Stephanie A. Monks, Ph.D., M.Stat.
Associate Professor of Statistics
Undergraduate Advisor of Statistics
Department of Statistics
301G MSCS Building
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-1056

(405) 744-9657 (phone)
(405) 744-3533 (fax)

E-mail: stephanie.monks@okstate.edu (work) stephanie_monks@yahoo.com (personal)
Website: http://statistics.okstate.edu/people/faculty/monks/index.html

About me:

          Dr. Stephanie Monks received her Ph.D. in Statistics in 1999 from North Carolina State University. Her academic work and research focused on the area of statistical genetics, and she conducted her dissertation work at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  Then, as today, she worked to develop novel statistical methods for the detection of genes that predispose an individual to disease or that otherwise affect an individual’s risk for disease. Upon completion of her Ph.D., Dr. Monks took an Assistant Professorship in the Biostatistics Department at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research in the area of statistical genetics continued with the development of new experimental designs and statistical methods that could be used to bridge traditional statistical genetics with the newly evolving field of genomics. The first of this research was conducted at a Seattle-based biotechnology company, Rosetta Inpharmatics, and was published in the journal Nature in early 2003. Dr. Monks continues in this research area as well as in the general area of statistical genetics.

           While Dr. Monks’ primary interests are in new designs and methods in statistical genetics, she maintains a strong commitment to collaborative research both as a means for generating new methodology questions and for ensuring that statistical genetics methods are optimally applied to research programs. Her collaborative work has included drug resistant Malaria, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, myocardial infarction, stroke and prostate cancer. 

           Dr. Monks has also been heavily involved in curriculum development with new courses developed in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology. In addition, she was active in the creation of a Ph.D. program in Statistical Genetics within the Department of Biostatistics and a Masters of Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Washington.  She now serves as the Undergraduate Advisor of Statistics at Oklahoma State University.

A sampling of publications:

Monks SA (2006) Statistical Issues in Ecogenetic Studies. In Fundamentals of Ecogenetics, edited by LG Costa and DL Eaton. Wiley.

Monks SA, Leonardson A, Zhu H, Cundiff P, Pietrusiak P, Edwards S, Phillips J, Sachs A, Schadt EE (2004) Genetic Inheritance of Gene Expression in Human Cell Lines. Am J Hum Genet 75(6):1094-105

Schadt EE*, Monks SA * et al (2003) The genetics of gene expression: a survey across man, mouse and maize. Nature. 422:297-302 *Equal contributions by marked authors

Monks SA, Kaplan NL (2000) Removing the sampling restrictions from family-based tests of association for a quantitative-trait locus. Am J Hum Genet 66:576-592

Monks SA, Kaplan NL, Weir BS (1998) A comparative study of sibship tests of linkage and/or association. Am J Hum Genet: 63:1507-1516

My full Curriculum Vita is available here.  OSU students should see the Online Classroom for my course websites.