SAMET, JONATHAN M., MD, MS

EDUCATION
A.B. (Chemistry/Physics) 1966, Harvard College
M.D. (Medicine) 1970, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
M.S. (Epidemiology) 1977, Harvard School of Public Health

EMPLOYMENT


2002 - Present Senior Fellow, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1994 - Present Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1995 - Present Co-Director, Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Secondary Appointment, Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University
1994 - 2002 Adjunct Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1994 - Present Joint Appointment, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Co-Director, The Center for Epidemiology and Policy, and Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
1978 - 1994 Assistant Professor to Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
1975 - 1978 Fellow, Clinical Epidemiology, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
1973 - 1975 Resident, Medicine, University of New Mexico Affiliated Hospitals
1971 - 1973 Anesthesiologist, U.S. Army, Gorgas Hospital, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
1970 - 1971 Intern, Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Institute of Medicine, 1997-Present
Chairman, Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter,
     National Research Council, 1998-Present
Consultant, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board,
     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-Present
Chairman, External Advisory Committee, Southern California Particle Center and
     Supersite, 1999 Present
Editor, Epidemiology, 2001-Present
Member, Awards Assembly, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation,
     2001-Present
Member, Epidemiology Review Board, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company,
     Inc., 2001-Present
Member, External Advisory Committee, Kresge Center for Environmental Health,
     Harvard School of Public Health, 2002-Present
Chairman, Working Group on Smoking and Involuntary Smoking, International
     Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, 2002-Present
Chairman, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research
     Council, 2003-Present
Member, Environmental Factors and Cancer Advisory Committee, American
     Cancer Society, 2003-Present
Member, Advisory Committee for the University of California, San Francisco
     Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, 2004
Member, Advisory Board of the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The
     Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004

AREAS OF RESEARCH
Dr. Samet's research has addressed the effects of environmental agents on human health with an emphasis on the effect of inhaled pollutants in the general environment and in the workplace.

 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS


 

  1. Miura, M., R. A. Daynard and J. M. Samet: The Role of Litigation in Tobacco Control. Salud Publica Mex. 48 Suppl. 1: S121-S136, 2006.

     

  2. Rajaraman, P., P. A. Stewart, J. M. Samet, B. S. Schwartz, M. S. Linet, S. H. Zahm, N. Rothman, M. Yeager, H. A. Fine, P. M. Black, J. Loeffler, W. R. Shapiro, R. G. Selker and P. D. Inskip: Lead, Genetic Susceptibility, and Risk of Adult Brain Tumors. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 15(12): 2514-2520, 2006.

     

  3. Alberg, A. J., J. G. Ford, J. M. Samet and American College of Chest Physicians: Epidemiology of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition). Chest 132(3 Suppl.): 29S-55S, 2007.

     

  4. Bell, M. L., F. Dominici, K. Ebisu, S. L. Zeger and J. M. Samet: Spatial and Temporal Variation in PM(2.5) Chemical Composition in the United States for Health Effects Studies. Environ. Health Perspect. 115(7): 989-995, 2007.

     

  5. de González, A. B., K. P. Kim and J. M. Samet: Radiation-Induced Cancer Risk from Annual Computed Tomography for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 176(10): 970-973, 2007.

     

  6. Dominici, F., R. D. Peng, K. Ebisu, S. L. Zeger, J. M. Samet and M. L. Bell: Does the Effect of PM10 on Mortality Depend on PM Nickel and Vanadium Content? A Reanalysis of the NMMAPS Data. Environ. Health Perspect. 115(12): 1701-1703, 2007.

     

  7. Dominici, F., R. D. Peng, S. L. Zeger, R. H. White and J. M. Samet: Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in the United States: Did the Risks Change from 1987 to 2000? Am. J. Epidemiol. 166(8): 880-888, 2007.

     

  8. Lee, S. Y., S. H. Jee, J. E. Yun, S. Y. Kim, J. Lee, J. M. Samet and I. S. Kim: Medical Expenditure of National Health Insurance Attributable to Smoking Among the Korean Population. J. Prev. Med. Pub. Health. 40(3): 227-232, 2007.

     

  9. Ness, R. B., J. M. Samet, C. A. Camargo, R. A. Hiatt and ACE Policy Committee. American College of Epidemiology Weighs in on New NCI Biorepository Guidelines. Ann. Epidemiol. 17(1): 81-82, 2007.

     

  10. Samet, J. M.: Environmental Sustainability: A Target for Environmental Epidemiology? Epidemiology 18(1): 179-180, 2007.

     

  11. Samet, J. M.: Traffic, Air Pollution, and Health. Inhal. Toxicol. 19(12): 1021-1027, 2007.

     

  12. Samet, J. M., A. S. Geyh and M. J. Utell: The Legacy of World Trade Center Dust. N. Engl. J. Med. 356(22): 2233-2236, 2007.

     

  13. Samet, J. M. and J. Tielsch: Commentary: Could Biomass Fuel Smoke Cause Anaemia and Stunting in Early Childhood? Int. J. Epidemiol. 36(1): 130-131, 2007.

     

  14. Samet, J. M., M. J. Thun and A. B. de Gonzalez: Models of Smoking and Lung Cancer Risk: A Means to an End. Epidemiology 18(5): 649-651, 2007.

     

  15. Eftim, S. E., J. M. Samet, H. Janes, A. McDermott and F. Dominici: Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality: A Comparison of the Six Cities and American Cancer Society Cohorts with a Medicare Cohort. Epidemiology 19(2): 209-216, 2008.

     

  16. Park, J. W., J. E. Yun, T. Park, E. Cho, S. H. Jee, Y. Jang, T. H. Beaty and J. M. Samet: Family History of Diabetes and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Korean Men and Women. Atherosclerosis 197(1): 224-231, 2008.

     

  17. Peng, R. D., H. H. Chang, M. L. Bell, A. McDermott, S. L. Zeger, J. M. Samet and F. Dominici: Coarse Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Among Medicare Patients. JAMA 299(18): 2172-2179, 2008.

     

  18. Samet, J. M. and D. A. Savitz: Education in Epidemiology: “The Times They Are a-Changin’.” Epidemiology 19(2): 345-346, 2008.

     

  19. Wipfli, H., E. Avila-Tang, A. Navas-Acien, S. Kim, G. Onicescu, J. Yuan, P. Breysse, J. M. Samet and Famri Homes Study Investigators: Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Women and Children: Evidence from 31 Countries. Am. J. Public Health 98(4): 672-679, 2008.

     

  20. Wilcox, A. J., D. A. Savitz and J. M. Samet: A Tale of Two Toxicants: Lessons from Minamata and Liaoning. Epidemiology 19(1): 1-2, 2008.
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