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Personal History
Education
1976: Master in Biochemistry, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
1977: M.D., School of Medicine, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
1997: M.S., Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland
Employment
2001-present: Member, Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2005-present: Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2007-present: Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2007-present: Consultant, Johns Hopkins Occupational Health Clinic at Middle River Aircraft Systems
Publications
Recent Publications
Amr S, Bollinger ME, Myers M, Hamilton RG, Weiss SR, Rossman M, Osborne L, Timmins S, Kimes DS, Levine ER, Blaisdell CJ. Environmental Allergens and Asthma in Urban Elementary Schools. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol;90(1):34-40, 2003
Amr S, Bollinger ME. Latex Allergy and Occupational Asthma in Healthcare Workers: Adverse Outcomes. Environ Health Perspect;112(3):378-381, 2004
Amr S, Wolpert B, Loffredo CA, Zheng Y-L, Shields PG, Jones R, Harris CC. Occupation, Gender, Race and Lung Cancer. J Occup Environ Med 50:1167-1175, 2008
Gadalla SM, Amr S, Langenberg P, Baumgarten M, Davidson W, Shairer C, Engels EA, Pfeiffer R, Goedert JJ. Breast Cancer Risk in Elderly Women with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Population Based Case-Control Study. Br J Cancer 100(5):817-821, 2009
McDowell T-Y, Amr S, Langenberg P, Royal W, BeverC, CulpepperWJ, Bradham DD. Timing of Birth, Residential Solar Radiation and Age at Onset of Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroepidemiology 34:238-244, 2010
Wolpert BJ, Amr S, Ezzat S, Saleh DA, Gouda I, Loay I,Hifnawy T,Mikhail NN,Abdel-hamid M, Zhan M, Zheng Y-L,Squibb K, Abdel-Aziz, MA, Zaghloul MS, Khaled H, and Loffredo CA.Estrogen Exposure and Bladder Cancer Risk in Egyptian Women. Maturitas 67(4):353-357, 2010
McDowell T-Y, Amr S, Culpepper WJ, Langenberg P, Royal W, Bever C, and Bradham, DD. Sun Exposure, Vitamin D and Age at Disease Onset in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroepidemiology. 36(1):39-45, 2010
Rich SE, Margolis D, Shardell M, Hawkes WG, Miller RR, Amr S, Baumgarten M. Frequent Manual Repositioning and Incidence of Pressure Ulcers Among Bedbound Elderly Hip Fracture Patients. Wound Repair Regen. 19(1):10-18, 2011
Rich SE, Shardell M, Hawkes WG, Margolis DJ, Amr S, Miller R, Baumgarten M. Pressure-Redistributing Support Surface Use and Pressure Ulcer Incidence in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 59(6):1052-1059, 2011
Li J, Amr S, Braver ER, Langenberg P, Zhan M, Smith GS, Dischinger PC Are Current Law Enforcement Strategies Associated with a Lower Risk of Repeat Speeding Citations and Crash Involvement? A Longitudinal Study of Speeding Maryland Drivers. Ann Epidemiol. 21(9):641-647, 2011
Wolpert BJ, Amr S, Saleh DA, Ezzat S, Gouda I, Loay I,Hifnawy T, Mikhail NN, Abdel-hamid M, Zhan M, Zheng Y-L, Squibb K, Abdel-Aziz, MA, Zaghloul MS, Khaled H, and Loffredo CA.Associations Differ by Sex for Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Genotypes and Bladder Cancer Risk in South Egypt. UrolOncolMar 31, 2011. [Epub ahead of print]
McDowell T-Y, Amr S, Culpepper WJ, Langenberg P, Royal W, Bever C, and Bradham, DD.Sun Exposure, Vitamin D intake and Progression to Disability Among Veterans with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroepidemiology 37:52-57, 2011
Goerlitz D, El Daly M, Abdel-Hamid M, Saleh D, Goldman L, El Kafrawy S, Hifnawy T, Ezzat S, Abdel-Aziz MA, Zaghloul MS, Saber RA, Khaled H, Amr S, Zheng YL, Mikhail N, Loffredo CA. GSTM1, GSTT1 Null Variants and GPX1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Are Not Associated With Bladder Cancer Risk in Egypt. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:1552-1554, 2011
Zheng Y-L, Amr S, Saleh DA, Chiranjeev D, Ezzat S, Mikhail NN, Gouda I, Loay I, Hifnawy T, Abdel- Hamid M, Khaled H, Wolpert B, Abdel-Aziz MA, ,and Loffredo CA. Urinary Bladder Cancer Risk Factors in Egypt: A multi-center case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers In press