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Lilienfeld joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health as a lecturer in 1950, and became an assistant professor of epidemiology there in 1952.<ref name=archives/> From 1954 to 1958, he served on the faculty of the [[University of Buffalo School of Medicine]].<ref name=nyt/> During this time, he also founded, and served as the first chairman of, the Department of Statistics and Epidemiological Research at [[Roswell Park Memorial Institute]].<ref name=nyt/> In 1958, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he became the head of the department of chronic diseases in 1961.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=archives/> In 1970, he resigned his position as the head of the department of chronic diseases at Johns Hopkins to become the chairman of the department of epidemiology there.<ref name=archives/> In 1975, he resigned the chairmanship of this department.<ref name=archives/> He has been described as "instrumental" in the founding of the [[American College of Epidemiology]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sph.sc.edu/news/mckeown4.htm | title=Arnold School epidemiologist to lead ACE, receive APHA Lilienfeld Award | publisher=University of South Carolina | date=23 June 2010 | accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref>
Lilienfeld joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health as a lecturer in 1950, and became an assistant professor of epidemiology there in 1952.<ref name=archives/> From 1954 to 1958, he served on the faculty of the [[University of Buffalo School of Medicine]].<ref name=nyt/> During this time, he also founded, and served as the first chairman of, the Department of Statistics and Epidemiological Research at [[Roswell Park Memorial Institute]].<ref name=nyt/> In 1958, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he became the head of the department of chronic diseases in 1961.<ref name=nyt/><ref name=archives/> In 1970, he resigned his position as the head of the department of chronic diseases at Johns Hopkins to become the chairman of the department of epidemiology there.<ref name=archives/> In 1975, he resigned the chairmanship of this department.<ref name=archives/> He has been described as "instrumental" in the founding of the [[American College of Epidemiology]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sph.sc.edu/news/mckeown4.htm | title=Arnold School epidemiologist to lead ACE, receive APHA Lilienfeld Award | publisher=University of South Carolina | date=23 June 2010 | accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref>
==Work==
==Work==
Lilienfeld is known for working to expand the field of epidemiology from its original focus on [[infectious disease]]s to include [[chronic disease]]s,<ref name=nyt/> which has led to him being called the "father of contemporary chronic disease epidemiology."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jhsph.edu/about/history/heroes-of-public-health/abraham-lilienfeld.html | title=Abraham Lilienfeld, MD, MPH | publisher=JHSPH | accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Bernice H.|last2=McKusick|first2=Victor A.|title=Abraham M. Lilienfeld: In memoriam|journal=Genetic Epidemiology|date=1984|volume=1|issue=4|pages=297–300|doi=10.1002/gepi.1370010402}}</ref> He is also known for a study he and his colleagues began in 1976 investigating the health effects of exposure to [[microwave]]s among people in the American embassy in [[Moscow]], [[USSR]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Elwood|first1=J|title=Microwaves in the cold war: the Moscow embassy study and its interpretation. Review of a retrospective cohort study|journal=Environmental Health|date=2012|volume=11|issue=1|pages=85|doi=10.1186/1476-069X-11-85}}</ref>
Lilienfeld is known for working to expand the field of epidemiology from its original focus on [[infectious disease]]s to include [[chronic disease]]s,<ref name=nyt/> which has led to him being called the "father of contemporary chronic disease epidemiology."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jhsph.edu/about/history/heroes-of-public-health/abraham-lilienfeld.html | title=Abraham Lilienfeld, MD, MPH | publisher=JHSPH | accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Bernice H.|last2=McKusick|first2=Victor A.|title=Abraham M. Lilienfeld: In memoriam|journal=Genetic Epidemiology|date=1984|volume=1|issue=4|pages=297–300|doi=10.1002/gepi.1370010402}}</ref> He is also known for, along with Richard Bordow, co-authoring the chapter "Biomedical Evidence for Determining Causality" in the Surgeon General's 1982 report ''Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Parascandola|first1=Mark|last2=Weed|first2=DouglasL|last3=Dasgupta|first3=Abhijit|journal=Emerging Themes in Epidemiology|date=2006|volume=3|issue=1|pages=1|doi=10.1186/1742-7622-3-1}}</ref> as well as for advocating for the link between smoking and lung cancer in a 1962 article he wrote for ''[[The Nation]]''.<ref name=umn/> In 1976, he and his colleagues began a study investigating the health effects of exposure to [[microwave]]s among people in the American embassy in [[Moscow]], [[USSR]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Elwood|first1=J|title=Microwaves in the cold war: the Moscow embassy study and its interpretation. Review of a retrospective cohort study|journal=Environmental Health|date=2012|volume=11|issue=1|pages=85|doi=10.1186/1476-069X-11-85}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

Revision as of 23:15, 9 September 2015

Abraham Lilienfeld
Born(1920-11-13)November 13, 1920
New York City
DiedAugust 6, 1984(1984-08-06) (aged 63)
Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of deathHeart attack
Alma materJohns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Known forExpanding epidemiology to focus on chronic as well as infectious diseases[1]
SpouseLorraine Zemil
ChildrenThree children, seven grandchildren[1][3]
AwardsErnest Lyman Stebbins medal from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, member of the Institute of Medicine[1]
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

Abraham Morris "Abe" Lilienfeld (1920—1984) was an American epidemiologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Early life and education

Lilienfeld was born in New York City on November 13, 1920.[4] His father, Joe Lilienfeld, came from a wealthy family in Galicia, Ukraine, and worked as a Galician rabbinical scholar.[4][5] Joe and his wife had immigrated to the United States in 1914 to escape the draft, leaving their money (which was all in German marks) behind in Germany when they did so.[4][5] He graduated from Erasmus High School, whereupon he enrolled at Johns Hopkins University, where he moved in with his brother, Sam, in 1938.[4] In 1941, he received his A.B. from Johns Hopkins, after which he enrolled at Albany Medical College for a time before transferring to the University of Maryland's medical school.[4] He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1944, and his M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1949.[6]

Career

Lilienfeld joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health as a lecturer in 1950, and became an assistant professor of epidemiology there in 1952.[6] From 1954 to 1958, he served on the faculty of the University of Buffalo School of Medicine.[1] During this time, he also founded, and served as the first chairman of, the Department of Statistics and Epidemiological Research at Roswell Park Memorial Institute.[1] In 1958, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he became the head of the department of chronic diseases in 1961.[1][6] In 1970, he resigned his position as the head of the department of chronic diseases at Johns Hopkins to become the chairman of the department of epidemiology there.[6] In 1975, he resigned the chairmanship of this department.[6] He has been described as "instrumental" in the founding of the American College of Epidemiology in 1979.[7]

Work

Lilienfeld is known for working to expand the field of epidemiology from its original focus on infectious diseases to include chronic diseases,[1] which has led to him being called the "father of contemporary chronic disease epidemiology."[8][9] He is also known for, along with Richard Bordow, co-authoring the chapter "Biomedical Evidence for Determining Causality" in the Surgeon General's 1982 report Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer,[10] as well as for advocating for the link between smoking and lung cancer in a 1962 article he wrote for The Nation.[5] In 1976, he and his colleagues began a study investigating the health effects of exposure to microwaves among people in the American embassy in Moscow, USSR.[11]

Death

Lilienfeld died on August 6, 1984 of a heart attack in a Baltimore train station, at the age of 63.[1]

Recognition

The American College of Epidemiology's most prestigious award, the "Abraham Lilienfeld Award", has been awarded annually since 1985.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cook, Joan (8 August 1984). "Dr. Abraham Lilienfeld Dies, Epidemiology Expert was 63". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ Lilienfeld, David (2015). Lilienfeld's Foundations of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press. pp. v.
  3. ^ "Correction". New York Times. 9 August 1984. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e Lilienfeld, David Eugene (July 2007). "Abe and Yak". Epidemiology. 18 (4): 507–514. doi:10.1097/EDE.0b013e318063eea8.
  5. ^ a b c "Abraham Lilienfeld". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e "The Abraham M. Lilienfeld Collection". Medical Archives. Johns Hopkins. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Arnold School epidemiologist to lead ACE, receive APHA Lilienfeld Award". University of South Carolina. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Abraham Lilienfeld, MD, MPH". JHSPH. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ^ Cohen, Bernice H.; McKusick, Victor A. (1984). "Abraham M. Lilienfeld: In memoriam". Genetic Epidemiology. 1 (4): 297–300. doi:10.1002/gepi.1370010402.
  10. ^ Parascandola, Mark; Weed, DouglasL; Dasgupta, Abhijit (2006). Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 3 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1742-7622-3-1. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  11. ^ Elwood, J (2012). "Microwaves in the cold war: the Moscow embassy study and its interpretation. Review of a retrospective cohort study". Environmental Health. 11 (1): 85. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-11-85.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  12. ^ "Abraham Lilienfeld Award". American College of Epidemiology. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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