Dennis Chao

Appointments and Affiliations

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Senior Staff Scientist
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences Division
Biostatistics and Biomathematics Program
Senior Staff Scientist
 Professional Headshot of Dennis Chao

Mailing Address

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
M2-C200
P.O. Box 19024
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
United States

Contact

Phone: (206) 667- 1186
Fax: (206) 667- 4378
dchao@fhcrc.org

Degrees

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Computer Science, 2004.
B.S.E., Princeton University, Computer Science, 1994.

Research Interests

Computer and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, including influenza, cholera, and dengue.

Previous Positions

2004-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Patents

Chao DL. Color-patch sheet registration. U.S. Patent 6,404,517. Issued June 11, 2002.
Li C, Pascovici A, Shu J, Chao DL. On-line ink-duty reduction. U.S. Patent 5,799,136. Issued August 25, 1998.

Funding

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Analysis and modeling of typhoid epidemiology and vaccination (PI: Chao), 10/15/2012-8/31/2013.
  • NIH/NIGMS 5U01 GM070749: Containing Bioterrorist and Emerging Infectious Diseases (PI: Longini/Halloran) 5/1/2004–4/30/2014.

Recent Publications

2013
Chao, DL, Longini IM, Morris GJ.  2013.  Modeling Cholera Outbreaks.. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. Abstract
2012
Chao, DL, Halstead SB, Halloran ME, Longini IM.  2012.  Controlling dengue with vaccines in Thailand.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(10):e1876. Abstract
Chao, DL, Bloom JD, Kochin BF, Antia R, Longini IM.  2012.  The global spread of drug-resistant influenza.. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 9(69):648-656. Abstract
2011
Chao, DL, Matrajt L, Basta NE, Sugimoto JD, Dean B, Bagwell DA, Oiulfstad B, Halloran ME, Longini IM.  2011.  Planning for the control of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Los Angeles County and the United States.. American journal of epidemiology. 173(10):1121-30. Abstract
Wang, P, Chao DL, Hsu L.  2011.  Learning oncogenic pathways from binary genomic instability data.. Biometrics. 67(1):164-73. Abstract
Chao, DL, Halloran ME, Longini IM.  2011.  Vaccination strategies for epidemic cholera in Haiti with implications for the developing world.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(17):7081-5. Abstract
Kenah, E, Chao DL, Matrajt L, Halloran ME, Longini IM.  2011.  The global transmission and control of influenza.. PloS one. 6(5):e19515. Abstract
2010
Chao, DL, Halloran ME, Longini IM.  2010.  School opening dates predict pandemic influenza A(H1N1) outbreaks in the United States.. The Journal of infectious diseases. 202(6):877-80. Abstract
Chao, DL, Halloran ME, Obenchain VJ, Longini IM.  2010.  FluTE, a publicly available stochastic influenza epidemic simulation model.. PLoS computational biology. 6(1):e1000656. Abstract
2009
Basta, NE, Chao DL, Halloran ME, Matrajt L, Longini IM.  2009.  Strategies for pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination of schoolchildren in the United States.. American journal of epidemiology. 170(6):679-86. Abstract
Yang, Y, Sugimoto JD, Halloran ME, Basta NE, Chao DL, Matrajt L, Potter G, Kenah E, Longini IM.  2009.  The transmissibility and control of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus.. Science (New York, N.Y.). 326(5953):729-33. Abstract
Paulson, TG, Maley CC, Li X, Li H, Sanchez CA, Chao DL, Odze RD, Vaughan TL, Blount PL, Reid BJ.  2009.  Chromosomal instability and copy number alterations in Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 15(10):3305-14. Abstract
2008
Chao, DL, Eck TJ, Brash DE, Maley CC, Luebeck EG.  2008.  Preneoplastic lesion growth driven by the death of adjacent normal stem cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105(39):15034-9. Abstract
Chao, DL, Sanchez CA, Galipeau PC, Blount PL, Paulson TG, Cowan DS, Ayub K, Odze RD, Rabinovitch PS, Reid BJ.  2008.  Cell proliferation, cell cycle abnormalities, and cancer outcome in patients with Barrett's esophagus: a long-term prospective study.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 14(21):6988-95. Abstract