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Maurizio Macaluso, MD, DPH

Director, Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-2827

Email: maurizio.macaluso@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Research methods; cancer; infectious disease; occupational health; sexual and reproductive health; contraception; assisted reproductive technology; surveillance systems

Biography

Maurizio Macaluso, MD, DPH, has 30 years of research experience in epidemiology and has held positions at the National Tumor Institute in Milan, Italy (1980-1986), at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health (UAB, 1986-2000), and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA (2000-2010).

His research work has covered a variety of topics including epidemiologic research methods; cancer epidemiology; occupational epidemiology; health effects of sexual, reproductive and contraceptive behavior; acceptability, efficacy and safety of contraceptive technology; efficacy and safety of assisted reproductive technology; infectious disease epidemiology; surveillance systems; and immunology.

He has authored over 180 publications and a larger number of presentations made at national and international conferences. During his academic career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he taught advanced doctoral courses on the analysis of epidemiologic research studies and advised over 50 masters’ students in all areas of public health and 15 doctoral students in epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition sciences, and medical sociology.

Education and Training

MD: University of Palermo, Italy, 1979.

Fellowship: Experimental Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy, 1981.

Residency: Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy, 1982.

DrPH: Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1991.

Publications

Tepper NK, Farr SL, Cohen BB, Nannini A, Zhang Z, Anderson JE, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M. Singleton preterm birth: risk factors and association with assisted reproductive technology. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Apr 23.

Piyathilake CJ, Macaluso M, Alvarez RD, Chen M, Badiga S, Edberg JC, Partridge EE, Johanning GL. A higher degree of methylation of the HPV 16 E6 gene is associated with a lower likelihood of being diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Cancer. 2011 Mar 1;117(5):957-63.

Macaluso M, Wright-Schnapp TJ, Chandra A, Johnson R, Satterwhite CL, Pulver A, Berman SM, Wang RY, Farr SL, Pollack LA. A public health focus on infertility prevention, detection, and management. Fertil Steril. 2010 Jan; 93(1):16.e1-10.

Macaluso M, Blackwell R, Jamieson DJ, Kulczycki A, Chen MP, Akers R, Kim D-j, Duerr A. Efficacy of the male latex condom and of the female polyurethane condom as barriers to semen during intercourse: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2007; 166(1):88-96.

Macaluso M, Larson R, Lynch J, Lipton S, Delzell E. Historical estimation of exposure to 1,3-butadiene, styrene, and dimethyldithiocarbamate among synthetic rubber workers. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2004 Jun;1(6):371-90

Macaluso M, Lawson L, Akers R, Valappil T, Hammond K, Blackwell R, Hortin G. Prostate-specific antigen in vaginal fluid as a biologic marker of condom failure. Contraception. 1999 Mar;59(3):195-201.

Macaluso M, Demand MJ, Artz LM, Hook EW 3rd. Partner type and condom use. AIDS. 2000 Mar 31;14(5):537-46.

Macaluso M, Larson R, Delzell E, Sathiakumar N, Hovinga M, Julian J, Muir D, Cole P. Leukemia and cumulative exposure to butadiene, styrene and benzene among workers in the synthetic rubber industry. Toxicology. 1996 Oct 28;113(1-3):190-202.

Macaluso M. Exact stratification of person-years. Epidemiology. 1992 Sep;3(5):441-8.

Butterworth CE Jr, Hatch KD, Macaluso M, Cole P, Sauberlich HE, Soong SJ, Borst M, Baker VV. Folate deficiency and cervical dysplasia. JAMA. 1992 Jan 22-29; 267(4):528-33.

Grants

Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training. Director/Co-/Director of Biostatistics Epidemiology and Research Design Core. National Center for Research Resources. April 2009 – March 2014.