Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
A548 Crabtree Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
E-mail: Jansdorman@aol.com

Research Interests

• Genetic Factors in Chronic Disease
• Epidemiology and Natural History of Autoimmune Disease
• Molecular Epidemiology

Research Support

Principal Investigator

• New Improved Technology to Improve Prediction and Prevention of Type I Diabetes (2002-2004) U.S. Army
• Menopause, IDDM, and Autoimmunity (1999-2004) NIH

Education & Training

• University of Pittsburgh - B.S. Biochemistry, 1975
• University of Pittsburgh - M.S. (Hyg) Human Genetics, 1981
• University of Pittsburgh - Ph.D. Epidemiology, 1983

Other Affiliations

• WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes Registries, Research and Training
• WHO Multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes (DiaMond)
• International Molecular Epidemiology Task Force
• Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) Network

Selected Publications

Pietropaolo M, Becker DJ, LaPorte RE, Dorman JS, Riboni S, Rudert WA, Mazumdar S, Trucco M. Progression to insulin-requiring diabetes in seronegative prediabetic subjects: the role of two HLA-DQ high-risk haplotypes. Diabetologia 2002;45:66-76

Dorman JS, Steenkiste AR, Foley TP, Strotmeyer ES, Burke JP, Kuller LH, Kwoh CK. The menopause in type 1 diabetic women: is it premature? Diabetes 2001;50:1857-1862

Nishimura R, LaPorte RE, Dorman JS, Tajima N, Becker D, Orchard TJ. Mortality trends in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2001;24:823-827

Dorman JS, Bunker CH. HLA-DQ and type 1 diabetes: a HuGE review. Epidemiol Rev 2000;22:218-227

Dorman JS, Steenkiste AR, O'Leary LA, McCarthy BJ, Lorenzen T, Foley TP. Type 1 diabetes in offspring of parents with type 1 diabetes: the tip of an autoimmune iceberg? Pediatr Diabetes 2000;1:17-22

Haider MZ, Shaltout A, Alsaeid K, Al-Khawari M, Dorman JS. High frequency of HLA- DQB1 non-asp57 alleles in Kuwaiti children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Hum Hered 2000;50:242-246