Office: 1156 Mayo Phone: (612) 625-5934 gerbe001@umn.edu   B.S., Nursing, University of Minnesota M.S.P.H., Public Health, University of Minnesota Ph.D., Environmental Health, University of Minnesota

Research and Teaching Interests

Population-based research focuses on injury epidemiology and control: injuries, in general;  work-related, including agricultural injuries; brain and spinal cord injuries; violence; drug/alcohol use and injury consequences; sports injuries; and transportation-related injuries.

Administrative

Director, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and Co-Director, Center for Violence Prevention and Control, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, and Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Program

Selected Publications

Erkal,  Sibel, Gerberich Susan G., Ryan, Andrew D., Alexander, Bruce H., and Renier, Colleen M. Animal-Related Injuries: A Population-Based Study of a Five-State Region in the Midwest (Regional Rural Injury Study II), In review. [SGG: Post-Doctoral Advisor/Mentor]

Erkal, Sibel, Gerberich Susan G., Ryan, Andrew D., Alexander, Bruce H., and Renier, Colleen M. Horse-Related Injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study II, In review. [SGG: Post-Doctoral Advisor/Mentor]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin, Nachreiner, Nancy M., Ryan, Andrew D., Church, Timothy R., McGovern, Patricia M., Geisser, Mindy S., Watt, Gavin D., Feda, Denise M., Pinder, Evette., Sage, Starr K., Violence against teachers: Magnitude and Etiology. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for DMF, EP, and SKS]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Nachreiner, Nancy M; Ryan, Andrew D; Church Timothy R; McGovern, Patricia M; Geisser, Mindy S; Watt, Gavin D; Feda, Denise M; Pinder, Evette; Sage, Starr K. Risk Factors for Physical Violence against teachers. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for DMF, EP,  and SKS]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Renier, Colleen M; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann S; Mongin, Steven J; Ryan, Andrew D; Carlson, Kathleen F; Church, Timothy R. Epidemiology of Injuries in Children and Adults: Regional Rural Injury Study-II, In review. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Church, Timothy R; Renier, Colleen M; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann S; Mongin, Steven J;  Ryan, Andrew D; Carlson, Kathleen F. Risk Factors for Agricultural Injuries among Children: Regional Rural Injury Study-II, In review. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Ryan, Andrew D. Minnesota Nurses’ Study: Perceptions of Violence and the Work Environment, Industrial Health 45:672-678, 2007.

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Dagher, Rada; McGovern, Patricia M.; Baker, Beth; Alexander, Bruce; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin. Successful return to work for cancer survivors, AAOHN 55(7):290-295, 2007.

Larson-Bright, Muree; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Gurney, James G; Masten, Ann S; Church, Timothy R; Ryan, Andrew D; Renier, Colleen M. Work Practices and Childhood Agricultural Injury, Injury Prevention 13(6): 409-415, 2007 [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor]

Mongin, Steven J; Jensen, Kristen E; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Ryan, Andrew D; Masten, Ann S; Carlson, Kathleen F. Injuries Among Agricultural Operation Household Members: Regional Rural Injury Study – II (RRIS-II) – 1999, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 13(3):295-310, 2007. [SGG: Master’s Advisor, KEJ; PhD Advisor, KFC]

Nachreiner, Nancy M, Hansen Helen, Okano Akiko, Gerberich Susan Goodwin, McGovern Patricia M, Church, Timothy R, and Ryan Andrew D. Difference in work-related violence by nurse license type, Journal of Professional Nursing. 23(5): 290-300, 2007. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor, NMN; OA, master’s student – school of nursing]

Carlson, Kathleen F; Langner, Deborah M; Alexander, Bruce H; Gurney, James; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Ryan, Andrew D; Renier, Colleen M; Mongin, Steven J. The association between parents’ past agricultural injuries and their children’s risk of injury: Analyses from the Regional Rural Injury Study – II. Best Poster Award, 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Vienna, June 6-9 2004. Selected from over 2,000 posters submitted by all participants. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine160(11):1137-1142, 2006. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC and DML]

Paulson, Erin H; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Ryan, Andrew D; Renier, Colleen M; Zhang, Xueying; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann; Carlson, Kathleen F. Fall-related injuries among agricultural household members: Regional Rural Injury Study – II (RRIS-II). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine48(9):959-968, 2006. [SGG: Master’s Thesis Advisor for EHP; PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Kurszewski, Laurie; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Serfass Robert C; Ryan Andrew D; Renier Colleen M; Alexander Bruce H; Carlson Kathleen F; Masten Ann S. Sports and recreational injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study-II. Impact on agricultural households and operations, Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition, American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, 2004, British Journal of Sports Medicine 40(6):527-535, June 2006. (Also: E-Pub March 17, 2006) [SGG: Master’s Thesis Advisor for LK; PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Findorff Mary J; McGovern, Patricia M, Wall, Melanie M, Gerberich, Susan Goodwin. Reporting violence to a health care employer, AAOHN 53(9):399-406, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Co-Advisor]

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; McGovern, Patricia M; Church, Timothy R; Hansen, Helen; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Watt, Gavin D. Relation between policies and work-related assault: Minnesota Nurses’ Study, Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition, American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, 2002, Occupational and Environmental Medicine.  62: 675-681, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor]

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; McGovern, Patricia M; Church, Timothy R; Hansen, Helen; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Watt, Gavin D. Impact of training on work-related assault, Research in Nursing and Health 28:67-78, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Church, Timothy R; McGovern, Patricia M; Hansen, Helen ; Nachreiner, Nancy M; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Steven J; Watt, Gavin D; Jurek, Anne. Risk factors for work-related assaults on nurses, Epidemiology. 16(5):704-709, 2005.

Luan, Xianqun; Pan, Wei; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Carlin, Bradley P. Does it always help to adjust for misclassification of a binary outcome in logistic regression? Statistics in Medicine 24:2221-2234, 2005. [SGG: Supervisor - Luan, Research Assistant]

Carlson, Kathleen F; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Church, Timothy R; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Steven J; Renier, Colleen M; Zhang, Xueying; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann S. Tractor-Related Injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study-II, American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California, 2003. Delta Omega Award for Best Paper American Journal of Industrial Medicine  47(3):254-264, 2005. [SGG: Thesis Advisor]

Olson, Debra K., Lohman, William H., Brosseau, Lisa M., Frederickson, McGovern, Patricia M., Gerberich, Susan G., Nachreiner, Nancy M., Crosscutting competencies for occupational health and safety professionals, Journal of Public Health Management Practice 11(3):235-243, 2005.

Findorff, Mary J; McGovern, Patricia M; Wall, Melanie; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, BH. Risk Factors for Work-Related Violence in a Health Care Organization, Injury Prevention 10(5):296-302, 2004. [SGG: PhD Thesis Co-Advisor]

Gerberich Susan Goodwin; Church, Timothy R; McGovern, Patricia M; Hansen, Helen; Nachreiner, Nancy M; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Stephen J; Watt, Gavin D. An epidemiological study of the magnitude and consequences of work-related violence: The Minnesota nurses’ study, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61:495-503, 2004. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for NMN]

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