Leon S. Robertson

Who is Leon S. Robertson?

Leon S. Robertson is a retired injury epidemiologist.

From 1978 to 1998, Robertson occupied various positions in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. He previously served on the faculties of Harvard University Medical School and Wake Forest University. He was also Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Robertson has contributed 10 books and 150 articles and chapters to scientific literature. In retirement he wrote 3 nonfiction books and a novel, The HOA Murders. He was a member of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Committee on Trauma Research that produced the report Injury in America: A Continuing Public Health Problem and was vice-chair of the NRC committee that reviewed the injury control program of the Centers for Disease Control. He also served on the National Research Council Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics and chaired the special interest group on Injury Control and Emergency Health Services of the American Public Health Association.