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Irwin A. Goldzweig, MSC
Assistant Professor
Department Family and Community Medicine

Director, Injury Prevention Unit

(615) 321-5535

1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
3rd Floor, George Hubbard Hospital (Old Hospital)
Nashville, TN  37208

igoldzweig@mmc.edu

CV or Bio (PDF)


 
Professional Education

1967 B.A. Psychology  Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1970 M.S. Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1972 Ph.D. Candidate, George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University,  Nashville, TN

 
Research Interests

Development of multicultural toolkits for health and safety
Motor vehicle safety
Preventive medicine
Childhood obesity

 
Selected Publications

Eyler, Janet, Bradley, Richard, Goldzweig, Irwin, Schlundt, David, and Juarez, Paul (2010).  The Relationship Between the Quality of Service-Learning Interventions and Teen Seatbelt UseResearch for What? Making Engaged Scholarship Matter, pp. 91-118.


Levine, Robert S., MD, George S. Rust, MD, MPH, Maria Pisu, PhD, Vincent Agboto, PhD, Peter A. Baltrus, PhD, Nathaniel C. Briggs, MD, Msc, Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH, Paul Juarez, PhD, Pamela C. Hull, PhD, Irwin Goldzweig, MS, and Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH  (November 2010).   Increased Black-White Disparities in Mortality after the Introduction of Lifesaving Innovations: A Possible Consequence of US Federal LawsAmerican Journal of Public Health, 100(11):2176-2184.


Goldzweig, I., Briggs, N.C., Schlundt, D., Levine, R.S., Juarez, P., Zoorob, R., Everage-Smith, P., Moore,   W.  An Academic, Business, and Community Partnership to Translate Lifesaving Scientific Evidence about  Adolescent Health into Practice. Journal of the Southern Medical Association, December 2009.


Larson C., Patel, K., Schlundt, D., Goldzweig, I., Hargreaves, M. (2009).  Community Participation in Health Initiatives for Marginalized Populations. Journal of Ambulatory Care, 32(4):264-70.


Briggs, NC, Lambert, EW, Goldzweig, IA, Levine, RS, Warren, RC. (2008).  Driver and Passenger Seatbelt Use Among U.S. High School Students. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(3):224-9.