Mark Cullen

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health

	MARK CULLEN Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine 1993- present Director, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program 1981- present Address: 135 College St. Rm 366 New Haven CT 06510 Phone- 203-785-6434 Fax- 203-785-7391 e-mail: mark.cullen@yale.edu Education: A.B. Harvard College 1971 M.D. Yale University School of Medicine 1976 Internal Medicine Residency Yale New Haven Hospital 1976-80
Research Interests:
Dr. Cullen has explored a range of clinical and epidemiologic aspects of the impact of the physical environment on health, most recently in the areas of asthma and chronic lung disease. The focus of this work has been the application of biologic markers of health effects as an alternative to traditional epidemiologic design in the study of occupational diseases. Over the past five years he has begun to explore the interactions between social environment and physical factors on the patterns of disease and injury within industrial workforces, with particular interest in the effects of work organization.
Selected Publications:
Rosenstock L, Cullen MR. (eds). Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Philadelphia: Saunders,1994. Cullen MR. Epidemiologic methods for the study of occupational asthma: Current problems and solutions. Chest 1996;109:51(s)-54(s). Omenn GS, Goodman GE, Thornquist MD, Balmes J, Cherniack MG, Cullen MR, et al. Effects of the combination of beta-carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer incidence, total mortality and cardiovascular mortality in smokers and asbestos workers. New Eng J Med 1996;334:1150-55 Rabinowitz PM, Cullen MR, Feinstein RE. Commentary: Host/environment medicine. A family practice model for the future. Family Medicine 1998;30:297-300 Cullen MR. Occupational health in the 20th century: Spiraling to the future. Ann Rev Pub Health 1999:20;1-13 Shmueli A, Cullen MR. Birth weight, maternal age and education: New observations from Connecticut and Virginia. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine1999;72(4):245-258
Internet Links:
Useful websites for Mark Cullen. Yale University School of Medicine Occupational and Environmental Medicine Faculty http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/occmed/cullen.html Spray "Survey of Painters and Repairers of Autobodies at Yale" http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/occmed/spray.html