Social epidemiology focussed on women's and children's health and health policy. Specific areas of research include: intimate partner violence; neighborhoods and health; mental health; welfare reform and women's health; prevention of HIV infection; perinatal outcomes with a particular focus on infant mortality and preterm birth prevention; and children's health and development.

Population, Family and Reproductive Health Sciences, Social epidemiology, Urban Health, Women's health, Intimate partner violence, Multi-level Modeling, Infant mortality, Pregnancy, Public Health, Mental Health, Statistics, Violence, AIDS

Greg Alexander Award for Advancing Science awarded by the MCH Coalition for Excellence, 2008.

Lorretta Lacey Award, Association of the Teachers of Maternal and Child Health, February 2002

AMTRA (Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Student Assembly, 2000-2001

Institute of Medicine National Research Council Recognition of Young and Mid-Career Child and Family Scholars, May 1998

AMTRA (Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Student Assembly, 1996.

Elected to the Delta Omega Society (honorary public health society), Alpha Chapter, May 1996.

Outstanding Research Award, National Perinatal Association 1995 Clinical Conference and Exposition, November 1995.

AMTRA (Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Student Assembly, 1995.

Young Professional Award - Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association, 1994.

Teaching Quality Award for the course "Research Methods in Maternal and Child Health", Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Student Assembly, 1993.

American Lung Association of Maryland's Distinguished Service Award for Smoking & Health, Sept. 1992.

Participant in the National Institutes for Mental Health (NIMH) Workshop for New Minority Investigators for AIDS Research, 1991.

Johns Hopkins Alumni Association's Centennial Award for Outstanding Poster, June 1989.

Graduated with Honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.

Hwang S., Wilkins R., Tjepkema M., O’Campo P., Dunn J: Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: An 11-year follow-up study BMJ (in press)

O’Campo P., Ahmad F., Cyriac A. “Chapter 12: Role of Healthcare Professionals in preventing and intervening on IPV”. Domestic Violence: A multi-professional approach for healthcare practitioners Edited By June Keeling & Tom Mason. Published by Open University Press. p 107-115. May 2008.

Burke J, O'Campo P, Salmon C, Walker R. Pathways connecting neighborhood influences and mental well-being: Socioeconomic position and gender differences. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Messer LC, Vinikoor LC, Laraia BA, Kaufman JS, Eyster J, Holzman C, Culhane J, Elo I, Burke JG, O'Campo P. Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Oct; 67(8):1247-57. Epub 2008 Jul 19.

Holzman C., Eyster J., Kleyn M., Messer L., Kaufman J, Laraia B., O’Campo P., Burke J., Culhane J., Elo I: Maternal Weathering and Risk of Preterm Delivery. American Journal of Public Health (in press)

O’Campo P., Kirst, M., Shandardass K., Lofters A. Closing the Gap in Urban Health Inequities Journal of Public Health Policy (in press)

Burke, J, O’Campo P, Walker R., Pathways connecting neighborhood influences and mental well-being: Socioeconomic position and gender differences Social Science and Medicine (in press)

Yonas M., O’Campo P, Burke J., Gielen A., Exploring Local Perceptions of and Responses to Urban Youth Violence. Health Promotion Practice. (in press)

Schempf A, Strobino D, O'Campo P. Neighborhood effects on birthweight: An exploration of psychosocial and behavioral pathways in Baltimore, 1995-1996. Social Science &Medicine. 2009 Jan;68(1):100-10

Weathers AC, Minkovitz CS, Diener-West M, O'Campo P. The effect of parental immigration authorization on health insurance coverage for migrant Latino children. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health. 2008 Jun;10(3):247-54.

O’Campo P, Salmon C, Burke J. Neighbourhoods and Mental Well-Being: What Are the Pathways? Health & Place 15 (2008) 56–68.

Caughy MO, O’Campo PJ, & Nettles SM. The Effect of Residential Neighborhood on Child Behavior Problems in First Grade. American Journal of Community Psychology. 2008 Sep; 42(1-2):39-50.

O'Campo P, Burke JG, Culhane J, Elo IT, Eyster J, Holzman C, Messer LC, Kaufman JS, Laraia BA. Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth among non-Hispanic Black and White women in eight geographic areas in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology.2008 Jan 15; 167(2):155-63.

Frye V., Putnam S., O’Campo P: Whither Gender in Urban Health? Health and Place 2007 Sep;14(3):616-22.

Burrke J, Lee L, O'Campo P. An Exploration of Maternal Intimate Partner Violence Experiences and Infant General Health and Temperament. Maternal & Child Health 2007 June 12 (2):172-9. Epub 2007 June 5

Caughy M, Hayslett-McCall K, O’Campo P. “No Neighborhood is an island: Incorporating distal neighborhood effects into multilevel studies of child development competence”. Health and Place 2007 Dec; 13(4):788-98. 2007 Mar 26.

Menendez M., Benach J., Muntaner C., Amable M., O’Campo P. Is Precarious Employment More Damaging to Women’s Health Than Men’s? Social Science & Medicine 2007. 64 (4): 776–781.

Aronson RE, Wallis AB, O'Campo PJ, Whitehead TL, Schafer P. Ethnographically Informed Community Evaluation: A Framework and Approach for Evaluating Community-Based Initiatives. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2007 Jul. 11(4) 373-83.

Caughy MO, Nettles SM, O’Campo PJ, Lohrfink KF. Neighborhood matters: racial socialization of African American children. Child Dev. 2006 Sep-Oct;77(5):1220-36.

O'Campo P., Caughy M: Measures of Residential Community Contexts. In Oakes M., Kaufman J (eds) Methods in Social Epidemiology. Jossey-Bass May 2006.

Yonas M, O’Campo P, Burke J, Peak G, Gielen A. Neighborhood –Level Factors and Youth Violence: Giving Voice to the Perceptions of Prominent Neighborhood Individuals. Health Education and Behavior 2007 Aug;34(4):669-85. 2006 Jul 21.

O'Campo P, Kub J, Woods A, Garza M, Campbell J, Jones A, Gielen A, Dienemann J. Depression, PTSD and Comorbidity Related to Intimate Partner Violence in Civilian and Military Women. Brief Treatment and Crisis Int. 2006 6(2) 99-110

Burke JG., O’Campo P., Peak G., Gielen A., McDonnell KA., Trochim W. An Introduction To Concept Mapping As A Participatory Public Health Research Methodology. Qualitative Health Research Methods 2005 Dec;15(10):1392-410.

Pallitto CC, Campbell JC, O'Campo P. Is intimate partner violence associated with unintended pregnancy? A review of the literature. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2005 Jul;6(3):217-35. Review.

Rajaratnam JK, Burke, JG, O’Campo P. Maternal & Child Health and Neighborhood context: The Selection and Construction of Area-Level Variables. Health and Place. 2006 Dec;12(4):547-56. Epub 2005 Sep 26. Review.

Woods AB, Page GG, O’Campo P, Pugh LC, Ford D, Campbell JC. The Mediation Effect of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on the Relationship of Intimate Partner Violence and IFN-? Levels. American Journal of Community Psychology 2005 Sep;36(1-2):159-75.

Burke JG, Knab LK, Gielen AC, O'Campo P, McDonnell KA. Intimate partner violence, substance abuse and HIV: Taking a closer look. Violence Against Women 2005 Sep;11(9):1140-61.

O’Campo P., Burke J., Peak GL, McDonnell KA., Gielen AC. Uncovering The Neighborhood Influences On Intimate Partner Violence Using Concept Mapping. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005 Jul;59(7):603-8.