Brian S. Schwartz, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
• Director, Environmental Health Institute
• Director, Program on Global Sustainability and Health

Background

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Medicine

Contact for Research Inquiries

Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Phone: (410) 955-4158
Fax: (410) 955-1811

Research Interests

Biologic markers, Built environment, Cognitive function affected by chemical exposure, Environmental causes of childhood obesity, Gene-environment interaction, Health effects of chemicals, Health effects of climate change, Lead intoxication, Metals intoxication (mercury, arsenic, others), Occupational and environmental epidemiology

Selected Publications

• Selected publications from 2013 and 2014:

  Casey JA, Cosgrove SE, Stewart WF, Pollak J, Schwartz BS. A population-based study of the epidemiology and clinical features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Pennsylvania 2001-2010. Epidemiology & Infection 2013; 141: 1166-79.

  Tan BK, Chandra RK, Pollak J, Kato A, Conley DB, Peters AT, Grammer LC, Avila PC, Kern RC, Stewart WF, Schleimer RP, Schwartz BS. Incidence and associated premorbid diagnoses of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. J Allergy Clinical Immunol 2013; 131: 1350-60.

  Liu AY, Curriero FC, Glass TA, Stewart WF, Schwartz BS. The contextual influence of coal abandoned mine lands in communities and type 2 diabetes in Pennsylvania. Health & Place 2013; 22: 115-122.

  Casey JA, Curriero FC, Cosgrove SE, Nachman KE, Schwartz BS. High-density livestock operations, crop field application of manure, and risk of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Pennsylvania. JAMA Intern Med 2013; 173: 1980-90.

  Tan BK, Kern RB, Schleimer RP, Schwartz BS. Chronic rhinosinusitis – the unrecognized epidemic [editorial]. AJRCCM 2013; 188: 1275-6.

  Rudolph KE, Glass TA, Crum RM, Schwartz BS. Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and binge drinking among late middle-aged adults. J Urban Health 2013; 90: 970-82.

  Bobb JF, Schwartz BS, Davatzikos C, Caffo B. Cross-sectional and longitudinal association of body mass index and brain volume. Human Brain Mapping 2014; 35: 75-88.

  Shelley R, Kim NS, Parsons PJ, Lee BK, Agnew J, Jaar BG, Steuerwald AJ, Matanoski G, Fadrowski J, Schwartz BS, Todd AC, Simon D, Weaver VM. Uranium associations with kidney outcomes vary by urine concentration adjustment method. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2014; 24: 58-64.

  Casey JA, Shopsin B, Cosgrove SE, Curriero FC, Nachman KE, Rose H, Schwartz BS. Molecular characterization of MRSA infection and association with high-density livestock production in Pennsylvania, USA. Environ Health Perspect 2014; in press.

  Schwartz BS, Bailey-Davis L, Bandeen-Roche K, Hirsch AG, Pollak J, Nau C, Liu AY, Glass TA. Attention deficit disorder, stimulant use, and childhood body mass index trajectory. Pediatrics 2014; in press.

   

Honors

• Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins, 1/1/10
• Advising, Mentoring, and Teaching Recognition Award, Johns Hopkins, 1/1/02
• Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1/1/94
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Faculty Development Award, 1/1/90
• Recipient, Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund Award, 1/1/89
• Mellon Foundation Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 1/1/87
• Phi Beta Kappa, Tufts University, 1/1/79
• Summa cum Laude, Tufts University, 1/1/79
• Durkee Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate research, Tufts University, 1/1/79

Lectures & Presentations

• "Ongoing studies on the health effects of unconventional natural gas development., inImpact of Unconventional Natural Gas Drilling Operations on the Environment and Public Health,, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, February 2014., 2/1/14
• Casey JA, Curriero FC, Schwartz BS. Residential proximity to high-density livestock farms or manure-applied cropfields and risk of tetracycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Pennsylvania, USA, 2005-2010., Joint ISEE, ISES and ISIAQ Environmental Health Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 8/1/13
• Doing environmental epidemiology research with electronic health records, The Heterogeneity of Environmental Health Data: Fostering Integration to Advance Discovery, Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions, National Research Council, Washington, DC, January 2013., 1/1/13
• Environmental health data streams: health data, The Heterogeneity of Environmental Health Data: Fostering Integration to Advance Discovery, Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions, National Research Council, Washington, DC, January 2013., 1/1/13
• Key Challenges of Our Energy Future: Can We Build an Energy Policy that is Both Equitable and Sustainable?, National Women's Democratic Club, Washington, DC,, 6/1/12
• Metal neurotoxicants, Lecture in UCSF-sponsored CME course, Occupational and Environmental Factors in Neurological Disease., San Francisco, CA, 11/1/12
• Nau C, Ellis H, Hong H, Hirsch A, Bailey-Davis L, Schwartz BS, Pollak J, Liu AY, Glass TA. Exploring the forest instead of the trees: an innovative method for defining obesogenic environments., Annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, 5/1/14
• Nau C, Glass TA, Liu AY, Pollak J, Hirsch A, Bailey-Davis L, Schwartz BS. Community socioeconomic deprivation and obesity trajectories in children using Big Data., 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, 6/1/13
• Navigating a career in environmental epidemiology: has complexification been informative?, Department of Epidemiology Grand Rounds, Columbia University School of Public Health, NY, NY, 12/1/13
• The use of electronic health records systems in 'BIG' environmental epidemiology, American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, 9/1/13

Memberships

• American Association of Psychiatrists from India.