VITA JACK KENNETH LEISS, PhD

CONTACT INFORMATION Epidemiology Research Program Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities 6919 Lee Street Mebane, NC 27302 Phone: (919) 563-5899 email: [email protected]

EDUCATION B.A. M.P.H. Ph.D. Post-doctoral

(1973) (1982) (1989) (1991-1993)

Johns Hopkins University (Economics) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Public Health) University of North Carolina (Epidemiology) University of North Carolina (Biostatistics)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2011 to present 2000 to 2011

Adjunct Associate Professor Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Maternal and Child Health School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Present seminars and collaborate with other faculty on research and publications. Develop and teach course on children’s environmental health. Serve as examiner for oral comprehensive exams.

2008 to present

Director Epidemiology Research Program Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities, Inc. Mebane, NC

Responsible for all aspects of epidemiologic research including conceptualization, design, planning, data collection, analysis, and report writing. Responsible for initiating and writing grant proposals. Research areas include health disparities, perinatal health, children’s environmental health, record linkage methods, and occupational blood exposure.

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2006 to present

Associated Faculty Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collaborate on research and teaching and provide consultation on epidemiologic methods and children’s environmental health as related to the mission of the Center.

2001 to 2008 1996 to 2001

Chief Epidemiologist Principal Epidemiologist Constella Group, LLC Durham, NC

Led and obtained sustained grant support for a team of six senior- and junior-level researchers, providing scientific and intellectual leadership to the Epidemiology and Behavioral Intervention Studies Section and project leadership for specific research studies. Was responsible for ensuring that the Section remained current with new developments in epidemiology and public health and that research conducted by the Section adhered to the highest standards of scientific and ethical integrity.

1993 - 1996

Head of Survey Operations State Center for Health and Environmental Statistics NC Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Raleigh, NC

Was responsible for all phases of epidemiologic research. Initiated and conducted North Carolina’s first state-wide survey of MCH behavioral risk factors, foreshadowing the state’s subsequent participation in PRAMS. Conducted studies of sudden infant death syndrome and a survey of worksite health promotion. Worked closely with MCH staff in state and local health departments to address specific issues in MCH practice.

1991-1993

Visiting Scholar Department of Biostatistics School of Public Health, and Post-Doctoral Fellow Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Conducted research on childhood cancer and home pesticide use, prenatal care and birth outcomes, sudden infant death syndrome, and other topics using a variety of statistical techniques.

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1991- 1996

Epidemiologic and Statistical Consultant Black-White Dementia Study Duke University Medical Center

Provided epidemiologic and statistical guidance for a large population-based study of dementia.

1988-1991

Research Associate Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development Duke University Medical Center

Assisted senior investigators with epidemiologic and statistical aspects of research. Managed follow-up data sets. Collaborated on on-going research.

1984-1987

Research Assistant Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Assisted in analysis of electromagnetic fields and childhood cancer, with David Savitz.

1982

Consultant Environmental Protection Agency Israel Ministry of the Interior

Wrote literature review on the health effects of air pollution on the Israeli population, with John Goldsmith.

1981-1982

Health Planning Assistant JDC-Israel Jerusalem, Israel

Designed program evaluations. Assisted medical director (Dr. Michael Davies) in planning and evaluating health care programs. Worked with providers and other health professionals to ensure cooperation and active participation in providing and evaluating these services.

1980-1982

Teaching Assistant School of Public Health Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Assisted with lectures and reviewed course work with small groups of international MPH students.

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1978-1981

Statistician Public Health Services Israel Ministry of Health

Designed an MCH data surveillance system based in the national network of prenatal care/well baby clinics. Worked closely with public health nurses in these clinics and central MCH division staff to address current issues in MCH public health practice. Designed a national surveillance system to monitor quality of drinking water for the Environmental Health Division. Worked with a variety of health professionals and public health administrators to achieve participation, agreement, and cooperation in these projects.

1975-1977

Instructor Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation Kitwe, Zambia

Planned and taught courses to youth workers and women’s workers from throughout Africa and to supervisors from Zambia’s industry.

1972-1974

Program Director Fellowship of Lights Baltimore, Maryland

A residential youth crisis-intervention center providing counseling, advocacy, and shelter for runaway and homeless children.

AWARDS To Develop, Pilot, and Conduct a Survey and Produce Technical Reports of Survey Data on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Care Providers Serving Pregnant Women Regarding HIV Counseling and Testing and Use of Zidovudine (ZDV) During Pregnancy. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Principal Investigator (Contract no. 200-96-0508 ), 10/96-9/99, $520,899. A Maternally-Linked Data Set with Analytic Aids. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 1 R43 HD 35785), 8/98-1/00, $99,938. CART Record Linkage. National Cancer Institute, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 1 R43 CA 88757), 8/00-7/03, $121,814. Exposure to Blood among Non-hospital Health Care Workers. CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 1 U01 OH04266), 9/00-9/04, $963,560. A Maternally-Linked Data Set with Analytic Aids. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 2 R44 HD35785), 9/02-8/06, $750,000. Exposure to Blood among Home Care Nurses. CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 5 R01 OH00824), 9/04-6/07, $914,811.

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Improving the Methodology for Creating Record Linkages and Analyzing Linked Records. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Principal Investigator (Contract no. GS-10F0351K/GST0405BF0046), 10/04-9/05, $499,674. Preeclampsia, Quality of Prenatal Care, and Disparities in Gestational Age. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Principal Investigator (Grant no. R40 MC 21509), 2/11-1/13, $99,991. Congenital Hearing Loss and Adverse Developmental Outcomes: Reducing Disparities. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Principal Investigator (Grant no. 1 R21 DC013347), 7/14-6/17, $351,078.

SERVICE Studying elevated rates of childhood cancer. Presented at the Thirteenth National Forum: Protecting Children and Families from Pesticides (National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides), Alexandria, VA, March 1995. Invited participant, EPA National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS) Workshop: Analysis of Pilot Study Data, Raleigh, NC, July 1999. NICHD study section, 2000. Consultant (high school epidemiology curriculum), Center for Science Curriculum, Durham, NC, 2002-2003. Judge and consultant, Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition, The College Board and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, 2002-2004. Consultant (pesticides and health outcomes), National Pesticide Strategy Summit, Washington, D.C., April 2005. Consultant (pesticides and birth defects), Agricultural Resources Center, Raleigh, NC, 2006. Public health and the workings of democracy: science and environmental health regulation in the United States. Invited lecture given at Bennington College, Bennington, VT, May 2006. Grant reviewer, Health Resources and Services Administration, 2011 and 2012. Reviewer for American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Infection Control, American Journal of Public Health, Annals of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations, Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Maternal and Child Health Journal, and Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, various years.

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INVITED SEMINARS Infant sleeping position among blacks and whites in North Carolina before intervention. Invited seminar given at the Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, September 1999. Linking records for public health research and practice: lessons from maternally linked birth records. Invited seminar given at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, February 2003. Epidemiologic methods and studies using linked data: what’s the problem? Invited seminar given at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 2003. Improving the methodology for creating record linkages and analyzing linked records. Invited seminar given at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, January 2006. A North Carolina maternally linked data set. Invited seminar given at the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, NC, October 2006. Ten million maternally linked birth and fetal death records: The Southeast Perinatal Health Project. Invited seminar given at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, February 2006.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Book chapters 1.

Mage DT, Leiss JK, Takamori C. The epidemiology of SIDS in Hawaii: seasonal variation in a state without seasons. In: Rognum TO, ed. Sudden infant death syndrome. New trends in the nineties. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1995:143– 146.

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Leiss JK. Women, children, and environmental health. In: Kotch JB, ed. Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems, and Policy in Public Health. 3rd ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. 2012;301-324.

Original Reports 1.

Leiss J, Palti H, Peretz E. Secular trends in the weight of children born in Jerusalem between the 1940s and the 1970s. HaRefuah 1984;105:320-322 [Hebrew].

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Leiss J. The effects of air pollution on the health of human populations in Israel. HaBiosphera 1985;15:11-19 [Hebrew].

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Leiss JK, Suchindran CM. Age and season of birth in sudden infant death syndrome in North Carolina, 1982-1987: no interaction. American Journal of Epidemiology 1993;137:207-212.

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Leiss JK Suchindran CM. The authors reply: Age and season of birth in sudden infant death syndrome in North Carolina, 1982-1987: no interaction. American Journal of Epidemiology 1994;140:485-486 [letter].

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Leiss JK, Tyson D, Butts JD, Suchindran CM. RE: Age and season of birth in sudden infant death syndrome in North Carolina, 1982-1987: no interaction. American Journal of Epidemiology 1994;140:667 [letter].

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Beusher PA, Leiss JK. Race, education, and mortality in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal 1995;56:480-484.

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Leiss JK, Savitz DA. Home pesticide use and childhood cancer: a case-control study. American Journal of Public Health 1995;85:249-252.

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Leiss JK, Savitz DA. Leiss and Savitz respond. American Journal of Public Health 1995;85:1587 [letter].

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Kirkland KB, Meriwether RA, Leiss JK, Mac Kenzie WR. Steaming oysters does not prevent Norwalk-like gastroenteritis. Public Health Reports 1996;111:527-530.

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Leiss JK, Suchindran CM. Sudden infant death syndrome and local meteorologic temperature in North Carolina. American Journal of Epidemiology 1996;144:111-115.

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Fillenbaum GG, Heyman A, Huber MS, Woodbury MA, Leiss J, Schmader KE, Bohannon A, Trapp-Moen B. The prevalence and three-year incidence of dementia in older Black and White community residents. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998;51:587-595.

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Fillenbaum GG, Leiss JK, Pieper CF, Cohen HJ. Developing a summary measure of medical status. Aging clinical and experimental research 1998;10:395-400.

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Anderson JE, Koenig LJ, Lampe MA, Wright R, Leiss J, Saul J. Achieving universal HIV screening in prenatal care in the United States: provider persistence pays off. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2005;19:247-252.

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Leiss J, Ratcliffe J, Lyden J, Sousa S, Orelien J, Boal W, Jagger J. Blood exposure among paramedics: incidence rates from the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Annals of Epidemiology 2006;16:720-725.

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Leiss JK. A new method for measuring misclassification of maternal sets in maternally linked birth records: true and false linkage proportions. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007;11:293-300.

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Boal WL, Leiss JK, Sousa S, Lyden JT, Li J, Jagger J. The National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics: exposure reporting. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2008;51:213-222.

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Mathews R, Leiss JK, Boal WL, Lyden JT, Sousa S, Ratcliffe JM, Jagger J. Provision and use of personal protective equipment and safety devices in the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. American Journal of Infection Control 2008;36:743-749.

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Leiss JK, Lyden JT, Mathews R, Sitzman KL, Vanderpuije A, Mav D, Kendra MA, Klein C, Humphrey, CJ. Blood exposure incidence rates from the North Carolina Study of Home Care and Hospice Nurses. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2009;52:99104.

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Leiss JK, Sousa S, Boal WL. Circumstances surrounding occupational blood exposure events in the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Industrial Health 2009;47:139-144.

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Sitzman KL, Leiss JK. Documentation of incidental factors affecting the home healthcare work environment. Home Healthcare Nurse 2009;29:517-521.

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Leiss JK. Management practices and risk of occupational blood exposure in U.S. paramedics: non-intact skin exposure. Annals of Epidemiology 2009;19:884–890.

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Boal WL, Leiss JK, Ratcliffe JM, Sousa S, Lyden JT, Li J, Jagger J. The National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics: rates of exposure to blood. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2010;83:191–199.

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Leiss JK, Giles D, Sullivan KM, Mathews R, Sentelle G, Tomashek KM. U.S. maternally linked birth records may be biased for Hispanics and other population groups. Annals of Epidemiology 2010;20:23–31.

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Leiss JK, Kotch JB. The importance of children’s environmental health for the field of maternal and child health: a wake-up call. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2010;14:307-317.

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Leiss JK. Management practices and risk of occupational blood exposure in U.S. paramedics: needlesticks. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2010;53:866-874.

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Leiss JK. Provision and use of safety-engineered medical devices among home care and hospice nurses in North Carolina. American Journal of Infection Control 2010;38:636-639.

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Leiss JK, Sitzman KL, Kendra M-A. Provision and use of personal protective equipment among home care and hospice nurses in North Carolina. American Journal of Infection Control 2011;39:123-128.

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Leiss JK, Lyden JT, Klein C. Using formative research to design an epidemiologic survey: the North Carolina Study of Home Care and Hospice Nurses. Epidemiology and Health 2011;33:e2011008.

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Boal WL, Leiss JK. Safety culture and exposure to blood and body fluids among paramedics. Prehospital Emergency Care 2012:478 [letter].

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Leiss JK. Work experience, work environment, and blood exposure among home care and hospice nurses. Industrial Health 2012;50:521-528.

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Leiss JK, Suchindran CM, Kruse L. Using mixture models with linear predictors to identify incorrect gestational age in state birth records. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2012;26:468-478.

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Leiss JK. Safety climate and use of personal protective equipment and safety medical devices among home care and hospice nurses. Industrial Health 2014;52:492-497.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings 1.

Anderson NB, Leiss J, McNeilly M, and Blazer D. Epidemiology of hypertension in black and white elderly. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 1990.

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Siegler IC, Hooker K, Leiss J. Personality and health across the life span. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 1992.

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Leiss JK, Suchindran CM. Excess sudden infant death syndrome and risk factor distribution in U.S. blacks: possibilities for prevention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, D.C., May 1993.

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Kirkland KB, Meriwether RA, Leiss JK , Mac Kenzie WR. Gluttony and other deadly sins: risk factors for gastrointestinal illness among those eating oysters at two church suppers, North Carolina, 1993. Paper presented at the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service Midwestern Regional Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1994.

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Mage DT, Leiss J, Takamori C, Kong V. Evidence that the winter peak incidence in SIDS is more associated with infection than with low temperature or outdoor air pollution. Paper presented at the Third International SIDS Conference, Stavanger, Norway, JulyAugust 1994.

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Buescher PA, Leiss JK. Race, education, and mortality in North Carolina. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., September-October 1994.

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Leiss JK, Aldrich TE. Pilot study of home pesticide use and childhood cancer. Poster presented at the International Society for Exposure Analysis Conference, Research Triangle Park, NC, September 1994.

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Leiss JK, Suchindran CM. Sudden infant death syndrome and local meteorological temperature in North Carolina. Paper presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Snowbird, Utah, June 1995.

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Leiss JK. Infant sleeping position in North Carolina: State health measures for evaluating the effect of the Back to Sleep campaign. Paper presented at the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, Washington, D.C., July 1995.

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Aldrich TE, Leiss JK, Drane JW. Statistical Methods for Surveillance of Quality of Prevention Services in Managed Care Organizations. Poster presented at the Sixth Biennial CDC and ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods, Atlanta, January 1997.

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Leiss JK. Infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the home. Poster presented at the First National Research Conference on Children's Environmental Health, Washington, D.C., February 1997.

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Leiss JK, White ES, Aldrich TE. Childhood cancer as sentinels of hazardous exposure. Poster presented at the First National Research Conference on Children's Environmental Health, Washington, D.C., February 1997.

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Fillenbaum GG, Heyman A, Huber MS, Woodbury MA, Leiss J, Schmader KE, Bohannon A, Trapp-Moen B. Prevalence and three-year incidence of dementia in a communityrepresentative elderly African-American and White population. Poster presented at 14 th Colloque Medecine et Recherche on Alzheimer's Disease, Paris, May 1998.

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Leiss JK, Bowling JM, Saul J. Surveying physicians about counseling and testing of pregnant women for HIV: a test of three methods to increase response. Paper presented at the 126th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 1998.

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Leiss JK. Infant sleeping position in North Carolina before the ‘Back-to-Sleep’ campaign. Paper presented at the 126th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 1998.

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Leiss JK, Bowling JM, Saul J. The effect of phone calls and mailing labels on response rates to a mail survey of physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding counseling and testing of pregnant women for HIV. Paper presented at the 7 th Biennial CDC and ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods, Atlanta, January 1999.

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Leiss JK. Improving the validity of maternally-linked birth records using external validation: an evaluation and comparison of four approaches. Paper presented at the National Conference on Health and Statistics, Washington, D.C., August 1999.

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Leiss JK. Influencing maternal choices about infant sleeping position: whose opinion counts? Paper presented at the Annual Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Epidemiology Workshop, Atlanta, December 1999.

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Leiss JK. Clearing the air in tobacco country: maternal practices regarding smoking around infants in North Carolina. Paper presented at the Annual Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Epidemiology Workshop, Atlanta, December 1999.

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Leiss JK, Baden S, Yin M. Increasing the Usefulness of Vital Records for Answering Important Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health Questions Using Ten Years of Maternally-Linked Birth and Infant Death Records for Region IV. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Regional Conference on Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, and Services for Children with Special Needs, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2000.

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Suchindran CM, Leiss JK, and Salama I. Alternative methods for record linkage: application to linking vital records. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Atlanta, August 2001.

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Baden SL, Leiss JK, Ratcliffe JM, Orelien JG, Tierney JA, Boal WL, Jagger J. The National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics: Protecting the Nation’s First Responders. Paper presented at the fourth biannual NORA symposium, NORA 2003: Working Partnerships - Research to Practice, Arlington, VA, June 2003.

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Orelien JG, Leiss JK, Tierney JA, Ratcliffe JM, Baden SL (2003). Factors affecting response rates in a survey of paramedics: Report from the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, San Francisco, August 2003.

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Leiss, JK. CEH 101: A framework for teaching children’s environmental health in schools of public health. Paper presented at the Association of Schools of Public Health Environmental Health Conference, Research Triangle Park, NC, August 2003.

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Leiss, JK. Valid epidemiologic methods and studies based on linked data: Are they compatible? Invited paper presented at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Epidemiology, Chicago, September 2003.

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Ratcliffe JM, Jagger J, Baden S, Orelien JG, Leiss JK, Boal WL, Tierney JA. Risk factors for occupational blood exposure: estimates from the National study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Paper presented at the 3 rd National Occupational Injury Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, October 2003.

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Baden SL, Leiss JK, Ratcliffe JM, Orelien JG, Tierney JA, Boal WL, Jagger J. Rates of exposure to patient blood among certified paramedics: Results from The National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Poster presented at the 131 st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, November 2003.

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Lyden JA, Leiss JK, Sousa SL, Ratcliffe JM, Orelien JG. Incentives: do they affect response rates in a mail survey of paramedics? Poster presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, May 2004.

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Mathews R, Leiss JK, Sousa S, Ratcliffe J, Lyden J, Jagger J. Availability and use of personal protective equipment and safety devices in the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics. Paper presented at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, December 2005.

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Klein CT, Lyden JT, Sousa SL, Leiss JK, Mathews R, Sullivan K. Using formative research methods to identify risk factors for blood exposure in home healthcare nurses. Poster presented at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, December 2005.

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Leiss JK. Non-hospital health care workers: occupational blood exposure. Invited paper presented at the NIOSH Blood Exposure Workshop, Durham, NC, March 2006.

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Mathews R, Leiss JK, Vanderpuije A. Completion of high school among teenage mothers in North Carolina: a prospective study using maternally-linked birth records. Poster presented at the 134th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November 2006.

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Mathews R, Leiss JK, Sousa S. Birthweight and gestational age among American Indians and non-Hispanic whites in 3 southern states. Paper presented at the 134th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006.

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Mathews R, Leiss JK. Perinatal outcomes among Asian Indians in Georgia. Paper presented at the 134th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006.

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