Paul Peppard, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences
Director of Scientific Operations, Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study
Investigator, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

Email: ppeppard@wisc.edu

Biography:

Paul Peppard joined the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences as Assistant Professor in 2008. He holds MS degrees in preventive medicine and statistics, and a PhD degree in epidemiology from UW-Madison.

Dr. Peppard conducts NIH-funded epidemiologic research into the causes and consequences of sleep disorders. Specific areas of interest include: the impact of the obesity epidemic on sleep apnea prevalence; the behavioral (e.g., physical inactivity, weight gain) and genetic predictors of sleep apnea; and outcomes of sleep apnea (e.g., hypertension, depression). In addition, Paul is an investigator for the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a statewide research study designed to measure a broad range of health conditions in Wisconsin. Other areas of current interest include health disparities, summary measures of population health, and population health monitoring. (Download CV)

Select Publications:

1. Peppard PE, Kindig D, Dranger E, Jovaag A, Remington PL. Ranking community health status to stimulate discussion of local public health issues: the Wisconsin County Health Rankings. American Journal of Public Health 2008; 98(2):209-212.

2. Byrd DR , Katcher ML, Peppard P, Durkin M, Remington PL. Infant mortality: explaining Black/White disparities in Wisconsin . Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007; 11(4):319-326.

3. Hla KM, Young T, Finn L, Peppard PE, Szklo-Coxe M, Stubbs M. Longitudinal Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Nondipping of Nocturnal Blood Pressure in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. SLEEP 2008;31(6):795-800.

4. Young T, Finn L, Peppard PE, Szklo-Coxe M, Austin D, Nieto FJ, Stubbs M, Hla KM. Sleep-disordered-breathing and mortality: Eighteen-year follow-up of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort. SLEEP 2008;31(8):1071-1078.

5. Peppard PE , Austin D, Brown RL. Association of alcohol consumption and sleep-disordered breathing in men and women. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2007; 3:265-270.

6. Peppard PE , Szklo-Coxe M, Hla KM, Young T. Longitudinal association of sleep related breathing disorder and depression. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166:1709-1715.

7. Reither EN, Peppard PE, Remington PL, Kindig DA. Increasing educational disparities in premature adult mortality, Wisconsin 1990-2000. Wisconsin Medical Journal 2006; 105(7):38-41.

8. Young T, Peppard PE, Taheri S. Excess weight and sleep-disordered breathing Journal of Applied Physiology 2005;99(4):1592-1599.

9. Peppard PE , Young TB. Exercise and sleep-disordered breathing: an association independent of body habitus. Sleep 2004;27:480-484.

10. Kadotani H, Kadotani T, Young T, Peppard PE, Finn L, Colrain IM, Murphy GM Jr, Mignot E. Association between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and sleep-disordered breathing in adults. JAMA 2001;285(22):2888-2890.

11. Peppard PE , Young T, Palta M, Dempsey J, Skatrud J. Longitudinal study of moderate weight change and sleep-disordered breathing. JAMA 2000;284(23)3015-3021.

12. Peppard PE , Young T, Palta M, Skatrud J. Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension. New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342(19):1378-1384.

Courses Taught:

• Starting Fall 2009, PHS 802: Advance Epidemiology—Etiology and Prevention

Research Weblinks:

Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

Contact Details:

Address:
WARF Building #685
610 N. Walnut St .
Madison , WI 53726-2397

Phone: 608-262-2680 (WARF), 608-265-0535 (MSC)

Fax: (608) 262-2680

Email: ppeppard@wisc.edu