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Faculty Bio

Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: (412) 624-57101
E-mail: mertzk@edc.pitt.edu

Research Interests
  • Injury Prevention
Education
  • Harvard University. A.B., 1982 (Applied Mathematics)
  • Yale University School of Medicine. M.D., 1987
  • Columbia University School of Public Health. M.P.H., 1991
Selected Publications

Mertz KJ, Weiss HB. Changes in motorcycle-related head injuries and hospitalizations following repeal of Pennsylvania’s motorcycle helmet law. Am J Public Health (in press).

Mertz KJ, Voigt RA, Hutchins K, Levine WC, and the Jail STD Prevalence Monitoring Group. Findings from STD screening of adolescents and adults entering corrections facilities: implications for STD control strategies. Sex Transm Dis 2002;29:834-9.

Mertz KJ, Schwebke JR, Gaydos CA, Beidinger HA, Tulloch SD, Levine WC. Screening women in jails for chlamydial and gonococcal infection using urine tests: feasibility, acceptability, prevalence, and treatment rates. Sex Transm Dis 2002;29:271-6.

Mertz KJ, Ransom RL, St. Louis ME, Groseclose SL, Hadgu A, Levine WC, Hayman C. Prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in young women entering a national job training program, 1990-1997. Am J Public Health 2001;91:1287-90.

Mertz KJ, Finelli L, Levine WC, et al. Gonorrhea in male adolescents and young adults in Newark, New Jersey: implications of risk factors and patient preferences for prevention strategies. Sex Transm Dis 2000;27:201-7.

Mertz KJ, Trees D, Levine WC, et al. Etiology of genital ulcers and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in 10 US cities. J Infect Dis 1998;178:1795-8.

Mertz KJ, Weiss JB, Webb RM, et al. An investigation of genital ulcers in Jackson, Mississippi, with use of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction: high prevalence of chancroid and human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Infect Dis 1998;178:1060-6.

Mertz KJ, McQuillan GM, Levine WC, et al. A pilot study of the prevalence of chlamydial infection in a national household survey. Sex Transm Dis 1998;25:225-8.

Mertz KJ, Levine WC, Mosure DJ, Berman SM, Dorian KJ, Hagdu A. Screening women for gonorrhea: demographic screening criteria for general clinical use. Am J Public Health 1997;87:1535-8.

Mertz KJ, Levine WC, Mosure DJ, Berman SM, Dorian KJ. Trends in the prevalence of chlamydial infections: the impact of community-wide testing. Sex Transm Dis 1997;24:169-75.

Mertz KJ, Parker AL, Halpin GJ. Pregnancy-related mortality in New Jersey, 1975-1989. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1085-88.

Mertz K, Meinert LA, Lewis HC. Malignant melanoma of the skin. NJ Med 1990;87:401-7.


University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology