Department of
Epidemiology &
Biostatistics

Genetic Epidemiology

Global Health

Behavior and Prevention

Health Care

Modern Biostatistics

 

Mendel E. Singer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 Director, Jewish Community Health Initiative
 www.JewHealth.org

Office: School of Medicine, Wood Bldg. WG-51
Phone: (216) 368-1951
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Education
Ph.D. 1991, Case Western Reserve University (Operations Research)
M.S. 1984, Case Western Reserve University (Operations Research)
B.A. 1981, Rutgers University (Mathematics)
Research Interests, Content Areas
Obesity
Infectious Disease
Mental Health
Research Interests, Methodology
Community Health Interventions
School and community based
Special emphasis on Jewish community
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Developing nations
Large database
Claims databases
Quality of Life
Courses Taught
MPHP 405: Statistical Methods in Public Health
EPBI/MPHP 467: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care
MPHP 506:The Future of Public Health (co-instructor)
EPBI 461: Health Services Research Methods II
Professional Memberships
American Public Health Association
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Recent and Noted Publications (*denotes thesis students)
* Rose J, Hawthorn RL, Watts B, Singer ME. Public health impact and cost effectiveness of mass vaccination with live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine (RIX4414) in India: model based analysis. BMJ 2009;339:b3653.

*Babigumira JB, Sethi AK, Smyth KA, Singer ME. Cost-Effectiveness of Programmatic Models to Provide Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource-Limited Settings. PharmacoEconomics 2009; 27(11): 963-973.

Cuttler L, Singer ME, Simpson L, Gallan A, Nevar A, Silvers JB. Obesity in Children and Families Across Ohio. Results from the Ohio Family Health Survey 2009. Report to the Ohio Department of Health.

Singer ME. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis - Developing Nations Left Behind. PharmacoEconomics. 2008;26 (5):359-61.

*Rose J, Singer ME. Projecting vaccine efficacy: accounting for geographic strain variations PharmacoEconomics. 2008;26(3): 185-189.

Dawson NV, Singer ME, Lenert L et al. Health State Valuation in Mild to Moderate Dementia: Feasibility of Computer-Based Ascertainment Techniques. Medical Decision Making. 2008; 28(2): 220-232.

Paladino JA, Sunderlin JL, Singer ME, Adelman MH, Schentag JJ. Observations on vancomycin use in U.S. hospitals. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2007; 64(15): 1633-41.

*Del Rio RA, Post AB, Singer ME. Cost-effectiveness of hematologic growth factors for anemia occurring during hepatitis C combination therapy. Hepatology. 2006;44(6):1598-1606.

Singer ME, Harding I, Jacobs MR, Jaffe DH. Impact of antimicrobial resistance on health outcomes in the outpatient treatment of adult community-acquired pneumonia: a probability model. J Antimicrob Chemotherapy. 2003; 51, 1269-1282.

Barzilai DA, Singer ME. Potential impact of an intervention to reduce rates of insufficient excision margins for malignant melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2003;120(6): 1067-72.

Sehgal AR, Leon JB, Siminoff LA, Singer ME, Bunosky LM, Cebul RD. Improving the quality of hemodialysis treatment: a community-based randomized controlled trial to overcome patient specific barriers. JAMA. 2002;287(15):1961-7

Singer ME, Applegate KE. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Radiology. Radiology. 2001; 219: 611-620.

Singer ME, Younossi ZM. Cost-Effectiveness of screening for Hepatitis C Virus in Asymptomatic, Average Risk Adults: Has the Time Come? Am J Med. 2001; 111:614-621.
Scholarly Activities
Guest Editor, Special Issue, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Developing Nations, PharmacoEconomics.
Editorial Board, Pharmacoeconomics.
Awards
2009 , Awarded by Health Policy Institute of Ohio
2010, Finalist, Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching and Mentoring, Graduate School, Awarded by graduate students from across University
2008, Professor-of-the-Year, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Awarded by the graduate students in the department (about 200 students, 5 divisions)

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