Mark S. Dworkin

Associate Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: mdworkin@uic.edu

Address:
1603 W. Taylor Street, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-413-0348

Additional Websites / Affiliates

Personal Website: http://tigger.uic.edu/~mdworkin/Dworkinweb.htm

Academic Background

MD, Medicine, Rush Medical College, 1989
BALAS, English, Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1985

Research Interests

HIV and AIDS, surveillance of infectious diseases, pertussis and other immunization-preventable diseases, food and waterborne disease, tick- borne disease, outbreak investigation

Teaching Interests

Surveillance of infectious diseases, outbreak investigation, zoonoses and parasitic disease, tropical disease and global health, public health in literature.

Publications

Outbreak Investigations Around the World: Case Studies in Infectious Diseases Field Epidemiology. Dworkin MS (Editor and contributor). Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2009, Sudbury, MA.

Outbreak Investigations Around the World: Case Studies in Infectious Diseases Field Epidemiology. Dworkin MS (Editor and contributor). Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2009, Sudbury, MA.

Dworkin MS, Park L, Borchardt SM. The changing epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease, especially in persons >65 years. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;44:810-6.

Dworkin MS, Westercamp MD, Park L, McIntyre A. The epidemiology of necrotizing fasciitis including factors associated with death and amputation. Epidemiol Infect 2009;7:1-6.

Dworkin MS, Westercamp MD, Park L, McIntyre A. The epidemiology of necrotizing fasciitis including factors associated with death and amputation. Epidemiol Infect 2009;7:1-6.

Yoder JS, Dworkin MS. Vaccination usage among an Old-Order Amish community in Illinois. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2006;25:1182-3.

Borchardt S, Polyak G, Dworkin MS. Parental attitude toward mass antimicrobial prophylaxis during a school-associated pertussis outbreak. Epidemiology and Infection 2007;135:11-6.