Faculty Bio - Jeanine Buchanich, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Deputy Director,
Center for Occupational Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Education
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
MPH, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
MEd, University of Pittsburgh, 1996
BS, University of Pittsburgh, 1993
Research Interests
Occupational epidemiology, historical cohort studies, environmental epidemiology, vital status tracing, cancer incidence, head injury. (Health Sciences Faculty Research Interests Project)
Selected Publications
Schall LC , Buchanich JM, Marsh GM, Bittner G: Utilizing Multiple Vital Status Tracing Services is Necessary for Attaining Optimal Mortality Follow-up in Cohort Studies. Annals of Epidemiology, 11:292-296, 2001.
Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone, RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ, Smith TJ, Quinn MM: Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. I. 1992 Fiber Glass Cohort Follow-Up- Initial Findings. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43:741-756, 2001.
Buchanich JM, Marsh GM, Youk AO: Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. V. Tobacco Smoking Habits. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43:793-802, 2001.
Cassidy LD, Buchanich JM, Guice K. Comparison of Injury Severity Scoring Systems to Identify Most Relevant Variables for Inclusion in a National Trauma Registry for Children. Journal of Registry Management, 32(1):4-10, 2005.
Buchanich JM, Dolan DG, Marsh GM, Madrigano J. Under-Ascertainment of Deaths Using Social Security Records: A Recommended Solution to a Little-Known Problem. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162(2):193-4, 2005.
Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML. Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and Other Substances I. General Mortality Patterns Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 285B300, 2007.
Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML. Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and Other Substances II. Mortality in Relation to Exposure Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 301-316, 2007.
Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Erdal SE, Esmen NE. Work in the Metal Industry May Help Explain Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Excess among Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 48: 308-319, 2007.
Buchanich JM, Cassidy L, Guice K. National Trauma Registry for Children Project: A National Hospital Survey. Journal of Registry Management, 35:12-17, 2008.
Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Cunningham M, Lieberman F, Kennedy KJ, Lacey SE, Hancock RP, Esmen NA: Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: I. Mortality from Central Nervous System Neoplasms. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 50:1009-1016, 2008.
Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Cunningham M, Lieberman F, Kennedy KJ, Lacey SE, Hancock RP, Esmen NA: Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: II. Total and Cause-Specific Mortality excluding Central Nervous System Neoplasms. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 50:1017-1029, 2008.
Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Bornemann Z, Lacey SE, Kennedy KJ, Hancock RH, Esmen NA, Lieberman FS. Methodological Issues in United States Retrospective Cancer Incidence Studies. American Journal of Epidemiology, 170:112-119, 2009.
Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Marsh GM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA. Pharmaceutical Production Workers and the Risks of Mortality from Respiratory System Cancer and Lymphatic and Hematopoeitic Tissue Cancers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 51:903-915, 2009.
Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Cunningham M, Lieberman F, Kennedy KJ, Lacey SE, Hancock RP, Esmen NA, Fleissner ML. Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: III. Incidence of Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasms. Neuro-Epidemiology, 2010; 35:123-141 (DOI: 10.1159/000310348).
Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Lacey SE, Kennedy KJ, Hancock RH, Esmen NA, Lieberman FS, Fleissner ML. Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: IV. A Comparison of CNS Cancer Identification Using Mortality and Incidence Data. Annals of Epidmeiology, 20(10):759-765.
Cooper JN, Buchanich J, Youk AO, Brooks MM, Barinas-Mitchell E, Conroy MB, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Reductions in arterial stiffness with weight loss in overweight and obese young adults: potential mechanisms. Atherosclerosis 2012. (in press)
Youk AO, Buchanich J, Fryzek J, Cunningham MA, Marsh GM. An Ecological Study of Cancer Mortality Rates in High Altitude Counties of the United States. High Altitude Medicine & Biology 2012. (in press)
Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Kennedy KJ, Lacey SE, Hancock RP, Esmen NA, Cunningham MA, Leiberman FS, Fleissner ML. Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: V. Issues with the analysis of non-malignant central nervous system neoplasms. Journal of Registry Management 2011 Oct;38(3):115-9. PMID:22223053.
Contact Information
A416 Crabtree Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: 412-624-2423
Facsimile: 412-624-9969
Email: jeanine@pitt.edu
Last reviewed: June 19, 2012
