Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D., is a retired injury epidemiologist. During1978-98 he occupied various positions in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. He previously served on the faculties of Harvard University Medical School (1966- 70) and Wake Forest University (1962-65). He was also Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (1970-78) Dr. Robertson is coauthor of 6 books and the sole author of 7: THE HOA MURDERS - A Novel of Suspense,(www.lulu.com, 2011) Click to order (Also available on the Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, and the IPad) HILLBILLY to HARVARD to YALE (www.lulu.com, 2006) Click to order THE EXPERT WITNESS SCAM (Mightywords.com, 2000; www.lulu.com, 2006) Click to order INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: Third Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007) Click to order INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: RESEARCH AND CONTROL STRATEGIES (Oxford University Press,1998) INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY (Oxford University Press,1992) INJURIES: CAUSES, CONTROl, STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC POLICY(D.C. Heath,1983) Dr. Robertson contributed 150 articles and chapters to the scientific literature. He was a member of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Committee on Trauma Research that produced the report, INJURY IN AMERICA: A CONTINUING PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM and was vice chair of the NRC committee that reviewed the injury control program of the Centers for Disease Control. He also served on the National Research Council Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics and chaired the special interest group on Injury Control and Emergency Health Services of the American Public Health Association. He was given the Distinguished Career Award by the latter group.

Curious about various claims by politicians regarding the effects of taxes and government spending on unemployment and economic growth, Dr. Robertson did a study of these in 2011. To download a copy of the study, click on: Tax and Spend Study In December, 2011, he was asked to give a presentation on wealth inequality in the U.S. For a 15 minute summary of the talk, click on: Inequality Presentation Links to CV and Books Education, Awards, Publications Robertson Books at Barnes and Noble Injury Control Data and Training Material on the Web CDC Injury Data EMS Quickguide to Effective Injury Prevention Injury Epidemiology, Third Edition (Oxford University Press, June, 2007) Click on the chapters below to find links and updates. Chapt. 1 Injury and the Role of Epidemiology Chapt. 2 Energy Characteristics and Control Strategies Chapt. 3 Research Objectives and Usable Data Chapt. 4 Injury Severity Chapt. 5 Injury Statistics Chapt. 6 National Injury Surveillance Chapt. 7 Local Injury Surveillance Chapt. 8 The Use and Abuse of Causal Analysis Chapt. 9 Research Designs and Data Analysis Chapt. 10 Human Factors Chapt. 11 Evaluation of Programs to Change Human Factors Voluntarily Chapt. 12 Evaluation of Laws and Rules Directed at Individual Behavior Chapt. 13 Evaluation of Agent, Vehicle and Environmental Modifications Chapt. 14 Evaluation of Postinjury Treatment and Rehabilitation Chapt. 15 Injury Epidemiology and Economics Author Index

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