The department offers broad-based programs in environmental and occupational health for graduate students, and occupational medicine physicians. Those interested in studying Occupational/ Environmental Health focus on the influence of environment on the health of the population and its workforce.

Preventive Medicine Clinics UK Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health UK HealthCare Travel Clinic Residency Programs UK College of Public Health Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health offers ACGME accredited residencies leading to eligibility for examination by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. UK General Preventive Medicine - Public Health Residency Program UK Occupational Medicine Residency Program Information Request Form

Core Faculty

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Dr. Terry Bunn	Dr. Baretta Casey	Dr. Henry Cole	Dr. Ray Garman
Dr. James Holsinger, Jr.	Cynthia Lamberth, MPH	Dr. David Mannino	Dr. Robert McKnight
Dr. Timothy S. Prince	Dr. Douglas Scutchfield	Dr. Steve Wyatt

Other Faculty

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	Dr. Gail Brion
	Dr. Angela Dearinger Curriculum Vitae Angela T. Dearinger, Assistant Professor of Medicine received her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, completed a residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a faculty development fellowship in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the UK Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Dr. Dearinger also completed a Masters of Public Health degree at the University of Kentucky, College of Public Health. Dr. Dearinger is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She is a core faculty member in the Preventive Medicine Residency Program and Co-Director of the Kentucky Public Health Research Network.  Her special interests include public health systems and services research, preventive medicine, quality improvement, and resident education.
	Dr. Nancy Johnson Nancy E. Johnson, Assistant Professor received her MSPH from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine and her DrPH from the UK College of Public Health then completed post-doctoral studies in Rural Cancer Control in the UK College of Medicine. She is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (Comprehensive Practice) and has worked for state OSHA programs then as a consultant for a private occupational and environmental management firm. Dr. Johnson is the primary investigator for two pilot projects evaluating trace elements, including arsenic, chromium and nickel in drinking water and as well as trace elements in residential topsoil for the Markey Cancer Center's Lung Cancer Epidemiology project in Kentucky's Appalachian Coalfields funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Her special interests include exposure assessment, measurement and control.
	Melvin L. Myers, MPA Curriculum Vitae Melvin Myers is Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of Kentucky and a nationally recognized authority on injury cost analysis and farm safety. He has served as a commissioned officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and as a senior official of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He is currently leading Aquaculture Safety and Health, a five-year, multi-state prevention/intervention project.
	Dr. Susan Pollack
	Dr. Kathy Riley Curriculum Vitae Dr. Riley is an Associate Professor (PT) in the Preventive Medicine, Environmental Health, and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.  As a co-investigator on the Nun Study, a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Riley is involved in research in the areas of successful aging, mild cognitive impairments, and neuropathologic correlates of cognition.  She is currently analyzing data collected over the first ten years of the Nun Study, as they relate to the maintenance of high cognitive and functional ability in older women.
	Dr.Wayne Sanderson Curriculum Vitae Wayne Sanderson is Professor and Chair of the Epidemiology Department in the College of Public Health, with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health at The University of Kentucky. Dr. Sanderson’s primary research focus is on agricultural health and safety and he is the Deputy-Director of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention, which is a national Center for research and education on health and safety problems facing our nation’s rural residents.  His research interests are Agricultural health and safety, respiratory diseases, cancers, and birth defects associated with a variety of occupational and environmental exposures.
	Dr. Susan Spengler Curriculum Vitae Dr. Spengler is an Associate Professor (PT) with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health.  She is board certified in occupational medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Her clinical interests include general occupational health, musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation, and travel medicine. She is one of three occupational health physicians that see patients at KY Clinic South.

 

 

Environmental Health Area Requirements (Click Here)

The following Courses will be available for Spring 2012:

Environmental Health
Day/Time	Course Number	Course Name	CRS	Room	Instructor	CAP
Tuesday 12:00-2:30 PM	CPH 728-002	ADVANCED AGRICULTURAL HEALTH	3	CPH 202	MCKNIGHT	20
Wednesday 9:00-11:30 AM	CPH 728-001	OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH II A/K/A CPH 620	3	NURS 504	JOHNSON, N	20
Wednesday 6:00-8:30 PM	CPH 790-401	WATER SANITATION AND HEALTH	3	FPAT 265	BRION	10
Thursday 12:00-2:30 PM	CPH 622-001	TOXIC AGENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH	3	CPH 202	BUNN	20
Thursday 12:00-2:30 PM	CPH 601-401	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH	3	CTW 405	MANNINO	40
DrPH
Day/Time	Course Number	Course Name	CRS	Room	Instructor	CAP
Wednesday 9:00-11:30 AM	CPH 921-001	PROFFESSIONAL SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH	3	CPH 115	PRINCE	20

 

 

Bunn, T.L., S. Slavova, T.W. Struttmann and S.R. Browning. 2005. Sleepiness/fatigue and distraction/inattention as factors for fatal vs. nonfatal commercial motor vehicle driver injuries. (in press)

Bello D, Smith TJ, Woskie SR, Liu Y, Stowe MH, Redlich CA. 2006. Dermal exposure to isocyanates: reasons for concern. Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Submitted).

Bello D, Smith TJ, Woskie SR, Streicher RP, Boeniger MF, Redlich CA, Liu Y. 2006. In-vitro FTIR investigation of isocyanate skin absorption using hairless guinea pig skin. Journal of Environmental Monitoring (In press).

Liu Y, Stowe MH, Bello D, Woskie SR, Sparer J, Gore R, Youngs F, Cullen MR, Redlich RA. 2006. Respiratory protection from isocyanate exposure in auto body repair and refinishing industry. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 3(5):234-249.

Liu Y, Woodin MA, Smith TJ, Herrick RF, Hauser R, Williams PL, Christiani DC. 2006. Occupational exposure to boiler repair hazards: internal dose estimation and relation to biological monitoring. Annals of Occupational Hygiene (Accepted).

Jones, S.C., Travers, M., Hahn, E.J., Robertson, H., Lee, K., Higbee, C., and Hyland, A. (2006) “Secondhand Smoke and Indoor Public Spaces in Paducah, Kentucky” Kentucky Medical Association Journal, 104, 281-288.

McKnight, R.H., Teaster P., Watkins J., Lawrence S. Occupational choice and vulnerability in late life: An example of women in the U.S. International Congress Series, 2005, 1280:106-11.

McKnight, R.H., Spiller, H. Green Tobacco Sickness in Children and Adolescents, Public Health Reports, 2005, 120:602-605.

Byrden, P., McKnight, R.H., Weastneat, S. Using U.S. Poison Control Center Records to Identify Bystander Pesticide Exposures. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health (JASH), 2005, 11(2):159-166.

Reed, D.B., Claunch, D.T., Cole, H.P. & Mazur, J.M. (2006). Characteristics of instructors at Farm Safety 4 Just Kids day camps. Health Education Journal, 65(2), 180-192.

Cole, H. P., Myers, M. L., & Westneat, S. C. (2006). Frequency and severity of injuries to operators during overturns of farm tractors. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 12(2), 127-138.

Vaught, C, Mallett, L., Brnich, M.J., Reinke, D., Kowalski-Trakofler, M., & Cole, H.P. (2006). Knowledge management and transfer for mine emergency response. International Journal of Emergency Management, 3(2/3), 178-191.

Gershon, R. & Cole, H. (2006). Innovative health care worker training: Infectious disease risk. Poster presentation at the National Occupational Research Agenda Conference, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, April 18-20.

Cole, H. (2006). Lessons learned as a principal investigator and peer reviewer of community based surveillance and intervention projects. Presentation at the Opportunities for Funding town hall meeting sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, March 24.

Cole, H. P., Westneat, S. C., & Myers, J. R. (2006). Ratio of fatal to non-fatal operator injuries for overturns of farm tractors without ROPS. Technical Paper 06-03 presented at the annual conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety, Blue Harbor Resort, Sheboygan, WI, June 25 - 30.

Cole, H.P., Mazur, J.M., & Myers, M. (2006). Integrating farm community public health materials within required high school curriculum content. Presentation at the annual conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety, Blue Harbor Resort, Sheboygan, WI, June 25 - 30.

Cole, H.P. (2006). Safety training and education through interactive narrative techniques. Invited professional training workshop conducted at the annual conference of the National Institute for Farm Safety, Blue Harbor Resort, Sheboygan, WI, June 25 - 30.

Myers, M.L., Cole, H.P., Mazur, J.M., & Isaacs, S. (2006). Promoting safety through economics education. Paper No. 065009. Presented at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Portland Convention Center, Portland, OR, July 9 – 12.

Mazur, J.M., Swan, K., Cole, H.P. & Myers, M. (2006). The economics of public safety and health: A community relevant approach to integrating real-world experience and required standards-based economic content. Paper presented at the College and University Faculty (CUFA) of the National Council of Social Studies, Washington, DC, November, 2006.

Moonie S, Sterling D, Figgs LW. Castro, M. Asthma Status and Severity Effects Missed School Days 2006 J School Health . In press.

Grant Title and Funding Source

Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Isocyanate Exposure Intervention Study in Body Shops

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Longitudinal Study of Isocyanate Asthma in Auto Body Shops

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Methods Development for Exposure-Related Behaviors EPA/STAR

Subcontracted to University of Kentucky

Exposure to indoor air pollutants and birth outcomes in Pakistan

National Institute of Health (NIH)

Centers for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Partnering with stakeholders for Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Economics of Preventing Agricultural Injuries to Adolescent and Adult Farmers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Aquaculture Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Special Interest Project: Adult Health Panel

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Address:

Suite 220, 111 Washington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40536-0003
Phone: 859-218-2100
Fax: 859-257-9862

Chair:

Robert McKnight, MPH, ScD
Phone: 859-323-6836

Vice Chair for Clinical Services:

Ray Garman, MD, MPH
Phone: 859-218-2245

Support Staff:

Deana Bellis
Phone: 859-218-2100