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80
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World Ranking
376
National Ranking
178

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Samuel H. Preston is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily in medicine and social sciences, with a focus on oncology, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, and public health. The work includes examination of health disparities, healthcare quality, and global health issues.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to mortality, health disparities, and the impacts of drug use and infectious diseases. Notable publications include:

  • COVID-19 and excess mortality in the United States: A county-level analysis (2021, PLoS Medicine)
  • Estimating the impact of drug use on US mortality, 1999-2016 (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022 (2023, JAMA Network Open)
  • Estimates of the Association of Dementia With US Mortality Levels Using Linked Survey and Mortality Records (2020, JAMA Neurology)
  • The unequal burden of the Covid-19 pandemic: Capturing racial/ethnic disparities in US cause-specific mortality (2021, SSM - Population Health)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Preston include:

  • Andrew Stokes
  • Irma T. Elo
  • Dielle J. Lundberg
  • Katherine Hempstead
  • Eugenio Paglino

Preston's work has been published repeatedly in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Population and Development Review
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research predominantly addresses these topics:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Throughout their career, Preston has received numerous distinctions including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (1991)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1987)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1986)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) (1982)

Best Publications

  • Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes

    Jacques Veron;Samuel H. Preston;Patrick Heuveline;Michel Guillot

  • The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development

    Samuel H Preston

  • Mortality Patterns in National Populations: With Special Reference to Recorded Causes of Death

    Samuel H. Preston

  • Children and the elderly: divergent paths for America's dependents.

    Samuel H. Preston

  • Educational differentials in mortality: United States, 1979-85.

    Irma T. Elo;Samuel H. Preston

  • Fatal Years: Child Mortality in Late Nineteenth-Century America

    Samuel H. Preston;Michael R. Haines

  • Effects of early-life conditions on adult mortality: a review.

    Irma T. Elo;Samuel H. Preston

  • 5. Causes and Consequences of Mortality Declines in Less Developed Countries during the Twentieth Century

    Samuel H Preston

  • Causes of death : life tables for national populations

    Samuel H. Preston;Nathan Keyfitz;Robert Schoen

  • Socioeconomic differences in adult mortality and health status.

    Linda G. Martin;Samuel H. Preston

  • Demography of Aging

    Linda G. Martin;Samuel H. Preston

  • The Effects of infant and child mortality on fertility

    S. H. Preston

  • Childhood conditions that predict survival to advanced ages among African–Americans

    Samuel H. Preston;Mark E. Hill;Greg Lee Drevenstedt

  • Changes in American marriage, 1972 to 1987: availability and forces of attraction by age and education

    Zhenchao Qian;Samuel H. Preston

  • Sex mortality differences in The United States: The role of cohort smoking patterns

    Samuel H. Preston;Haidong Wang

  • Effects of family composition on mortality differentials by sex among children in Matlab Bangladesh.

    Pradip K. Muhuri;Samuel H. Preston

  • Urban Growth in Developing Countries: A Demographic Reappraisal

    Samuel H. Preston

  • Are educational differentials in adult mortality increasing in the United States

    Samuel H. Preston;Irma T. Elo

  • The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries

    James N. Gribble;Samuel H. Preston

  • World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health

    Samuel H. Preston

  • Differential Mortality in the United States: A Study in Socioeconomic Epidemiology.

    Samuel H. Preston;Evelyn M. Kitagawa;Philip M. Hauser

Frequent Co-Authors

Irma T. Elo
Irma T. Elo University of Pennsylvania
Linda G. Martin
Linda G. Martin RAND Corporation
Ansley J. Coale
Ansley J. Coale Princeton University
Dana A. Glei
Dana A. Glei Georgetown University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Patrick M. Krueger
Patrick M. Krueger University of Colorado Denver
Elizabeth Frankenberg
Elizabeth Frankenberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas W. Gillespie
Thomas W. Gillespie University of California, Los Angeles
S. Philip Morgan
S. Philip Morgan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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