Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Rothman has 48 years of professional experience in Epidemiologic research. His research has included work on the epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects, environmental epidemiology, pharmaceutical products, and methodological, conceptual and ethical issues in epidemiology. Specific projects have included research on the teratogenicity of vitamin A, the health effects of cellular telephone use, and factors affecting fecundability. Dr. Rothman is the author of two widely used textbooks of epidemiologic methods, Modern Epidemiology and Epidemiology: an Introduction, and is the founding editor of Epidemiology, a leading public-health journal. He received the American Public Health Association’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award for 2002, recognizing excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career. He was the recipient of the Society for Epidemiologic Research Career Accomplishment Award in 2017, and an honorary MD degree in 2017 from University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and an honorary fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. Dr. Rothman is also a Distinguished Fellow at RTI International, where he holds the position of Vice President for Epidemiologic Research at RTI Health Solutions.

Publications

  • Published 7/11/2025

    Lovett SM, Sommer GJ, Krivorotko D, Wesselink AK, Rothman KJ, Hatch EE, Eisenberg ML, Wise LA. A prospective study of semen quality and fecundability among North American couples planning pregnancy. Andrology. 2025 Jul 11. PMID: 40646671.

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  • Published 7/3/2025

    Le AD, Zhang CA, Chen AL, Basran S, Seranio N, Scott M, Li S, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Wesselink AK, Harlow AF, Wise LA, Eisenberg ML. A Preconception Cohort Study of Nicotine Vaping and Incidence of Spontaneous Abortion. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Jul 03. PMID: 40607772.

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  • Published 5/6/2025

    Joseph MD, Krivorotko D, Koenig MR, Wesselink AK, Eisenberg ML, Sommer GJ, Rothman KJ, Stuver SO, Hatch EE, Wise LA. A North American preconception cohort study of cannabis use and semen quality. Andrology. 2025 May 06. PMID: 40326424.

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  • Published 3/4/2025

    Aguado J, Gutierrez L, Forns J, Vila-Guilera J, Rothman KJ, García-Albéniz X. Effect of different durations of treatment with antihypertensive drugs with anticholinergic effects on the risk of dementia: a target trial emulation study. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 04; 194(3):691-698. PMID: 39108175.

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  • Published 3/1/2025

    Willis SK, Kuan KE, Hatch EE, Crowe HM, Wesselink AK, Rothman KJ, Mumford SL, Wise LA. Self-reported diagnoses of dietary allergens and fecundability in a North American cohort. Hum Reprod. 2025 Mar 01; 40(3):553-560. PMID: 39719047.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Harvard University, DPH/DrPH
  • Harvard University, DMD
  • Harvard University, MPH
  • Colgate University, AB

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