Research at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health spans a wide breadth of research areas, including industrial hygiene, ergonomics and safety, occupational injury prevention, occupational psychology, and occupational medicine. Below are some featured publications by our research faculty.
Vaccine Efficacy Research
- RECOVER – COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Frontline Workers
- PROTECT – COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Pediatric Cohort
- RAIVEN – Influenza Vaccine Clinical Trial
- BEEHIVE Study
Workers and Communities
- Utah Center for the Promotion of Work Equity (U-POWER)
- Incorporating Worksite Interventions in Safety and Health (IWISH)
- Towards Total Worker Health for Environmental Service Workers (TWH)
Ergonomics and Safety
- The NIOSH Lifting Equation and Low-Back Pain, Part 1
- The NIOSH Lifting Equation and Low-Back Pain, Part 2
- IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng
- The effect of lifting speed on cumulative and peak biomechanical loading for symmetric lifting tasks
- Evaluation of knee joint forces during kneeling work with different kneepads
- An improved OpenSim gait model with multiple degrees of freedom knee joint and knee ligaments.
Industrial Hygiene
- The Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds and Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Fused-Silica Lined Canisters, Polyvinyl Fluoride/Tedlar Bags, and Foil-Lined Bags
- Thermodynamic Evaluation of Psychophysiological Stress Response
- Development of an Empirical Formula for Describing Human Inhalability of Airborne Particles at Low Wind Speeds and Calm Air
- A Comparison Study between Passive and Active Workplace Personal Air Monitoring Techniques for Airborne Isopropyl Alcohol Concentrations
- Taking the "Lead” in Indoor Air Quality: Does Certification Result in Healthier Buildings?
- Indoor Air Quality Issues for Rocky Mountain West Tribes
Occupational Injury Prevention
- The predictive relationship of physical activity on the incidence of low back pain in an occupational cohort
- Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers
- Multiple Conditions Increase Preventable Crash Risks Among Truck Drivers in a Cohort Study
- Psychosocial Factors Related to Lateral and Medial Epicondylitis: Results From Pooled Study Analyses
- Multiple conditions increase preventable crash risks among truck drivers in a cohort study
- The Association Between Wrist Ratio and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Effect Modification by Body Mass Index
- Association Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Occupational Medicine
- The ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids and Safety Sensitive Work
- Commercial Driver Medical Examinations text
- A prospective cohort study of low back pain
- Comparison of opioid-related deaths by work-related injury
- The DOT Medical Examination: A Guide to Commercial Drivers' Medical Certification, Fifth Edition
- A prospective cohort study of low back pain
- Comparison of opioid-related deaths by work-related injury
- Work-Related Asthma
Occupational Psychology
- Employee satisfaction with meetings: A contemporary facet of job satisfaction
- Following Display Rules in Good or Bad Faith?: Customer Orientation as a Moderator of the Display Rule-Emotional Labor Relationship
- Differences in emotional labor across cultures: A comparison of Chinese and US service workers