Jonathan Samet

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Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology
School of Hygiene and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland 21205

Vitae
Education

Harvard College A.B. 1966 Chemistry and Physics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry M.D. 1970
Harvard School of Public Health M.S. 1977 Epidemiology

Professional Experience

1970-71 Intern in Medicine, University of Kentucky Med. Center, Lexington, Kentucky
1971-73 U.S. Army, Anesthesiologist at Gorgas Hospital, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
1973-75 Resident in Medicine, UNM Affiliated Hospitals, Albuquerque
1975-78 Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
1978-94 Assistant Professor to Professor - Department of Medicine, UNM
1994 Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, SHPH, The Johns Hopkins  University

Other Professional Activities

1981-84 Member, Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section, National Institute of Health.
1985-87 Member, Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) IV-Alpha Committee, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
1987- Member, Indoor Air Quality & Total Human Exposure Committee, Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1989-94 Associated Editor, American Review of Respiratory Disease
1989-90 Senior Scientific Editor, 1990 Report of the Surgeon General: The Health Benefits of  Smoking Cessation
1990-91 Consulting Scientific Editor, Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 1, Strategies to Control Tobacco Use in the U.S., National Cancer Institute
1992- Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology
1992- Member, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
1992- Chairman, Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VI Phase I Committee and BEIR VI, National Research Council
1994- Editor, Epidemiologic Reviews

 

Selected Publications
Samet JM, Speizer FE, Bishop Y, Spengler JD. Ferris BG, Jr. The relationship between air pollution and emergency room visits in an industrial community. J Air Pollut Control Assoc 1981; 3:236-240.
Schenker MB, Samet JM, Batterman S, Gruhl J, Speizer FE. Health effects of air pollution due to coal combustion in the Chestnut ridge region of Pennsylvania: Results of cross-sectional analysis in adults Arch Environ Health 1983; 38:325-30.
Schenker MB, Vedal S, Batterman S, Samet JM, Speizer FE. Health effects of air pollution due to coal combustion in the Chestnut Ridge region of Pennsylvania: cross-sectional survey of children. Arch Environ Health 1986; 41:104-8.
Samet JM, Marbury MC, Spengler JD. Health effects and sources of indoor air pollution. Am Rev Respir Dis Part I 1987; 136:1486-1508, Part 2 1988; 137:221-42.
Samet JM, Utell MJ. The risk of nitrogen dioxide: What have we learned from epidemiological and clinical studies? Toxicol and Indus Health 1990; 6:247-62.
Samet JM, Utell MJ. The environment and the lung: changing perspectives. JAMA 1991; 266:670-675.
Samet JM, Lambert WE. Epidemiologic approaches for assessing health risks from complex mixtures in indoor air. Environ Health Perspect 1991; 95:71-74.
Lambert, WE, Samet JM, Stidley CA, Spengler JD. Classification of residential exposure to nitrogen dioxide. Atmos Environ 1992; 26A:2185-2192.
Samet JM, Lambert WE, Skipper BJ, Cushing AH, Hunt WC, Young SA, McLaren LC, Schwab M, Spengler JD. Nitrogen dioxide and respiratory illnesses in infants. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 148:1258-1265.
Samet JM. Indoor air pollution: a public health perspective. Indoor Air 1993; 3:219-226.
Stidley CA, Samet JM. Assessment of ecological regression in the study of lung cancer and indoor radon. Am J Epidemiol 1994; 139:312-322.
Samet JM, Zeger SL, Berhane K. Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: Replication and Validation of Selected Studies. In: The Phase I Report of the Particle Epidemiology Evaluation Project. Cambridge, MA, Health Effects Institute, 1995.
Bascom R, Bromberg, PA, Costa DA, Devlin R, Dockery DW, Frampton MW, Lambert W, Samet JM, Speizer FE, Utell M. Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution (Part 1) Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996. 153:3-50.
Bascom R, Bromberg, PA, Costa DA, Devlin R, Dockery DW, Frampton MW, Lambert W, Samet JM, Speizer FE, Utell M. Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution (Part 2) Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996. 153:477-498.

 

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