Charlotte C. Gard

Ph.D. in Biostatistics, University of Washington

M.S. in Experimental Statistics, New Mexico State University

M.B.A., University of Texas At Austin

B.S. (magna cum laude) in Applied Mathematics, University of Alabama

Publications

Rahman HH, Akinjobi Z, Gard C, Munson-McGee SH. Sleeping behavior and associated factors during COVID-19 in students at a Hispanic serving institution in the US southwestern border region. Scientific Reports 13:11620, 2023.

Iglesias A, Mahama L, Gard C, Schirmer T. Pursuing academic librarianship: factors affecting job attainment. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 49:102751, 2023.

Rahman HH, Akinjobi Z, Morales JB, Munson-McGee SH, Gard C. Prevalence of associated factors on depression during COVID 19 in students in a minority serving institution: A cross sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 13:100605, 2023.

Gard CC, Lange J (Co-First Author), Miglioretti DL, O'Meara ES, Lee CI, Etzioni R. Risk of cancer versus risk of cancer diagnosis? Accounting for diagnostic bias in predictions of breast cancer risk by race and ethnicity. Journal of Medical Screening 9691413231180028, 2023. doi:10.1177/09691413231180028.

Lange J, Zhao Y, Gogebakan KC, Olivas-Martinez A, Ryser MD, Gard CC, Etzioni R. Test sensitivity in a prospective cancer screening program: A critique of a common proxy measure. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 32:1053-1063, 2023.

Blakely BN, Agnew J, Gard C, Romero A. Effects of blood meal source on blood consumption and reproductive success of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17:e0011233, 2023.

Sprague BL, Chen S, Miglioretti DL, Gard CC, Tice JA, Hubbard RA, Bowles EJA, Kaufman PA, Kerlikowske K. Cumulative six-year risk of screen-detected ductal carcinoma in situ by screening frequency: a cohort study. JAMA Network Open 6, 2023.

Lawson MB, Bissell MCS, Miglioretti DL, Eavey J, Chapman CH, Mandelblatt JS, Onega T, Henderson LM, Rauscher GH, Kerlikowske K, Sprague BL, Bowles EJA, Gard CC, Parsian S, Lee CI. Multilevel Factors Associated With Time to Biopsy After Abnormal Screening Mammography Results by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Oncology 8,1115-1126, 2022.

Taylor ZD, Chew L, Tumey T, Gard CC, Woods ME. Differences in Incidence, Staging, and Survival of Urologic Cancers in Patients Under 65 Living in the US-Mexico Border Region. Current Urology 10.1097, 2022.

Ryser MD, Lange J, Inoue LYT, O'Meara ES, Gard C, Migioretti DL, Bulliard J-L, Brouwer AF, Hwang ES, Etzioni RB. Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort. Annals of Internal Medicine 175:471-478, 2022

Kerlikowske K, Chen S, Golmakani MK, Sprague BL, Tice JA, Tosteson ANA, Rauscher GH, Henderson LM, Buist DSM, Lee JM, Gard CC, Miglioretti DL. Cumulative Advanced Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Model Developed in a Screening Mammography Population. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 114:676-685, 2022.

Tice JA, Gard CC, Miglioretti DL, Sprague BL, Tosteson ANA, Joe BN, Ho T-Q H, Kerlikowske K. Comparing Mammographic Density Assessed by Digital Breast Tomosynthesis or Digital Mammography: The Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Radiology 302:286-292, 2022.

de la Rosa IA, Huang J, Gard CC, McDonald JA. Examining the Prevalence of Peripartum Depressive Symptoms in a Border Community. Women's Health Reports 2:210-218, 2021.

Canton MC, Holguin FO, Gard CC, Boeing WJ. Allelochemical effect of gramine under temperature stress and impact on fat transesterification. Chemistry and Ecology 37:481-492, 2021.

Zaied AJ, Geli HME, Cibils AF, Sawalhah MN, Holechek J, Gard CC, Idhirij SA, Gedefaw MG, Torell GL. Beef Cattle Price and Production Patterns in Relation to Drought in New Mexico. Sustainability 13:10420, 2021.

Taylor Z, Chory K, Wright M, Amatya A, Gard C, Woods ME. Incidence and Survival for Common Cancers Are Lower in New Mexico and Along the US-Mexico Border Than Elsewhere in the United States. Cureus 12:e11234, 2020.

Ben Ali A, Shukla MK, Schutte BJ, Gard CC. Irrigation with RO concentrate and brackish groundwater impacts pecan tree growth and physiology. Agricultural Water Management 240:106328, 2020.

Bissell MCS, Kerlikowske K, Sprague BL, Tice JA, Gard CC, Tossas KY, Rauscher GH, Trentham-Dietz A, Henderson LM, Onega T, Keegan THM, Miglioretti DL. Breast Cancer Population Attributable Risk Proportions Associated with Body Mass Index and Breast Density by Race/Ethnicity and Menopausal Status. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 29:2048-2056, 2020.

Taylor ZD, McLeod E, Gard CC, Wood ME. Testicular Cancer Incidence and Mortality in New Mexico. Ethnicity & Disease 30:357-364, 2020.

Zaied AJ, Geli HM, Sawalhah MN, Holechek J, Cibils AF, Gard C. Historical Trends in New Mexico Forage Crop Production in Relation to Climate, Energy, and Rangelands. Sustainability 12:2051, 2020.

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC. Multi-level Drivers of Disparities in Hispanic Cesarean Delivery Rates in US-Mexico Border States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7:238-250, 2020.

Pittz TG, Intindola ML, Adler T, Rogers S, Gard C. Collaborating Smartly: The Role of Open Strategy in Absorptive Capacity. Journal of Small Business Management 57:1595-1615, 2019.

Tice JA, Bissell MCS, Miglioretti DL, Gard CC, Rauscher GH, Dabbous FM, Kerlikowske K. Validation of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium model of breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 175:519-523, 2019.

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC, Sigala J. In States That Border Mexico, Cesarean Rates Were Highest For Hispanic Women Living in Border Counties In 2015. Health Affairs 38:276-286, 2019.

Ozturk OF, Shukla MK, Stringam B, Gard C. Irrigation Water Salinity Effects On Germination and Emergence of Six Halophytes. Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering 8:240, 2019.

Zaied AJ, Geli HME, Holechek JL, Cibils AF, Sawalhah MN, Gard CC. An Evaluation of Historical Trends in New Mexico Beef Cattle Production in Relation to Climate and Energy. Sustainability 11:6840, 2019.

Campbell MC, Caldwell CA, Lewis TD, Wilson WD, Gard CC. Nonlethal Detection of Asian Fish Tapeworm in the Federally Endangered Humpback Chub Using a Molecular Screening Tool. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148:832-842, 2019.

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC, Sigala J. Trends in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white cesarean
delivery rates on the US-Mexico border, 2000-2015. PLoS ONE 13:e0203550, 2018.

Pittz TG, Intindola ML, Adler T, Rogers S, Gard C. Collaborating smartly: the role of open strategy in
absorptive capacity. Journal of Small Business Management doi: 10.1111/jsbm.12430, 2018.

Ozturk OF, Shukla MK, Stringam B, Picchioni GA, Gard C. Irrigation with brackish water changes
evapotranspiration, growth and ion uptake of halophytes. Agricultural Water Management 195:142–
153, 2018.

Indacochea A, Gard CC, Hansen IA, Pierce J, Romero A. Short-range responses of the kissing bug
Triatoma rubida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) to carbon dioxide, moisture, and artificial light. Insects 8:90,
2017

Shieh Y, Hu D, Ma L, Huntsman S, Gard CC, Leung JWT, Tice JA, Ziv E, Kerlikowske K, Cummings SR. Joint relative risks for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer from a clinical model, polygenic risk score, and sex hormones. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 166:603-612, 2017.

Kerlikowske K, Gard CC, Tice JA, Ziv E, Cummings SR, Miglioretti DL. Risk factors that increase
risk of estrogen receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute
109: djw276, 2017

Zamani-Sabzi H, King JP, Gard CC, Abudu S. Statistical and analytical comparison of multi-criteria
decision-making techniques under fuzzy environment. Operations Research Perspectives 3:92-117, 2016.

Gard CC, Brown ER. A Bayesian hierarchical model for estimating and partitioning Bernstein
polynomial density functions. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 87:73-83, 2015.

Kerlikowske K, Gard CC, Sprague BL, Tice JA, Miglioretti DL. One versus two breast density measures to predict 5- and 10- year breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 24:889-897, 2015.

Gard CC, Aiello Bowles EJ, Miglioretti DL, Taplin SH, Rutter CM. Misclassification of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) mammographic density and implications for breast density reporting legislation. The Breast Journal 21:481-489, 2015.

Tice JA, Miglioretti DL, Li C-S, Vachon CM, Gard CC, Kerlikowske K. Breast density and benign breast disease: Risk assessment to identify women at high risk of breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 33:3137-3143, 2015.

Small BA, Frey JK, Gard CC. Livestock grazing limits beaver restoration in northern New Mexico. Restoration Ecology 24:646-655, 2016.

Shieh Y, Hu D, Ma L, Huntsman S, Gard CC, Leung JWT, Tice JA, Vachon CM, Cummings SR, Kerlikowske K, Ziv E. Breast cancer risk prediction using a clinical risk model and polygenic risk score. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 159:513-525, 2016. 

Awards and Honors

Stan Fulton Endowed Chair in Business, 2021-Present.

Donald C. Roush Award for Teaching Excellence, New Mexico State University, 2019

Junior Scholarly Research Award, College of Business, New Mexico State University, 2016.

Fulton Faculty Research Award, College of Business, New Mexico State University, 2015.

Patricia Christmore Faculty Teaching Award, New Mexico State University, 2014.

Travel award, CBMS/NSF Regional Conference on Bayesian Nonparametric Statistical Methods: Theory and Applications, Santa Cruz, CA, 2010.

Runner-up (Written), Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society Student Paper Competition, 2010.

Predoctoral Traineeship Award, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, 2008.

Phi Beta Kappa, 1992.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 1990.

Contracts/Grants

NIH/NCATS 5KL2TR001448-09 (Cannon) Institutional Career Development Core, KL2 Scholars

Program Role: PI Subaward

NIH/NIGMS U54GM104944 (Kumar) Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network (MW-CTR-IN)

Role: Co-PI Subaward

NIH/NCI 2U54CA132383-11 (Unguez, O’Connell, Simon, Thompson) 
“Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research: NMSU-Fred Hutch”

Role: Project Leader

NIH/NCI P01 CA154292 (Miglioretti, Kerlikowske, Tosteson)
“Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening and Surveillance in Community Settings”

Role: Consultant

NIH/NCI R01CA242735 (Etzioni) 09/19/19-08/31/22 Modeling to Minimize Detection Bias in Cancer Risk Prediction Studies

Role: PI Subaward

NIH/NIGMS 3T34GM007667-42W1 (Unguez) 06/01/20-05/31/21 Biomedical Research Training MARC U-STAR

Role: Faculty

Cowboys for Cancer Research (Gard)
“Improving the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Risk Prediction Model”

Role: Principal Investigator

HRSA R40MC30756 (McDonald)
"Linked Dataset Analysis of Disparities in Cesarean Delivery Rates on the U.S.-Mexican Border"
Role: Co-Investigator

A ST 311 Statistical Applications (3 credits)

A ST 505 Statistical Inference I (4 credits)

A ST 555 Applied Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)

MGT 512/A ST 512 Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions (3 credits)

A ST 554 Practicum in Statistics (3 credits)

A ST 550/A ST 511 Statistical Methods for Data Analytics (3 credits)