Gender	Male
E-mail	david.savitz@mssm.edu
Education and Training	Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
	M.S., Ohio State University
	B.A., Brandeis University
Awards	2007 Elected for membership to Institute of Medicine
	2004 Advancing Knowledge Award Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
	2004 Distinguished Graduate Award University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
	2003 Slone Memorial Lecturer Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University
	1999 Elected to American Epidemiological Society
	1999 William R. Gemma Award, Outstanding Alumnus Ohio State University
	1983 Excellence in Teaching Award University of Colorado School of Medicine
	1975 Summa cum laude, Highest Honors in Psychology Brandeis University

David Savitz received his undergraduate training in Psychology at Brandeis University and a Masters degree in Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University in 1978, and his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in 1982.

He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and moved to the University of North Carolina School of Public Health in 1985 where he remained through 2005 before joining Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His teaching is focused on epidemiologic methods and he recently authored a book titled Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence. He directed 29 doctoral dissertations at the University of North Carolina and 13 masters theses.

He has served as Editor at the American Journal of Epidemiology and as a member of the Epidemiology and Disease Control - 1 Study Section of the National Institutes of Health and currently is an Editor at Epidemiology. He was President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research and North American Regional Councilor for the International Epidemiological Association.

His primary research activities and interests are in reproductive, environmental, and cancer epidemiology.

Dr. Savitz is Director of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Disease Prevention Institute.

Education and Training	Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
	M.S., Ohio State University
	B.A., Brandeis University

Primary research activities and interests are in reproductive, environmental, and cancer epidemiology.

Yang J, Hartmann KE, Savitz DA, Herring AH, Dole N, Olshan AF, Thorp JM Jr. Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy and preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol 2004 Jul 15; 160(2): 118-25.

Engal SA, Erichsen HC, Savitz DA, Thorp JM, Chanock SJ, Olshan AF. Risk of spontaneous preterm birth is associated with common proinflammatory cytokine polymorphisms. Epidemiology 2005 Jul; 16(4): 469-77.

Yang J, Hartmann KE, Herring AH, Savitz DA. Reducing misclassification in assignment of timing of events during pregnancy. Epidemiology 2005 Jan; 16(1): 121-3.

Savitz DA, Dole N, Herring AH, Kaczor D, Murphy J, Siega-Riz AM, Thorp JM Jr, Mac Donald TL. Should spontaneous and medically indicated preterm births be separated for studying aetiology?. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2005 Mar; 19(2): 97-105.

Savitz DA, Dole N, Kaczor D, Herring AH, Siega-Riz AM, Kaufman J, Thorp JM Jr. Probability samples of area births versus clinic populations for reproductive epidemiology studies. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2005 Jul; 19(4): 315-22.

Engel SA, Olshan AF, Savitz DA, Thorp JM, Erichsen HC, Chanock SJ. Risk of small-for-gestational age is associated with common anti-inflammatory cytokine polymorphisms. Epidemiology 2005 Jul; 16(4): 478-86.

Mc Pheeters ML, Miller WC, Hartmann KE, Savitz DA, Kaufman JS, Garrett JM, Thorp JM. The epidemiology of threatened preterm labor: a prospective cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005 Apr; 192(4): 1325-9.

Pompeii LA, Savitz DA, Evenson KR, Rogers B, Mc Mahon M. Physical exertion at work and the risk of preterm delivery and small-for-gestational-age birth. Obstet Gynecol 2005 Dec; 106(6): 1279-88.

Sagiv SK, Mendola P, Loomis D, Herring AH, Neas LM, Savitz DA, Savitz DA, Poole C. A time-series analysis of air pollution and preterm birth in Pennsylvania, 1997-2001. Environ Health Perspect 2005 May; 113(5): 602-6.

Strauss RA, Eucker B, Savitz DA, Thorp JM Jr. Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis from self-obtained vaginal swabs. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2005 Mar; 13(1): 31-5.