbach S, Chen J, Matthay KK, Haas-Kogan DA. Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor MK-4827 together with Radiation as a Novel Therapy for Metastatic Neuroblastoma. Anticancer Res. 2013 Mar; 33(3):755-62.
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4. Lupo JM, Essock-Burns E, Molinaro AM, Cha S, Chang SM, Butowski N, Nelson SJ. Using susceptibility-weighted imaging to determine response to combined anti-angiogenic, cytotoxic, and radiation therapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Apr; 15(4):480-9.
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5. Oh MC, Kim JM, Kaur G, Safaee M, Sun MZ, Singh A, Aranda D, Molinaro AM, Parsa AT. Prognosis by tumor location in adults with spinal ependymomas. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Mar; 18(3):226-35.
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6. Oh MC, Sayegh ET, Safaee M, Sun MZ, Kaur G, Kim JM, Aranda D, Molinaro AM, Gupta N, Parsa AT. Prognosis by tumor location for pediatric spinal cord ependymomas. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Mar; 11(3):282-8.
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7. Chakravarti A, Wang M, Robins HI, Lautenschlaeger T, Curran WJ, Brachman DG, Schultz CJ, Choucair A, Dolled-Filhart M, Christiansen J, Gustavson M, Molinaro A, Mischel P, Dicker AP, Bredel M, Mehta M. RTOG 0211: A Phase 1/2 Study of Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Gefitinib for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Apr 1; 85(5):1206-11.
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8. Engler JR, Robinson AE, Smirnov I, Hodgson JG, Berger MS, Gupta N, James CD, Molinaro A, Phillips JJ. Increased microglia/macrophage gene expression in a subset of adult and pediatric astrocytomas. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e43339.
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9. Barajas RF, Phillips JJ, Parvataneni R, Molinaro A, Essock-Burns E, Bourne G, Parsa AT, Aghi MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Cha S, Chang SM, Nelson SJ. Regional variation in histopathologic features of tumor specimens from treatment-naive glioblastoma correlates with anatomic and physiologic MR Imaging. Neuro Oncol. 2012 Jul; 14(7):942-54.
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10. Lostritto K, Strawderman RL, Molinaro AM. A partitioning deletion/substitution/addition algorithm for creating survival risk groups. Biometrics. 2012 Dec; 68(4):1146-56.
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11. Hu YL, DeLay M, Jahangiri A, Molinaro AM, Rose SD, Carbonell WS, Aghi MK. Hypoxia-induced autophagy promotes tumor cell survival and adaptation to antiangiogenic treatment in glioblastoma. Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 1; 72(7):1773-83.
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12. Baquero MT, Hanna JA, Neumeister V, Cheng H, Molinaro AM, Harris LN, Rimm DL. Stathmin expression and its relationship to microtubule-associated protein tau and outcome in breast cancer. Cancer. 2012 Oct 1; 118(19):4660-9.
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13. Lostritto K, Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Leffell DJ, Molinaro AM, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates. BMC Public Health. 2012; 12:118.
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14. Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Indoor tanning and risk of early-onset basal cell carcinoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Oct; 67(4):552-62.
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15. Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Gordon PB, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Host phenotype characteristics and MC1R in relation to early-onset basal cell carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 Apr; 132(4):1272-9.
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16. Baquero MT, Lostritto K, Gustavson MD, Bassi KA, Appia F, Camp RL, Molinaro AM, Harris LN, Rimm DL. Evaluation of prognostic and predictive value of microtubule associated protein tau in two independent cohorts. Breast Cancer Res. 2011; 13(5):R85.
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17. Potts MB, Smith JS, Molinaro AM, Berger MS. Natural history and surgical management of incidentally discovered low-grade gliomas. J Neurosurg. 2012 Feb; 116(2):365-72.
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18. Molinaro AM, Carriero N, Bjornson R, Hartge P, Rothman N, Chatterjee N. Power of data mining methods to detect genetic associations and interactions. Hum Hered. 2011; 72(2):85-97.
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19. Jahangiri A, Molinaro AM, Tarapore PE, Blevins L, Auguste KI, Gupta N, Kunwar S, Aghi MK. Rathke cleft cysts in pediatric patients: presentation, surgical management, and postoperative outcomes. Neurosurg Focus. 2011 Jul; 31(1):E3.
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20. Tolles J, Bai Y, Baquero M, Harris LN, Rimm DL, Molinaro AM. Optimal tumor sampling for immunostaining of biomarkers in breast carcinoma. Breast Cancer Res. 2011; 13(3):R51.
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