Professor
Associate Director of Research
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Affiliation(s):
PMCH - Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sealy Center on Aging
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health
Department of Family Medicine Email: gswilkin@utmb.edu
Tel: 409-772-6602
Fax: 409-772-9127 Physical Address:
Ewing Hall, Suite 1.134
700 Harborside Dr.
Galveston, TX 77555 Mailing Address:
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 77555-1148 |
Education
B.A., State University of NY at Buffalo
M.A., State University of NY at Buffalo
Ph.D., State University of NY at Buffalo
Academic Activities
Gregg S. Wilkinson is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (PMCH) and a Senior Epidemiologist in the Office of Biostatistics (OBIOS). He also serves as Associate Director for Research in the Department of Family Medicine, and is a Senior Fellow in the Sealy Center for Aging and a Senior Fellow in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health. His research interests include human health effects associated with low dose ionizing radiation and toxicities associated with medications and other therapies that patients receive. Some recent studies that he has directed or participated in are: osteonecrosis of the jaw and other complications associated with intravenous bisphosphonates, the risk of dementia among female nuclear workers, the effect of contraceptives on blood lipid levels, treatment patterns among elderly males who experience fractures and breast cancer incidence among women who participated in a wellness program. Dr. Wilkinson’s research primarily involves the use of large data bases such as health insurance claims data, employee health and administrative records and tumor registry data. He has taught courses in basic and advanced epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, cancer epidemiology and radiation epidemiology. |