University of California, Davis School of Medicine Internal Medicine Professor |  |
QualificationsM.H.S., University of California, Davis, 1983. M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1971. Expertise and Research InterestsWomen's health with a specific emphasis on osteoporosis Epidemiology with a focus on osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease Patient physician interaction and quality of care
KeywordsCOS Keywords:Cardiovascular Diseases, Epidemiology, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Osteoporosis, Women's Health.Additional Terms:Epidemiology, Geriatrics, Osteoporosis, Women's Health.Languages(Reading, Writing, Speaking)English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent) French: (Fluent, Basic, Fluent) MembershipsAmerican College of Physicians American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Society of General Internal Medicine Funding Received- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Sleep Heart Health Study (PI UCDavis),
$1,000,000,
Sep 1994
to Oct 1, 2006.
- NCCAM:
Ginkgo Biloba Prevention Trial in Older Adults (UCD PI),
$3,250,000,
Oct 30, 1999
to 2007.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Cardiovascular Health Study (PI, UCDavis),
$5,000,000,
Jul 1991
to Jun 1, 2008.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Women's Health Initiative (PI, UCDavis),
$10,000,000,
1993
to 2008.
Publications- Robbins J, Aragaki AK, Kooperberg C, Watts N, Wactawski-Wende J, Jackson RD, LeBoff MS, Lewis CE, Chen Z, Stefanick ML, Cauley J (Nov 2007) Factors associated with 5-year risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 298 (20), 2389-98
 - Cauley JA, Wu L, Wampler NS, Barnhart JM, Allison M, Chen Z, Jackson R, Robbins J (Nov 2007) Clinical risk factors for fractures in multi-ethnic women: the Women's Health Initiative., Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 22 (11), 1816-26
 - Manson JE, Allison MA, Rossouw JE, Carr JJ, Langer RD, Hsia J, Kuller LH, Cochrane BB, Hunt JR, Ludlam SE, Pettinger MB, Gass M, Margolis KL, Nathan L, Ockene JK, Prentice RL, Robbins J, Stefanick ML (Jun 2007) Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification., The New England journal of medicine, 356 (25), 2591-602
 - Mukamal KJ, Robbins JA, Cauley JA, Kern LM, Siscovick DS (May 2007) Alcohol consumption, bone density, and hip fracture among older adults: the cardiovascular health study., Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 18 (5), 593-602
 - Fried LF, Biggs ML, Shlipak MG, Seliger S, Kestenbaum B, Stehman-Breen C, Sarnak M, Siscovick D, Harris T, Cauley J, Newman AB, Robbins J (Jan 2007) Association of kidney function with incident hip fracture in older adults., Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 18 (1), 282-6
 - Robbins JA, Biggs ML, Cauley J (Dec 2006) Adjusted mortality after hip fracture: From the cardiovascular health study., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54 (12), 1885-91
 - Bonds DE, Larson JC, Schwartz AV, Strotmeyer ES, Robbins J, Rodriguez BL, Johnson KC, Margolis KL (Sep 2006) Risk of fracture in women with type 2 diabetes: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study., The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 91 (9), 3404-10
 - Fried LF, Shlipak MG, Stehman-Breen C, Mittalhenkle A, Seliger S, Sarnak M, Robbins J, Siscovick D, Harris TB, Newman AB, Cauley JA (Jul 2006) Kidney function predicts the rate of bone loss in older individuals: the Cardiovascular Health Study., The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 61 (7), 743-8
 - Jackson RD, Wactawski-Wende J, LaCroix AZ, Pettinger M, Yood RA, Watts NB, Robbins JA, Lewis CE, Beresford SA, Ko MG, Naughton MJ, Satterfield S, Bassford T (Jun 2006) Effects of conjugated equine estrogen on risk of fractures and BMD in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: results from the women's health initiative randomized trial., Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 21 (6), 817-28
 - DeKosky ST, Fitzpatrick A, Ives DG, Saxton J, Williamson J, Lopez OL, Burke G, Fried L, Kuller LH, Robbins J, Tracy R, Woolard N, Dunn L, Kronmal R, Nahin R, Furberg C (Jun 2006) The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study: design and baseline data of a randomized trial of Ginkgo biloba extract in prevention of dementia., Contemporary clinical trials, 27 (3), 238-53
 - Howard BV, Van Horn L, Hsia J, Manson JE, Stefanick ML, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Kuller LH, LaCroix AZ, Langer RD, Lasser NL, Lewis CE, Limacher MC, Margolis KL, Mysiw WJ, Ockene JK, Parker LM, Perri MG, Phillips L, Prentice RL, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE, Schatz IJ, Snetselaar LG, Stevens VJ, Tinker LF, Trevisan M, Vitolins MZ, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Bassford T, Beresford SA, Black HR, Brunner RL, Brzyski RG, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Gass M, Granek I, Greenland P, Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Hubbell FA, Johnson KC, Kotchen JM (Feb 2006) Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 295 (6), 655-66
 - Beresford SA, Johnson KC, Ritenbaugh C, Lasser NL, Snetselaar LG, Black HR, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Bassford T, Bowen D, Brunner RL, Brzyski RG, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Gass M, Harrigan RC, Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Howard BV, Hsia J, Hubbell FA, Jackson RD, Kotchen JM, Kuller LH, LaCroix AZ, Lane DS, Langer RD, Lewis CE, Manson JE, Margolis KL, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Ockene JK, Parker LM, Perri MG, Phillips L, Prentice RL, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE, Stefanick ML, Van Horn L, Vitolins MZ, Wactawski-Wende J, Wallace RB, Whitlock E (Feb 2006) Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of colorectal cancer: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 295 (6), 643-54
 - Rautaharju PM, Ge S, Nelson JC, Marino Larsen EK, Psaty BM, Furberg CD, Zhang ZM, Robbins J, Gottdiener JS, Chaves PH (Feb 2006) Comparison of mortality risk for electrocardiographic abnormalities in men and women with and without coronary heart disease (from the Cardiovascular Health Study)., The American journal of cardiology, 97 (3), 309-15
 - Prentice RL, Caan B, Chlebowski RT, Patterson R, Kuller LH, Ockene JK, Margolis KL, Limacher MC, Manson JE, Parker LM, Paskett E, Phillips L, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto GE, Shikany JM, Stefanick ML, Thomson CA, Van Horn L, Vitolins MZ, Wactawski-Wende J, Wallace RB, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Whitlock E, Yano K, Adams-Campbell L, Anderson GL, Assaf AR, Beresford SA, Black HR, Brunner RL, Brzyski RG, Ford L, Gass M, Hays J, Heber D, Heiss G, Hendrix SL, Hsia J, Hubbell FA, Jackson RD, Johnson KC, Kotchen JM, LaCroix AZ, Lane DS, Langer RD, Lasser NL, Henderson MM (Feb 2006) Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 295 (6), 629-42
 - Kuller LH, Arnold AM, Psaty BM, Robbins JA, O'Leary DH, Tracy RP, Burke GL, Manolio TA, Chaves PH (Jan 2006) 10-year follow-up of subclinical cardiovascular disease and risk of coronary heart disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study., Archives of internal medicine, 166 (1), 71-8
 - Arnold AM, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Burke GL, Manolio TA, Fried LP, Robbins JA, Kronmal RA, Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Americans: the Cardiovascular
Health Study., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(2), 211-8, Feb 2005
 - Kern LM, Powe NR, Levine MA, Fitzpatrick AL, Harris TB, Robbins J, Fried LP, Association Between Screening for Osteoporosis and the Incidence of Hip
Fracture., Annals of Internal Medicine, 142(3), 173-81, Feb 2005
 - Haas DC, Foster GL, Nieto FJ, Redline S, Resnick HE, Robbins JA, Young T, Pickering TG, Age-dependent Associations Between Sleep-disordered Breathing And
Hypertension: Importance of Discriminating Between Systolic/diastolic
Hypertension and Isolated Systolic Hypertension in the Sleep Heart Health
Study., Circulation, 111(5), 614-21, Feb 2005
 - Robbins JA, Schott AM, Garnero P, Delmas PD, Hans D, Meunier PJ (Feb 2005) Risk factors for hip fracture in women with high BMD: EPIDOS study., Osteoporosis International : a Journal Established as Result of Cooperation Between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the Usa., 16 (2), 149-54
 - Psaty BM, Anderson M, Kronmal RA, Tracy RP, Orchard T, Fried LP, Lumley T, Robbins J, Burke G, Newman AB, Furberg CD, The association between lipid levels and the risks of incident myocardial
infarction, stroke, and total mortality: The Cardiovascular Health
Study, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(10), 1639-47, Oct 2004
 - Fitzpatrick AL, Powe NR, Cooper LS, Ives DG, Robbins JA, Barriers to health care access among the elderly and who perceives them, American Journal of Public Health, 94(10), 1788-94, Oct 2004
 - Boland LL, Shahar E, Wong TY, Klein R, Punjabi N, Robbins JA, Newman AB, Sleep-disordered breathing is not associated with the presence of retinal
microvascular abnormalities: The Sleep Heart Health
Study, Sleep, 27(3), 467-73, May 2004
- Ding J, Nieto FJ, Beauchamp NJ Jr, Harris TB, Robbins JA, Hetmanski JB, Fried LP, Redline S, Sleep-disordered breathing and white matter disease in the brainstem in
older adults, Sleep, 27(3), 474-9, 2004
 - Nieto FJ, Herrington DM, Redline S, Benjamin EJ, Robbins JA, Sleep apnea and markers of vascular endothelial function in a large
community sample of older adults, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 169(3), 354-60, 2004
 - Robbins J, Schott A, Meunier P, Nulliparity and Osteoporotic Fracture Risk., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research., 19(2), 338; author reply 33, Feb 2004
 - Wassertheil-Smoller, Shumaker, Ockene, Talavera, Greenland, Cochrane, Robbins, Aragaki, Dunbar, Depression and Cardiovascular Sequelae in Post-Menopausal Women, Arch Intern Med, 164, 289-298, 2004
- Handa VL, Garrett E, Hendrix S, Gold E, Robbins J, Progression and remission of pelvic organ prolapse: A longitudinal study
of menopausal women, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190(1), 27-32, January 2004
- Robbins J, Nelson JC, Rautaharju PM, Gottdiener JS, The association between the length of the QT interval and mortality in the
cardiovascular health study, The American Journal of Medicine, 115(9), 689-94, Dec 2003
 - Cauley JA, Robbins J, Chen Z, Cummings SR, Jackson RD, LaCroix AZ, LeBoff M, Lewis CE, McGowan J, Neuner J, Pettinger M, Stefanick ML, Wactawski-Wende J, Watts NB, Women's Health Initiative Investigators, Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral
density: The Women's Health Initiative randomized trial, Jama: the Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(13), 1729-38, October 2003
- Chen Z, Pettinger MB, Ritenbaugh C, LaCroix AZ, Robbins J, Caan BJ, Barad DH, Hakim IA, Habitual tea consumption and risk of osteoporosis: A prospective study in
the women's health initiative observational cohort, American Journal of Epidemiology, 158(8), 772-81, October 2003
- Yasmeen S, Romano PS, Pettinger M, Chlebowski RT, Robbins JA, Lane DS, Hendrix SL, Frequency and predictive value of a mammographic recommendation for
short-interval follow-up, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 95(6), 429-36, March 2003
 - Shahar E, Redline S, Young T, Boland LL, Baldwin CM, Nieto FJ, O'Connor GT, Rapoport DM, Robbins JA, Hormone-Replacement Therapy and Sleep-Disordered Breathing, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 16 Jan 2003
- Callahan EJ, Bertakis KD, Azari R, Robbins JA, Helms LJ, Leigh JP, Association of higher costs with symptoms and diagnosis of depression, Journal of Family Practice, 51(6), 540-4, June 2002
 - Bertakis KD, Helms LJ, Callahan EJ, Azari R, Leigh P, Robbins JA, Patient gender differences in the diagnosis of depression in primary care, Journal of Women's Health and Gender-based Medicine, 10(7), 689-98, September 2001
 - Rautaharju PM, Nelson JC, Kronmal RA, Zhang ZM, Robbins J, Gottdiener JS, Furberg CD, Manolio T, Fried L, Usefulness of T-axis deviation as an independent risk indicator for incident cardiac events in older men and women free from coronary heart disease (the Cardiovascular Health Study), American Journal of Cardiology, 88(2), 118-23, 2001
 - Robbins JA, Hirsch CH, Whitmer R, Cauley J, Harris T, The Association of Bone Mineral Density and Depression in an Older Population, Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 49(6), 732-736, June 2001
- Bertakis KD, Callahan EJ, Azari R, Robbins JA, Predictors of patient referrals by primary care residents to specialty care clinics, Family Medicine, 33(3), 203-9, March 2001
 - Burke GL, Arnold AM, Bild DE, Cushman M, Fried LP, Newman A, Nunn C, Robbins J, Factors associated with healthy aging: The cardiovascular health study, Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 49(3), 254-62, March 2001
- Garcia JA, Romano PS, Chan BK, Kass PH, Robbins JA, Sociodemographic factors and the assignment of do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with acute myocardial infarctions, Medical Care, 38(6), 670-8, June 2000
 - Bertakis KD, Azari R, Helms LJ, Callahan EJ, Robbins JA, Gender differences in the utilization of health care services, Journal of Family Practice, 49(2), 147-52, February 2000
 - Newman AB, Spiekerman CF, Enright P, Lefkowitz D, Manolio T, Reynolds CF, Robbins J, Daytime sleepiness predicts mortality and cardiovascular disease in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study Research Group [see comments], Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(2), 115-23, February 2000
 - Callahan EJ, Bertakis KD, Azari R, Robbins JA, Helms LJ, Chang DW, The influence of patient age on primary care resident physician-patient interaction, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(1), 30-5, Jan 2000
 - Bertakis KD, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Robbins JA, Helms LJ, Comparison of primary care resident physicians' practice styles during initial and return patient visits, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 14(8), 495-8, August 1999
 - Bertakis KD, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Robbins JA, Helms LJ, Comparison of primary care resident physicians' practice styles during initial and return patient visits, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 14(8), 495-8, August 1999
- Bertakis KD, Robbins JA, Callahan EJ, Helms LJ, Azari R, Physician practice style patterns with established patients: Determinants and differences between family practice and general internal medicine residents, Family Medicine, 31(3), 187-94, March 1999
- Bertakis KD, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Helms LJ, Robbins JA, The impact of physician practice style on medical charges, Journal of Family Practice, 48(1), 31-6, Jan 1999
 - Bertakis KD, Helms LJ, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Robbins JA, Miller J, Differences between family physicians' and general internists' medical charges, Medical Care, 37(1), 78-82, Jan 1999
 - Bertakis KD, Helms LJ, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Robbins JA, Miller J, Differences between family physicians' and general internists' medical charges, Medical Care, 37(1), 78-82, Jan 1999
- Bertakis KD, Azari R, Callahan EJ, Helms LJ, Robbins JA, The impact of physician practice style on medical charges, Journal of Family Practice, 48(1), 31-6, Jan 1999
- Wahl PW, Savage PJ, Psaty BM, Orchard TJ, Robbins JA, Tracy RP, Diabetes in older adults: Comparison of 1997 American Diabetes Association classification of diabetes mellitus with 1985 WHO classification, Lancet, 352(9133), 1012-5, September 1998
- Visser M, Langlois J, Guralnik JM, Cauley JA, Kronmal RA, Robbins J, Williamson JD, Harris TB, High body fatness, but not low fat-free mass, predicts disability in older men and women: The Cardiovascular Health Study, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68(3), 584-90, September 1998
- Bertakis K D, Callahan E J, Helms L J, Azari R, Robbins J A, Miller J, Physician practice styles and patient outcomes: Differences between family practice and general internal medicine, Medical Care, 36(6), 879-91, June 1998
- Gradman AH, Cutler NR, Davis PJ, Robbins JA, Weiss RJ, Wood BC, Michelson EL, Long-term efficacy, tolerability, and safety of the combination of enalapril and felodipine ER in the treatment of hypertension. Enalapril-Felodipine ER Factorial Study Group, Clinical Therapeutics, 20(3), 527-38, 1998
 - Fried LP, Kronmal RA, Newman AB, Bild DE, Mittelmark MB, Polak JF, Robbins JA, Gardin JM, Risk factors for 5-year mortality in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study, Jama, 279(8), 585-92, February 1998
 - Robbins JA, Yanez D, Powe NR, Savage PJ, Ives DG, Gardin JM, Lyles M, Factors Associated with Hospital Utilization in the Elderly: From the Cardiovascular Health Study, American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 7(3), 27-42, 1998
- Quan S F, Howard B V, Iber C, Kiley J P, Nieto F J, O'Connor G T, Rapoport D M, Redline S, Robbins J, Samet J M, Wahl P W, The Sleep Heart Health Study: Design, rationale, and methods, Sleep, 20(12), 1077-85, December 1997
- Callahan E J, Bertakis K D, Azari R, Helms L J, Robbins J, Miller J, Depression in primary care: Patient factors that influence recognition, Family Medicine, 29(3), 172-6, March 1997
- Gradman AH, Cutler NR, Davis PJ, Robbins JA, Weiss RJ, Wood BC, Combined enalapril and felodipine extended release (ER) for systemic hypertension. Enalapril-Felodipine ER Factorial Study Group, American Journal of Cardiology, 79(4), 431-5, February 1997
 - Price TR, Manolio TA, Kronmal RA, Kittner SJ, Yue NC, Robbins J..., Infarction on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neurological Abnormalities in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study, Stroke, 28, 1158-1164, 1997
- Jonas H A, Kronmal R A, Psaty B M, Manolio T A, Meilahn E N, Tell G S, Tracy R P, Robbins J A, Anton-Culver H, Current estrogen-progestin and estrogen replacement therapy in elderly women: association with carotid atherosclerosis. CHS Collaborative Research Group. Cardiovascular Health Study, Annals of Epidemiology, 6(4), 314-23, July 1996
- Callahan E J, Bertakis K D, Azari R, Robbins J, Helms L J, Miller J, The influence of depression on physician-patient interaction in primary care, Family Medicine, 28(5), 346-51, May 1996
- Robbins J, Wahl P, Savage P, Enright P, Powe N, Lyles M, Hematological and biochemical laboratory values in older Cardiovascular Health Study participants, Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 43(8), 855-9, August 1995
- Psaty B M, Kuller L H, Bild D, Burke G L, Kittner S J, Mittelmark M, Price T R, Rautaharju P M, Robbins J, Methods of assessing prevalent cardiovascular disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study, Annals of Epidemiology, 5(4), 270-7, July 1995
- Bertakis K D, Helms L J, Callahan E J, Azari R, Robbins J A, The influence of gender on physician practice style, Medical Care, 33(4), 407-16, April 1995
- Tell G S, Polak J F, Ward B J, Kittner S J, Savage P J, Robbins J, Relation of smoking with carotid artery wall thickness and stenosis in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group, Circulation, 90(6), 2905-8, December 1994
- Kuller L, Borhani N, Furberg C, Gardin J, Manolio T, O'Leary D, Psaty B, Robbins J, Prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease and
association with risk factors in the Cardiovascular Health
Study, American Journal of Epidemiology, 139(12), 1164-79, 1994
 - Bertakis K D, Callahan E J, Helms L J, Azari R, Robbins J A, The effect of patient health status on physician practice style, Family Medicine, 25(8), 530-5, September 1993
- Robbins J A, Subspecialty choice and faculty income, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 8(7), 401, July 1993
 - Robbins J A, Bertakis K D, Helms L J, Azari R, Callahan E J, Creten D A, The influence of physician practice behaviors on patient satisfaction, Family Medicine, 25(1), 17-20, January 1993
- Psaty B M, Furberg C D, Kuller L H, Borhani N O, Rautaharju P M, O'Leary D H, Bild D E, Robbins J, Fried L P, Reid C, Isolated systolic hypertension and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Initial findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study, Jama, 268(10), 1287-91, 9 Sep 1992
 - Robbins J, Gottlieb F, Sleep deprivation and cognitive testing in internal medicine house staff, Western Journal of Medicine, 152(1), 82-6, January 1990
- Whiteside C, Robbins JA, Cholesterol knowledge and practices among patients compared with physician management in a university primary care setting, Preventive Medicine, 18(4), 526-31, July 1989
 - Bertakis KD, Robbins JA, Continuity of care for family practice patients in a university hospital-based residency program, Family Practice Research Journal, 8(2), 100-6, 1989
 - Bertakis KD, Robbins JA, Utilization of hospital services. A comparison of internal medicine and family practice, Journal of Family Practice, 28(1), 91-6, January 1989

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