Harold B. Weiss, MS, MPH

Associate Professor
Center for Injury Research and Control
University of Pittsburgh
Suite B-400 200 Lothrop St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Email: hw@injurycontrol.com
Office: 3520 Forbes Ave
Phone: (412) 223-6675

	Brief Biography
	Research interests
	Current projects
	Web sites
	Publications
	Monographs & abstracts
	Online presentations
	Awards

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Brief Biography

Harold Weiss, Ph.D., MPH – Faculty with the Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh. Dr Weiss has over 25 years experience in injury control, founding and directing the program in Wisconsin (1983), and since 1992 has been in academia. His research has covered injury surveillance, violence, baby walkers, poisonings, bicycles, transportation safety, farm injuries, hospital discharge data, data linkage, elderly falls, and recreational injuries, among other areas. Currently, he focuses on injuries to females, pregnant women, and fetal outcomes due to trauma. Dr. Weiss authors several websites and was chair of the APHA Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section in 1990 and president of SAVIR.

Research Interests

	PhD Dissertation: The epidemiology of perinatal traumatic fetal injury mortality. 1999, University of Pittsburgh. Citation, abstract or a full copy of the dissertation may be downloaded from the ProQuest Digital Dissertations Library.
	Fetal injuries
	Maternal injuries
	Intimate partner violence
	Childhood injury control
	E-coding issues and injury data sources required for injury control efforts
	Telecommunications and public health
	Traumatic brain injury
	Injury surveillance utilizing computerized surveillance and patient data systems

Current Funded Projects

	Injury Control Research Center
	The Impact of Pregnancy-Associated Crashes on Birth Outcomes and Infant Survival

Professional Organizations

	Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine
	Society for Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
	American Public Health Association (APHA)
	International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP)
	State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA)
	Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)

Education & Training

University of Pittsburgh

1994-1999 PhD (Epidemiology)

University of Wisconsin

1984 Special Student Status

University of Minnesota

	9/75-12/76 MPH (Epidemiology)
	7/74-6/75 MS (Environmental Health)

University of California at Santa Cruz

1971-1973 BA (Environmental Studies in Biology)

University of California at Los Angeles

1971-1973 Undergraduate

Online Presentations

Injury and Violence During Pregnancy: The Hidden Epidemic - 2/22/05
AMCHP National Conference, Washington DC. Real Video (30 min)

Car Crashes During Pregnancy - 5/27/04

Please visit the Elluminate Live! software installation page to load the viewing software for this presentation. This online event was the recipient of an online learning award, the Lolas, which recognize outstanding achievement in the design, delivery and production of live online learning events.

Injuries During Pregnancy: Understanding and Tracking the Hidden Epidemic (third group down) - 12/11/03
This material, consisting of six multimedia presentations, is derived from a Special Panel Session presented at The Ninth Annual Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology Conference held December 10-12, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona.

Pregnancy and Injury: Birth of a New Field - 04/28/03
This material, consisting of 5 multimedia presentations, is derived from a Special Session presented at the CDC Safety In Numbers Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Awards

	Elluminate Center of Excellence
	Top poster at the annual meeting of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP) Durban, South Africa April 5-6, 2006
	Recipient of the 2004 Live Online LOLA Award for "Most compelling or engaging online learning moment"..
	Student Paper Award, American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section
	ICIRN Web site, Top 5% of the Web by Lycos
	ICIRN Web site, Medsite Gold Award

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