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K. Fillmore, photo

Kaye Middleton Fillmore, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences
3333 California St., #LHts-455
San Francisco, CA  94143-0612

Telephone:  415  502-5220    Fax:  415-476-6552
Email:  kmfalc@itsa.ucsf.edu

Activities/Research

Dr. Fillmore is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Educated in sociology at Rutgers University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dr. Fillmore was Principal Investigator for the Collaborative Alcohol-Related Longitudinal Project, the recipient of an NIH NIAAA Research Scientist Award and the winner of the prestigious Jellinek award.

Her research interests include alcohol use across the life course: cross-cultural and cross-temporal findings, alcohol and the work place, alcohol and gender roles, alcohol and social policy, the history of sciences, and the ethical and social implications of scientific findings. Her current work concentrates on the association between alcohol use and coronary heart disease mortality risk.

Current Projects

UCSF investigator of grant titled Does moderate drinking prevent heart disease? A meta-analysis and re-estimation of alcohol-caused mortality in Australia. Funded by the Australian Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation.

Teaching

Dr. Fillmore occasionally teaches a course in alcohol and drug use/misuse and provides guest lectures.

Selected Publications

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1999  R Roizen, W Kerr, KM Fillmore Cirrhosis mortality and per capita consumption of distilled spirits, United States, 1949-94: trend analysis, British Medical Journal 319:666-670.

1999  R Roizen, KM Fillmore, W Kerr Overlooking Terris: a speculative reconsideration of a curious spot blindness in the history of alcohol control science, Contemporary Drug Problems 26:577-606.

2000  W Kerr, KM Fillmore, P Marvy Beverage Specific Alcohol Consumption and Cirrhosis Mortality: Evidence from a Group of English Speaking, Beer Drinking Countries, Addiction 95:339-346. Same authors (2000) New Hypothesis and Methodological Challenges: A Reply to the Commentaries, Addiction 95:347-358. Additional Comments on the Aggregate-Level Associations between Spirits Consumption and Cirrhosis Mortality (invited letter) Addiction 2000, 95:1265-1272.

2000  R Roizen, KM Fillmore, The coming crisis in alcohol social science, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (English Supplement)17:91-104.

2000  KM. Fillmore, R Roizen. The new Manichaeism in alcohol science, Addiction 95:188-190.

2000  W Kerr, KM Fillmore, P Marvy Russian Drinking: Price, Income and Quality Choice Effects Evaluated Over Time, Submitted to Social Science and Medicine.

2000  KM Fillmore Is alcohol really good for the heart? Addiction 95(2):173-174.

2001  R Roizen, KM Fillmore Some notes on the new paradigmatic environment of "natural remission" studies in alcohol research. Substance Use and Misuse, 36(11):1443-1465.

2002  WC. Kerr, KM Fillmore, A Bostrom, Stability of alcohol consumption over time: Evidence from three longitudinal surveys from the United States. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63(3):325-333.

2002  KM Fillmore, R Roizen, M. Farrell, W Kerr, P Lemmens Wartime Paris, cirrhosis mortality, and the ceteris paribus assumption. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63(4):436-446.

2002  KM Fillmore, W Kerr, A Bostrom Abstinence from Alcohol and Mortality Risk in Prospective Studies: A Preliminary Analysis of Potential Sources of Bias Stakes,
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 19, 4 p. 295.
English version: http://www.stakes.fi/nat/nat02/4/english/fillm.htm

2002  KM Fillmore, W Kerr, A. Bostrom, A. Changes in drinking status, serious illness and mortality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64(2):278-285.

 



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