He is a professor of epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health, as well as a Distinguished Fellow at RTI International, where he is Vice President for Epidemiologic Research at RTI Health Solutions.
[2] Rothman is known for his work on, and teaching about, epidemiologic research methodology,[2] as well as multiple specific epidemiologic subjects, including the teratogenic effects of vitamin A,[3] the health effects of mobile phone use, and possible environmental causes of cancer.
[4] In 1990, he wrote a controversial article arguing that it might not be worth epidemiologists' time for them to investigate most cancer clusters.
[5] Rothman received the American Public Health Association’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award for 2002, recognizing excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career.
He is also a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, the past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and an honorary fellow of the American College of Epidemiology.