Background
Winkelstein, Warren was born on July 1, 1922 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Warren and Evelyn (Neiman) Winkelstein.
Winkelstein, Warren was born on July 1, 1922 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Warren and Evelyn (Neiman) Winkelstein.
He subsequently attended the University of North Carolina, where he majored in sociology. He then attended Syracuse University for medical school, graduating in 1947.
During the 1960s Winkelstein was considered one of the leading epidemiologists of the time. After graduating from the Putney School, he served in the United States. Army during World World War World War II He also obtained a Master"s of Public Health from Columbia University in 1950. After working in Buffalo, New York for several years under Abraham Morris Lilienfeld, he accepted an appointment at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, serving as Dean of the school from 1972 to 1981.
Winkelstein has made important contributions in a number of areas of epidemiology.
Early in his academic career, he participated in clinical trials of the polio vaccine. During his time in Buffalo, Winkelstein studied the health impact of the city"s air pollution, successfully separating the effect of pollution from other confounding social and environmental factors, and also contributed greatly to the understanding of coronary artery disease in women.
At Berkeley, Winkelstein did pioneering research on the link between tobacco smoke and cervical cancer. lieutenant took over two decades for those findings to be widely accepted.
In the 1980s and thereafter, Winkelstein"s work was focused mainly on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome pandemic.
Winkelstein led the San Francisco Men"s Health Study, one of the largest and best-described cohorts of people at risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. By studying this cohort, Winkelstein and his collaborators were able to contribute greatly to the understanding of the epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, in particular the modes of viral transmission, risk factors for progression to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and duration of the incubation period. Since retiring and assuming emeritus status, Winkelstein worked on biographical sketches of major figures in the history of epidemiology, including John Snow, Edward Jenner, and his mentor, Abraham Lilienfeld. He died in 2012 at home in Point Richmond, California of complications of an infection at the age of 90.
With Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member APHA, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International American Epidemiological Socs., American Heart Association.
Children: Rebecca Winkelstein Yamin, Joshua, Shoshana. Married Veva Kerrigan, February 14, 1976.