Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD
| Office Location | 902, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-746-0149 |
| dwiebe@mail.med.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania SOM |
Additional Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (secondary)
Assistant Professor, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania (secondary)
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Associate, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania
Epidemiologist/Social Ecologist, FICAP (Firearm & Injury Center at Penn), University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, England
Research Statement
Dr. Wiebe's research interests include environmental risk factors for injury, intimate partner violence, alcohol use and alcohol availability, and the impact of daily routines on health-related behavior. A number of his studies examine how keeping a firearm at home relates to homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings of household members. Dr. Wiebe also works closely with Penn surgeons on studies of the clinical management of trauma.
Dr. Wiebe leads a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to measure the extent to which adolescents are exposed to risk and protective factors over the course of their daily activities, and investigate the impact of exposure on the likelihood of being assaulted (Space-Time Adolescent Risk Study). The availability of alcohol in the community is a key risk factor in this investigation. He also leads an investigation funded by the Center for Health Care Equity Research of the Veteran's Administration to study suicide and other causes of death among American military veterans. He holds an Independent Scientist Award from the NIH (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism), is a member of the American College of Epidemiology and of the Board of Directors of SAVIR (Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research), serves as a reviewer for journals including the American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Epidemiology, British Medical Journal, and Pediatrics, and serves on study sections for the Center for Scientific Review at the NIH.
Courses Taught
Epidemiologic Study of Geography & Health (PUBH517) in the Graduate Program in Public Health Studies.
Measurement of Exposure, Disease and Health (EP542) in the Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology program.
Selected Publications
Wiebe DJ, Krafty RT, Koper CS, Nance ML, Elliott MR, Branas CC. Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United States. BMC Public Health 2009;9:199.
Nance ML, Polk-Williams A, Collins MW, Wiebe DJ. Neurocognitive evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury in the hospitalized pediatric population. Ann Surg 2009;249(5):859-63.
Duchossois GP, Nance ML, Wiebe DJ. Evaluation of child safety seat checkpoint events. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2009;40:1908-12.
Nance ML, Nadkarni VM, Hedrick HL, Cullen JA, Wiebe DJ. Effect of preextracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventilation days and age on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival in critically ill children. J Pediatr Surg 2009;44(8):1606-10.
Wiebe DJ, Carr BG, Datner EM, Elliott MR, Richmond TS. Feasibility of an automated telephone survey to enable prospective monitoring of subjects whose confidentiality is paramount: a four-week cohort study of partner violence recurrence after Emergency Department discharge. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2008;5:1.
Wiebe DJ, Nance ML, Branas CC. Determining objective injury prevention priorities. Injury Prevention 2006;12:347-50.
Nance ML, Holmes JH, Wiebe DJ. Timeline to operative intervention for solid organ injuries in children. Journal of Trauma 2006;61:1389-92.
Wiebe DJ, Branas CB. Bias when using dead controls to study handgun purchase as a risk factor for violent death. Injury Prevention 2003;9:381-2.
Wiebe DJ. Sex differences in the perpetrator-victim relationship among emergency department patients presenting with non-fatal firearm-related injuries. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2003;42:405-12.
Wiebe DJ. Firearms in US homes as a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2003;35:711-6.
Wiebe DJ. Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home: a national case-control study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2003;41:771-82.
