Thomas J. Songer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of
Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice Mail: 412-648-9296
Fax: 412-648-8924
E-Mail: tjs@pitt.edu
Research Interests
Applying epidemiologic methods to the evaluation of the economic,
social, and health consequences of diabetes, violence, and injuries.
Dr. Songer's current work focuses on examining the costs and benefits of
interventions in childhood diabetes treatment and prevention, and in
examining the relative contribution of health and disability to the
development of motor vehicle crashes and injuries. Past projects have
focused on investigating injuries related to the weather, identifying the
medical costs related to child maltreatment and violence, and evaluating
the influence of economic factors as risk factors in diabetes outcomes.
Teaching
Recent Research Support
Principal Investigator
- Wheelchair Transportation Accident Incidence Study (2001-2004) NIDDR,
as part of RERC on Wheelchair
Transportation Safety
- Automobile Crash Risks in Persons with Diabetes (2002-2005) NIDDK
Co-Investigator
- STOPP-T2D, Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes
(2003-) NIDDK
Education & Training
- Songer TJ, Lave JR, Kamlet MS, Frederick S, Ness RB. Preferences for
Fertility in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Fertility & Sterility
81(5):1344-50, 2004.
- Ettaro L, Berger RP, Songer T. Abusive Head Trauma in Young Children:
Characteristics and Medical Charges in a Hospitalized Population. Child
Abuse & Neglect 28:1099-1111, 2004
- Songer TJ, Fitzgerald SG, Rotko KA. The Injury Risk to Wheelchair
Occupants using Motor Vehicle Transportation. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot
Med 48:115-129, 2004.
- Ettaro L, Songer TJ, Zhang P, Engelgau MM. Cost of Illness Studies in
Diabetes. PharmacoEconomics 22(3):149-164, 2004.
- Songer TJ, Barcelo A. The Economics of Diabetes Care: North America.
In The International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 3rd Edition. Alberti,
DeFronzo, Zimmet, Williams (eds). London, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
- Songer TJ. Diabetes and Discrimination at Work. Int J Clin Practice
Supplement 138:58-63, November 2003
- Peele PB, Lave JR, Songer TJ. Expenditures for Diabetes in
Employer-sponsored Health Insurance. Diabetes Care 25:1964-68, 2002.
- Songer T. Low blood sugar and motor vehicle crashes in persons with type
1 diabetes. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med 46:424-27, 2002.
- LaPorte RE, Songer TJ, Gower IF, Lave LB, Ekoe JM. Insulin-Using
Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers. Federal Highway Administration, Office
of Motor Carriers, Pub. No. FHWA-MC-92-012, Washington, DC, US Dept. of
Transportation, May 1992. [Available online at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/research-technology/publications/medreports.htm.]
PDF documents
- Songer TJ, Coben JH, Ettaro L, Staren D. Health Care
Costs Associated with Violence in Pennsylvania. Highmark, Inc., Camp
Hill, PA, March 2000
- Songer TJ, LaPorte RE, Lave JR, Dorman JS, Becker DJ. Employment patterns
among parents of children with IDDM. Work 9:121-128, 1997.
- Songer TJ, Ettaro L, and the Economics of Diabetes Project Panel. Studies on the Costs
of Diabetes, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 1998.
- Songer TJ, LaPorte RE, Lave JR, Dorman JS, Becker DJ. Health Insurance
and the Financial Impact of IDDM in Families with a Child with IDDM.
Diabetes Care 20(4):577-584, 1997
- Songer T, Caggiula A, Ettaro L, Olson M, Larsen D. Cost-Effectiveness of
Nutrition Therapy in the MDRD Study.
- Songer TJ. Disability
in Diabetes. In: Diabetes in America, 2nd
Edition. National Diabetes Data Group. NIH Pub. No. 95-1468, Washington,
DC, US Government Printing Office, 1995.