Kathleen M. Mortimer, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
PHONE: (510) 642-6861
FAX: (510) 643-0239
LOCATION: 1918 University Ave, 3C
E-MAIL: kmort@berkeley.edu
Courses
- PH252D: Introduction to Marginal Structural Models
Research interests
- Asthma and air pollution
- early-life exposures
- epidemiologic methods, including causal inference /marginal structural models
Selected Publications
Mortimer KM, Neugebauer R, van der Laan M, Tager I. An Application of Model Fitting Procedures for Marginal Structural Models, American Journal of Epidemiology . Aug 15;162(4):382-8. Epub 2005 Jul 13
Magzamen S, Mortimer KM, Davis AM, Tager IB. School-based asthma surveillance: a comparison of student and parental report. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2005, 16(8):669-678
Mortimer KM, Fallot A, Balmes J, Tager IB. Evaluating the use of a portable spirometer in a study of pediatric asthma. Chest 2003 123(6):1899-907.
Mortimer KM, Neas LM, Dockery D, Redline S, Tager IB. The effect of summer ozone on inner-city children with asthma. Eur Respir J 2002; 19 (699-705).
Mortimer KM, Redline S, Kattan M, Kercsmar C, Wright E. Are peak flow and symptom measures predictors of asthma hospitalizations and unscheduled visits? Pediatr Pulmonol. 2001:31(190-197).
Mortimer KM, Tager IB, Dockery D, Neas LM, Redline S. The effect of summer ozone on inner-city children with asthma – identification of susceptible subgroups. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2000: 162(1838-1845).
Crain EF, Mortimer KM, Bauman LJ, Kercsmar CM, Weiss KB, Wissow L. Mitchell H, Roter D. Pediatric asthma care in the emergency department: Measuring the quality of history-taking and discharge planning. Journal of Asthma. 1999;36(1):129-38.
Gergen P, Mortimer KM, Eggleston PE, Mitchell HE, Baker DB, Rosenstreich D, Ownby D, Wright EC. Results of the National Cooperative Inner City Asthma Study (NCICAS) environmental intervention to reduce cockroach allergen exposure in inner-city homes. J Allergy and Clin Immunology. 1999;103 (3): 501-6.
Eggleston PA, Rosenstreich D, Lynn H, Gergen P, Baker D, Kattan M, Mortimer KM, Mitchell H, Owenby D, Slavin R, Malveaux F. Relationship of indoor allergen exposure to skin test sensitivity in inner city children with asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 1998 Oct;102(4 Pt 1): 563-70.
Senturia YD, McNiff-Mortimer K, Baker DB, Gergen P, Mitchell H, Joseph C, Wedner HJ. Successful techniques for retention of study participants in an inner-city population. Controlled Clinical Trials. 1998;19(6): 544-554.
Mitchell H, Senturia Y, Gergen P, Baker D, Joseph C, McNiff-Mortimer K, Wedner HJ, Crain E, Eggleston P, Evans R, Kattan M, Kercsmar C, Leickly F, Malveaux F, Smartt E, Weiss K. Design and methods of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study. Pediatric Pulmonology 1997; 24:237-252.
Rosenstreich DL, Eggleston P, Kattan M, Baker D, Slavin, R, Gergen P, Mitchell H, McNiff-Mortimer K, Lynn H, Ownby D, Malveaux F. The role of cockroach allergy and exposure to cockroach allergen in causing morbidity among inner-city children with asthma. New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 336:1356-1363.
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