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Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH

Professor, Epidemiology
Kenneth Rothman
(617) 358-3612krothman@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Rothman has 48 years of professional experience in Epidemiologic research. His research has included work on the epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects, environmental epidemiology, pharmaceutical products, and methodological, conceptual and ethical issues in epidemiology. Specific projects have included research on the teratogenicity of vitamin A, the health effects of cellular telephone use, and factors affecting fecundability. Dr. Rothman is the author of two widely used textbooks of epidemiologic methods, Modern Epidemiology and Epidemiology: an Introduction, and is the founding editor of Epidemiology, a leading public-health journal. He received the American Public Health Association’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award for 2002, recognizing excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career. He was the recipient of the Society for Epidemiologic Research Career Accomplishment Award in 2017, and an honorary MD degree in 2017 from University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and an honorary fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. Dr. Rothman is also a Distinguished Fellow at RTI International, where he holds the position of Vice President for Epidemiologic Research at RTI Health Solutions.

Other Positions

  • Professor, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Websites

Education

  • Harvard University, DPH/DrPH
  • Harvard University, DMD
  • Harvard University, MPH
  • Colgate University, AB

Publications

  • Published on 11/2/2020

    Wesselink AK, Bresnick KA, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Wang TR, Huybrechts KF, Wise LA. Association Between Male Use of Pain Medication and Fecundability. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Nov 02; 189(11):1348-1359. PMID: 32488260.

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  • Published on 10/1/2020

    Stanford JB, Willis SK, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Wise LA. Fecundability in relation to use of mobile computing apps to track the menstrual cycle. Hum Reprod. 2020 Oct 01; 35(10):2245-2252. PMID: 32910202.

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  • Published on 9/1/2020

    Wise LA, Wesselink AK, Hatch EE, Weuve J, Murray EJ, Wang TR, Mikkelsen EM, Toft Sørensen H, Rothman KJ. Changes in Behavior with Increasing Pregnancy Attempt Time: A Prospective Cohort Study. Epidemiology. 2020 Sep; 31(5):659-667. PMID: 32487855.

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  • Published on 8/22/2020

    Haviland MJ, Nillni YI, Fox MP, Savitz DA, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Hacker MR, Wang TR, Wise LA. Psychotropic medication use during pregnancy and gestational age at delivery. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Aug 22. PMID: 32835770.

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  • Published on 8/10/2020

    Ripollone JE, Huybrechts KF, Rothman KJ, Ferguson RE, Franklin JM. Brief discussion on sampling variability in 1:1 propensity score matching without replacement. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 09; 29(9):1194-1197. PMID: 32939910.

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  • Published on 8/1/2020

    Wise LA, Wang TR, Willis SK, Wesselink AK, Rothman KJ, Hatch EE. Effect of a Home Pregnancy Test Intervention on Cohort Retention and Pregnancy Detection: A Randomized Trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 08 01; 189(8):773-778. PMID: 32128561.

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  • Published on 7/29/2020

    Wise LA, Willis SK, Mikkelsen EM, Wesselink AK, Sørensen HT, Rothman KJ, Tucker KL, Trolle E, Vinceti M, Hatch EE. The Association between Seafood Intake and Fecundability: Analysis from Two Prospective Studies. Nutrients. 2020 Jul 29; 12(8). PMID: 32751290.

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  • Published on 7/23/2020

    Willis SK, Hatch EE, Wesselink AK, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Ahrens KA, Wise LA. Post-partum interval and time to pregnancy in a prospective preconception cohort. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 23. PMID: 32700808.

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  • Published on 7/23/2020

    Omland LH, Holm-Hansen C, Lebech AM, Dessau RB, Bodilsen J, Andersen NS, Roed C, Christiansen CB, Ellermann-Eriksen S, Midgley S, Nielsen L, Benfield T, Hansen AE, Andersen CØ, Rothman KJ, Sørensen HT, Fischer TK, Obel N. Long-Term Survival, Health, Social Functioning, and Education in Patients With an Enterovirus Central Nervous System Infection, Denmark, 1997-2016. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 23; 222(4):619-627. PMID: 32236420.

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  • Published on 7/15/2020

    Schrager NL, Wesselink AK, Wang TR, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Boynton-Jarrett RD, Wise LA. Association of income and education with fecundability in a North American preconception cohort. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Oct; 50:41-47.e1. PMID: 32681982.

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