1295 N. Martin Ave.
Campus POB: 245211
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone: (520) 626-8025
shahar@email.arizona.edu
My complete CV is found here [PDF]
Education
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel 1979-1987 M.D.
University of Minnesota 1990-1992 M.P.H. Epidemiology
Professional Certification
1987 Medical Licensure, Israel
1987 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate, U.S.
Professional Experience
1987-1988 Internal Medicine, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel
1988-1990 Family Practice, Health Insurance Institution of the General Federation of Labor in Israel
1992-1996 Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
1996-2001 Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
2001-2006 Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
2006-2018 Professor, Division/Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
Honors
1994 Fellow, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
1996 Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, Pi Chapter
2000 Leonard M. Schuman award for excellence in teaching, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
2002 Stroke Thorne Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation
2006 Chairperson, Peer Review Groups, Behavioral Science, Epidemiology and Prevention 1 – American Heart Association, spring session
2006-2010 Associate Editor, The American Journal of Epidemiology
2008 Elected Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
2010-2012 Honorary Editorial Board, Pragmatic and Observational Research
2011 Advisory Board, WebmedCentral
2013 Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Public Health, University of Arizona
Selected Publications (of about 200)
Shahar E, Bisgard K, Folsom A: Response to mail surveys: effect of a request to explain refusal to participate. Epidemiology 1993;4:480-2
Shahar E, Folsom AR, Wu KK, Dennis BH, Shimakawa T, Conlan MG, Davis CE, Williams OD: Associations of fish intake and dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with a hypocoagulable profile: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Arterioscler Thromb 1993;13:1205-12.
Shahar E, Folsom AR, Melnick SL, Tockman MS, Comstock GW, Gennaro V, Higgins MW, Sorlie PD, Ko W-J, Szklo M for the ARIC Study Investigators: Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 1994;331:228-33.
Shahar E, Folsom AR, Romm FJ, Bisgard KM, Metcalf PA, Crum L, McGovern PG, Heiss G: Patterns of aspirin use in middle-age adults: The ARIC Study. Am Heart J 1996;131:915-22.
Shahar E, Folsom AR, Jackson R: The effect of nonresponse on prevalence estimates for a referent population: Insights from a population-based cohort study. Ann Epidemiol 1996;6:498-506.
Shahar E, McGovern PG, Pankow JS, Doliszny KM, Smith MA, Blackburn H, Luepker RV: Stroke rates during the 1980s: The Minnesota Stroke Survey. Stroke 1997;28:275-9.
Vitelli LL, Shahar E, Heiss G, McGovern PG, Brancati FL, Eckfeldt JH, Folsom AR: Glycosylated hemoglobin level and carotid intimal-medial thickening in nondiabetic individuals: The ARIC Study. Diabetes Care 1997;20:1454-8.
Smith MA, Shahar E, Doliszny KM, McGovern PG, Arnett DK, Luepker RV: Trends in medical care of hospitalized stroke patients between 1980 and 1990: The Minnesota Stroke Survey. J of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 1998;7:76-84.
Shahar E, Boland LL, Folsom AR, Tockman MS, McGovern PG, Eckfeldt JH: Docosahexaenoic acid and smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159:1780-5.
Gress TW, Nieto FJ, Shahar E, Wofford MR, Brancati FL : Hypertension and antihypertensive therapy as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med 2000;342:905-12.
Nieto FJ, Young T, Lind B, Shahar E, Samet J, Redline S, D'Agostino R, Newman A, Lebowitz MD, Pickering TG: Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study. JAMA 2000;283:1829-36.
Shahar E, Whitney CW, Redline S, Lee ET, Newman AB, Nieto FJ, O'Connor GT, Boland LL, Schwartz JE, Samet JM: Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: Cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:19-25.
Young T, Shahar E, Nieto FJ, Redline S, Newman AB, Gottleib DJ, Walsleben JA, Finn L, Enright P, Samet JM: Predictors of sleep-disordered breathing in community-dwelling adults: The Sleep Heart Health Study. Arch Int Med 2002;162:893-900.
Mink PM, Shahar E, Rosamond WD, Alberg AJ, Folsom AR: Serum insulin and glucose levels and breast cancer incidence: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Epidemiol 2002;156:349-52.
Boland LL, Shahar E, Iber C, Knopman DS, Kuo TF, Nieto FJ: Measures of cognitive function in person with varying degrees of sleep-disordered breathing: The Sleep Heart Health Study. J Sleep Res 2002;11:265-72.
Shahar E, Chambless LE, Rosamond WD, Boland LL, et al: The plasma lipid profile and incident ischemic stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Stroke 2003;34:623-31.
Shahar E, Redline S, Young T, Boland LL, Baldwin CM, Nieto FJ, O'Connor GT, Rapoport DM, Robbins JA: Hormone-replacement therapy and sleep-disordered breathing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167:1186-92.
Resnick HE, Redline S, Shahar E, Gilpin A, Newman A, Walter R, Ewy GA, Howard BV, Punjabi NM: Diabetes and sleep disturbances: Findings from the Sleep Heart Health Study. Diabetes Care 2003;26:702-9.
Boland LL, Shahar E, Wong TY, Klein R, Punjabi N, Robbins JA, Newman AB. Sleep-disordered breathing is not associated with the presence of retinal microvascular abnormalities: the Sleep Heart Health Study. Sleep 2004;27(3):467-73
Shahar E, Lee S, Kim J, et al. Hospitalized heart failure: rates and long-term mortality. J of Cardiac Failure 2004;10:374-379.
Punjabi NM, Shahar E, Redline S , Gottlieb DJ , Givelber R , Resnick HE ; Sleep Heart Health Study Investigators . Sleep-disordered breathing, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance: the Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160(6):521-30.
Redline S, Min N, Shahar E, Rapoport D, O'Connor G. Polysomnographic predictors of blood pressure and hypertension: is one index best? Sleep 2005;28(9):1122-30.
Mehra R , Benjamin EJ, Shahar E, Gottlieb DJ , Nawabit R , Kirchner HL , Sahadevan J , Redline S . Association of nocturnal arrhythmias with sleep-disordered breathing: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006;173(8):910-6
Shahar E, Lee S. Historical trends in survival of hospitalized heart failure patients: 2000 versus 1995. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2007, 7:2
Shahar E . On editorial practice and peer review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13:699-701
Shahar E . Estimating causal parameters without target populations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13:814-816
Shahar E, Heiss G, Rosamond WD, Szklo M. Baldness and myocardial infarction in men: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:676-83
Shahar E, Burke GL, Cushman M, Heckbert SR, Ouyang P, Szklo M. Post menopausal hormones and measures of subclinical atherosclerosis:: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Preventive Medicine 2008;47:38-45
Shahar E. Evaluating the effect of change on change: a different viewpoint. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009;15:204-7
O’Connor GT, Caffo B, Newman AB, Quan SF, Rapoport DM, Redline S, Resnick H, Samet J, Shahar E. Prospective study of sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension: The Sleep Heart Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179(12):1159-64
Shahar E. Causal diagrams for encoding and evaluation of information bias. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009;15(3):436-40
Shahar E. The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded? American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:957-8
Shahar E. Shahar responds to "causal diagrams and measurement bias". American Journal of Epidemiology 2009;170:963-4 (originally submitted under the title: Causal diagrams, constructs, and measurement error: an erroneous amalgamation)
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. On the causal structure of information bias and confounding bias in randomized trials. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2009;15:1214-6
Monahan K, Storfer-Isser A, Mehra R, Shahar E, Mittleman M, Rottman J, Punjabi N, Sanders M, Quan SF, Resnick H, Redline S. Triggering of nocturnal arrhythmias by sleep-disordered breathing events. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54:1797-804
Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Ahmed F, Carr JJ, Enright PL , Hoffman EA, Jiang R, Kawut SM, Kronmal RA, Lima JA, Shahar E, Smith LJ, Watson KE. Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. New England Journal of Medicine 2010;362: 217-27
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. More on selection bias (originally submitted under the title “On the hazard ratio and disease-related colliding bias”). Epidemiology 2010; 21:429-30 (letter)
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. On the definition of effect modification. Epidemiology 2010; 21:587 (letter)
Shahar E. Metabolic syndrome? A critical look from the viewpoints of causal diagrams and statistics. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2010;11:772-9
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams and change variables. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2012;18:143-148
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams, information bias, and thought bias. Pragmatic and Observational Research 2010;1:33-47
Shahar E. A method to detect an unknown confounder: something from nothing? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Epub March 13, 2011
Shahar E, Shahar DJ: Causal diagrams and three pairs of biases. In: Epidemiology –Current Perspectives on Research and Practice (Lunet N, Editor). www.intechopen.com/books/epidemiology-current-perspectives-on-research-and-practice, 2012:31-62
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams and the logic of matched case-control studies. Clin Epidemiol 2012;4:137-144 [Erratum: Clin Epidemiol 2014;6:59]
Shahar E. Causal diagrams, gastroesophageal reflux, and erosive esophagitis. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice Epub 2012,
July 16
Shahar E. A new criterion for confounder selection? Neither a confounder nor science. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice Epub 2012, Nov 8
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams and the cross-sectional study. Clinical Epidemiology 2013:5;57–65
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. Causal diagrams, the placebo effect, and the expectation effect. International Journal of General Medicine 2013:6;821-8
Shahar E. Apnea-hypopnea index: time to wake up. Nature and Science of Sleep 2014:6;51-6
Shahar E, Shahar DJ. On which variable(s) should we condition to remove confounding bias? British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research 2015:10(4);1-9
Shahar DJ, Shahar E. A theorem at the core of colliding bias. International Journal of Biostatistics 2017 (Epub Mar 31)