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  • 2017 - John Howland Award, American Pediatric Society (APS)

Overview

Michael Weitzman is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on subfields such as Periodontics, Physiology, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

They have contributed to a range of topics, including:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Michael Weitzman's frequent publication venues include Scientific Reports, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, BMJ Paediatrics Open, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, and Chemical Research in Toxicology. Their work spans a variety of aspects within cardiovascular and oral health, smoking-related research, and chemical toxicology.

Some of their recent significant papers are:

  • High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates: the UAE Healthy Future Study (2023), published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
  • The impact of smoking different tobacco types on the subgingival microbiome and periodontal health: a pilot study (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Similarities Between Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising Exposure and Adolescent Use of Each of These Substances (2020), published in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Supplement
  • Supragingival microbiome alternations as a consequence of smoking different tobacco types and its relation to dental caries (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Untargeted Metabolomics to Characterize the Urinary Chemical Landscape of E-Cigarette Users (2023), published in Chemical Research in Toxicology

Their frequent coauthors include Scott E. Sherman, Jenni A. Shearston, Terry Gordon, Abdishakur Abdulle, and Amar Ahmad. All have collaborated with Weitzman on multiple publications.

Michael Weitzman received the John Howland Award from the American Pediatric Society (APS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

    Stephen Cook;Michael Weitzman;Peggy Auinger;Michael Nguyen

  • Prenatal and Postnatal Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Children’s Health

    Joseph R. DiFranza;C. Andrew Aligne;Michael L. Weitzman

  • Chronic conditions, socioeconomic risks, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Deborah K. Walker;Michael Weitzman;Arthur M. Sobol

  • The health of Latino children: urgent priorities, unanswered questions, and a research agenda.

    Glenn Flores;Elena Fuentes-Afflick;Oxiris Barbot;Olivia Carter-Pokras

  • Maternal smoking and childhood asthma.

    Michael Weitzman;Steven Gortmaker;Deborah Klein Walker;Arthur Sobol

  • Overweight children and adolescents: a risk group for iron deficiency.

    Karen G. Nead;Jill S. Halterman;Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski;Peggy Auinger;Peggy Auinger

  • Recent trends in the prevalence and severity of childhood asthma.

    Michael Weitzman;Steven L. Gortmaker;Arthur M. Sobol;James M. Perrin

  • Issues Involved in the Definition and Classification of Chronic Health Conditions

    E. C. Perrin;P. Newacheck;I. B. Pless;D. Drotar

  • School Breakfast Program and school performance.

    Alan F. Meyers;Amy E. Sampson;Amy E. Sampson;Michael Weitzman;Beatrice L. Rogers;Beatrice L. Rogers

  • Maternal smoking and behavior problems of children.

    Michael Weitzman;Steven Gortmaker;Arthur Sobol

  • Risk factors for pediatric asthma. Contributions of poverty, race, and urban residence.

    C. A. Aligne;P. Auinger;Robert S Byrd;M. Weitzman

  • Racial, Social, and Environmental Risks for Childhood Asthma

    Michael Weitzman;Steven Gortmaker;Arthur Sobol

  • Tobacco Smoke Exposure Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents

    Michael Weitzman;Stephen Cook;Stephen Cook;Peggy Auinger;Peggy Auinger;Todd A. Florin;Todd A. Florin

  • Psychologic functioning of siblings of disabled children.

    Naomi Breslau;Michael Weitzman;Katherine Messenger

  • Tobacco promotion and the initiation of tobacco use: assessing the evidence for causality

    Joseph R. DiFranza;Robert J. Wellman;Robert J. Wellman;James D. Sargent;Michael L. Weitzman

  • Association of Pediatric Dental Caries With Passive Smoking

    C. Andrew Aligne;Mark E. Moss;Peggy Auinger;Michael Weitzman

  • Prenatal tobacco smoke and postnatal secondhand smoke exposure and child neurodevelopment.

    Melissa Herrmann;Katherine King;Michael Weitzman

  • Predictors of Early Grade Retention among Children in the United States.

    Robert S. Byrd;Michael L. Weitzman

  • Iron Deficiency in Early Childhood in the United States: Risk Factors and Racial/Ethnic Disparities

    Jane M. Brotanek;Jacqueline Gosz;Michael Weitzman;Glenn Flores;Glenn Flores

  • Do Parenting and the Home Environment, Maternal Depression, Neighborhood, and Chronic Poverty Affect Child Behavioral Problems Differently in Different Racial-Ethnic Groups?

    Lee M. Pachter;Peggy Auinger;Ray Palmer;Michael Weitzman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peggy Auinger
Peggy Auinger University of Rochester Medical Center
Steven L. Gortmaker
Steven L. Gortmaker Harvard University
Bruce P. Lanphear
Bruce P. Lanphear Simon Fraser University
Peter G. Szilagyi
Peter G. Szilagyi University of California, Los Angeles
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
James M. Perrin
James M. Perrin Harvard University
Joseph J. Palamar
Joseph J. Palamar New York University
Nancy A. Rigotti
Nancy A. Rigotti Harvard University
Ellen C. Perrin
Ellen C. Perrin Tufts Medical Center
Alexa Beiser
Alexa Beiser Boston University

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