Division of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University

308 Cunz Hall 1841 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210  

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate: University of California, Riverside, B.A., 1967

Graduate: Sussex University, Brighton, England, M.A., 1970 University of California, Los Angeles,Ph.D., Epidemiology, 1982

Postgraduate: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle (1982 - 1984)

Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1984 - 1985)

 

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:

Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1996 - present)

Visiting Researcher, Karolinska Institute, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden (March, 2002- present)

Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biometrics, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1991 - 1996)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee (1986 - 1991) Visiting

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1985 - 1986)

ACTIVE

1R01CA (Schwartzbaum)     04/01/2008 – 01/31/2013     6.75 academic

NIH/NCI/NIAID 3.00 summer

Allergic condition susceptibility polymorphisms and glioma risk

The major goal of this project is to investigate the role of immune function genes in glioma risk and survival. Role: Principal Investigator

 

COMPLETED

R01 DE016125 (Griffen)     08/01/2004 – 04/30/2009     1.50 summer

NIDCR/NIH     2.00 academic

Molecular analysis of the biofilm in caries and health

This is an epidemiologic investigation using molecular microbiologic methods to study the biofilm communities associated with dental caries in children.

 

OSU (Schwartzbaum)     01/01/2008 – 06/15/2008     3.00 academic

Neurosurgery Department

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the presence of cancer stem cells in glioblastoma alters the expression of immune function genes.

 

Subcontract (Schwartzbaum)     10/01/06-06/30/07

University of California at San Francisco

Prime: NCI (Wrensch)

Genetic and molecular epidemiology of adult glioma

The major goals of this project are to genotype 10,000 SNPs and identify those that play important roles in glioma development.

Role: OSU Principal Investigator

 

Contract - Agreement dtd 1/9/07 (Schwartzbaum)     10/01/06-06/30/07

MetroHealth Medical Center

DMPA and bone density in adolescent girls

The major goal of this project is to assist Dr. Cromer in writing a proposal for NIH. The topic of the proposal will be to determine whether adolescent girls who use DMPA for contraception subsequently recover or suffer permanent loss of bone density.

Role: OSU Principal Investigator

 

Subcontract (Schwartzbaum)     10/01/06-06/30/07

Umeå University Hospital

Prime: Northern Swedish Cancer Society (Malmer)

Immune responses to viruses and allergies as molecular markers of glioma risk

The major goal of this project is to determine whether serum IgE and IgG levels are related to subsequent glioma risk.

Role: OSU Principal Investigator

 

AGMT DTD 3/22/06 (Schwartzbaum)     03/15/06-09/15/06

Karolinska Institutet

Collaboration with Karolinska Institute

The major goals of this project are to conduct collaborative research on glutathione transferase polymorphisms and glioma, shift work and cancer, maternal occupation, and childhood cancer risk.

Role: Investigator

 

Subcontract (Schwartzbaum)

NIH/NICHD R01 HD039009     09/01/99 - 08/31/04

Depo-Provera and Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents

The major goal of this project was to determine whether Depo-Provera contraceptive use in adolescents decreases their bone density.

Role: Co-Investigator

 

NIH/NCI R03 CA10337 (Schwartzbaum)     09/01/03 - 08/31/05

Allergic Condition Biomarkers and Glioma Risk

The purpose of this proposed study is to determine whether allergy gene polymorphisms are inversely associated with glioma risk.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

 

Epidemiology for Medical Students

Introduction to Epidemiology

Biostatistics for Observational Data

Epidemiologic Methods (PM850)

Principles and Applications of Epidemiology and Associated Statistical Methods II (PM752)

Principles and Applications of Epidemiology and Associated Statistical Methods III (PM753)

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Module (Independent Studies Program)

Quantitative Methods I (PM701)

Quantitative Methods II (PM702)

Seminar in Thesis and Dissertation Preparation (PM850)

 

Schwartzbaum JA, Hulka BS, Fowler WC, Kaufman DG, Hoberman D.  The influence of exogenous estrogen use on survival after diagnosis of endometrial cancer.  American Journal of Epidemiology 1987; 126:851-860

Schwartzbaum JA, Wheat JR, Norton RW.  Physician breach of patient confidentiality among individuals with HIV infection:  Patterns of decision.  American Journal of Public Health 1990; 80:829-834.

Schwartzbaum JA, Setzer RW, Kupper LL.  An exploratory analysis of the occupational determinants of large pigmented nevi at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  Journal of Occupational Medicine 1990; 32:605-611.

Norton RW, Schwartzbaum JA, Wheat JR.  Language discrimination of general physicians:  AIDS metaphors used in the AIDS crisis.  Communication Research Special Issue:  Communication and The AIDS Crisis, 1990; 17:809-826.

Schwartzbaum JA, George SL, Pratt CB, Davis B.  An exploratory study of environmental and medical factors potentially related to childhood cancer.  Medical and Pediatric Oncology, 1991; 19:115-121.

Schwartzbaum JA, Hirschberg JG.  Exploring the order of the odds ratios using the bootstrap.  Statistics in Medicine, 1991; 10:1273-1281.

Schwartzbaum JA.  Influence of mother's prenatal drug consumption on risk of neuroblastoma in the child.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 1992; 135:1358-1367.

Schwartzbaum JA, Setzer RW, Kupper LL.  Limitations of relative sensitivity in detecting differential misclassification in case-control studies,  Epidemiology, 1994; 5:315-323.

Abell TL, Cardoso S, Schwartzbaum JA, Familoni B, Wilson R, Massie D. Diabetic gastroparesis is associated with an abnormality in sympathetic innervation. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1994; 6:241-247.

Schwartzbaum JA, Setzer RW, Kupper LL.  Exposure to ionizing radiation and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma:  Search for error and bias.  Annals of Epidemiology 1995; 4:487-496.

Schwartzbaum JA, Fisher JL, Goodman J, Octaviano D, Cornwell DG.  Hypotheses concerning roles of dietary energy, cured meat, and serum tocopherols in adult glioma development.  Neuroepidemiology  1999;18;156-166.

Schwartzbaum JA, Lal P, Evanoff W, Mamrak S, Yates A, Barnett GH, Goodman J.  Presurgical serum albumin levels predict survival time from glioblastoma multiforme.  Journal of Neuro-Oncology 1999; 43:35-41.

Stern, SL, Williams, T, Dixon, SL, Clement, JA, Butt, ZA,  Schwartzbaum JA, Busch, K.  Do health professionals' attitudes interfere with the treatment of depression? Depression and Anxiety 1999; 9:151-155.

Greenland SG, Schwartzbaum JA, Finkle WD.  Small-sample and sparse-data problems in conditional logistic regression analysis.  American Journal of Epidemiology 2000;151;531-9.

Ferketich AK, Schwartzbaum JA,  Frid DJ, Moeschberger ML. Depression as an antecedent to heart disease among women and men in the NHANESI study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2000;160:1261-1268.    

Schwartzbaum JA, Cornwell DG. Oxidant stress and glioblastoma multiforme risk: serum anitioxidants, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, and ferritin .  Nutrition and Cancer, 2000;38;40-49.

Tedeschi NI, Schwartzbaum JA, Lee M, Miike R, Wrensch M. Inverse association of calcium consumption with astrocytic glioma among women: The San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study, 1991-1995.  Nutrition and Cancer. 2001; 39:196-203.

Schwartzbaum JA, Jonsson F, Ahlbom A, Preston-Martin,S, Lonn S, Soderberg, KC, Feychting M. Cohort studies of association between self-reported allergic conditions, immune-related diagnoses, and glioma and meningioma risk. International Journal of Cancer 2003;106:423-8.

Schwartzbaum JA, Ahlbom A, Feychting, M. Berkson’s Bias Reviewed. European Journal of Epidemiology 2003;18:1109-1112.

Sivak-Sears NR, Schwartzbaum JA, Miike R, Moghadassi M, Wrensch M.  Case-Control Study of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Glioblastoma Multiforme. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2004; 159:1131-9.
    
Söderberg KC, Hagmar L, Schwartzbaum, JA, Feychting, M. Allergic conditions, autoimmune diseases and risk of hematological malignancies in adults. BMC Public Health. 2004; 4:51.

Schwartzbaum, JA, Feychting M, Ahlbom A. Prior hospitalization for epilepsy, diabetes, and stroke and subsequent glioma and meningioma risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 2005;14:643-50.

Schwartzbaum JA, Ahlbom A,  Malmer B, Lonn S, Brookes AJ, Doss H,     Debinski W,     Henriksson R, Feychting M. Polymorphisms associated with     asthma are     inversely related to     glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer Research 2005;65 :6459-65.

 Wrensch M, Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Bondy B, Berger M, Aldape KD.  Molecular     epidemiology of adult glioma.  Neurosurgical Focus 2005; November 19:E5.

Edwards, C. Schwartzbaum, JA. Lonn, S.,  Ahlbom. A. Feychting, M. Loud Noise Exposure and Risk of Acoustic Neuroma. American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 163: 327-333.

Scott SK, Rabito FA, Price PD, Butler NN, Schwartzbaum JA, Jackson BM, Love RL, Harris RE.  Comorbidity among the morbidly obese: A comparative study of 2002 US hospital patient discharges. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2006;02:105-111.
    
Schwartzbaum JA, Fisher JL, Wrensch M.  Epidemiology and molecular     pathology of glioma.     Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2006;2:494-503; quiz 1 p following 516. Review.

Adelöw C, Ahlbom A, Feychting M, Johnsson F, Schwartzbaum, JA. Epilepsy as a risk     factor for cancer. Journal  Neurological Neurosurgurgery and Psychiatry. 2006 ;77:784-    6.
 
Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M, Berger MS.Evaluation of epidemiologic evidence for primary adult brain tumor risk factors using evidence-based medicine. Progress in Neurological Surgery 2006;19:54-79.

Malmer BS, Feychting M, Lonn S, Lindstrom S, Gronberg H, Ahlbom A, Schwartzbaum J, Auvinen A, Collatz-Christensen H, Johansen C, Kiuru A, Mudie N, Salminen T, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Henriksson R. Genetic variation in p53 and ATM haplotypes and risk of glioma and meningioma. Journal of Neurooncology 2007; 82:229-37.

Schwartzbaum JA,  Ahlbom A, Lonn S, Warholm M, Rannug A, Auvinen A, Christensen     HC, Henriksson R, Johansen C, Lindholm C, Malmer B, Salminen     T, Schoemaker MJ,     Swerdlow AJ, Feychting M. An international case-control study of glutathione transferase     and functionally related polymorphisms and risk of primary adult brain tumors. Cancer     Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2007;16:559-65.

Wigertz A., Lönn S., Schwartzbaum JA, Hall, P, Auvinen A, Collatz-Christensen H,     Johansen, C., Klaeboe, L., Salmine, T, Schoemaker, M., Swerdlow, A., Tynes, T.     Feychting, M.   Allergic conditions and brain tumor risk. American Journal of Epidemiology      2007; 166: 941-50.

Chiocca EA, Schwartzbaum JA.Gliomas and venous thromboembolism: how common? Journal of Neurosurgery 2007; 106:599-600.
    
Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M, Wiemels JL.Epidemiology of Brain Tumors.     Neurological Clinics 2007; 25: 867-90.

Schwartzbaum JA , Ahlbom  A , Feychting M. A cohort study of cancer risk among male and female shift workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment, and Health 2007; 33:336-43.

Edwards CG, Schwartzbaum JA, Nise G, Forssén UM, Ahlbom A, Lönn S, Feychting M.     Occupational Noise Exposure and Risk of Acoustic Neuroma. American Journal of     Epidemiology 2007;166: 1252-1258.

Schwartzbaum JA, Ahlbom  A , Lönn S , Malmer B , Wigertz A, Auvinen A , Brookes AJ,      Collatz Christensen H, Henriksson R  , Johansen C , Salminen T , Schoemaker MJ ,     Swerdlow AJ, Debinski W, Feychting M. An international case-control study of interleukin-    4Ralpha, interleukin-13 and cycloxygenase-2     polymorphisms and glioblastoma risk. Cancer     Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2007; 16:2448-2454.

Bondy ML, Scheurer ME, Malmer B, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Davis FG, Il'yasova D, Kruchko     C, McCarthy BJ,Rajaraman P, Schwartzbaum JA, Sadetzki S, Schlehofer B, Tihan     T, Wiemels     JL, Wrensch M, Buffler PA; Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Brain tumor     epidemiology: consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Cancer. 2008     ;113(7 Suppl):1953-6.

Wiemels JL, Wilson D, Patel C, Patoka J, McCoy L, Rice T,  Schwartzbaum JA, Heimberger     A, Chang S, Prados M, Wiencke JK, and Margaret Wrensch. IgE,     Allergy, and Risk of     Glioma: Update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study International Journal of     Cancer  2009 ; 125: 680-7.

Schwartzbaum JA, Huang K, Lawler S, Ding B, Yu J,  Chiocca EA. An allergy and inflammatory transcriptome profile is predominantly negatively correlated with CD133                 expression in human glioblastoma tissue. Neuro-Oncology  2010 April; 12:320-7.

Andersson U, Schwartzbaum J, Wiklund F, Sjöström S, Ahlbom A, Auvinen A, Collatz-Christensen H, Feychting M, Johansen C, Kiuru A, Lönn S, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ,             Henriksson R , Malmer B. A comprehensive study of the association between the EGFR and            ERBB2 genes and glioma risk. Acta Oncol. 2010 Aug;49:767-75
        
Prochazka M, Ahlbom A, Edwards CG, Plato N, Nise G, Schwartzbaum JA, Feychting     M,Forssén UM. Occupational exposures and risk of acoustic neuroma. Occup Environ Med.     2010; 67: 766-71.

Judith Schwartzbaum, Yuanyuan Xiao, Yanhong Liu, Spyros Tsavachidis, Mitchel Berger,     Melissa L. Bondy, Jeffrey S. Chang, Susan Chang, Paul A. Decker, Bo Ding, Sarah J. Hepworth,     Richard S. Houlston, Fay J. Hosking,  Robert B. Jenkins, Matthew L. Kosel, Lucie McCoy,     Patricia McKinney, Kenneth Muir, Joe     Patoka, Michael Prados, Terri Rice, Lindsay B.     Robertson, Minouk Schoemaker, Sanjay Shete, Anthony Swerdlow, Joe Wiemels, John Wiencke,     Ping Yang, Margaret Wrensch Inherited variation in immune genes and pathways and     glioblastoma risk. Carcinogenesis, 2010; 31:1770-7.

Gross E, Leys E ,Gasparovich S, Firestone F, Schwartzbaum J, Janie , Asani K, Griffen A.    Bacterial 16S Sequence Analysis of Severe Caries in Young Permanent Teeth. Journal of     Clinical Microbiology 2010;48:4121-8.

Bridget J. McCarthy, Kristin M. Rankin, Ken Aldape, Melissa L. Bondy, Thomas Brännström, Helle Broholm, Mary Ann Butler, Maria Feychting, Dora Il’yasova, Peter D. Inskip, Christoffer Johansen, Beatrice S. Melin, Avima M. Ruder, Michael E. Scheurer, Joachim Schüz, Judith A. Schwartzbaum, Margaret R. Wrensch, and Faith G. Davis. Risk Factors for Oligodendroglial Tumors: a Pooled International Study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2011;13:242-50.

ST Palmisano, JA Schwartzbaum, M Prochazka, D Pettersen, M Feychting.Role of Tobacco Use in Etiology of Acoustic Neuroma. (Accepted for Publication American Journal of Epidemiology, 2011)

Judith Schwartzbaum, Bo Ding, Tom Borge Johannesen, Liv TN Osnes, Linda Karavodin, Tom K. Grimsrud. Prediagnostic allergen-specific immunoglobulin E affects glioblastoma risk (Submitted to JNCI, 2011)

JA Schwartzbaum, B Ding, B Melin, C Herold-Mende, S Lawler, A Ahlbom, A Auvinen, C Dictus, C Johansen, M Feychting. Exploratory analysis of inherited variation in Th17, regulatory T and Th2 cell genetic pathways in allergy and glioma (Submitted, 2011)

JA Schwartzbaum, B Ding, B Melin, C Herold-Mende, S Lawler, A Ahlbom, A Auvinen, C Dictus, C Johansen, M Feychting.Allergy and inflammation -related genes and glioblatoma survival time (In preparation, 2011))

ST Palmisano, JA Schwartzbaum, R Harris, A Norris, S Lonn,  Comorbid conditions associated with glioblastoma risk (In preparation, 2011)

ST Palmisano, JA Schwartzbaum, M Lonn, D Pettersen, M Feychting Loud Noise and acoustic neuroma Risk.  (In preparation, 2011)

F Cheng, S Olivo-Marston, JA Schwartzbaum. Indicators of IgE and cancer risk (In preparation, 2011).

               
           BOOK REVIEW AND CHAPTERS:

Schwartzbaum JA, Setzer RW, Kupper LL.  Methods for evaluating confounding and effect modification in a small occupational study of cutaneous malignant melanoma.  In Gallagher RP, Elwood JM (ed.).  Epidemiologic Aspects of Malignant Melanoma, Klewer Academic Publishers, 1994.

Schwartzbaum, J. ActivEpi Companion Textbook: A Supplement for Use with the ActivEpi CD-ROM. David G. Kleinbaum, Kevin M. Sullivan, and Nancy D. Barker. American Statistician 2004; 58: 359-60.
    
Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M, Berger MS.  Evaluation of Epidemiologic Evidence for     Primary Adult Brain Tumor Risk Factors Using Evidence-based Medicine.  Guiding     Neurosurgery by Evidence in Progress in Neurological Surgery.  2006 Vol 19 p. 1-26.  Pollock     (ed.), Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, Basel, Switzerland.
 
Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M, Chiocca EA.  Central Nervous System Tumors.  Handbook of Clinical Neuroepidemiology.  2007 Feigin VE, Bennett DA (editors),
    Novo Science Publishers, Inc, New York, NY.   

Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M.  Epidemiology of Brain Tumors.  Neurologic Clinics:      Brain     Tumors in Adults.  2007  Vol 25(4) p. 867-890. Wen P, Schiff D (editors), W.B. Saunders an     Elsevier Company, Philadelphia, PA.

Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M.  Recent Advances in the Epidemiology of Brain     Tumors.  Neuro-Oncology - Blue Books in Neurology Series. 2009 p. 37-53 Rees J, Wen P     (editors) Elsevier Company, Philadelphia, PA.  

Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M.  Epidemiology and Etiology of Glioma:  An Overview.  Principles and Practices of Neuro-Oncology:  A Multidisciplinary Approach.  2010. Percy     RC (editor), Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY.  

Schwartzbaum JA, Karavodin L, Wrensch M, Wiemels J. Allergies and Glioma Risk . Principles and Practices of Neuro-Oncology:  A Multidisciplinary Approach. 2010. Percy RC (editor), Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY.  

Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M. 2010. Epidemiology and Etiology of Glioma: An Overview. In Principles and Practices of Neuro-Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Edited by Mehta MP. New York, NY, USA: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC. 1-3.

Fisher JL, Wrensch M, Wiemels J, Schwartzbaum JA. 2011. Chapter 106: Epidemiology of Brain Tumors. In Youmans Neurological Surgery,Sixth ed. Edited by Winn HR. Philadelphia, PA, USA: Elsevier Company.  

Schwartzbaum JA, Karavodin L, Kapur N, Fisher JL. 2011. Unexpected Benefits of Allergies and Cigarette Smoking: Two Examples of Paradox in Neuroepidemiology. In The Paradoxical Brain. New York & Cambridge, NY & England, USA & UK: CambridgeUniversity Press. 261-273