Translating epidemiological evidence into policy and practice; public health practice research; health services research

Epidemiology; Editor; Policy; Evidence; Public health practice; Health services; Summer Institute; Epidemiologic Reviews

1997 Rankin Award, North Carolina Public Health Association

1985 Silver Medallion, American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1982 Bronze Medallion, American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1979 Achievement Recognition Award, American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1975 Founder's Award, American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1975 World Health Organization Fellowship to study the British health system

1974 Delta Omega, Honorary Society for Public Health

1972 Physician's Recognition Award, American Medical Association

Education and Training

1982 Fellow, American College of Epidemiology

1973 FLEX, Federation Licensing Examination for NY State, clinical competence

1971 FLEX, Federation Licensing Examination for NY State, clinical sciences

1968 Fellow, American Public Health Association

1964 Certificate, Educational Council for Medical Graduates

1964 PhD, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Epidemiology

1961 MPH, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Biostatistics

1957 MD, University of Cairo School of Medicine (MBBCH)

Professional Experience

2005- Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of Public Health

2003- Editor-in-Chief, Epidemiologic Reviews

2002- Dean and Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina

1997-02 Professor and Director of Health Care Epidemiology, UNC-SPH

1997-01 P.I., Partners in Managing the Health of the Community

1997-02 Director of ERIC (Ed., Epid., Res., and Info. Center), Durham VA grant

1994-2005 Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH

1982-97 Dean and Professor, UNC-SPH

1976-82 Chair and Professor, UNC-SPH Department of Epidemiology

1973-02 Professor, UNC-CH Department of Epidemiology

1971-73 Associate Professor, UNC-SPH Department of Epidemiology

1968-71 Health Officer, Erie County Department of Health, Buffalo, NY

1968-71 Associate Professor, State University of NY at Buffalo School of Medicine

1964-68 Assistant Professor, State University of NY at Buffalo School of Medicine

1962-64 Doctoral Fellow, UNC-SPH Department of Epidemiology

1961-62 Research Fellow, UNC School of Medicine

1960-61 Doctoral Fellow, UNC-SPH Department of Biostatistics

1958-60 Intern, Cairo University Hospitals /Ministry of Health Outpatient Unit

International Consultations

1994- Consultant, international epidemiologic studies on artificial heart valve recipients

1992 Consultant, University of Bielefeld, Germany

1988 Consultant, University of Bochum and University of Ulm, Germany

1987 Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University, Israel

1986 Dozer Professor, Ben Gurion University, Israel

1984 Consultant, Ministry of Health, Kuwait

1980 WHO Consultant, Ben Gurion University, Israel

1980 Consultant, Greifswald University, Germany

1978 Consultant, Ministry of Health and University of Cairo, Egypt

1975 Consultant, Health and Nutrition INCAP, Guatemala

National Consultations and Special Services

2002-04 Consultant, US Department of Justice

2002-03 Consultant, Atlantic Philanthropies

1995-00 Consultant, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard University

1994- Member, Supervisory Panel for Heart Valve Research, appointed by federal court

1994 Visiting Professor, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

1993-96 Visiting Professor, Pew Scholars Program, University of Michigan

1988-91 Member, National Council on Aging

1969-01 Visiting Professor, Universities of Minnesota and Michigan Summer Program

1987, 1982 Consultant, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

1982-86 Member, The Aging Review Study Section, National Institute on Aging

1982 Consultant, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development

1978 Consultant, National Institute on Aging

1978, 1977 Consultant, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders

1976 Visiting Professor, Medical Care Summer Institute,

1972-98 Consultant, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

1971-73 Consultant, Centers for Disease Control

1970-98 Consultant, National Cancer Institute

1967-69 Consultant, National Center for Chronic Disease Control

Editorial Activities

2003- Editor-in-Chief, Epidemiologic Reviews

1994-96 Editorial Consultant, Aspen Publishers, Inc.

1993-2000 Member, Board of Overseers, American Journal of Epidemiology

1990 Guest Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology 1991;134(10).

1990-92 Editor, American Journal of Public Health

1975-83 Chair, Editorial Board, American Journal of Public Health

1976-03 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

1984-87 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Rural Health

1979-95 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Behavioral Medicine

1979-85 Member, Editorial Board, Family Medicine Review

1967-79 Associate Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology

Publications

Journal Articles

Carrese J, Ibrahim, MA. Success, regret, and the struggle for balance. Annals of family Medicine 2008;6:171-172

Moser M, Kalpana R, Ibrahim M. Epidemiology core competencies for MPH students. Public Health Reports 2008;123 Suppl:59-66

Blot WJ, Signorello Lb, Sarah SC, Ibrahim MA. Single leg separation among explanted Bjork-Shiley prosthetic valves. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2007;16(6):1-5

Blot W, Ibrahim MA, et al. Twenty-five-year experience with the Bjork-Shiley Convexoconcave heart valve. A continuing clinical concern. Circulation 2005;111:2850-2857.

Krobot KJ, Kaufman JS, Christensen DB, Preisser JS, Miller WC, Ibrahim MA. Accessing a new medication in Germany: A novel approach to assess a health insurance-related barrier. Annals of Epidemiology 2005; in print

Jackson GL, Yano EM, Edelman D, Krein SL, Ibrahim MA, Carey TS, Lee S-YD, Hartmann KE, Dudley TK, Weinberger M. Veterans affairs primary care organizational characteristics associated with better diabetes control. American Journal of Managed Care 2005;11:225-237.

Krobot KJ, Miller WC, Kaufman, JS, Christensen DB, Preisser JS, Ibrahim MA. The disparity in access to a new medication by type of health insurance: Lessons from Germany. Med Care 2004;42:487-491

Krobot KJ, Miller WC, Kaufman, JS, Christensen DB, Preisser JS, Ibrahim MA. Quantifying delay in access to new medical treatment. Epidemiology 2004;15:202-207

Ibrahim MA et al. Population-based health principles in medical and public health practice. J Public Health Manag Pract 2001;7(3):75-81.

Blot et al. Risk of fracture of Bjork-Shiley 600 convexo-concave prosthetic heart valves: Long-term cohort follow-up in the UK, Netherlands, and USA. J Heart Valve Dis 2001;10:202-209.

Ibrahim MA. ASPH Accreditation Report. Pub Health Rep 2000;115:584.

Ibrahim MA, House RM, Levine RH: Educating the public health workforce for the 21st century. Family Community Health 1995;18(3):17-25.

Ibrahim MA: Epidemiology for nonepidemiologists. Current Issues in Public Health 1995;1:71-76.

Peoples-Sheps MD, Ibrahim MA, House RM: Doctoral-level training in public health leadership: The school of public health response to the IOM Report. North Carolina Public Health Forum, 1992, pp 13-14.

Ibrahim MA, Bond GG, Burke TA, et al.: Weight of the evidence on the human carcinogenicity of 2,4-D. Environmental Health Perspectives 1991;96:213-222.

Ballard DJ, Strogatz DS, Wagner EH, Siscovick DS, James SA, Kleinbaum DG, Ibrahim MA: The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: The process of medical care and dropping out of care among hypertensive patients. Am J Prev Med 1988;4(3):133-139.

Siscovick DS, Strogatz DS, Wagner EH, Ballard DJ, James SA, Beresford S, Kleinbaum DG, Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: Provider-oriented interventions and management of hypertension. Medical Care 1987;25:254-258.

Ballard DJ, Strogatz DS, Wagner EH, Siscovick DS, James SA, Kleinbaum DG, Williams CA, Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: The process of medical care and blood pressure control. Am J Prev Med 1986;2(5):278-284.

Subcommittee on Definition and Prevalence of the 1984 Joint National Committee (Ibrahim MA, Chairman): Hypertension prevalence and the status of awareness, treatment, and control in the United States. Hypertension 1985;May-June(3):457-468.

Williams CA, Beresford SAA, James SA, LaCroix AZ, Strogatz DS, Wagner EH, Kleinbaum DG,

Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program III.

Social support, social stressors, and treatment dropout. Am J Public Health 1985;75:483-486.

Strogatz DS, James SA, Elliott D, Ramsey D, Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: Community coverage in a rural, church-based, hypertension screening program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Am J Public Health 1985;75:401-402.

James SA, Wagner EH, Strogatz DS, Beresford SAA, Kleinbaum DG, Williams CA, Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: The Edgecombe County (NC) High Blood Pressure Control Program II. Barriers to the use of medical care among hypertensives. Am J Public Health 1984;74:468-472.

The Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (Ibrahim MA, member of JNC III Committee, and chairman of Definition and Prevalence Subcommittee): The 1984 Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Arch Intern Med 1984;144:1045-1057.

Wagner EH, James SA, Beresford SAA, Strogatz DS, Grimson RC, Kleinbaum DG, Williams CA, Cutchin LM, Ibrahim MA: The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: 1. Correlates of uncontrolled hypertension at baseline. Am J Public Health 1984;74:237-242.

Daniels SR, Greenberg RS, Ibrahim MA: Scientific uncertainties in the studies of salicylate use and Reye syndrome. JAMA 1983;249(10):1311-1316.

Daniels SR, Greenberg RS, Ibrahim MA: Etiologic research in pediatric epidemiology. J Pediatrics 1983;102(4):494-504.

Ibrahim MA: Epidemiology: Application to health services. J Hlth Admin Ed 1983;1:37-69.

Huel G, Boudene C, Ibrahim MA: Cadmium and lead content of maternal and newborn hair: Relationship to parity, birth weight and hypertension. Arch Envir Hlth 1981;36(5):221-227.

Ibrahim MA, Kaplan BH, Patrick RC, Slome C, Tyroler HA, Wilson RN: The legacy of John C. Cassel. Am J Epidemiol 1980;112(1):1-7.

Ibrahim MA, Spitzer WO: The case-control study: The problem and the prospect. J Chron Dis 1979;32(1/ 2):139-144.

Toole JF, Janeway R, Ibrahim MA, Elwan O, Taher Y: The Carolina-Cairo connection. Trans Amer Clin Climat Assoc 1978;90:66-70.

Greenberg RA, Wagner EH, Wolf SH, Cohen SB, Kleinbaum DG, Williams CA, Ibrahim MA:

Physician opinion on the use of antibiotics in respiratory infections. JAMA 1978;240(7):650-3.

Wagner EH, Williams CA, Greenberg R, Kleinbaum D, Wolf SH, Ibrahim MA: A method for selecting criteria to evaluate medical care. Am J Public Health 1978;68(5):464-470.

Upson D, Greenberg RA, Gillings DB, Nolan R, Ibrahim MA: Management of streptococcal pharyngitis by North Carolina physicians. NC Med J 1976;37(9):489-491.

Ibrahim MA: The impact of intervention upon psycho-social functions of postmyocardial infarction patients. Suppl J SC Med Assoc 1976; 72:23-26.

Wagner EH, Greenberg RA, Imrey PB, Williams CA, Wolf S, Ibrahim MA: Influence of training and experience on selecting criteria to evaluate medical care. N Engl J Med 1976;294:871-876.

Ibrahim MA, Feldman JF, Sultz HA, Staiman MG, Young LJ, Dean D: Management after myocardial infarction: A controlled trial of the effect of group psychotherapy. Int J Psychiatr Med 1973;5(3):253-265.

Feldman JG, Ibrahim MA, Sultz HA: Differential filial aggregation of coronary risk factors. Human Biology 1973;45:541-552.

Ibrahim MA: Venereal disease today. OB/GYN Digest 1972;14:24-28.

Wallace RB, Libert P, Ibrahim MA, Isacson P: Joint symptoms following an area-wide rubella immunization campaign--Report of a survey. Am J Public Health 1972;62:658-661.

Ibrahim MA, Borden HH, Pinsky W, Kohn R, Feldman JG, Winkelstein W Jr: Screening of the coronary-prone by study of their offspring. Health Services Rep 1971;86:577-582.

Kohn RM, Ibrahim MA, Feldman JG: Premature ventricular beats and coronary heart disease risk factors. Am J Epidemiol 1971;94:556-563.

Hall JR, Gratch IF, Ibrahim MA, Culver JO: Transfusion malaria--Pennsylvania. Morbidity and Mortality, National Communicable Disease Center 1970;19(10):102.

Borden HH, Ibrahim MA: The epidemiology of QRS axis measurement. Am J Public Health 1970;60:722-730

Kohn RM, Ibrahim MA, Winkelstein W Jr, Pinsky W, Borden HH, Binette PJ: Identifying coronary prone families by screening of school populations. Israel J of Med Sci 1969;5:683-686.

Winkelstein W Jr, Kantor S, Ibrahim MA, Sackett DL: Remarks on the analysis of familiar aggregation of blood pressure in the Alameda County Blood Pressure Study. Am J Epidemiol 1969;89:615-618.

Kantor S, Winkelstein W Jr, Ibrahim MA: A note on the interpretation of the ridit as a quantile rank. Am J Epidemiol 1968;87:609-615.

Ibrahim MA, Pinsky W, Kohn RM, Binette PJ, Winkelstein W Jr: Coronary heart disease: Screening by familial aggregation. Arch Environ Hlth 1968;16:235-246.

Ibrahim MA, Sackett DL, Kantor S, Winkelstein W Jr: Psychological patterns and coronary heart disease: An appraisal of the determination of etiology by means of a stochastic process. J Chron Dis 1968;20:931-940.

Kantor S, Ibrahim MA, Winkelstein W Jr: How to avoid drowning in your data. Am J Public Health 1967; 57:1973-1978.

Kantor S, Winkelstein W Jr, Sackett DL, Ibrahim MA: A method for classifying blood pressure. Am J Epidemiol 1966;84:510-523.

Winkelstein W Jr, Kantor S, Ibrahim MA, Sackett DL: Familial aggregation of blood pressure. JAMA 1966;195:848-850.

Ibrahim MA, Jenkins CD, Cassel JC, McDonough JR, Hames CG: Personality traits and coronary heart disease. J Chron Dis 1966;19:255-271.

White KL, Ibrahim MA: The distribution of cardiovascular diseases in the community. Ann Intern Med 1963;58:627-636.

Book Chapters and Monographs

Ibrahim MA, Osborn JE: Future of the public health profession. In: Perspectives on the Health

Professions (Pew Health Professions Programs). Durham, NC: Duke University Press; 1990:34-43.

Greenberg RS, Ibrahim MA: The case-control study. In: WW Holland, R Detels, G Knox, eds.,

Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Vol. 3. Investigative Methods in Public Health. New York:

Oxford University Press; 1985.

Ibrahim MA: Polymyositis: Opportunities for epidemiologic research. In: Lawrence and Shulman, eds., Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases. New York: Gower Medical Publishing Ltd.; 1984.

Ibrahim MA: An epidemiologic perspective in health services research. In: T Choi, JN Greenberg, eds., Social Science Approaches to Health Services Research. Washington, DC: Health Administration Press; 1983.

Kaplan BH, Ibrahim MA (eds.): Family Medicine and Supporting Interventions: An Epidemiologic Approach. Chapel Hill, NC: Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina; 1981.

lbrahim MA, Wagner EH, Williams CA, et al.: Assessing the Clinical Skills of Nurse Practitioners. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology; 1980.

Cassel JC, Hulka BS, Ibrahim MA: Evaluation of primary medical care. In: JH Medaley, ed., An Introduction to Family Medicine: Principles and Applications. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1978.

Ibrahim MA: Commentary on Berg RL, Departments of preventive medicine in the USA, present, past, and future. In: DW Clark, ed., Academic Relationships and Teaching Resources. Vol. 6. Washington, DC: US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; 1976. (DHEW Publication No NIH 76-880)

Ibrahim MA, Van Wie W, Borden HH, Andruczyk I, Kellberg E: Stroke: Epidemiology and

Patterns of Medical Care. Monograph. Buffalo, NY: Regional Medical Program of New York,

SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine; 1970.

Ibrahim MA, Sackett DL, Winkelstein W Jr: Acute myocardial infarction: Magnitude of the problem. In: Thrombosis. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences; 1969:106-116.

Ibrahim MA: The role of certain psychological factors in coronary disease, blood pressure and serum cholesterol. PhD Dissertation, University of North Carolina, June 1964.

Books

Ibrahim MA: Epidemiology and Health Policy. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems; 1985.

Ibrahim MA, Spitzer WO (Editors): The Case-Control Study: Consensus and Controversy. New York: Pergamon Press; 1979. (Also published as a special issue of the Journal of Chronic Diseases 1979;32[1 and 2].)

Editorials

Ibrahim MA: Vaccines and public health, Epidemiol Rev 2006;28:1

Ibrahim MA: Unfortunate, but Timely. Epidemiol Rev 2005;27:1-2

Ibrahim MA: Changing of the Guard. Epidemiol Rev 2004;26:1

Ibrahim MA: On the 75th Anniversary Issue. Am J Epidemiology 1991;134(20):1011

Ibrahim MA: Changes with the New Year. Am J Public Health 1991;81(1):11.

Ibrahim MA: Tribute to whom tribute is due. Am J Public Health 1990;80(7):789.

Ibrahim MA, Yankauer A: The promotion of exercise. Am J Public Health 1988;78(11):1413-1414.

Ibrahim MA: Risk assessment: What's its role in health policy? Health and Environment Digest 1987;1(10):3.

Ibrahim MA: Presidential cancer. Am J Prev Med 1985;1(5):1-2.

Ibrahim MA: In support of jogging. Am J Public Health 1983;73(2):136-137.

Ibrahim MA: The changing health state of women. Am J Public Health 1980;70(2):120-121.

Ibrahim MA: The case for cervical cancer screening. Am J Public Health 1978;68(2):114-115.

Ibrahim MA, Christman FR: Drinking water and carcinogenesis. Am J Public Health 1977;67(8):719-720.

Ibrahim MA: The cigarette smoking/lung cancer hypothesis. Am J Public Health 1976;66(2):132.

Ibrahim MA: Identifying the coronary prone. JAMA 1968;203:799.