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

Yale University

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. He previously served on the faculties of Harvard University Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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 (1966–70) and Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

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 (1962–65). He was also Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a U.S. non-profit organization funded by auto insurers, established in 1959 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It works to reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes, and the rate of injuries and amount of property damage in the crashes that...

 (1970–78).

Robertson has contributed 10 books and 150 articles and chapters to scientific literature. In retirement he wrote 2 nonfiction books and a novel, The HOA Murders. He was a member of the National Research Council

United States National Research Council

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/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

American Public Health Association

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Selected bibliography

• Injuries: Causes, Control, Strategies and Public Policy (D.C. Heath, 1983)
• Injury Epidemiology (Oxford University Press, 1992)
• Injury Epidemiology Research and Control Strategies (Oxford University Press, 1998)
• Injury Epidemiology: Third Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• The Expert Witness Scam (Mightywords.com, 2000; www.lulu.com, 2006)
• Hillbilly to Harvard to Yale (www.lulu.com, 2006)
• The HOA Murders: A Novel of Suspense (www.lulu.com, 2011)

Awards

The American Public Health Association gave Robertson the Distinguished Career Award. Robertson was also honored by Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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, who has named a professorship in his honor.