PhD Candidate, Epidemiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Expected Graduation May 2015 Dissertation: Military Service, Deployments, and Exposures in Relation to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Etiology and Survival MPH Public Health 2010 BS Statistics 2008 Brigham Young University Primary Research Interests: Occupational, Environmental, and Neurologic Epidemiology

1. John Doyle Beard
514 Walnut Woods Drive
Morrisville, NC 27560
Tel.: 919-491-3136 (cell)
Email: johndbeard@gmail.com
Education
May 2015 PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
(expected) Dissertation: Military Service, Deployments, and Exposures in Relation to
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Etiology and Survival
April 2010 MPH, Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Master’s Paper: Suicide and Pesticide Exposures among Pesticide Applicators
and Their Spouses in the Agricultural Health Study
April 2008 BS, Statistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Research Support
2013-2014 Pre-Doctoral Fellow, NIOSH T42OH00867302: North Carolina Occupational
Safety and Health Education and Research Center ($22,032 annual stipend,
100% of tuition and fees, supplemental health insurance), NIOSH, CDC,
PI: Bonnie Rogers.
2010-2013 Pre-Doctoral Fellow, NIEHS T32ES07018: Biostatistics for Research in
Environmental Health ($21,180-$22,032 annual stipend, 60% of tuition and
fees, supplemental health insurance), NIEHS, NIH, PI: Amy Herring.
2009 Intramural Research Training Award ($5,673), Epidemiology Branch,
NIEHS, NIH
2009 Fulton Award ($1,500), Mary Lou Fulton Chair, College of Health and Human
Performance, BYU
Academic Scholarships and Honors
2014 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference David J. Sencer Memorial
Scholarship ($800), EIS Alumni Association
2010, 2011 In-state Tuition Award (2 × $3,614.50), Department of Epidemiology,
UNC-Chapel Hill
2009, 2010 MPH Scholarship Award ($2,500; $1,054), Department of Health Science,
BYU
2009 12th
Annual Health Advocacy Summit Fellowship ($350), Department of
Health Science, BYU
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2. 2008 National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant
($2,000)
2004-2007 Mangum-Lewis Scholarship (8 semesters, full tuition plus $200-$300 for books)
2001-2002
2006 Mu Sigma Rho Membership (National Statistical Honor Society)
Research and Work Experience
August 2010- Special Volunteer for Dr. Freya Kamel, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute
Present of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Research Triangle Park, NC
Epidemiological studies of environmental and occupational risk factors for
neurodegenerative diseases and mental health conditions:
•Managed and cleaned data; created variables for epidemiological analysis.
•Analyzed data; implemented and assisted others with novel epidemiological and
statistical methods (e.g., directed acyclic graphs, inverse probability weighting).
•Prepared manuscripts for publication.
May-August Summer student for Dr. Silke Schmidt (supervised by Dr. Lydia Kwee), Center
2011 for Human Genetics, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine,
Duke University, Durham, NC
Queried a database of Genes and Environmental Exposures in Veterans with ALS
(GENEVA) study data for information regarding occupational lead exposure and
created exposure variables for epidemiologic analysis.
November Epidemiologist (Tracking Network Coordinator), Environmental Epidemiology
2009-August Program, Bureau of Epidemiology, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City,
2010 UT
•Developed the Utah Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (UEPHTN)
data.
•Developed tools for data analysis for quality epidemiologic surveillance and risk
association and linkage.
•Used SAS and ArcGIS to produce and present reports from the data.
May-July Summers of Discovery Intern for Dr. Freya Kamel, Epidemiology Branch,
2009 NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC
Evaluated the association between pesticide exposures and suicide among
pesticide applicators and their spouses in the Agricultural Health Study.
Prepared manuscript for publication.
September Research Assistant for Dr. Eugene Cole, Department of Health Science, BYU,
2008-April Provo, UT
2009 Conducted a literature review assessing the relationship between mycotoxins
and neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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3. May-July Research Assistant for Dr. Ray Merrill, Department of Health Science, BYU,
2008 Provo, UT
Conducted a literature review and assisted in manuscript preparation for a paper
on the prevalence of the influenza vaccine in the United States according to
several factors.
May 2007- Independent Contractor for Editorial Assistance Services, American Statistical
April 2008 Association, Provo, UT
•Designed and produced a poster on “STATS: the Magazine for Students of
Statistics”; displayed at the 2007 United States Conference on Teaching Statistics
(USCOTS) held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
•Assisted with editing Issues 48 and 49 of “STATS” (both published in 2007).
February Research Assistant for Dr. Paul Fields, Department of Statistics, BYU, Provo, UT
2007-April •Used multivariate techniques to identify “voting twins” among Utah’s counties.
2008 •Organized and analyzed student responses to a survey regarding BYU’s online
student ratings system.
•Evaluated simulation abilities of two Microsoft Excel add-ins, @RISK and
Crystal Ball, to forecast time series error.
October- Student Advisor, Utah Colleges Exit Poll, Departments of Political Science and
November Statistics, BYU, Provo, UT
2007 Advised students on sample design and weights, prediction of voter turnout and
non-response rates, and data analysis for Salt Lake City Mayoral Race and
Referendum One.
September- Analysis Co-Team Leader, Utah Colleges Exit Poll, Departments of Political
December Science and Statistics, BYU, Provo, UT
2006 •Helped lead team for data analysis for the Senate and House Races by planning,
coordinating, and supervising the activities and efforts of five other Statistics
majors in preparation for, analysis of, and summarization of exit poll data (over
10,000 people across Utah were surveyed).
•Key Analysis Team responsibilities: predicted non-response rates; updated SAS
code for specific election races and initiatives; wrote reports; coordinated with
other entities (e.g., KBYU television) to ensure correct coding; analyzed data.
Teaching Experience
January-May Teaching Assistant for Epidemiology 726, “Epidemiologic Research Methods”,
2013, 2014 Department of Epidemiology (Dr. Marilie Gammon), UNC-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
Second year PhD course for majors on the design and conduct of epidemiologic
research. Each student comprehensively addressed the conceptual and practical
aspects of developing a high quality, detailed research proposal.
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4. August- Teaching Assistant for Epidemiology 725, “Research Planning Workshop”,
December Department of Epidemiology (Dr. Marilie Gammon), UNC-Chapel Hill,
2012, 2013 Chapel Hill, NC
Second year PhD course for majors on formulating an epidemiologic research
topic and plan, leading towards the development of a full research proposal.
January- Teaching Assistant for Statistics 466, “Introduction to Reliability”, Department of
April 2008 Statistics (Dr. John Lawson), BYU, Provo, UT
Senior-level course on probability, distributions, methods, and models used in
basic reliability; fault tree analysis; analysis of reliability data.
June-August Teaching Assistant for Statistics 221, “Principles of Statistics”, Department of
2006, August- Statistics (Lynne Nielson), BYU, Provo, UT
December Introductory course on graphical exploration of data; central tendency,
2005 variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two
means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression.
Professional Societies
2014 Society for Epidemiologic Research
2012 International Society of Environmental Epidemiologists
Journal Manuscript Reviewer
Environmental Research
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Dong J, Beard JD, Umbach DM, Park Y, Huang X, Blair A, Kamel F, Chen H.
Dietary fat intake and risk for Parkinson’s disease. Submitted.
2. Beard JD, Kamel F. Military service, deployments, and exposures in relation to
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis etiology and survival. Submitted.
3. Beard JD, Umbach DM, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler
DP, Kamel F. Pesticide exposure and depression among male private pesticide
applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect. In press.
4. Beard JD, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler DP, Kamel F.
Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the
Agricultural Health Study. Environ Res. 2013;126:31-42. PMID: 23916637. PMCID:
PMC3805780 [Available in PMC on 10/01/2014].
5. Beard JD, Beck C, Graham R, Packham SC, Traphagan M, Giles RT, Morgan JG.
Winter temperature inversions and emergency department visits for asthma in Salt
Lake County, Utah, 2003-2008. Environ Health Perspect. 2012;120(10):1385-1390.
PMID: 22784691. PMCID: PMC3491922.
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5. 6. Beard JD, Umbach DM, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler
DP, Kamel F. Suicide and pesticide use among pesticide applicators and their spouses
in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(11):1610-1615.
PMID: 21749962. PMCID: PMC3226500.
7. Merrill RM, Beard JD. Influenza vaccination in the United States, 2005-2007. Med
Sci Monitor. 2009;15(7):PH92-PH100. PMID: 19564838.
Other Publications
1. Analysis Team. Early voters leave their print on Utah. In: Lilgegren J, ed. 2006 Utah
Colleges Exit Poll Report. Provo, UT: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy
and the Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University; 2007:14-16.
2. Analysis Team. Rejected. In: Lilgegren J, ed. 2006 Utah Colleges Exit Poll Report.
Provo, UT: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy and the Department of
Statistics, Brigham Young University; 2007:17-18.
Conference Presentations
1. Beard JD, Umbach DM, Allen KD, Keller J, Oddone EZ, Sandler DP, Schmidt S,
Kamel F. Association of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with pesticide exposure during
military service or deployment. Poster presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA; June 2014.
2. Beard JD, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler DP, Kamel F.
Organophosphate insecticide use and self-reported incident depression among male
private pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Poster presentation at the
24th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology,
Columbia, SC; August 2012.
3. Beck C, Beard JD, Packham S, Giles R, Traphagan M, Graham R. Asthma and air
pollution: associations between asthma emergency department visits, PM2.5 levels, and
temperature inversions in Salt Lake County, Utah. Poster presentation at the 2011
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA;
June 2011.
4. Beard JD, Beck C, Packham S, Giles R, Traphagan M, Graham R, Morgan J.
Temperature inversions, associated PM2.5 levels, and emergency department visits for
asthma. Poster presentation at the September 2010 Environmental Public Health
Tracking Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT; September 2010.
5. Suker AA, Hunter MT, Stewart A, Beard JD, Morey E, Reichman P, Arnell E. Nurse
Family Partnership: policy analysis, examination, and recommendations. Poster
presentation at the 137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and
Exposition, Philadelphia, PA; November 2009.
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6. 6. Beard JD. Cluster analysis to find “voting twins”. Oral presentation at the BYU College
of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Spring Research Conference, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT; March 2007.
Invited Presentations
1. Beard JD. Military Service, Deployments, and Exposures in Relation to Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis Etiology and Survival. Oral presentation at the
Environmental/Occupational Epidemiology Seminar, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; November 2013.
2. Beard JD. Military Service, Deployments, and Exposures in Relation to Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis Etiology and Survival. Oral presentation at the Epidemiology Branch
Meeting, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park,
NC; November 2013.
3. Beard JD, Umbach DM, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler DP,
Kamel F. Suicide and pesticide use in the Agricultural Health Study. Poster presentation
at the Division of Intramural Research Board of Scientific Counselors Review of the
Epidemiology Branch, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, Research
Triangle Park, NC; June 2013.
4. Beard JD. Pesticide exposure and self-reported depression among male private pesticide
applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Oral presentation at the Environmental
Epidemiology Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC;
September 2012.
5. Beard JD. Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the
Agricultural Health Study. Oral presentation at the Epidemiology Branch Meeting,
National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC;
August 2012.
6. Beard JD. Occupational lead exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in U.S. military
veterans. Oral presentation at the Environmental Epidemiology Seminar, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; October 2011.
7. Beard JD. Suicide and pesticide use among pesticide applicators and their spouses in the
Agricultural Health Study. Oral presentation at the Environmental Epidemiology
Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; November 2010.
8. Beard JD. May 2010 data submission: process and debrief; APEX studies. Oral
presentation at the Utah Environmental Public Heath Tracking Network’s Tracking
Network Advisory Committee Meeting (held during the West Virginia Bureau for Public
Health’s visit to the Utah Department of Health as part of the Association of State and
Territorial Health Officers’ State-to-State Peer Fellowship Program), Utah Department of
Health, Salt Lake City, UT; May 2010.
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7. 9. Beard JD. Data-partners and warehouse: how to set them up. Oral presentation during
the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health’s visit to the Utah Department of Health as
part of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers’ State-to-State Peer
Fellowship Program, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT; May 2010.
10. Beard JD. Geocoding/Georeferencing 101: UDOH available GIS tools for you! Oral
presentation at the 24th e-Health = Utah Public Health Informatics Brown Bag, Utah
Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT; February 2010.
11. Beard JD. Suicide and pesticide exposures among pesticide applicators and their spouses
in the Agricultural Health Study. Oral presentation at the Epidemiology Branch Meeting,
National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC; July
2009.
Published Abstracts
1. Beard JD, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Sandler DP, Kamel F. P-
065: Organophosphate insecticide use and self-reported incident depression among
male private pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study [abstract].
Epidemiology. 2012;23(Suppl 5S):S475. (doi:10.1097/01.ede.0000417073.21088.72).
2. Suker AA, Hunter MT, Stewart A, Beard JD, Morey E, Reichman P, Arnell E. 205154
Nurse Family Partnership: policy analysis, examination, and recommendations
[abstract]. The 137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and
Exposition, Philadelphia, PA; November 2009.
(https://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Paper205154.html). (Accessed
February 6, 2014).
Technical Reports
1. Ball RW, Butala SJM, Chaudhuri SN, Beard JD, Luedtke PF. The Relationship
between Lead and Mercury Levels in Dried Blood Spots from Newborns and Low
Birth Weight. Salt Lake City, UT: Environmental Epidemiology Program, Utah
Department of Health; 2010 (on file).
Publications in Process
1. Beard JD, Engel LS, Richardson DB, Gammon MD, Baird C, Umbach DM, Sandler
DP, Provenzale D, Schmidt S, Kamel F. Military service, deployments, and exposures
in relation to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis etiology.
2. Beard JD, Engel LS, Richardson DB, Gammon MD, Baird C, Umbach DM, Sandler
DP, Provenzale D, Schmidt S, Kamel F. Military service, deployments, and exposures
in relation to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis survival.
3. Beard JD, Richardson DB, Umbach DM, Engel LS, Kamel F. An approach to
potential bias resulting from selection into epidemiological studies.
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8. 4. Beard JD, Cole EC. A review of mycotoxins and their neurological effects relevant to
animal and human disease.
5. Beard JD, Packham SC, Graham R, Traphagan M, Beck C. Weather and air pollution
and emergency department visits for asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2003-2008:
Effect measure modification by winter temperature inversions.
Extracurricular Activities
2009 Participant, 12th
Annual Health Advocacy Summit, Washington, DC
May 2002- Volunteer Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
May 2004 British Columbia, Canada
1999 Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Computer Proficiencies
1. SAS programming language (advanced)
2. Microsoft Office (especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint) (advanced)
3. Structured Query Language (SQL) programming language (basic)
4. ArcInfo GIS software (basic)
5. R programming language (basic)
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