Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Phone: (412) 802-6498
e-mail: fabioa@upmc.edu

Also see Media Appearances below

Specialized Areas of Interest

Injury prevention; violence; the contribution of social factors to violence; social epidemiology; research methodology, statistical modeling.

Biography

Anthony Fabio, MPH, PhD, joined the faculty of the Department of Neurological Surgery in May 2000. He was named associate director of the Center for Injury Research and Control (CIRCL) in February of 2008 and served as the program's director from November 2008 until the program's end in August of 2009.

Dr. Fabio’s main area of interest includes understanding the social causes and correlates of violence as well as the community and individual level correlates of violence trends. He was awarded a training fellowship (K-Award) in 2001 to study these areas from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has since received funding from national instituitions in this area.

Dr. Fabio also works in a variety of other areas, including traumatic brain injury. He provides expert epidemiologic and statistical expertise including novel modeling techniques for repeated measures. He has received funding from a variety of organizations including the National Institutes of Health, CDC, and the Department of Defense. He has ten years of practical experience in injury prevention and control. Dr. Fabio received a masters of public health and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health.

Dr. Fabio's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Professional Organization Membership

American Public Health Association
Society for Epidemiologic Research
The American Society of Criminology
Society for Prevention Research
National Neurotrauma Society

Editorial Service

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Health Behavior
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Social Forces
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Media Appearances

Trends emerge when mapping out county's murders
February 15, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette