Jay Kaufman


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	*Jay Kaufman*

Jay S. Kaufman, PhD is associate professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Fellow of the Carolina Population Center, and Research Fellow in the Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Dr. Kaufman's research interests include social epidemiology, minority health, statistical methodology, and health care. He has published widely on social factors and health, causal inference, and international health, among other topics. He is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Investigator, conducting a project on the role of patient race/ethnicity in medical evaluation and treatment.




	*Related Publications*

	Kaufman, J. S. (in press). Epidemiologic analysis of racial/ethnic disparities: Some fundamental issues and a cautionary example. Social Science and Medicine. Kaufman, J.S. and Cooper, R. S. (2008). Race in epidemiology: new tools, old problems. Annals of Epidemiology, 18(2), 119-123. Bolnick, D. A., Fullwiley, D., Duster, T., Cooper, R. S., Fujimura, J. H., Kahn, J., Kaufman, J. S., Marks, J., Morning, A., Nelson, A., Ossorio, P., Reardon, J. Reverby, S. M., and TallBear, K. (2007). The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing. Science, 318, p.399-400. Cooper, R. S., Kaufman, J. S., Ward, R. (2003). Race and genomics. New England Journal of Medicine, 348(12), 1166-1170 (Comments and Rejoinder: New England Journal of Medicine, 348(25), 2581-2; New England Journal of Medicine, 348(12),1081-2. Kaufman, J. S. & Hall, S., A. (2003). The slavery hypertension hypothesis: dissemination and appeal of a modern race theory. Epidemiology, 14(1), 111-126. Published Abstracts: Kaufman JS. (2006). Methodologic considerations in the evaluation of sub-population specific therapeutic effects [Abstract]. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 15 (Suppl 1): S94.

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