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Eric Hurwitz, PhD Associate Professor, Epidemiology 1960 East West Road, Biomed D104H Honolulu, HI 96822 email: ehurwitz@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-7425 fax: (808) 956-5818

Academic Degrees
PhD (Epidemiology), University of California, Los Angeles
MS (Epidemiology), University of California, Los Angeles
DC (Chiropractic), Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
AB (Physiology), University of California, Berkeley

Awards/Honors

Current Research Grants and Projects
Psychosocial, Behavioral and Immune Factors in Back Pain

Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Cerebrovascular Accidents Following Chiropractic Manipulation of the Cervical Spine

The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders

American Samoa Community Cancer Network Research and Training

Courses Taught
PH 664 Principles of Epidemiology II
PH 792E Fundamentals of Clinical Epidemiology
PH 647 Analytic Approaches to Maternal and Child Health
PH 696 Continuing Education in Public Health

Selected Publications
Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H, Yu F, Chiang L-M. A randomized trial of chiropractic and medical care for patients with low-back pain: 18-month follow-up outcomes from the UCLA Low-Back Pain Study. Spine 31:611-621, 2006.

Hurwitz EL, Chiang L-M. A multinational comparative analysis of chiropractic and general practitioner patients in North America: Findings from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health, 2002-03. BMC Health Services Research doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-49, 6:49, 2006.

Murphy DR, Hurwitz EL, Gregory AA. Manipulation in the presence of cervical spinal cord compression: a case series. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 29:236-244, 2006.

Murphy DR, Hurwitz EL, Gregory A, Clary R. A nonsurgical approach to the management of patients with cervical radiculopathy: a prospective observational cohort study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 29:279-287, 2006.

Hurwitz EL, Goldstein MS, Morgenstern H, Chiang L-M. The impact of psychosocial factors on neck pain and disability outcomes among primary care patients: Results from the UCLA Neck Pain Study. Disability and Rehabilitation 28:1319-1329, 2006.

Swan JB, Hurwitz EL, Malek F, van den Haak EL, Cheng I, Alamin TF, Carragee E. Surgical treatment for unstable low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults: A prospective controlled study of posterior instrumented fusion compared with combined anterior -- posterior fusion. The Spine Journal 6:606-614, 2006.

Carragee EJ, Alamin TF, Cheng I, Franklin TD, van den Haak EL, Hurwitz EL. 2006 North American Spine Society (NASS) Outstanding Paper Winner B Medical and Interventional Science: Are first-time episodes of serious low-back pain associated with new MRI findings? The Spine Journal 6:624-635, 2006.

Carragee EJ, Alamin T, Cheng I, Franklin T, Hurwitz EL. Does minor trauma cause serious low back illness? Spine 31:2942-2949, 2006.

Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Hurwitz EL. The pyrite standard: The Midas touch in the diagnosis of axial pain syndromes. The Spine Journal 7:27-31, 2007.

Kimura AC, Nguyen C, Higa JI, Hurwitz EL, Vugia DJ. The effectiveness of vaccine day and educational interventions on influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers at long-term facilities. Am J Public Health 97:684-690, 2007.

van der Velde G, van Tulder M, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Aker P, Cassidy JD: The Scientific Secretariat of The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Carragee E, Carroll L, Guzman J, Haldeman S, Holm L, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P. The sensitivity of review results to methods used to appraise and incorporate trial quality into data synthesis. Spine 32:796-806, 2007.

Murphy DR, Hurwitz EL. A theoretical model for the development of a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule for the management of patients with spinal pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 8:75, 2007.

Garcia L, Soria C, Hurwitz EL. Homicides and intimate partner violence: A literature review. Journal of Interpersonal Violence & Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A Review Journal 8:370-383, 2007.