Jess F. Kraus

Telephone: (310) 825-7066
E-mail: jfkraus@ucla.edu

Professor (Department of Epidemiology), joined the School of Public Health in 1980. He received a B.A. in life science (1959) and M.S. in health science (1963) from Sacramento State College, a M.P.H. in occupational health from the University of California, Berkeley (1964) and Ph.D. in environmental epidemiology from the University of Minnesota (1967). Dr. Kraus served as Associate, the Acting Director of the COEH (then called the Southern Occupational Health Center) from 1980-1989. He developed and directs the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center (SCIPRC).

Dr. Kraus' major research interest is injury from environmental and occupational related exposures. His current research includes: Epidemiology of neurotrauma; childhood injury mortality; motor vehicle related trauma; occupational fatalities and non-fatal injuries; unintentional injuries; suicide, homicide and assaultive injuries.