PRIMARY FACULTY AND STAFF EXPERTISE
Susan Goodwin Gerberich, Ph.D. Professor, Environmental Health Sciences; Director, OIPRTP (occupational injury epidemiology and control)
Bruce H. Alexander, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences; Co-Director OIPRTP
Timothy R. Church, Ph.D. Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (biostatistics applications to ascertain bias/epidemiological studies, including injury-related)
George Maldonado, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (occupational epidemiology, including injury/methodological approaches)
Andrew Ryan, M.S. Research Fellow, Environmental Health Sciences (programmer/analyst; statistical applications/ programming analyst; measurement and methods)
SUPPORTING FACULTY
OIPRTP Supporting faculty also include numerous professors who represent multiple disciplines and institutions, including: mechanical engineering; occupational medicine; environmental and occupational health policy; safety/agricultural engineering; toxicology; injury prevention and control; outreach and curriculum development; corporate health and safety; occupational injury epidemiology.
Jo-Ida Hansen, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology (occupational/vocational psychology)
Patricia M. McGovern, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (work-related violence, policy applications)
Michael McGrail, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Medical Director, Primary Care, Health Partners Medical Group (occupational and environmetnal medicine, disability prevention)
Nancy Nachreiner, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Environmental Healthl Sciences (work-related violence, return-to-work factors)
Gary Olmstead, Ph,D., C.S.P., C.I.H., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences; Director of Safety and Environmental Management, General Mills (Corporate safety)
Debra K. Olson, M.P.H., Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Education; Director, University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (continuing education and outreach, preparedness)
John Shutske, Ph.D., Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (agricultural safety, outreach)
Elizabeth Wattenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (toxicology)
Nicholas Ward, Ph.D. Professor, Director, Human FIRST Human Factors/Ergonomics (Human Factors Interdisciplinary Research in Simulation and Transportation, Human Factors/Ergonomics Research)
Alan Williams, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health (occupational injury epidemiology)
ADVISORY BOARD
The Advisory BOARD for the OIPRTP is involved in the ongoing review and evaluation of the current program, and in planning for the future. Members of this Board include both local and national experts who have experience and more research contributions relevant to the injury epidemiology and control field:
Thomas Choinski, PE, CSP, President, ConsultantRisk Management and Technical Consulting, Inc.La Crescent, Minnesota 55947
Jean Forster, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community HealthSchool of Public Health, University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Gary Olmstead, PhD. Director, Safety and Environmental Management, General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440
James Picha, Laborers’ Local 132, Carpenters’ #1644, Richfield, Minnesota 55423
Richard A. Pollock, C.S.P., President, Comprehensive Loss Management, Inc. Minneapolis, MN 55447
Gordon Reeve, PhD, Manager, Epidemiology, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2798
Nicholas J. Ward, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor and Director, Human Factors Interdisciplinary Research in Simulation and Transportation (HumanFIRST Program), ITS Institute/Human Factors Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering, University of Miinnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 |
