Areas of interest
My main interests are in the use of special purpose languages and database techniques to solve applied problems. I am particularly interested in the area of Computational Epidemiology, the analysis of large, public heath databases for the purpose of estimating mortality and morbidity risks. My work has involved analysis of temporal trends in mortality rates and investigation of the potential biases affecting relative risk estimates and techniques for correcting for them.
Education
- B.Sc. Mathematics, Xavier Univ., 1964
- M.Sc. Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, 1967
- D.Sc. Computing Science, Washington Univ., 1970
Courses
This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.
Publications
- J. J. Weinkam, W. L. Rosenbaum, and T. D. Sterling. "A practical approach to estimating the true effect of exposure despite imprecise exposure classification". In Proc. International Workshop on Retrospective Exposure Assessment for Occupational and Epidemiological Studies, March 27-30 1990.
- T. D. Sterling and J. J. Weinkam. "Sharing scientific data". Communications of the ACM, 33(8):112-119, 1990.
- T. D. Sterling and J. J. Weinkam. "The healthy worker effect: The need to reevaluate a broad spectrum of occupational risks". In L. A. Cox Jr. and P. F. Ricci, editors, New Risks: Issues and Management, Advances in Risk Analysis v. 6. Plenum Press, 1990.
- T. D. Sterling, J. J. Weinkam, and W. L. Rosenbaum. "A practical approach to estimating the true effect of exposure despite imprecise exposure classification". American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 19:587-601, 1991.
- T. D. Sterling, J. J. Weinkam, and D. M. Sterling. "Relative cancer risk of homemakers". In Proc. Interface'91, April 21-24, 1991.