Presentations & Publications

Epidemiological Study Design, baltimore, maryland, epidemiology dc, md, atlanta, georgia

  • Selected Presentations and Abstracts
  • Selected Textbooks
  • Selected Book Chapters
  • Selected Journal Articles
  • Selected Monographs

 

Selected Presentations and Abstracts

 

Zambelli-Weiner A,  Kramer S,  Moller S, Hawkins M.  A Persistent Worldwide Environmental Hazard: Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) Sites.  International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 20th Conference, October 2008, Pasadena CA.

 

Moller S, Zambelli-Weiner A, Hawkins M, Kramer S.  Excess cancer risk among a population exposed to environmental carcinogens.  Society for Epidemiologic Research 41st Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL; July 2008.

 

Hawkins M, Kramer S, Moller S, Zambelli-Weiner A. Elevated rates of neuroblastoma associated with exposure to coal tar from a former manufactured gas plant (MGP) site.  American College of Epidemiology.  Ft. Lauderdale, FL; September 2007.

 

Zambelli-Weiner A, Moller S, Kramer S.  Association between hazardous waste from a munitions factory and neuroblastoma.  Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research.  Boston, MA; June 2007.

 

Zambelli-Weiner A, Stockton M, Ehrlich E, Whitmer M, Lewis D, Olenchock S, Barnes KC.  House dust endotoxin exposure mitigates asthma severity in a tropical environment.  American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology.  San Francisco, CA; March 2004.

 

Munoz M, Zambelli-Weiner A, Grant A, Lorenzo M, Ehrlich E, Burki M, Gao L, Ye S, Beaty TH, Garcia JGN, Barnes KC.  Association between variants in the gene encoding myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and asthma and atopy. American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology.  San Francisco, CA; March 2004.

 

Baltadjieva D, Berg T, Zambelli-Weiner A, Mathias RA, Zardkoohi O, Brummet M, Beck LA, Barnes KC.  Variants in the gene encoding acyloxyloacyl hyrdoxylase (AOAH) are associated with total IgE.  American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology.  San Francisco, CA; March 2004.

 

Zambelli-Weiner A, Barnes KC. The CD14-159 SNP in a Population of African Descent.  “From Genome to Disease: A Symposium of High-Throughput Biology.”  Sponsored by NHLBI.  Bethesda, MD; July 2003.

 

“Outbreak of Acute Renal Failure Syndrome due to Diethylene Glycol Poisoning-Panama, 2006” – Authors ED Rentz, L Lewis, O Mujica, J Schier, D Barr, C Rubin, M McGeehin, J Osterloh. Presented at International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Mexico City, Mexico. September 2007.

 

“Outbreak of Acute Renal Failure Syndrome due to Diethylene Glycol Poisoning-Panama, 2006” – Authors ED Rentz, L Lewis, O Mujica, J Schier, D Barr, C Rubin, M McGeehin, J Osterloh. Presented at Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, Atlanta, GA. April 2007.

 

“Environmental Epidemiology.” Presentation to Participants in the Iraq Field Epidemiology Training Program; Atlanta, GA. January 2010. ED Rentz

 

“Questionnaire Development.” Epidemic Intelligence Service Summer Course; Atlanta, GA. July 2009. ED Rentz

“Epidemiological Responses in Disaster Settings.” Emory University; Atlanta, GA. March 2009. ED Rentz

 

“CDC Activities in Response to Liver Disease of Unknown Etiology in Tigray, Ethiopia.” National Taskforce Meeting; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. March 2009. ED Rentz

 

Moller SA, Bradford CR, Wolf GT, Gruber SB.  An epidemiologic pilot study of acinic cell carcinoma of the head and neck.  University of Michigan School of Public Health Annual Poster Session.  Ann Arbor, MI; October 2006.

 

Moller SA, McBride C, Page Z, Bastian L, Bepler G.  The Family Risk and Lung Cancer Study: The first 120 days.  Post-baccalaureate Poster Day. Bethesda, MD; January 2005.

 

Hadley D, Jenkins J, Moller S, Kirsch I.  Compliance with endometrial cancer screening recommendations following genetic counseling and testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).  National Human Genome Research Institute Scientific Retreat Poster Session.  Gettysburg, PA; November 2004.

 

Selected Textbooks

 

Mausner JS, Kramer S.  Epidemiology: An Introductory Text, 2nd ed.  Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co; 1985.

 

Kramer S, Jarrett P.  Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Tumor Registry Professionals.  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 1984.

 

Selected Book Chapters

 

Kramer S.  The Epidemiology of brain tumors:  Additional considerations.  In: Cohen M, Duffner P, eds.  Brain Tumors of Childhood.  New York: Raven Press; 1984:45-46.

 

Cohen BH, Lilienfeld AM, Kramer S, Hyman LC.  Parental factors in Down’s syndrome.  Results of the Second Baltimore Case-Control Study.  In: Hook EB, Porter IH, eds.  Population Cytogenetics, Studies in Humans.  New York: Academic Press; 1977:301-352.


Selected Journal Articles

 

Kramer S, Zambelli-Weiner A, Moller S, Hawkins M.  Ten-Year Follow-Up of Excess Cancer Risk Among a Community Exposed to Environmental Trichloroethylene, Vinyl Chloride, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Dioxins.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, submitted.

 

Hasan SS, Levy M, Moller SA, Zambelli-Weiner A, Noyes FR.  Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Revisited.  Am J Sports Med, in press.

 

Dominici F, Kramer S, Zambelli-Weiner A.  Risk of neuroblastoma associated with carcinogens from a munitions factory: A toxic tort litigation case.  Law, Probability and Risk. 2008;7:15-34.

 

Bunin GR, Ward E, Kramer S, Rhee CA, Meadows AT.  Neuroblastoma and parental occupation. Am J Epidemiol. 1990;131:776-780.

 

Bunin GR, Nass CC, Kramer S, Meadows AT.  Parental occupation and Wilms’ tumor:  Results of a case-control study. Cancer Res. 1989:49:725-729.

 

Arnold JW, deLaubenfels E, Zambelli-Weiner A.  Quantitative assessment of hard surface disinfection activity against the food-borne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.  The Journal of AOAC International.  2006;89(6):1617-21.

 

Barnes KC, Grant A, Gao P, Baltadjieva D, Berg T, Chi P, Zhang S, Zambelli-Weiner A, Ehrlich E, Zardkoohi O, Brummet ME, Stockton M, Watkins T, Gao L, Gittens M, Wills-Karp M, Cheadle C, Beck LA, Beaty TH, Becker KG, Garcia JG, Mathias RA.  Polymorphisms in the novel gene acyloxyacyl hydroxylase (AOAH) are associated with asthma and associated phenotypes.  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006;118(1):70-77.

 

Barnes KC, Grant AV, Baltadzhieva D, Zhang S, Berg T, Shao L, Zambelli-Weiner A, Anderson W, Nelsen A, Pillai S, Yarnall DP, Dienger K, Ingersoll RG, Scott AF, Fallin MD, Mathias RA, Beaty TH, Garcia JG, Wills-Karp M. Variants in the gene encoding C3 are associated with asthma and related phenotypes among African Caribbean families. Genes Immun. 2006;7(1):27-35.

 

Zambelli-Weiner A, Ehrlich E, Stockton ML, Grant AV, Zhang S, Levett PN, Beaty TH, Barnes KC.  Evaluation of the CD14/-260 polymorphism and house dust endotoxin exposure in the Barbados Asthma Genetics Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005;115(6):1203-9.

 

Yard E, Terrell ML, Hunt DR, Spencer J, Cameron LL, Small CM, McGeehin MA, Marcus M. Incidence of thyroid conditions following exposure to polybrominated biphenyls and polychlorinated biphenyls, US, 1974-2006. [In preparation.  Target journal: Chemosphere]

 

Matthews A, Sutter M, Hunt DR. Medical Toxicology and Public Health - Update on research and activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. [In preparation.  Target journal: Journal of Medical Toxicology]

 

Martin SL, Gibbs DA, Johnson RE, Rentz ED, Clinton-Sherrod M, Hardison J, Sullivan K.  Family Violence Offenders in the Army: Patterns of Referral, Investigation, and Clinical Intervention. [Submitted to Violence and Victims]

 

Martin SL, Gibbs DA, Johnson RE, Sullivan K, Clinton-Sherrod M, Hardison J, Rentz ED. Substance Use by Soldiers Who Abuse Their Spouses. [Submitted to Violence Against Women]

 

Hadley DW, Jenkins JF, Steinberg SM, Liewehr D, Moller S, Martin JC, Calzone KA, Soballe PW, Kirsch I.  Perceptions of cancer risks and predictors of colon and endometrial cancer screening in women undergoing genetic testing for Lynch syndrome.  J Clin Oncol. 2008; 26(6): 948-954..

 

Whitfield KE, King G, Moller S, Edwards CL, Nelson T, Vandenbergh D.  Concordance rates for smoking among African-American twins.  J Natl Med Assoc.  2007; 99(3): 213-217.

 

Selected Monographs

 

Kramer S. A Review and critique of community environmental epidemiologic studies, and the role of biologic monitoring in community surveillance programs.  American Petroleum Institute Monograph, 1986.

 

Dublin TD, Kramer S, Weston MG, et al.  A Follow-up study of candidates for Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification, 1969-1982.  III.  The Certification of candidates. ECFMG Monograph, 1986.

 

Dublin TD, Kramer S, Weston MG, et al.  A Follow-up study of candidates for Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification, 1969-1982.  IV.  Candidates entering the medical care system of the United States.  ECFMG Monograph, 1986.