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47
Citations
12530
World Ranking
3319
National Ranking
1604

Overview

Samuel F. Posner is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and social sciences, with specific focus areas in human factors and ergonomics, demography, occupational therapy, public health, environmental and occupational health, and infectious diseases.

Their most recent publications include:

  • Contribution of a post-secondary academic enrichment program on cognitive abilities of adults with severe intellectual disability using an e-book (2025) published in Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Infectious versus chronic conditions: time to dismantle silos in public health (2025) published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Hefziba Lifshitz
  • Shlomit Shnitzer-Meirovich
  • Richard A. Goodman
  • Laurence Sperling
  • Carlos del Río

Posner's work has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Their research covers a range of topics that intersect health, technology, and population studies, including:

  • Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

This combination of fields and topics indicates a multidisciplinary approach that integrates public health concerns with applied technologies and demographic research. The recent publications demonstrate engagement with both the cognitive aspects of disability and broader public health challenges related to infectious and chronic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic status in health research: one size does not fit all.

    Paula A. Braveman;Catherine Cubbin;Susan Egerter;Sekai Chideya

  • Recommendations to improve preconception health and health care--United States. A report of the CDC/ATSDR Preconception Care Work Group and the Select Panel on Preconception Care.

    Kay Johnson;Samuel F. Posner;Janis Biermann;José F. Cordero

  • Defining and Measuring Chronic Conditions: Imperatives for Research, Policy, Program, and Practice

    Richard A. Goodman;Samuel F. Posner;Elbert S. Huang;Anand K. Parekh

  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women

    Brown Js;Grady D;Grady D;Ouslander Jg;Herzog Ar

  • Heritability for Alzheimer's Disease: The Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins

    Margaret Gatz;Nancy L. Pedersen;Stig Berg;Boo Johansson

  • An Enhanced Method for Identifying Obstetric Deliveries: Implications for Estimating Maternal Morbidity

    Elena V. Kuklina;Maura K. Whiteman;Susan D. Hillis;Denise J. Jamieson

  • Diabetes Trends Among Delivery Hospitalizations in the U.S., 1994–2004

    Sandra S. Albrecht;Elena V. Kuklina;Pooja Bansil;Denise J. Jamieson

  • Prevalence of dementia subtypes in United States Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 2011–2013

    Richard A. Goodman;Kimberly A. Lochner;Madhav Thambisetty;Thomas S. Wingo;Thomas S. Wingo

  • Preconception and interconception health status of women who recently gave birth to a live-born infant--Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), United States, 26 reporting areas, 2004.

    Denise D'Angelo;Letitia Williams;Brian Morrow;Shanna Cox

  • Hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women during influenza season

    Shanna Cox;Samuel F. Posner;Melissa . McPheeters;Denise J. Jamieson

  • Maternal and fetal outcomes among women with depression.

    Pooja Bansil;Elena V. Kuklina;Susan F. Meikle;Samuel F. Posner

  • Incidence and Determinants of Peripartum Hysterectomy

    Maura K. Whiteman;Elena Kuklina;Susan D. Hillis;Denise J. Jamieson

  • Aging in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health

    Lynda A. Anderson;Richard A. Goodman;Richard A. Goodman;Deborah Holtzman;Samuel F. Posner

  • Racial differences in timeliness of follow-up after abnormal screening mammography

    Sophia W. Chang;Karla Kerlikowske;Anna Nápoles-Springer;Samuel F. Posner

  • When chronic conditions become acute: prevention and control of chronic diseases and adverse health outcomes during natural disasters.

    Ali H Mokdad;George A Mensah;Samuel F Posner;Eddie Reed

  • Mood Management Mail Intervention Increases Abstinence Rates for Spanish-Speaking Latino Smokers

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Barbara VanOss Marín;Samuel F. Posner;Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

  • The effect of behavioral therapy on urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.

    Leslee L Subak;Charles P Quesenberry;Samuel F Posner;Eugene Cattolica

  • National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity

    Ana P Betrán;Daniel Wojdyla;Samuel F Posner;A Metin Gülmezoglu

  • The national summit on preconception care: a summary of concepts and recommendations.

    Samuel F. Posner;Kay Johnson;Christopher Parker;Hani Atrash

  • Injury hospitalizations of pregnant women in the United States, 2002

    Cassie Kuo;Cassie Kuo;Denise J. Jamieson;Melissa L. McPheeters;Susan F. Meikle

  • Featured Article Prevalence of dementia subtypes in United States Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 2011-2013

    Richard A. Goodman;Kimberly A. Lochner;Madhav Thambisetty;Thomas S. Wingo

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise J. Jamieson
Denise J. Jamieson Emory University
Sheana Bull
Sheana Bull University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Ariane van der Straten
Ariane van der Straten University of California, San Francisco
Gerardo Marin
Gerardo Marin University of San Francisco
Ann Duerr
Ann Duerr Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas J. Evans
Thomas J. Evans University of Glasgow
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Ricardo F. Muñoz
Ricardo F. Muñoz Palo Alto University
Laura A. Baker
Laura A. Baker University of Southern California
Janet B. Croft
Janet B. Croft Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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