Professor Bernard Omolo

Professor Bernard Omolo

Professor Bernard Omolo

Lecturer

Professor Bernard Omolo earned his PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Texas Tech University in 2004 and joined the Division of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of South Carolina – Upstate, the same year as an Assistant Professor. His research has focused on the development and application of statistical methods in genomics, genetics, public health and the environment. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) and the Simons Foundation. Currently, he is developing statistical models for DNA microarray and RNASeq data from cancer studies, among other projects. Professor Omolo is the current Chair of the Division of Mathematics & Computer Science at the University of South Carolina – Upstate. He has been a Visiting Faculty at SIMS since 2013.

Homepage: http//faculty.uscupstate.edu

  1. Carson, C., Omolo, B., Chu, H., Zhou, Y., Sambade, M. J., Peters, E.C., Tompkins, P., Simpson, D. A., Thomas, N. E., Fan, C., Sarasin, A., Dessen, P., Shields, J. M., Ibrahim, J.G. Kaufmann, W.K. (2012). A Prognostic signature of defective p53-dependent G1 checkpoint function in melanoma cell-lines. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res, 25, 514-526. [PMID: 22540896]
  2. Hamilton, R., Krauze, M., Romkes, M., Omolo, B., Konstantinopoulos, P., Reinhart, T., Harasymczuk, M., Wang, Y., Lin, Y., Ferrone, S., Whiteside, T., Bortoluzzi, S., Werley, J., Nukui, T., Fallert-Junecko, B., Kondziolka, D., Ibrahim, J., Becker, D., Kirkwood, J., Moschos, S. (2013). Pathologic and Gene Expression Features of Metastatic Melanomas to the Brain (MBM). Cancer, 119, 2737-2746. [PMID: 23695963]
  3. Omolo, B., Carson, C., Chu, H., Zhou, Y., Simpson, D. A., Hesse, J. E., Paules, R. S., Nyhan, K. C., Ibrahim, J. G., Kaufmann, W. K. (2013). A prognostic signature of G2 checkpoint function in melanoma cell-lines. Cell Cycle, 12, 1071-1082. [PMID: 23454897]
  4. Kaufmann, W.K., Carson, C., Omolo, B., Sambade, M., Simpson, D., Filgo, A., Fields, J., Ibrahim, J.G., Thomas, N. (2014). Mechanisms of chromosomal instability in melanoma. Environ Mol Mutagen, 55, 457-471. [PMID: 24616037]
  5. Omolo, B., Zhang, H., Karmaus, W. (2013).Cautions of Using Allele-based Tests under Heterosis. Int. J. Stats. Med. Res., 2, 47–54.
  6. Omolo, B., Yang, M., Lo, F.Y., Schell, M.J., Austin, S., Howard, K., Madan, A., Yeatman, T.J. (2016). Adaptation of a RAS Pathway Activation Signature from FF to FFPE Tissues in Colorectal Cancer. BMC Medical Genomics, 9(1), 65. [PMID: 27756306].