
Contact Information
Irene Ensminger Stecher Professor of Epidemiology and Internal Medicine
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Dept of Epidemiology S422 CPHB
145 N. Riverside Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319.384.1551
Fax: 319.384.4155
Email: robert-wallace@uiowa.edu
Education
M.Sc., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1972
M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, 1967
B.S.M., Northwestern University Medical School, 1964
Research and Projects
Dr. Wallace is interested in the occurrence and prevention of chronic illnesses and disabilities in older persons. He has worked in the areas of prevention of coronary artery disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, dementia, osteoporotic fractures and various common cancers. In addition to the HRS, he has participated in trials of the prevention of disease, disability and falls, and in the common chronic conditions of post-menopausal women. He has been an investigator or consultant for other cohort studies of older persons, including NHATS, ELSA, NSHAP, MHAS and H-EPESE.