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Joel L. Weissfeld, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Suite 510, Keystone Building
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-383-1500
Fax: 412-383-1511
E-mail: jwepid@pitt.edu



Research Interests
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology and Health Services Research
Education & Training
  • Kent State University - B.A. Chemistry/Biological Sciences, 1977
  • Johns Hopkins University - M.D. Medicine, 1981
  • University of Pittsburgh - M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1982
Selected Publications

Weissfeld JL, Kuller LH.Methodologic evaluation of incidence rates for hypertension:calculated fo Pittsburgh's MRFIT usual care men.J Chronic Dis 1985;38(11):915-925.

Yang RD, Weissfeld JL, Putnam CE.Retropharyngeal soft-tissue swelling in an elderly man. JAMA 1986 Jun 20;255(23):3275=3276.

Weissfeld JL, Brock BM, Kirscht JP, Hawthorne VM. Reliability of health belief indexes:confirmatory factor analysis in sex, race, and age subgroups.Health Serv Res 1987 Feb;21(6):777-93.

Stuck KJ, White GM,Granke DS, Ellis JH,Weissfeld JL. Urinary obstruction in azotemic patients:detection by sonography. Am J Roentgenol 1987 Dec;149(6):1191-3.

Weissfeld JL, Johnson EH, Brock BM, Hawthorne VM. Sex and age interactions in the association between alcohol and blood pressure. Am J Epid 1988 Sep;128(3):559-69.

Weissfeld JL, Holloway JJ,Kirscht JP. Effects of deceptive self- reports of quitting on the results of treatment trials for smoking: a quantitative assessment.J Clin Epid 1989; 42(3):231- 43.

Weissfeld JL,Weissfeld LA, Holloway JJ,Bernard AM. A mathematical representation of the expert panel's guidelines for high blood cholesterol case-finding and treatment. Med Decis Making 1990 Apr-Jun;10(2):135-46.

Weissfeld JL, Kirscht JP,Brock BM. Health beliefs in a population: the Michigan blood pressure survey. Health Educ Q 1990 Summer;17(2):141-55.

Weissfeld JL,Holloway JJ. Treatment for smoking in a VA Outpatient Clinic.Arch Intern Med 1991;151:973-977.

Weissfeld JL, Holloway JJ. Precision of blood cholesterol measurement and high blood cholesterol case-finding and treatment.J Clin Epid, 1992. (accepted).
University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology