Brian Schwartz, M.D., M.S.
Appointments:
- Professor and Director,
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health,
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Research Interests:
- Epidemiology of Lyme disease and other vector-borne diseases
- Development of biologic markers of tick exposure
Clinical Interests:
- Lyme disease
Selected Publications:
- Sanders ML, Jaworski D, Sanchez JL, DeFraites RF, Scott AL, Gurri-Glass G, Schwartz BS. Antibody to a cDNA-derived calreticulin protein from Amblyomma americanum is a biomarker of tick exposure in humans. Am J Trop Med Hyg 59:279-285, 1998.
- Glass GE, Schwartz BS, Morgan JM, Johnson DT, Noy PM, Israel E. Environmental risk factors for Lyme disease identified with Geographic Information Systems. Am J Public Health 85:944-948, 1995.
- Schwartz BS, Goldstein MD, Childs JE. A longitudinal study of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in New Jersey outdoor workers, 1988-1991. Am J Epidemiol 139:504-512, 1994.
- Schwartz BS, Nadelman RB, Fish D, Childs JE, Forseter G, Wormser G. Entomologic and demographic correlates of anti-tick saliva antibody in a prospective study of tick bite subjects in Westchester County, New York. Am J Trop Med Hyg 48:50-57, 1993.
- Magid DJ, Schwartz BS, Craft J, Schwartz JS. Prevention of Lyme disease after tick bite: a cost-effectiveness analysis. N Engl J Med 327:534-542, 1992.
- Schwartz BS, Goldstein MD, Ribeiro JMC, Schulze TL, Shahied SI. Antibody testing in Lyme disease: a comparison of results in four laboratories. J Am Med Assoc 262:3431-3434, 1989.
Education:
- M.D.: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
- M.S.: Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
- Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship in Occupational Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Societies:
- American College of Physicians
- American Public Health Association
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Society for Occupational and Environmental Health