| | Gary M. Marsh, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair, Biostatistics
Director, Center for Occupational Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Education B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1973
M.S.(Hyg), University of Pittsburgh, 1974
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1977 Research Interests Dr. Marsh directs occupational epidemiologic studies to explore the long-term health effects of employment in occupations such as jet engine manufacturing and pharmaceutical production and to workplace exposures to agents including formaldehyde, tungsten carbide/cobalt, acrylamide, acrylonitrile, chloroprene, arsenic, petrochemicals and man-made mineral fibers. In addition, he conducts environmental epidemiologic studies of communities exposed to industrial pollutants or to hazardous waste site materials and is involved in basic methodological research related to longitudinal data analysis and quantitative risk assessment. Dr. Marsh also directs programs of biostatistical support for the health outcome research and quality improvement areas of large health maintenance organizations, and for the occupational and environmental health areas of major corporations and corporate trade organizations. (Health Sciences Faculty Research Interests Project) Courses BIOST 2016: Introduction to Sampling
BIOST 2017: Advanced Sampling Methods Selected Publications
"Complex Antioxidant Blend Improves Memory in Community-Dwelling Seniors." Summers W, Cunningham M, Marsh GM. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, In Press, 2009.
"Pharmaceutical Production Workers and the Risks of Mortality from Respiratory System Cancer and Lymphatic and Hematopoeitic Tissue Cancers." Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Marsh GM, Esmen NA. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 51:903-915, 2009.
"Methodological Issues in United States Retrospective Cancer Incidence Studies." Buchanich JM, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Bornemann Z, Lacey SE, Kennedy KJ, Hancock RP, Esmen NA, Lieberman FL. American Journal of Epidemiology 170:112-119, 2009.
"Mortality Patterns among Workers Exposed to Arsenic, Cadmium and Other Substances in a Copper Smelter." Marsh GM, Esmen NA, Buchanich JM, Youk AO. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 52:633-644, 2009.
"Proposed Sampling Plan for a National Trauma Registry for Children." Cassidy L, Buchanich J, Marsh GM. Journal of Registry Management 35:113-119, 2008.
"Future Needs of Occupational ELF EMF Epidemiology."
Kheifets L, Bowman J, Checkoway H, Feychting M, Harrington M, Kavet R, Marsh GM, Mezei G, Renew J, van Wijngaarden E. Occupational and Environmental Medicine : 66:72-80, 2009, Online paper September 19, 2008.
"Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: II. Total and Cause-Specific Mortality excluding Central Nervous System Neoplasms." Marsh GM, Buchanich J, Youk A, Cunningham M, Kennedy K, Lacey S, Hancock R, Esmen N. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50:1117-1129, 2008.
"Long-Term Health Experience of Jet Engine Manufacturing Workers: I. Mortality from Central Nervous System Neoplasms." Marsh GM, Buchanich J, Youk A, Cunningham M, Kennedy K, Lacey S, Hancock R, Esmen N. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50:1099-1116, 2008.
"The Hospital Quality Performance Report: An Application of Composite Scoring." Fong J, Marsh GM, Stokan L, Ruhl L, Vinson C. American Journal of Medical Quality 23:287-295, 2008.
"Magnetic field exposure in a non-destructive testing operation." Lippert J, Lacey S, Esmen N, Kennedy K, Hancock R, Marsh GM, Buchanich J, Youk A, Cunningham M, Lieberman F. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 62:187-193, 2007.
"Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and Other Substances: I. General Mortality Patterns." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:285-300, 2007.
"Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and Other Substances: II. Mortality in Relation to Exposure." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cunningham M, Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:301-316, 2007.
"Chemical Process Based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiology Study: I. Theoretical and Methodological Issues." Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML, Marsh GM. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:254-263, 2007.
"Chemical Process Based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiology Study: II. Estimated Exposures to Chloroprene and Vinyl Chloride." Esmen NA, Hall TA, Phillips ML, Jones PE, Basara H, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:264-276, 2007.
"Chemical Process Based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiological Study: III. Analysis of Industrial Hygiene Samples." Hall TA, Esmen NA, Jones PE, Basara H, Phillips ML, Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Leonard R. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:277-284, 2007.
"Classification of Worker Exposures." Esmen NA, Kennedy KJ, Hall TA, Phillips ML, Marsh GM. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:245-253, 2007.
"Comparison of Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) Obtained from Use of a Reference Population Based on Company-Wide Registry Cohort to SMRs Calculated against Local and National Rates." Leonard RC, Lineker GA, Kreckmann KH, Marsh GM, Buchanich J, Youk A. Chemico-Biological Interactions 166:317-322, 2007.
"Mis-Specified and Non-Robust Mortality Risk Models for Naspharyngeal Cancer in the National Cancer Institute Formaldehyde Worker Cohort Study." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Morfeld P. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 47:59-67, 2007.
"Mortality among Workers Exposed to Acrylamide: Updated Follow-up." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Kant IJ, Swaen G. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 49:82-95, 2007.
"Work in the Metal Industry and Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality among Formaldehyde-Exposed Workers." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Erdal S, Esmen NA. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 48:308-319, 2007.
"Aspartame: A Safety Evaluation Based on Current Use Levels, Regulations, Toxicological and Epidemiological Studies." Magnuson BA, Burdock G, Doull J, Kroes RM, Marsh GM, Pariza M, Spencer PS, Waddell WJ, Walker R, Williams GW. Critical Reviews in Toxicology 37:629-727, 2007.
"Employment as a Welder and Parkinson's Disease among Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Workers." Marsh GM, Gula MJ. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 48:1031-1045, 2006. "Reassessment of the Cancer Potency of Acrylonitrile for Human Health Risk Assessment Based Upon Rodent Brain Tumor Incidence: Use of Epidemiology, Mode of Action and Pharmacokinetic Data." Kirman CR, Gargas ML, Marsh GM, Strother DE, Collins JJ, Deskin R. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 43:85-103, 2005. "Reevaluation of Mortality Risk from Nasopharyngeal Cancer in the Formaldehyde Cohort Study of the National Cancer Institute." Marsh GM, Youk AO. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 42:275-283, 2005. "Asthma Management Outcome Evaluation in a Medicaid Health Plan: How Do the Findings Change with an External Control Group." Catov J, Marsh GM, Youk AO. Disease Management, 8:178-187, 2005. "Under-Ascertainment of Deaths Using Social Security Records: A Recommended Solution to a Little-Known Problem." Buchanich JB, Dolan DG, Marsh GM, Madrigano J. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162: 193-194, 2005. "Mortality Patterns among Workers in a U.S. Pharmaceutical Production Plant." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Esmen NA. Annals of Epidemiology, 15:112-122, 2005. "Pharyngeal Cancer Mortality among Chemical Plant Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cassidy LD, Lucas LJ, Esmen NA, Gathuru I. Toxicology and Industrial Health, 18:257-268, 2002 (actual publication date January 2004). "A Method for Imputing Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies." Youk AO, Stone RA, Marsh GM. Annals of Epidemiology, 14:354-361, 2004. "A Risk Assessment for Occupational Exposure to Acrylonitrile Using Epidemiology Data." Starr T, Gause C, Youk AO, Stone RA, Marsh GM, Collins JJ. Risk Analysis, 24:587-601, 2004. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers IX: Summary of 1992 Mortality Study Follow-Up and Analysis of Respiratory System Cancer among Female Workers." Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Smith TJ, Quinn MM. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46:55-67, 2004. "A 50-Year Retrospective Study of Workers Employed in a Pharmaceutical Company." Dolan D, Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich J. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46:161-166, 2004. "Reevaluation of Mortality Risks from Leukemia in the Formaldehyde Cohort Study of the National Cancer Institute." Marsh GM, Youk AO. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 40:113-124, 2004. "A 50-Year Retrospective Study of Workers Employed in Pharmaceutical Company." Dolan D, Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich, J. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 46:161-166, 2004. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers IX: Summary of 1992 Mortality Study Follow-up and Analysis of Respiratory System Cancer among Female Workers." Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Smith TJ, Quinn MM. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 46:55-67, 2004. "Lymphohematopietic Cancer among Chemical Workers Exposed to Benzene." Bloemen LJ, Youk AO, Bradley TD, Bodner KM, Marsh GM, Collins JJ. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61:270-274, 2004. "The Drake Health Registry Study: Cause-Specific Mortality among Workers with Probable Past Exposure to Beta-naphthylamine." Cassidy LD, Youk AO, Marsh GM. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44:282-290, 2003. "The Role of Smoking and Asbestos Exposure in a Questionable Case of Mesothelioma." Marsh GM, Gula MJ, Roggli V, Churg A. Industrial Health 41:332-334, 2003. "The Drake Health Registry Study: Findings from Fifteen Years of Continuous Bladder Cancer Screening." Marsh GM, Cassidy LD. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43:142-148, 2003. "Factors Associated with Medicaid Enrollment for Low-Income Children in the United States." Lin CJ, Lave JR, Chang CC, Marsh GM, LaValee CP, Jovanovic Z. Journal of Health and Social Policy 16:35-51, 2003. "Formaldehyde Exposure and Respiratory Tract Cancer Among Chemical Plant Workers: An Updated Cohort Study and New Nested Case-Control Study." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Cassidy LD, Lucas LJ, Esmen NA, Gathuru I. Toxicology and Industrial Health18:257-268, 2002 (actual publication date January 2004). "Bladder Cancer among Chemical Workers Exposed to Nitrogen Products and Other Substances." Marsh GM, Gula MJ, Youk AO, Cassidy LD. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42:286-295, 2002. "Methodology to Improve Data Quality from Chart Review in the Managed Care Setting." Schall LC, Marsh GM, Holleran MK, Ruhl LS. American Journal of Managed Care 8:787-793, 2002. "Does Fiber Glass Pose a Respiratory Cancer Risk in Man? Findings from the Latest Update of the U.S. Cohort Study of Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Workers." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ, Smith TJ, Churg A, Colby T. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 46(Supp.1): 110-114, 2002. "Bladder Cancer among Chemical Workers Exposed to Nitrogen Products and Other Substances." Marsh GM, Gula MJ, Youk AO, Cassidy LD. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42:286-295, 2002. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. I. 1992 Fiber Glass Cohort Follow-Up- Initial Finding." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone, RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ, Smith TJ, Quinn MM.Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:741-756, 2001. "A Reevaluation of Lung Cancer Risk in the NCI/NIOSH Acrylonitrile Cohort Study." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Collins J. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 27:5-13, 2001. "Utilizing Multiple Vital Status Tracing Services Optimizes Mortality Follow-Up in Large Cohort Studies." Schall LC, Buchanich, JM, Marsh GM, Bittner G. Annals of Epidemiology 11:292-296, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. II. Mortality from Mesothelioma." Marsh GM, Gula MJ, Youk AO, Buchanich JM, Churg A, Colby TV. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:757-766, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. III. Analysis of Exposure-Weighted Measures of Respirable Fibers and Formaldehyde in the Nested Case-Control Study of Respiratory System Cancer." Youk AO, Marsh GM, Stone RA, Buchanich JM, Smith TJ. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:767-778, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. IV. Quantitative Exposure-Response Analysis of the Nested Case-Control Study of Respiratory System Cancer." Stone RA, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, McHenry MB, Smith TJ. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:779-792, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. V. Tobacco Smoking Habits." Buchanich JM, Marsh GM, Youk AO. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:793-802, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. VI .Respiratory System Cancer SMRs Adjusted for the Confounding Effect of Cigarette Smoking." Marsh GM, Buchanich JM, Youk AO. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:803-808, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. VII. Overview of the Exposure Assessment." Smith TJ, Quinn MM, Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:809-823, 2001. "Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Glass Production Workers VIII. Exposure-Specific Job Analysis." Quinn MM, Smith TJ, Youk AO, Marsh GM, Stone, RA, Buchanich JM, Gula MJ. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 43:824-834, 2001. "Mortality among Chemical Plant Workers Exposed to Acrylonitrile and Other Substances." Marsh GM, Gula MJ, Youk AO, Schall LC. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36:423-436, 1999. "Mortality Patterns among Workers Exposed to Acrylamide: 1994 Follow-Up." Marsh GM, Lucas L, Youk AO, Schall LC. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 56:181-190, 1999. "OCMAP-PLUS, A New Program for the Comprehensive Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data." Marsh GM, Youk AO, Stone RA, Sefcik S, Alcorn C. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 40:351-362, 1998. "A Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer Mortality in Four Rural Arizona Smelter Towns." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Esmen NA, Gula MJ, Gause CK, Petersen NJ, Meaney FJ, Rodney, S, Prybylski D. Archives of Environmental Health 53:15-28, 1998. "A Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer Mortality in Six Gila Basin, Arizona Smelter Towns." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Esmen NA, Gula MJ, Gause CK, Petersen NJ, Meaney FJ, Rodney, S, Prybylski D. Environmental Research 75:56-72, 1997. "Mortality Patterns among Chemical Workers in a Factory Where Formaldehyde Was Used." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Esmen NA, Henderson VH, Lee KY. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53:613-617, 1996. "Mortality Among United States Rock Wool and Slag Wool Workers: 1989 Update." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Youk AO, Smith TS, Quinn MM, Henderson VL, Schall LC, Wayne, LA, Lee KY. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand 12(3):297-312, 1996. "Mortality Among Chemical Plant Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde and Other Substances." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Esmen NA, Henderson VL. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 86:384-385, 1994. "Lung Cancer Mortality among Industrial Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde: A Poisson Regression Analysis of the National Cancer Institute Study." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Henderson V. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 53:681-691, 1992. "A Reanalysis of the National Cancer Institute Study on Mortality Among Industrial Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde." Marsh GM, Stone RA, Henderson V. Journal of Occupational Medicine 34:42-44, 1992. "A Model Standardized Risk Assessment Protocol for Use with Hazardous Waste Sites." Marsh GM, Day R. Environmental Health Perspectives 90:199-208, 1991. "Mortality Patterns Among a Cohort of Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant Workers." Marsh GM, Enterline PE, and McCraw D. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 19:29-42, 1991. Contact Information A410 Crabtree Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: 412-624-3032
Facsimile: 412-624-9969
Email: gmarsh@pitt.edu |  |
