Description of Research Expertise

Academic Experience:
Awards, Honors, and Membership in Honorary Societies:
1969 J. Willard Gibbs Society, Yale University;
1974 Second Prize, Alfred A. Richman Essay Contest, American College of Chest Physicians;
1983 Elected Fellow, American College of Physicians;
1985 Elected Fellow, American College of Epidemiology;
1988 M.A. (honoris causa), University of Pennsylvania;
1990 Elected Member, American Epidemiological Society;
1991 Elected Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia;
1992 Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation;
1992 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Clinical Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center;
1992 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Class of 1992 Class Teaching Award

Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
1980- Attending staff of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania;
1980-91 Co-Director, Clinical Epidemiology Unit;
1981-82 Director, Clinical Pharmacology Consultation Service;
1981-83 Member, Infection Control Committee;
1981- Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee;
1989- Director, Drug Utilization and Adverse Drug Reaction Program;
1989- Chairman, Drug Use and Effects Committee;
1990- Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee;
1991-92 Investigational Drug Task Force;
1991- Director, Cancer Epidemiology Program, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center;
1991- Director, Clinical Epidemiology Unit;
1993- Director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
1993- Member, Clinical Trials Scientific Review and Monitoring Committee, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center;
1993- Advisory Committee on International Medical Programs;
1993- Member, Primary Care Track Task Force;
1993- Standing Committee of Department Chairs, School of Medicine;
1994- Medication Error Review Subcommittee;
1995- Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology;
1995- Director, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology;
1995- Director, Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Editorial Positions:
1980- Editorial consultant to the Johns Hopkins University Press and J.B. Lippincott, and referee for the following journals: American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Neurology, Archives of Internal Medicine, Cancer Causes and Control, Chest, Circulation, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Gastroenterology, Iatrogenics, International Journal of Cancer, International Journal of Cardiology, International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Medical Care, New England Journal of Medicine, Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials, Primary Care Technology, Science, Social Science and Medicine, Western Journal of Medicine.

1988- Editorial Board, Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology;
1989- Editorial Board, ACP Journal Club;
1990-93 Editorial Board, Iatrogenics;
1990-94 Editorial Board, PMS: An International Journal Devoted to Pharmacoepidemiology;
1991- Editorial Board, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety;
1991- Editorial Board, P&T: A Peer-Reviewed Journal for Formulary Management;
1994- Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Rheumatology;
1994- Associate Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania:
1981 Admissions Committee of the Epidemiology Graduate Group;
1981-88 Subcommittee on Graduate Medical Education of the School of Medicine's Long Range Planning Committee
1983 Subcommittee on Mini-Course Development of the School of Medicine's Curriculum Committee;
1986-90 School of Medicine Biostatistician Search Committee;
1990-91 School of Medicine Ad Hoc Committee on Biostatistics;
1990-92 Department of Pediatrics Biostatistician Search Committee;
1992-94 Chairman, Task Force on Social, Preventive, and Community Medicine;
1992- School of Medicine West Philadelphia Administrative Group;
1993- Senior Council on Education, School of Medicine;
1994- Council on International Medical Programs, School of Medicine;
1995- Steering Committee on Curriculum Reform, School of Medicine;
1995- Task Force on Patient-Oriented Research, School of Medicine;
1996- Committee on Faculty Research Incentives, School of Medicine

Other positions:
I have been a member of many grant review committees, including being a standing member of the NIH Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section.

Business Experience:
I serve as a consultant in pharmacoepidemiology to most major pharmaceutical corporations, many United States and international governmental bodies, and many law firms. I have testified on many occasions in product liability suits, as well as at FDA. I am also on the Board of Directors of a few private companies, and on multiple different advisory committees for governments and industry.