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George G. Rhoads, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor
Epidemiology
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Interim Dean and Endowed Professor
UMDNJ-School of Public Health

Location:

SPH Building Room: 228

Email: rhoads@umdnj.edu

732-235-9700

Fax: 732-235-9755

Dr. Rhoads is Chairman of the CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Research Areas

Management of lead exposure in children; Measurement error in environmental epidemiology, Effects of low level lead exposure.

Scholarly Activities

Member, American Epidemiological Society, 1984

NIH Director’s Award, 1985

First Hunterdon Health Fund Endowed Professorship at UMDNJ, 1989

Sullivan Award, New Jersey Public Health Association, 2003

Abraham Lilienfeld Award, American Public Health Association, 2008

Publications

Getahun D, Strickland D, Zeiger RS, Fassett MJ, Chen W, Rhoads GG, Jacobsen SJ. Effect of chorioamnionitis on early childhood asthma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Feb;164(2):187-92.

Echeverría SE, Borrell LN, Brown D, Rhoads G. A local area analysis of racial, ethnic, and neighborhood disparities in breast cancer staging. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Nov;18(11):3024-9.

Rhoads GG, Kosiborod M, Nesto RW, Fonseca VA, Lu S-E, Zhang Q, Foody JM. Comparison of incidence of acute myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus following initiation of neutral protamine Hagedorn insulin versus insulin glargine. Am J Cardiol 2009;104:910-916.

Rich DQ, Demissie K, Lu SE, Kamat L, Wartenberg D, Rhoads GG. Ambient air pollutant concentrations during pregnancy and the risk of fetal growth restriction. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Jun;63(6):488-96.

Yu CH, Yiin L-M, Fan Z-H, Rhoads GG. Evaluation of HEPA vacuum cleaning and dry steam cleaning in reducing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and house dust mite allergens in carpets. J Environ Monitoring 2009;11:205-11