Environmental Epidemiology

Research Themes

Sources and management of childhood lead exposure
Evaluation of the efficacy of PSA screening
Use of case-control studies to evaluate preventive interventions
Analysis of New Jersey and national perinatal statistics
Trends and correlates in hospitalization for asthma
Mortality studies at DOE sites
Geocoding in the identification of environmental exposures
Use of SAS in the conduct and analysis of clinical and epidemiological studies
Statistical methods for clinical trials
Staff turnover among non-professional long term care employees
Racial differences in self-reported health
Emergency psychiatric services for the developmentally disabled
The status of community health assessment in New Jersey
Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use in New Jersey (in collaboration with PERC)
Statistical approaches to environmental water sampling problems
Conflicts between individual privacy for medical records and the community need for disclosure

Eric Jahn, M.D.
Grace Lu-Yao, Ph.D.