Arthur Sillah, MPH PhD(c)

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Arthur Sillah

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Public health professional with over 10 years’ experience in substantial quantitative research data analysis skills; possessing strong communication and interpersonal skills and considerable institutional review board (IRB) regulatory procedures and significant organizational capabilities. Core competencies include research experience, including epidemiologic study designs, designing and implementation of research projects; with expertise and ability to write research proposals, protocols, questionnaires, and scientific manuscripts. Involvement with research projects related to cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention and treatment outcomes, health systems research, social determinants of health, and knowledge translation experiences to improve community health surveillance systems. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle WA Pre-Doc Research Associate/ Cancer prevention research Trainee September 2016-

• Data linkage of sleep study, electronic health record and cancer databases

• Applying advanced sampling and statistical techniques to assess cancer incidence and mortality amongst sleep disordered patients using observational data

• Grant writing, manuscript, and conference presentation preparations

• Statistical coding for observational data using STATA

• Use SEER*Stat for the analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) and other cancer- related databases

• Questionnaire designs and REDCap database development

• Data Harmonization for colorectal cancer genetics and survival study

• Cancer Immunotherapy response study

• Bacterial correlates in colorectal cancer

Allina Hospitals & Clinics (Now Allina Health), Minneapolis MN Research Data Analyst –Inter (June 2012- June 2014), Information Management Analyst-inter (July 2014 – July 2016)

• Project 1: Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU)

• Project 2: Healthy Community Partnership (HCP)

• Supported several other projects as needed: Women’s heart support network and Familial Hypercholesterolemia project, Population health measurement initiative (for Allina health Patients, employees, and communities)

• Wrote algorithms in SPSS, STATA & SAS for various research and evaluation activities for HONU & HCP

• Helped develop statistical framework for research and evaluation questions or hypothesis

• Designed and established an electronic myocardial infarction (MI) surveillance system for both hospitalized and non-hospitalized MIs, processing MI data and monitoring MI trends as part of HONU

• Conducted a variety of sophisticated analyses to examine changes over time in measures from patients and screening datasets and evaluation of program outcomes for the programmatic datasets.

• Assist with the development of Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications.

• Assisted with drafting reports and documentation of findings, including institutional reports, abstract, conference presentation and manuscripts for publication; assist with preparation of materials for internal and external presentation, including handouts and PowerPoint presentations.

• Founded and Co-ran a coding club that met monthly to discuss and troubleshoot coding problems in different statistical analysis platforms

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African Sky, Minneapolis, MN

Graduate Fellow August 2011 – May 2012

• Program impact evaluation and community assessment in Mali Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota Graduate Research Assistant August 2010 – August 2011

• Project: Minnesota Stroke Registry and Survey

• Wrote algorithms in PC-SAS to investigate stroke trends, survival and performance measures Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Research Assistant June 2010 – August 2010

• Synthesis of 1,2 –Indanedione Gold Nanoparticles complexes Department of Chemistry, Macalester College

Research Assistant January 2010 – May 2010

• Copper Efflux Regulator Protein (CueR) -Determination of the amino acid residues that confer metal-ion specificity to CueR from Salmonella and measurement of the copper and Silver affinity for CueR Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Research Intern June 2009 – September 2009

• Diastolic Dysfunctions in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients determined from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI)

Hennepin County Medical Center, Emergency Department Research Associate June 2009 – September 2009

• Collected data for research projects aimed at improving patient care in Emergency Medicine EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Cancer Epidemiology expected: Autumn 2020 University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle WA Dissertation: Cancer incidence, mortality, and immunotherapy response in relation to sleep disturbances: Results from Cardiovascular Health Study and Cancer Immunotherapy Cohort Master of Public Health, Cardiovascular disease Epidemiology May 2012 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN Thesis: Community-level Program Participation and High Blood Pressure Improvement over 2 years in the Heart of New Ulm Project

B.A., Chemistry (Biochemistry emphasis, Biology minor) May 2010 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

SKILL SUMMARY

1. Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) 2. Statistical Analysis Software: Stata, SPSS, SAS, SEER*Stat, R, STELLA, with limited proficiency in SQL and Python

3. Study Designs, Intervention Development, Grant writing, Questionnaire development, Program Planning and Evaluation and Research, Statistical Modeling and Analysis and Manuscript preparation. Arthur Sillah, MPH PhD(c)

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CERTIFICATIONS

• March 2010: College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) Science Tutor Certification

• May 2010: American Chemical Society (Certified Chemist) AWARDS

• June 2020: Biostatistics Summer Institute scholarship award, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington

• June 2019: Society for Epidemiologic Research Dissertation Workshop Fellowship (1 of 12 recipients)

• July 2018-Present: Cancer Prevention Research training grant award for dissertation work

• August 2006-May 2010: Koffi Annan International student scholar for undergraduate study at Macalester college

• August 2006-May 2010: United World College Scholar for undergraduate study at Macalester college SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (MOST RECENT FIRST) 1. Sillah, A.; Watson, N.F.; Gozal, D.; Phipps, A.I.; Severity of obstructive sleep apnea and cancer survival. SLEEP June 2019

2. Sillah, A.; Watson, N.F.; Gozal, D.; Phipps, A.I.; (co presented) Sleep and Cancer. Symposium -SLEEP June 2019 3. Sillah, A.; Watson, N.F.; Gozal, D.; Phipps, A.I.; Severity of obstructive sleep apnea and subsequent risk for cancer incidence. SLEEP June 2018

4. Sillah, A.; Watson, N.F.; Schwartz, S.M.; Phipps, A.I.; Sleep apnea and subsequent risk for cancer incidence. Society for Epidemiologic Research conference June 2017

5. Sidebottom A. Sillah A. Vock D. Knickelbine T. Boucher J. VanWormer J. Assessing the Effect of the Heart of New Ulm Project: a Population-Based Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease. Epi Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2017. March 7-10.

6. Sillah A. Sidebottom A. Miedema M. Knickelbine T. Boucher J. VanWormer J. Short-term Changes in Lifestyle Changes in HDL and Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio in the Heart of New Ulm Project. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014. November 15-19.

7. Miedema M. Sidebottom A. Sillah A. Benson G. Knickelbine T. Boucher J. VanWormer J. The Implications of the Recent American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Guidelines for the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol on a Rural Community: The Heart of New Ulm Project. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014. November 15-19.

8. Sidebottom A. Sillah A. Vock DM. Miedema M. Pereira RF. Benson G. Boucher J. Knickelbine T. VanWormer J. Improvement in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors After Five Years of a Population-Based Intervention: The Heart of New Ulm Project. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014. November 15-19. Arthur Sillah, MPH PhD(c)

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9. G Benson, A Sidebottom, A Sillah, J Boucher, T Knickelbine and J VanWormer. Results from the HeartBeat Connections Integrated Telemedicine Program. American College of Cardiology, April 2, 2014, Washington, D. 10. Krueger J. Sillah A. Sidebottom A. Miedema M. Hasan A. Identifying Acute Myocardial Infarctions from Coded Data in the EHR. 2013 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium November 16-20, Washington, DC.

11. Boucher J. Sidebottom A. Sillah A. Knickelbine T. Pereira R. VanWormer J. Short-term Changes in Lifestyle Risk Factors and Incident Metabolic Syndrome in the Heart of New Ulm Project. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2013. November 16-20. (oral presentation) 12. Sidebottom A. Boucher J. Pereira R. Sillah A. Glaubitz H. Fliszar R. Benson B. Lindberg R. Knickelbine T. Implementation and Evaluation of the First Three Years of a Population-Based Intervention to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease: The Heart of New Ulm Project. Healthy Minnesota: Communities in Action, September 28, 2012, Bloomington, MN

13. Sillah A. Schneider R. Lechner KE. Food security monitoring and evaluation in rural Mali: Preliminary findings. Addressing Challenges Through International Research: Inaugural International Research Conference. Minneapolis, MN. February 2012.

14. Lechner KE. Sillah A. Schneider R. Hong AJ. Rural women’s intergenerational knowledge transfer: Lessons from Mali. Poster. Addressing Challenges Through International Research: Inaugural International Research Conference. Minneapolis, MN. February 2012.

15. Schissel C. Berger AK. Luepker RV. Steffen LM. Sillah A. Jacobs DR. Anderson DC. Lakshminarayan K. Trends in Nine-Year Survival of Stroke Patients between 1980 and 2000: The Minnesota Stroke Survey American Heart Association: EPI NAPAM 2012 Scientific Sessions. January 2012 16. Knickelbine T. Boucher J. Sidebottom A. Pereira RF. Pieser B. Sillah A. Strauss C. Stephens C. Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Risk Biomarkers from a Population Based Intervention: The Heart of New Ulm Project, 2 Year Results . American College of Cardiology: 2012 Scientific Conference. January 2012 17. Filion KB. Sillah A. Anderson D. Luepker R. KLakshminarayan K. Age-Specific Stroke Trends from 1980 to 2000: The Minnesota Stroke Survey. American Heart Association 2011 Scientific Sessions. November 2011. 18. Sillah A, Schwartz R. Left Atrium In Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. At the Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences and Psychology. Washington University in St. Louis. November 2009 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (MOST RECENT FIRST)

1. Sillah, A., et al. (2020). Predictive Lifestyle Markers for Efficacy of Cancer Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A commentary. Future oncology (in press)

2. Sillah, A., Faria, F., Watson, N. F., Gozal, D., & Phipps, A. I. (2020). Five-year relative survival in sleep apnea patients with a subsequent cancer diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, jcsm-8312. (In press) 3. Sillah, A., Watson, N. F., Gozal, D., & Phipps, A. I. (2019). Obstructive sleep apnea severity and subsequent risk for cancer incidence. Preventive medicine reports, 15, 100886. 4. Benson, G., Sidebottom, A. C., Sillah, A., Vock, D. M., Vacquier, M. C., Miedema, M. D., & VanWormer, J. J. (2019). Population- level changes in lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the Heart of New Ulm Project. Preventive medicine reports, 13, 332-340.

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5. Benson, G.A., Sidebottom, A., Hayes, J., Miedema, M.D., Boucher, J., Vacquier, M., Sillah, A., Gamam, S. and VanWormer, J.J., 2019. Impact of ENHANCED (diEtitiaNs Helping pAtieNts CarE for Diabetes) Telemedicine Randomized Controlled Trial on Diabetes Optimal Care Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 119(4), pp.585-598.

6. Sillah, A., Watson, N. F., Schwartz, S. M., Gozal, D., & Phipps, A. I. (2018). Sleep apnea and subsequent cancer incidence. Cancer Causes & Control, 29(10), 987-994.

7. Sidebottom, A. C., Sillah, A., Vock, D. M., Miedema, M. D., Pereira, R., Benson, G., ... & VanWormer, J. J. (2018). Assessing the impact of the heart of New Ulm Project on cardiovascular disease risk factors: A population-based program to reduce cardiovascular disease. Preventive medicine, 112, 216-221. 8. Benson, G. A., Sidebottom, A., Sillah, A., Boucher, J. L., Miedema, M. D., Knickelbine, T., & VanWormer, J. J. (2018). Reach and effectiveness of the HeartBeat Connections telemedicine pilot program. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 24(3), 216-223.

9. Lindberg, R., Sidebottom, A. C., McCool, B., Pereira, R. F., Sillah, A., & Boucher, J. L. (2018). Changing the restaurant food environment to improve cardiovascular health in a rural community: implementation and evaluation of the Heart of New Ulm restaurant programme. Public health nutrition, 21(5), 992-1001. 10. VanWormer, J. J., Pereira, R. F., Sillah, A., Sidebottom, A. C., Benson, G. A., Lindberg, R., ... & Boucher, J. L. (2018). Adult weight management across the community: population level impact of the LOSE IT to WIN IT challenge. Obesity science & practice, 4(2), 119-128.

11. VanWormer, J. J., Boucher, J. L., Sidebottom, A. C., Sillah, A., & Knickelbine, T. (2017). Lifestyle changes and prevention of metabolic syndrome in the Heart of New Ulm Project. Preventive Medicine Reports, 6, 242-245. 12. Benson, G. A., Sidebottom, A., Sillah, A., Boucher, J. L., Miedema, M. D., Knickelbine, T., & VanWormer, J. J. (2017). Reach and effectiveness of the HeartBeat Connections telemedicine pilot program. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 1357633X17692723.

13. Miedema, M. D., Sidebottom, A. C., Sillah, A., Benson, G., Knickelbine, T., & VanWormer, J. J. (2016). Clinical implications of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the treatment of blood cholesterol for a rural community: Data from the Heart of New Ulm Project. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 14. Benson, G., Witt, D. R., VanWormer, J. J., Campbell, S. M., Sillah, A., Hayes, S. N., ... & Gulati, M. (2016). Medication adherence, cascade screening, and lifestyle patterns among women with hypercholesterolemia: Results from the WomenHeart survey. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 15. Sidebottom, A. C., Sillah, A., Miedema, M. D., Vock, D. M., Pereira, R., Benson, G., ... & VanWormer, J. J. (2016). Changes in cardiovascular risk factors after 5 years of implementation of a population-based program to reduce cardiovascular disease: The Heart of New Ulm Project. American heart journal, 175, 66-76. 16. Witt, D., Benson, G., Campbell, S., Sillah, A., & Berra, K. (2016). Measures of Patient Activation and Social Support in a Peer-Led Support Network for Women With Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 36(6), 430-437.

17. Sidebottom, A. C., Jorgenson, A., Richards, H., Kirven, J., & Sillah, A. (2014). Inpatient Palliative Care for Patients with Acute Heart Failure: Outcomes from a Randomized Trial. Journal of palliative medicine 18. Sidebottom, A. C., Johnson, P. J., VanWormer, J. J., Sillah, A., Winden, T. J., & Boucher, J. L. (2014). Exploring Electronic Health Records as a Population Health Surveillance Tool of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. Population health management -Not available-, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/pop.2014.0058. Arthur Sillah, MPH PhD(c)

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19. Lakshminarayan, K., Berger, A. K., Fuller, C. C., Jacobs, D. R., Anderson, D. C., Steffen, L. M., Sillah A., Luepker, R. V.

(2014). Trends in 10-Year Survival of Patients With Stroke Hospitalized Between 1980 and 2000 The Minnesota Stroke Survey. Stroke, 45(9), 2575-2581.

20. Sillah A., Sidebottom, A.C., Boucher, J.L. Pereira, R., & VanWormer. J.J., Program Participation and Blood Pressure Improvement over 2 years in the Heart of New Ulm Project. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11:E48; 2014. 21. Kim, J. I., Sillah, A., Boucher, J. L., Sidebottom, A. C., & Knickelbine, T. (2013). Prevalence of the American Heart Association's “Ideal Cardiovascular Health” Metrics in a Rural, Cross sectional, Community Based Study: The Heart of New Ulm Project. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2(3), e000058. 22. Knickelbine, T., Boucher, J., Sidebottom, A., Pereira, R., Pieser, B., Sillah, A., ... & Stephens, C. (2012). REDUCED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS AND RISK BIOMARKERS FROM A POPULATION-BASED INTERVENTION: THE HEART OF NEW ULM PROJECT, 2-YEAR RESULTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 59(13 Supplement), E1791.

23. Schneider, R., Sillah, A., Lechner, K.E., Lacy,S. (2012). Food Security Monitoring and Evaluation in Dissan, Rural Mali: Preliminary Findings. Journal of Global Health Perspectives. 2012 Nov 14. 24. Lechner, K.E, Hong, A.J., Sillah, A., Schneider, R., Lacy, S.(2012). Understanding Women’s Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Rural Mali: Lessons from the African Sky Mothers and Daughters Summit. Journal of Global Health Perspectives, 1(1)

MANUSCRIPTS IN DEVELOPMENT OR UNDER REVIEW

1. Rowe, JC., Prasanna, PD., Nelson, M., Kamara, Y., Potter, J., Sillah, A., General anesthesia with endotracheal tube versus laryngeal mask airway in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized controlled trial (Submitted to Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology ) 2. Sillah,A., et al. Short term effects of Behavioral Lifestyle Changes on HDL and total Cholesterol/HDL ratio in a Rural Based Community: Findings from the Heart of New Ulm Project. In works 3. Sillah, A., et al. Sleep apnea severity and risk of cancer incidence and mortality: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and Cardiovascular Health Study (In works) 4. Sillah, A., et al. Sleep apnea risk and short-term cancer immunotherapy response: Results from the newly formed immunotherapy cohort (In works)

5. Sillah, A., et al. Sleep disordered symptoms and risk of cancer incidence and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study

(in works)

6. Sillah, A., et al. Sleep disturbances in cancer immunotherapy cohort: A pilot study (in works) 7. Sillah, A., et al. Sleep disturbances and short-term cancer immunotherapy response: A pilot study (in works) JOURNAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES (2018-PRESENT)

1. Peer reviewer, BMC Public Health. Number of Works Reviewed: 5 2. Peer reviewer, PLOS ONE. Number of Works Reviewed: 3 Arthur Sillah, MPH PhD(c)

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3. Peer reviewer, FASEB Journal. Number of Works Reviewed: 2 4. Peer reviewer, Internal Journal of Obesity. Number of Works Reviewed: 1 5. Peer reviewer, Scientific Report. Number of Works Reviewed: 2 6. Peer reviewer, SLEEP. Number of Works Reviewed: 2 7. Peer reviewer, European Respiratory Journal. Number of Works Reviewed: 2

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