Russell P. Harris, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Public Health Leadership Program
Sheps Center
725 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
CB #7590
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
USA

Key Publications

Beyond overdiagnosis: diagnosis without benefit. Harris RP. (2019). Am J Epidemiol, 188(10), 1818-1820.

Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare: evidence for action on too much medicine. . Johansson M, Bero L, Bonfill X, Bruschettini M, Garner S, Glenton C, Harris R, Jorgensen KJ, Levinson W, Lotfi T, Montori V, Meng DM, Schunemann H, Vaz Carneiro A, Woloshin S, Moynihan R. (2019). Cochrane Database Syst, 12(143).

Update on the methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: linking intermediate health outcomes in prevention. Wolff TA, Krist AH, LeFevre ML, Jonas DE, Harris RP, Siu A, Owens DK, Gillman MW, Ebell MH, Herzstein J, Chou R, Whitlock E, Bibbins-Domingo K.  (2018). Am J Prev Med, 54(1S1), S4-S10.

Update on the methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: methods for understanding certainty and net benefit when making recommendations. Krist AH, Wolff TA, Jonas DE, Harris RP, LeFevre ML, Kemper AR, Mangione CM, Tseng CW, Grossman DC.  (2018). Am J Prev Med, 54(1S1), S11-S18.

Evaluating evidence on intermediate outcomes: considerations for groups making healthcare recommendations. . Jonas DE, Ferrari RM, Wines RC, Vuong KT, Cotter A, Harris RP. (2018). Am J Prev Med, 54(1S1), S38-S52.

Education

  • MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987
  • MD, Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1970
  • BA, Human Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, 1967