Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Phone: (412) 648-9290
e-mail: weisshb@upmc.edu

Also see Media Appearances below.

Specialized Areas of Interest

Injury prevention; brain injuries; domestic violence; fetal injury; maternal injury.

Biography

Harold B. Weiss, MPH, PhD, joined the faculty of the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Center for Injury Research and Control (CIRCL) in November 1998. He has more than 25 years experience in the practice of injury control, including consultation on local projects, working at the state level in Wisconsin, where he directed the injury prevention program from 1985-1989, and, since 1992, in academia. He served as director of CIRCL from November 2002 to February 2008.

Dr. Weiss did his undergraduate work at the University of California and received a masters degrees in environmental health and epidemiology from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

His 40 publications and numerous presentations have spanned the gamut of injury control topics including injury surveillance, school violence prevention, baby walkers, pesticide poisonings, bicycle injuries, transportation safety, farm injuries, hospital discharge data, data linkage, elderly falls, recreational injuries and ferret bites, among other areas.

In addition to his dissertation research on fetal injuries, his current work focuses on trauma and pregnancy and motorcycle head injuries. He was president of the Society for Advancement of Injury and Violence Research (SAVIR) and chair of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section.

Dr. Weiss maintains his personal web page at www.injurycontrol.com/Hank.

Dr. Weiss' publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Professional Organization Membership

American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section
International Society of Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
Society for Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiologic Research

Editorial Service

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Injury Prevention
JAMA
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Media Appearances

Head injuries soar since repeal of helmet law
June 13, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Head Injuries Up Since Motorcycle Helmet Law Amended In Pennsylvania
June 12, 2008
WPXI-TV Pittsburgh

Study: Since Pa. Motorcycle Helmet Law Repeal, Deaths Up
June 12, 2008
WTAE-TV Pittsburgh