Samuel Dorevitch

Research Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Contact Information

E-mail: sdorevit@uic.edu

Address:
335 Sphw, M/c 922, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-996-8857

Additional Websites / Affiliates

Community Affiliate: www.cheerschicago.org

Academic Background

MD, Medicine, Univ of Chicago, 1989
BS, Biology, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
BA, Psychology, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 1985

Research Interests

Environmental epidemiology, developing objective measures of health and exposure; waterborne illness; indicators of water quality; developing methods for measuring water exposure; communicating environmental information to the public effectively; asthma and obesity among inner-city residents

Teaching Interests

Occupational medicine; occupational epidemiology; interface between environmental policy and environmental research

Publications

DOREVITCH S, Tharenos L, Demirtas H, Persky V, Artwohl J, Fortman JD: Inverse association bewteen rural environment in infancy and sensitization to rodents in adulthood. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 May;98(5):440-6.

DOREVITCH S, Demirtas H, Scheff PA, Perksy VW. Bias and confounding in longitudinal measures of exhaled monoxides in epidemiologic studies. J Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. e-pub 2007 Feb 7

Patel M, Williamson R, DOREVITCH S and Buchanan S: Pilot Study Investigating the Effect of the Static Magnetic Field from a 9.4 Tesla MRI on the Vestibular System. J Occup Environ Med. 2008 May;50(5):576-583.

DOREVITCH S, Erdal S, Conroy L, Schoonover T, Demirtas H, Persky V, Scheff P: Demolition of high-rise public housing produces a large increase in particulate matter concentration in communities of high-risk asthmatics. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2006 Jul;56(7):1022-32.

Efficacy of an outdoor air pollution education program in a community at risk for asthma morbidity. Dorevitch S, Karandikar A, Washington GF, Walton GP, Anderson R, Nickels L. J Asthma. 2008 Nov;45(9):839-44. PMID: 18972306