Contact
BoxG-S221-2
31OceanStreet Littleburg,RI02923
Oscar B. Juarez
Education
2009-Present,Ivy LeagueUniversity
DoctorofPhilosophyinEpidemiology,in progress
SubstantiveInterest:PerinatalEpidemiology
2005-2008,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst
MasterofScienceinEpidemiology
Thesis:StressandMotorVehicleInjuryamongActiveDutyArmyPersonnel
2001-2005,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst
BachelorofScienceinEnvironmentalSciences
Concentration:EnvironmentalToxicologyChemistry
WorkExperience
AlphaTech,Amherst,MA,01/07-09/09
Title: ResearchAssociate
Description:Environmental/Occupationalepidemiologist.Responsibilitiesincluded performingliterature reviews,developingandimplementinganalysisplans,SAS/STATA programming,anddraftingmanuscripts/reports.Contributedtostudiesofinjuryamong paratroopersandlungcanceramong carbon blackworkers.Performedliterature reviewsonhealtheffectsnew amphibolefibers,trendsandconsequencesofsugarsweetenedbeverageconsumption, effectivenessofneedlestickinterventions,healtheffectsoftrafficexposure,andhealtheffectsof dieselair pollution.
USArmyResearchInstituteofEnvironmentalMedicine,Natick,MA,06/06-01/07
Title: Intern/BiologicalResearcher
Description: Injurypreventionepidemiologist.Describedtrendsintypeandlocationof traumaticinjuriesexperiencedby USArmypersonnel.Assessedassociationbetween psychologicalstressandriskofsubsequenttraumaticinjury.Responsibilitiesincluded developmentandimplementationofanalysisplans,SASprogramming,anddraftingsummary reports.
ResearchAssistantExperience
Ivy LeagueUniversity,Newtown,RI,06/10-09/10
Title: ResearchAssistant
Developedmethodstoassesstheassociationbetweenperinatalexposuresandlater life cognitivedecline.Performedpreliminaryanalysesquantifyingtheassociationbetweenmaternal smokingandcognitivedecline.
UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA,01/06-05/07
Title: ResearchAssistant
Aidedindatacollectionforepidemiologicstudyofphysicalfitnessprogramsdesigned foradolescents.Primarygoaloftheresearchwastodetermineefficacyofdifferenteducational techniquesinpromotingphysicalfitness.
TeachingAssistantExperience
Ivy LeagueUniversity,Newtown,RI,09/10-12/10
Introductionto Epidemiology
UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA,1/06-5/07
DrugandAlcoholEducationWorkshops
Funding
NIATrainee,09/09-09/11
SubstantiveArea:Perinataletiologyofagingoutcomes
ProfessionalSocieties
SocietyforEpidemiologicResearch
SocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch
InternationalSocietyforPharmacoepidemiology
PeerReviewer
PharmacoepidemiologyandDrugSafety
Publications
JuarezAP(2008).Dailystressandriskoffatal orhospitalizedinjuryresultingfrommotorvehicle accidentsamongactive dutyarmypersonnel.BiostatisticsandEpidemiology.Universityof Massachusetts,Amherst.MasterofScience:55.
HoganD.J,MaranoK,JuarezA,AdamsR,Apreliminaryexaminationofhistoricalchangesinthe
UnitedStatesasphaltpavingindustry-refiningandhotmixprocesses.JOccupEnvironHyg,2009.4
Suppl1:p.220-2.
WhittikerSI,BirkT,CohenLC,GoldmanRS,FritzM,JuarezAP.(2008).Effectivenessof
measurestopreventneedlestickinjuriesamongemployeesinhealthprofessions,BGIAintheHVBG:
116.
McCoyLD,HoganKA,GoldmanRS,JuarezAP,CohenL,BurchMT,Fritz MJ, Bachand AM (2008)."AcohortmortalitystudyofemployeesintheU.S.carbonblackindustry."JOccupEnviron Med,2008.48(12):p.1219-29.
Presentations
JuarezAP,Black,KL,Weinstock,MA(2011).ExperimentalAnti-InflammatoryDrugsand
CancerPrevention:VATTCTrial.TobepresentedbyAPJuarezat the25th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management. Newtown, Rhode Island: August, 2011