Daniel Brooks

Daniel Brooks is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health.  Prior to joining the faculty at BUSPH in 2002, Dr. Brooks spent more than 10 years at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, most recently as Director of the Health Survey Program, where he directed all aspects of the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). During most of his tenure at BUSPH, Dr. Brooks has taught both Introductory Epidemiology to Masters’ students and a seminar on Issues in Study Design to doctoral students.

Dr. Brooks’ current primary area of research is focused on discovering the cause of an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (“Mesoamerican Nephropathy”) that has primarily affected young, male laborers in several Central American countries. He serves on the Board of the Consortium on the Epidemic of Nephropathy in Central America and Mexico (CENCAM). In addition, Dr. Brooks has spent several years working on projects focused on the health of public housing residents, and is currently Principal Investigator of an NCI-funded grant to test the effect of using peer community health workers on the likelihood of smoking cessation among smokers living in public housing.