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I am currently an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Graduate
School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. My research
interests lies in diabetes epidemiology, injury epidemiology, and health
economics. Most often, I examine cost issues in diabetes or injuries.
I became involved in injury research following an internship as a graduate student with the injury group at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA. I started by looking at the role of medical conditions in motor vehicle crashes and now I am in vestigating the costs of violence. |
I enjoy injury research because the questions to investigate are much more different and interesting than standard topics in epidemiology. Basically, research into injuries and their occurrence is fun. It is fun because the circumstances which surrounds injuries are often unique, and it catches your interest.
Three high school athletes have died in the past three weeks while participating in sports. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/11/97)
A case in point is the newspaper vignette outlined here. When you read that someone has died from missing the landing mat at a pole vault event, you are immediately struck by the circumstances and are curious about how frequently it occurs and what measures might take place to prevent it from occurring in the future.