David Savitz, Ph.D.

Recruitment and Screening Panel

Dr. Savitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. He received his MS in Preventative Medicine from Ohio State University in 1978 and his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. His research interests are in reproductive and occupational/environmental epidemiology. Major research has focused on the causes of preterm birth and related adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as potential carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic fields in the home and workplace, the influence of occupational exposures on pregnancy outcome, and the determinants of preterm delivery. He is a member of the American Public Health Association, Society for Epidemiologic Research, International Epidemiological Association (North American Councilor), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research (currently President-elect). He is Editor of Epidemiology and serves on the Editorial Board for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. Dr. Savitz has taught Epidemiologic Research Methods, Reproductive Epidemiology, and Theory & Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology, and recently authored a book entitled, "Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence."