Publications and Research
Works from 2011
The Association of Tree Pollen Concentration Peaks and Allergy Medication Sales in New York City: 2003–2008, Perry E. Sheffield, Kate R. Weinberger, Kazuhiko Ito, Thomas D. Matte, Robert W. Mathes, Guy S. Robinson, and Patrick L. Kinney
Seropositivity to Cytomegalovirus, Inflammation, All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease-Related Mortality in the United States, Amanda M. Simanek, Jennifer Beam Dowd, Graham Pawelec, David Melzer, Ambarish Dutta, and Allison E. Aiello
The Murine Caecal MicroRNA Signature Depends on the Presence of the Endogenous Microbiota, Natasha Singh, Elize A. Shirdel, Levi Waldron, Regan-Heng Zhang, Igor Jurisica, and Elena M. Comelli
Relationships Between Self-Reported Smoking, Household Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms in a Pregnant Minority Population, Sylvia Tan, Lauren P. Courtney, Ayman El-Mohandes, Susan M. Blake, Marie G. Gantz, Jutta Thornberry, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, David Perry, and Michele Kiely
Works from 2010
Cord blood versus age 5 mononuclear cell proliferation on IgE and asthma, Carolyn Chang, Kevin Gauvey-Kern, Alina johnson, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Ginger L. Chew, Frederica Perera, and Rachel L. Miller
An Intervention to Reduce Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Improves Pregnancy Outcomes, Ayman El-Mohandes, Michele Kiely, Susan M. Blake, Marie G. Gantz, and M. Nabil El-Khorazaty
CAMPAIGNS TO CHANGE HEALTH DAMAGING CORPORATE PRACTICES, Nicholas Freudenberg
Optimization and analysis of a quantitative real-time PCR-based technique to determine microRNA expression in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples, Rashmi S. Goswami, Levi Waldron, Jerry Machado, Nilva K. Cervigne, Wei Xu, Patricia Reis, Denis Bailey, Igor Jurisica, Michael R. Crump, and Suzanne Kamel-Reid
Case Fatality Rates Based on Population Estimates of Influenza-Like Illness Due to Novel H1N1 Influenza: New York City, May–June 2009, James L. Hadler, Kevin Konty, Katharine H. McVeigh, Anne Fine, Donna Eisenhower, Bonnie Kerker, and Lorna Thorpe
An integrated intervention to reduce intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a randomized trial, Michele Kiely, Ayman El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, and Marie G. Gantz
Family structure, parent-child conversation time and substance use among Chinese adolescents, Kwok-Kei Mak, Sai-Yin Ho, G Neil Thomas, C Mary Schooling, Sarah M. McGhee, and Tai-Hing Lam
COMPARING THE VALIDITY OF FIVE PARTICIPATION INSTRUMENTS IN PERSONS WITH SPINAL CONDITIONS, Vanessa K. Noonan, Jacek A. Kopec, Luc Noreau, Joel Singer, Louise C. Mâsse, Hongbin Zhang, and Marcel F. Dvorak
Introducing a multi-site program for early diagnosis of HIV infection among HIV-exposed infants in Tanzania, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Bazghina Werq-Semo, Aziz Abdallah, Amy Cunningham, John G. Gamaliel, Sevestine Mtunga, Victoria Nankabirwa, Isaya Malisa, Luis F. Gonzalez, Charles Massambu, Denis Nash, Jessica Justman, and Elaine J. Abrams
Sex partnerships, health, and social risks of young men leaving jail: analyzing data from a randomized controlled trial, Megha Ramaswamy and Nicholas Freudenberg
Qualitative Methods Can Enrich Quantitative Research on Occupational Stress: An Example From One Occupational Group, Irvin Sam Schonfeld and Edwin Farrell
Estimated birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors in a developing southern Chinese population: a cross sectional study, C. Mary Schooling, C. Q. Jiang, T. H. Lam, B. J. Cowling, S. L. Yeung, W. S. Zhang, K. K. Cheng, and G. M. Leung
Acceptance, Communication Mode and Use of Audio Computer- Assisted Self Interview Using Touchscreen to Identify Risk Factors among Pregnant Minority Women, Jutta S. Thornberry, Kennan B. Murray, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, and Michele Kiely
Impact of resilience enhancing programs on youth surviving the Beslan school siege, Stefan Vetter, Igor Dulaev, Mario Mueller, Robert R. Henley, William T. Gallo, and Zalina Kanukova
Impact of insurance status on migraine care in the United States, Andrew Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, and Rachel Nardin
Consistency and precision of cancer reporting in a multiwave national panel survey, Anna Zajacova, Jennifer Beam Dowd, Robert F. Schoeni, and Robert B. Wallace
Works from 2009
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Avoidance Among Pregnant African-American Nonsmokers, Susan M. Blake, Kennan D. Murray, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, Marie G. Gantz, Michele Kiely, Dana Best, Jill G. Joseph, and Ayman El-Mohandes
Prediction of Birth Weight By Cotinine Levels During Pregnancy in a Population of African American Smokers, Ayman A.E. El-Mohandes, Michele Kiely, Marie G. Gantz, Susan M. Blake, and M Nabil El-Khorazaty
A randomised-controlled trial of two educational modes for undergraduate evidence-based medicine learning in Asia, Janice M. Johnston, Mary Schooling, and Gabriel M. Leung
Métodos Qualitativos e Quantitativos na Pesquisa Sobre Stress Ocupacional, Irvin Sam Schonfeld and Edwin Farrell
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Occupational-Stress Research, Irvin Sam Schonfeld and Edwin Farrell
Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong, Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Yao He, Kwok Hang Mak, and Gabriel M. Leung
Works from 2008
An Integrated Intervention in Pregnant African Americans Reduces Postpartum Risk: A Randomized Trial, Ayman El-Mohandes, Michele Kiely, Jill G. Joseph, Siva Subramanian, Allan A. Johnson, Susn M. Blake, Marie G. Gantz, and M. Nabil El-Khorazaty
Cities of Consumption: The Impact of Corporate Practices on the Health of Urban Populations, Nicholas Freudenberg and Sandro Galea
The Impact of Corporate Practices on Health: Implications for Health Policy, Nicholas Freudenberg and Sandro Galea
Changing Corporate Practices to Reduce Cancer Disparities, Nicholas Freudenberg, Sandro Galea, and Marianne Fahs
Birth Weight, Infant Growth, and Childhood Body Mass Index: Hong Kong’s Children of 1997 Birth Cohort, L. L. Hui, Mary Schooling, Shirley Sze Lee Leung, Kwok Hang Mak, Lai Ming Ho, Tai Hing Lam, and Gabriel M. Leung
Meta-Analysis: Prophylactic Drainage and Bleeding Complications in Thyroid Surgery, Steven A. Kennedy, Robert A. Irvine, Brian D. Westerberg, and Hongbin Zhang
Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study, Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Kwok Hang Mak, and Gabriel M. Leung
Moderate Alcohol Use and Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Study in Older Chinese People, Mary Schooling, Sun Wenji, Sai Yin Ho, Wai Man Chan, May Ked Tham, Kin Sang Ho, Gabriel M. Leung, and Tai Hing Lam
Childhood Obesity Predicts Adult Metabolic Syndrome: The Fels Longitudinal Study, Shumei S. Sun, Ruohong Liang, Terry T-K Huang, Stephen R. Daniels, Silva Arslanian, Kiang Liu, Gilman D. Grave, and Roger M. Siervogel
Works from 2007
Pregnancy Intentions and Happiness Among Pregnant Black Women at High Risk for Adverse Infant Health Outcomes, Susan M. Blake, Michele Kiely, Charlotte C. Gard, Ayman El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, and NIH-DC Initiative
Recruitment and retention of low-income minority women in a behavioral intervention to reduce smoking, depression, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy, M Nabil El-Khorazaty, Allan A. Johnson, Michele Kiely, Ayman El-Mohandes, Siva Subramanian, Haziel A. Laryea, Kennan B. Murray, Jutta S. Thornberry, and Jill G. Joseph
Public Health Campaigns to Change Industry Practices That Damage Health: An Analysis of 12 Case Studies, Nicholas Freudenberg, Sarah Picard Bradley, and Monica Serrano
Reframing School Dropout as a Public Health Issue, Nicholas Freudenberg and Jessica Ruglis
Low-income minority mothers’ reports of infant health care utilisation compared with medical records, Kennan D. Murray, Ayman El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, and Michele Kiely
Growth Environment and Sex Differences in Lipids, BodyShape and Diabetes Risk, Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, G. Neil Thomas, Benjamin J. Cowling, Michelle Heys, Edward D. Janus, and Gabriel M. Leung
Works from 2006
Community Reactions to Campaigns Addressing Crystal Methamphetamine Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men In New York City, Jose Nanín, Jeffrey T. Parsons, David S. Bimbi, Christian Grov, and Justin T. Brown
Obesity, Physical Activity, and Mortality in a Prospective Chinese Elderly Cohort, Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Zhi Bin Li, Sai Yin Ho, Wai Man Chan, Kin Sang Ho, May Ked Tham, Benjamin J. Cowling, and Gabriel M. Leung
Works from 2005
Public Health Advocacy to Change Corporate Practices: Implications for Health Education Practice and Research, Nicholas Freudenberg
Works from 2004
Health Education’s New Frontier in Addressing Corporate Influences on Health: An Interview With Nicholas Freudenberg, Nicholas Freudenberg, Ellen Jones, and Lori Dorfman
Single-Payer National Health Insurance: Physicians' Views, Danny McCormick, David U. Himmelstein, Stephanie Woolhandler, and David H. Bor
Works from 2003
Persistence of Virus-Reactive Serum Immunoglobulin M Antibody in Confirmed West Nile Virus Encephalitis Cases, John T. Roehrig, Denis Nash, Beth Maldin, Anne Labowitz, Denise A. Martin, Robert S. Lanciotti, and Grant L. Campbell
Health Beliefs and Parenting Attitudes Influence Breastfeeding Patterns Among Low-income African-American women, Phyllis W. Sharpe, Ayman A.E. El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, Michele Kiely, and Tessa Walker
Works from 2002
Laboratory Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism, New York City, 2001, Michael B. Heller, Michel L. Bunning, Martin E.B. France, Debra M. Niemeyer, Leonard Peruski, Tim Naimi, Phillip M. Talboy, Patrick H. Murray, Harald W. Pietz, John Kornblum, William Oleszko, Sara T. Beatrice, Joint Microbiological Rapid Response Team, New York City Anthrax Investigation Working Group, and Denis Nash
Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications, Karen Lasser, Paul D. Allen, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Sidney M. Wolfe, and David H. Bor
Relationship Between Low Quality-of-Care Scores and HMOs' Subsequent Public Disclosure of Quality-of-Care Scores, Danny McCormick, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Sidney M. Wolfe, and David H. Bor
Mercury exposure and malaria prevalence among gold miners in Pará, Brazil, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Denis Nash, Circey Trevant, G. Thomas Strickland, Jose Maria de Souza, and Rui S.U. da Silva
Works from 2001
The Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in the New York City Area in 1999, Denis Nash, Farzad Mostashari, Annie Fine, James Miller, Daniel O'Leary, Kristy Murray, Ada Huang, Amy Rosenberg, Abby Greenberg, Margaret Sherman, Susan Wong, and Marcelle Layton
Works from 2000
The Role of Pathology in an Investigation of an Outbreak of West Nile Encephalitis in New York, 1999, Wun-Ju Shieh, Jeannette Guarner, Marci Layton, Annie Fine, James Miller, Denis Nash, Grant L. Campbell, John T. Roehrig, Duane J. Gubler, and Sherif R. Zaki
Works from 1999
Outbreak of West Nile-Like Viral Encephalitis -- New York, 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Denis Nash
Update: West Nile-Like Viral Encephalitis — New York, 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Denis Nash
Update: West Nile Virus Encephalitis — New York, 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Denis Nash
Quality of Care in Investor-Owned vs Not-for-Profit HMOs, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Ida Hellander, and Sidney M. Wolfe
Works from 1998
The Guillain-Barre syndrome and the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 influenza vaccines, Tamar Lasky, Gina J. Terracciano, Laurence Magder, Carol Lee Koski, Michael Ballesteros, Denis Nash, Shelley Clarke, Penina Haber, Paul D. Stolley, Lawrence B. Schonberger, and Robert T. Chen
Works from 1995
A Population-Based Serologic Survey of Immunity to Tetanus in the United States, Peter J. Gergen, Geraldine M. McQuillan, Michele Kiely, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Roland W. Sutter, and Gabriel Virella
Works from 1986
Caring Choices: Decision-making about Treatment for Catastrophically Ill Newborns, Betty Wolder Levin