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  Richard D. Day, PhD, MSc(Hyg)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Graduate School of Public Health (Secondary Appointment)

E-mail: rdfac@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4077
412-624-3032
Fax: 412-624-9969
Address: A443 Crabtree Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Education:

MS; University of Pittsburgh; 1988
PhD; University of California, Berkeley; 1973

Research Interests:

Environmental and occupational epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, statistical computing, statistical consulting

Research Summary:

The primary focus of research has been in the areas of molecular epidemiological and behavioral science applications of statistical methods. Applications in the area of molecular epidemiology have included cross-national studies of children exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear accident and Russian workers exposed to nuclear radiation in plutonium processing plants, as well as U.S.-based studies which focus on the effects in newborn infants of potentially mutagenic exposures (e.g., tobacco exposures, alcohol, anti-HIV drugs) occurring to the mother during pregnancy. Behavioral science applications have focused primarily on the area of psychiatric epidemiology and the development of methods for quality of life research, particularly in the area of clinical trials with breast cancer patients.

Recent Publications:

  • Marsh GM, Day R, and Youk J. An Expert System for a Standardized Risk Assessment Protocol Used at Hazardous Waste Sites. Hazardous Wastes and Public Health: International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Wastes, Department of Health and Human Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, In Press.

    Last Updated: October 7, 2007




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