Dr. Sherrill is a Professor in the Epidemiology & Biostatistics Division and Associate Dean of Research in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Colorado in 1987 and has been a faculty member at the University of Arizona since 1988. He is currently director of the Arizona Clinical Research Training Program, a graduate certificate program for training physicians on the skills necessary for successful careers in clinical research. He is known internationally for his work in methodology for longitudinal analysis and has published several review articles on this topic. In addition, he teaches two advanced biostatistics courses for the Biostatistics MPH and Ph.D. graduate degree programs. His research interests include the natural history of respiratory diseases, in particular asthma, and assessment of risk factors for development of respiratory diseases. He has been an author and co-author on multiple scientific papers resulting from this research.
Publications: 2008
Kurzius-Spencer M, Foster K, Littau S, Richey KJ, Clark BM, Sherrill DL, Goodman RB, Boitano S, Burgess JL. Tracheobronchial markers of lung injury in smoke inhalation victims. J Burn Care Res. 29:311-318.
Tebow G, Sherrill DL, Lohman IC, Stern DA, Wright AL, Martinez FD, Halonen M, Guerra S. Effects of parental smoking on interferon-γ production in children. Pediatrics. 121(6).
Wang MT, Malone DC, Skrepnek GH, Armstrong E, Sherrill DL, Harris RB, Tsai CL. Use of Salmeterol with and without concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of asthma-related hospitalization among patients with asthma. Cur. Med. Res. (24):1-9.
Zhao Q, Sherrill DL, Goodwin JL, Quan SF. Association between sleep disordered breathing and behavior in school-aged children: the Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study (TuCASA). Open Epidemiol J. 1:1-9.
Silva GE, Guerra S, Keim S, Barbee RA, Sherrill DL. Longitudinal decline of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide in community subjects with the PiMZ α1-Antitrypsin Phenotype. Chest. 133:1095-1100.
Maio S, Baldacci S, Carrozzi L, Polverino E, Angino A, Pistelli F, Di Pede F, Simoni M, Sherrill, DL, Viegi G. Urban residence is associated with bronchial hyper-responsiveness in Italian general population samples. Chest (In Press)
Guerra S, Sherrill DL, Kurzius-Spencer M, Venker C, Halonen M, Quan SF, Martinez FD. The course of persistent airflow limitation in subjects with and without asthma. Respir Med. (In Press).