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Jay S. Kaufman

Jay S. Kaufman

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
102
Citations
34070
World Ranking
82
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
36718
World Ranking
7100
National Ranking
273

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Jay S. Kaufman is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their body of work is situated primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and general Health topics.

Their research topics cover diverse health-related issues, incorporating areas such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Kaufman has contributed to multiple recent papers which illustrate the scope of their research interests. Notable publications include:

  • Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2022, BMJ
  • Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2021, Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • Prevalence, Deaths, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders for 195 Countries and Territories 1990-2017, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Global, regional, and national burden of migraine in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019, 2021, Pain

The research topics often address large-scale population health burdens and epidemiological assessments of diseases, reflecting a broad analytical approach to global health challenges.

Kaufman frequently collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors. These include Saeid Safiri, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Tarik Benmarhnia, and Mark J. M. Sullman, indicating ongoing partnerships within their research network.

The primary outlets for Kaufman's publications include venues such as UNC Libraries, ISEE Conference Abstracts, Epidemiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Saeid Safiri;Ali Asghar Kolahi;Damian Hoy;Emma Smith

  • The Development of a Standardized Neighborhood Deprivation Index

    Lynne C. Messer;Lynne C. Messer;Barbara A. Laraia;Jay S. Kaufman;Janet Eyster

  • Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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  • Socioeconomic status and health in blacks and whites: the problem of residual confounding and the resiliency of race.

    Jay S. Kaufman;Richard S. Cooper;Daniel L. McGee

  • Race and Genomics

    Richard S. Cooper;Jay S. Kaufman;Ryk Ward

  • Intimate partner violence against adult women and its association with major depressive disorder, depressive symptoms and postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Hind A. Beydoun;May A. Beydoun;Jay S. Kaufman;Bruce Lo

  • Evaluating the evidence for models of life course socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review

    Ricardo A Pollitt;Kathryn M Rose;Jay S Kaufman

  • Proximity of supermarkets is positively associated with diet quality index for pregnancy.

    Barbara A. Laraia;Anna Maria Siega-Riz;Jay S. Kaufman;Sonya J. Jones

  • Deployment and the Use of Mental Health Services among U.S. Army Wives

    Alyssa J. Mansfield;Jay S. Kaufman;Stephen W. Marshall;Bradley N. Gaynes

  • Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Saeid Safiri;Ali-Asghar Kolahi;Maryam Noori;Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi;Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

  • Defining Urban and Rural Areas in U.S. Epidemiologic Studies

    Susan A. Hall;Jay S. Kaufman;Thomas C. Ricketts

  • Commentary: Considerations for Use of Racial/Ethnic Classification in Etiologic Research

    Jay S. Kaufman;Richard S. Cooper

  • Methods in Social Epidemiology

    J. Michael Oakes;Jay S. Kaufman

  • Response time effectiveness: comparison of response time and survival in an urban emergency medical services system.

    Thomas H. Blackwell;Jay S. Kaufman

  • Review Article: Vulnerability to Heat-related Mortality: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression Analysis.

    Tarik Benmarhnia;Tarik Benmarhnia;Séverine Deguen;Jay S. Kaufman;Audrey Smargiassi

  • Handling time varying confounding in observational research

    Mohammad Ali Mansournia;Mahyar Etminan;Goodarz Danaei;Jay S Kaufman

  • Prevalence, Deaths, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders for 195 Countries and Territories 1990–2017

    Saeid Safiri;Ali‐Asghar Kolahi;Marita Cross;Catherine Hill

  • The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing

    Deborah A Bolnick;Duana Fullwiley;Troy Duster;Troy Duster;Richard S. Cooper

  • Plasma n−3 fatty acids and the risk of cognitive decline in older adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

    May A Beydoun;Jay S Kaufman;Jessie A Satia;Wayne Rosamond

  • Seeking causal explanations in social epidemiology.

    Jay S. Kaufman;Richard S. Cooper

  • Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth among non-Hispanic Black and White women in eight geographic areas in the United States.

    Patricia O'Campo;Jessica G. Burke;Jessica G. Burke;Jennifer Culhane;Irma T. Elo

  • A further critique of the analytic strategy of adjusting for covariates to identify biologic mediation

    Jay S Kaufman;Richard F MacLehose;Sol Kaufman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard S. Cooper
Richard S. Cooper Loyola University Chicago
Sam Harper
Sam Harper McGill University
William C. Miller
William C. Miller The Ohio State University
David A. Savitz
David A. Savitz Brown University
Robert W. Platt
Robert W. Platt McGill University
Charles Poole
Charles Poole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tarik Benmarhnia
Tarik Benmarhnia University of California, San Diego
Mohammad Ali Mansournia
Mohammad Ali Mansournia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Patricia O'Campo
Patricia O'Campo University of Toronto
Arijit Nandi
Arijit Nandi McGill University

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