Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
267.359.6126
ng338@drexel.edu
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Degrees

PhD, Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
MBI, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine

Bio

Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, MBI, is an Associate Research Professor of Epidemiology at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. With a background in biomedical informatics, he focuses on computational approaches in complex data settings, especially electronic health records and disease surveillance, to understand infectious disease transmission. This has been demonstrated through his work with blood borne pathogens (HIV and hepatitis C), COVID-19, vaccine preventable diseases, and healthcare associated infections.

As a recipient of an NIH K01 career development award, Dr. Goldstein is currently studying epidemiological aspects of HIV surveillance programs. This work aims to improve public health resource allocation by more accurately quantifying the HIV epidemic at a micro level.

Dr. Goldstein is well published, including authoring a book on conducting epidemiological analyses from electronic health records, several co-authored chapters in academic textbooks, and over sixty peer-reviewed publications in leading biomedical journals. His work has been profiled in national and local media outlets, including Kaiser Health News, Politico, Slate, Popular Science, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and WHYY, among others. He writes a science blog, which is available at www.goldsteinepi.com/blog.

Research Interests

• Data Anaylsis Methods
• eHealth or mHealth
• Infectious Disease
• Maternal and Child Health
• Reproductive or Sexual health
• Spatial Analysis or GIS
• Statistical Modeling
• Vaccines and vaccinations
• Electronic medical records/informatics
• Translational epidemiology

Publications

Goldstein ND, Yerkes P. Are direct primary care practices located in health professional shortage areas? Ann Fam Med. In press.

Webster JL*, Eppes S, Lee BK, Harrington NS, Goldstein ND. Contrasting methods to operationalize antibiotic exposure in clinical research: a real-world application on healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 27:kwae302. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae302

Tran NK*, Welles SL, Roy JA, Brennan DJ, Chernak E, Goldstein ND. Self-Reported PrEP Use and Risk of Bacterial STIs Among Ontarian Men Who Are Gay or Bisexual or Have Sex With Men. Ann Fam Med. 2024 Aug 27:3152. DOI: 10.1370/afm.3152

Goldstein ND, Jones J*, Kahal D, Burstyn I. Inferring Population HIV Viral Load From a Single HIV Clinic's Electronic Health Record: Simulation Study With a Real-World Example. Online J Public Health Inform. 2024 Jul 3;16:e58058. DOI: 10.2196/58058 [code: 10.5281/zenodo.11061525]

Goldstein ND. A Qualitative Study of Physicians' Views on the Reuse of Electronic Health Record Data for Secondary Analysis. Qual Health Res. 2024 Jun 3:10497323241245644. DOI: 10.1177/10497323241245644 Goldstein ND. Improved reporting of selection processes in clinical database research. Response to de Kok et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 29:111373. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111373

Min J, Bonett S, Tam V, Makeneni S, Goldstein ND, Wood S. Geospatial disparities in youth sexually transmitted infections during COVID-19. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Feb 26:S0749-3797(24)00070-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.02.016

Schnake-Mahl A, Anfuso G, Goldstein ND, Purtle J, Eberth JM, Ortigoza A, Bilal U. Measuring Variation in Infant Mortality and Deaths of Despair by U.S. Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania: A Methodological Case Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 26:kwae016. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae016

Rafalko N*, Webster JL*, Jacob G*, Kutzler M, Goldstein ND. Generalisability of predictive models for Clostridioides difficile infection, severity, and recurrence at an urban safety-net hospital. J Hosp Infect. 2024 Apr;146:10-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.01.001 [code: 10.5281/zenodo.10418963]

Webster JL*, Goldstein ND, Rowland JP, Tuite CM, Siegel SD. A catchment and location-allocation analysis of mammography access in Delaware, US: implications for disparities in geographic access to breast cancer screening. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 Nov 8;25(1):137. DOI: 10.1186/s13058-023-01738-w

Webster JL* & Rafalko N* (co-first authors), Thorpe LE, Duncan DT, Gracely EJ, Goldstein ND. Alignment of Ending the HIV Epidemic Priority Jurisdictions With Availability of HIV Service Organizations: An Ecological Study. AIDS Educ Prev. 2023 Aug;35(4):320-331. DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2023.35.4.320 [code: 10.5281/zenodo.8071886]

Tran NK*, Welles SL, Goldstein ND. Geolocation to Identify Online Study-Eligible Gay, Bisexual, and Men who have Sex with Men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Epidemiology. 2023 Jul 1;34(4):462-466. DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001607

Rokhsar JL*, Raynor B, Sheen J, Goldstein ND, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R. Modeling the impact of xenointoxication in dogs to halt Trypanosoma cruzi transmission. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 May 8;19(5):e1011115. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011115

Fusfeld ZH, Goyal NK, Goldstein ND, Chung EK. Assessing and Validating a Model of Study Completion for a Prospective Cohort of Healthy Newborns. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 Dec 7:e2022006626. DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006626

Tran NK*, Martinez O, Scheim AI, Goldstein ND, Welles SL. Perceived Barriers to and Facilitators of Long-Acting Injectable HIV PrEP Use Among Black, Hispanic/Latino, and White Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men. AIDS Educ Prev. 2022 Oct;34(5):365-378. DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2022.34.5.365

Webster JL*, Thorpe LE, Duncan DT, Goldstein ND. Accessibility of HIV Services in Philadelphia: Location-Allocation Analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Aug 31:S0749-3797(22)00336-1. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.06.011

Estep K, Muse A, Sweeney S, Goldstein ND. Partisan Polarization of Childhood Vaccination Policies, 1995‒2020. Am J Public Health. 2022 Aug 25:e1-e9. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306964

* denotes student/mentee

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