EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (Epidemiology) 1996, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
• M.A. (Library Science) 1981, University of Chicago
• M.A. (Divinity) 1979, University of Chicago
• B.A. (Religion) 1977, Harvard University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Social Epidemiology
• Epidemiological Methods and Study Design
• Epidemiology and Sleep Research
• MRSA Epidemiology
• Prenatal Care
• Health of immigrant populations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Lauderdale DS. Education and survival in the United States: birth cohort, period and age effects. Demography, 38:551-561 (2001)..
• Lauderdale DS, Kestenbaum B. Asian American ethnic identification by surname. Population Research and Policy Review, 19:283-300 (2000)..
• Lauderdale DS, Kestenbaum B. Mortality of Elderly Asian American populations based on Medicare and Social Security Data. Demography, 39:529-540 (2002)..
• Chang VW, Lauderdale DS. Income disparities in body mass index and obesity in the United States, 1971-2002. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005 Oct 10;165(18):2122-8.
• Santry HP, Gillen DL, Lauderdale DS. Trends in Bariatric Surgical Procedures. JAMA. 2005;294:1909-1917.
• Lauderdale DS. Birth Outcomes for Arabic-Named Women in California Before and After September 11. Demography. 2006; 43:185-201.
• Lauderdale DS, Knutson K, Yan LL, Rathouz PJ, Hulley SB, Sidney S, Liu K. Objectively Measured Sleep Characteristics Among Early Middle-Aged Adults: The CARDIA Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006;164(1):5-16.
• Lauderdale DS, Wen M, Jacobs EA, Kandula NR. Immigrant Perceptions of Discrimination in Healthcare: the California Health Interview Survey 2003. Med Care. 2006;44(10):914-20.
• Lauderdale DS, Huo D. Cancer death rates for older Asian-Americans: classification by race versus ethnicity. Cancer Causes Control. 2008;19(2):135-46.
• Lauderdale DS, Knutson KL, Yan LL, Liu K, Rathouz PJ. Self-reported and measured sleep duration: how similar are they? Epidemiology. 2008;19(6):838-45.
• King, CR, Knutson KL, Rathouz PJ, Sidney S, Liu K, Lauderdale DS. Short sleep duration and incident coronary artery calcification. JAMA. 2008 Dec 24;300(24):2859-66.
• Chang VW, Lauderdale DS. Fundamental Cause Theory, Technological Innovation, and Health Disparities: The Case of Cholesterol in the Era of Statins. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2009 Sep;50(3):245-60.
• Wen M, Kandula NR, Lauderdale DS. Ethnic Neighborhoods in Multi-Ethnic America, 1990-2000: Ethnoburbs and A Resurgence of Ethnicity? Social Forces 2009:88(1);425-460.  
• Wong EC, Palaniappan L, Lauderdale DS. Using Name Lists to Infer Asian Racial/Ethnic Subgroups in the Healthcare Setting. Medical Care 2009 Nov;47(11):1129-35.
• Lauderdale DS, Knutson KL, Rathouz PJ, Yan LL, Hulley SB, Liu K. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between objectively measured sleep duration and body mass index: the CARDIA Sleep Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2009 Oct 1;170(7):805-13.
• Lauderdale DS, VanderWeele TJ, Siddique J, Lantos JD. Prenatal Care Utilization in Excess of Recommended Levels: Trends from 1985-2004 . Forthcoming Medical Care Research and Review.
• Siddique J, Lauderdale DS, VanderWeele TJ, Lantos JD. Trends in prenatal ultrasound use in the United States: 1995 to 2006. Medical Care. 2009 Nov;47(11):1129-35.

Complete publications list on PubMed

MAJOR COURSES

• Social Epidemiology  (graduate)
• Critical Readings in Epidemiology (graduate)
• Epidemiology and Research Design (medical school)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Program Director, M.S. for Clinical Professionals, Department of Health Studies
• Epidemiology Coordinator, CTSA
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research
• NIGMS Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Research Network
• Board of Trustees, NORC
• Developed surname list for identifying specific Asian American ethnic subgroups (e.g. Japanese, Vietnamese) from data sources lacking ethnic detail. Lists available on request.