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Kenneth J. Rothman
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Kenneth J. Rothman

Distinguished Fellow, Epidemiology

Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH, is vice president for epidemiology research in RTI Health Solutions. Dr. Rothman has focused his career on the development and teaching of the concepts and methods of epidemiologic research, and has authored or co-authored more than 250 scholarly publications. His research has spanned a wide range of health problems, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurologic disease, birth defects, injuries, environmental exposures, and adverse effects of pharmaceutical agents. He was the founding editor of Epidemiology, assistant editor of the American Journal of Public Health, editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology, and a member of the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine and the international advisory board of The Lancet. He is a past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, an honorary Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and Fellow and former member of the board of directors of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology. He has written two widely read epidemiologic textbooks: Modern Epidemiology (now in its third edition) and Epidemiology, An Introduction (now in its second edition).

Education

DrPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health; MPH, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; DMD, Dental Medicine, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; AB, Physical Sciences, Colgate University.

Publications

Statins may reduce femoral osteolysis in patients with total hip arthroplasty — Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Lubbeke, A., Garavaglia, G., Rothman, K.J., Bonvin, A., Roussos, C., Miozzari, H., et al. (May 2013)
John Snow's legacy: Epidemiology without borders — Lancet
Fine, P., Victora, C.G., Rothman, K.J., Moore, P.S., Chang, Y., Curtis, V., et al. (Apr 2013)
Estimation using all available covariate information versus a fixed look-back window for dichotomous covariates — Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Brunelli, S.M., Gagne, J.J., Huybrechts, K.F., Wang, S.V., Patrick, A.R., Rothman, K.J., et al. (Mar 2013)
Volitional determinants and age-related decline in fecundability: a general population prospective cohort study in Denmark — Fertility and Sterility
Rothman, K.J., Wise, L.A., Sorensen, H.T., Riis, A.H., Mikkelsen, E.M., & Hatch, E.E. (Mar 2013)
A retrospective study of the clinical and economic burden during hospitalizations among cancer patients with febrile neutropenia — Journal of Medical Economics
Dulisse, B., Li, X., Gayle, J.A., Barron, R.L., Ernst, F.R., Rothman, K.J., Legg, J.C., & Kaye, J.A. (Mar 2013)
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