JANE SHOFER, M.S. 

Education

University of Washington, M.S. Biostatistics, 1985

Research Interests

Jane has been involved in medical research work since 1980 when she worked as a laboratory technician for the Department of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Jane received a Master’s degree in biostatistics from the University of Washington in 1985. Since then she has applied biostatistics to various fields of medical research, including 15 years with the Japanese American Community Diabetes Study. This longitudinal study, supported by the University of Washington Departments of Medicine and Anthropology, explored physical and biocultural risk factors for type II diabetes and related conditions including coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia in second and third generation Japanese Americans. In May 2001, Jane joined the research team at the VA RR&D providing data analysis support for center projects. Her role at the center involves performing statistical analysis using SPSS, S-PLUS and STATA; consulting with investigators on appropriate statistical methods for data analysis, and assisting investigators in the formulation of research hypotheses; researching, implementing and presenting to investigators new statistical and graphical procedures relevant to the data analysis at hand; writing up analyses for presentation at scientific meetings, for publication in peer-reviewed journals, and for grant applications.

Jane has also provided biostatistical support for the Regional Epilepsy Center in the Department of Neurological Surgery, UW, an AIDS caregiver research project with School of Nursing, UW, and John Bastyr College. She also holds a Master’s degree in acupuncture from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Seattle WA, and has a certification in craniosacral therapy. She is interested in the research projects exploring the combination of traditional Western medicine and complementary medicine.

Publications

Levin, R.M., Shofer, J., Greenberg, S.H. A quantitative method for determining the effects of drugs on spermatozoal motility. Fertil Steril 33: 631-5, 1980

Levin, R.M., Shofer, J., Wein, A.J., Greenberg, S.H. ATP concentration of human spermatozoa: lack of correlation with sperm motility. Andrologia 13: 468-72, 1981.

Shofer JB, Temkin NR. Comparison of alternative outcome measures for antiepileptic drug trials. Arch Neurol 43: 877-81, 1986.

Chessler SD, Fujimoto WY, Shofer JB, Boyko EJ, Weigle DS. Increased plasma leptin levels are associated with fat accumulation in Japanese Americans. Diabetes 47:239-243, 1998.

McNeely MJ, Boyko EJ, Weigle DS, Shofer JB, Chessler SD, Leonetti DL, Fujimoto WY. Association between baseline plasma leptin levels and subsequent development of diabetes in Japanese Americans. Diabetes Care, 22:65-70, 1999.

Fujimoto WY, Bergstrom RW, Boyko EJ, Chen KW, Leonetti DL, Newell-Morris L, Shofer JB, Wahl PW. Visceral adiposity and incident coronary heart disease in Japanese-American men: the 10-year follow-up results of the Seattle Japanese-American Community Diabetes Study. Diabetes Care 22:1808-1812, 1999.

Fujimoto WY, Bergstrom RW, Boyko EJ, Chen KW, Kahn SE, Leonetti DL, McNeely MJ, Newell LL, Shofer JB, Wahl PW. Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in Japanese Americans. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 50 (Suppl. 2), S73-S76, 2000.

Fujimoto WY, Bergstrom RW, Boyko EJ, Chen KW, Kahn SE, Leonetti DL, McNeely MJ, Newell-Morris L, Shofer JB, Tsunehara CH, Wahl PW. Preventing diabetes—applying pathophysiologic and epidemiologic evidence. British J Nutrition 84, Suppl. 2 S173-S176, 2000.

McNeely MJ, Boyko EJ, Shofer JB, Newell-Morris L, Leonetti DL, Fujimoto WY. Standard definitions of overweight and central adiposity for determining diabetes risk. Am J Clin Nutr 74:101-7, 2001.

Liao D, Shofer JB, Boyko EJ, McNeely MJ, Leonetti DL, Kahn SE, Fujimoto WY. Japanese Americans classified as having normal fasting glucose may have abnormal glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Diabetes Care. 24:39-44, 2001.

Liao D, Asberry PJ, Shofer JB, Callahan H, Matthys C, Boyko EJ, Leonetti D, Kahn SE, Austin M, Newell L, Schwartz RS, Fujimoto WY. Improvement of BMI, body composition, and body fat distribution with lifestyle modification in Japanese Americans with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetes Care. 2002 Sep;25(9):1504-10.

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