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Rod Larson, PhD, CIH
Industrial Hygiene Program Director
585-3673


"Plans and basis for plans to conduct environmental monitoring on Mothers and Children as part of the National Children's Study" (Larson)

"The National Children's Study Environmental Monitoring Plans and how they relate to the Asthma Task Force Studies" (Larson)

"Various methods for monitoring changes in the health of residents along with monitoring changes in environmental quality as Daybreak community expands" (Larson)

"Status of Synergy Proposal to monitor health status of residents and changes in environmental quality at Daybreak Community as it grows" (Larson)

"Methods that would be used to estimate/reconstruct exposures to fire and police personnel for conducting a retrospective epidemiology study on those groups" (Larson)



Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH
Center Director and Associate Professor
(801-581-8719)


"Cohort of USA Lead Poisoned Cathode Tube Recycling Workers." (Hegmann)

"The Impact of Medical Issues on the Development and Reporting of (W)MSDs." (Hegmann)

"In-Home Assessments of Manual Patient Transfers." (Hegmann)

"Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain in Home Health Care Workers." (Hegmann)

"Effects of Center of Mass and Wrist Posture in Maximum Grip Strength, Wrist Strength and Grip Force." (Hegmann)

"Short Cycle Overhead Work Simulation." (Hegmann)

"Maximum Acceptable Frequencies for Females Performing One Handed Short-cycle Overhead Work." (Hegmann)

"Law and Regulation Series: The Physician as an Expert Witness: Medical Sciences in the Litigation Arena, Parts I and 11." (Hegmann)

"Mini Symposium: Methodological Issues in Prospective Studies - NIOSH WMSD Research Consortium." (Hegmann)

Psychosocial Factors Associated with a Case Definition of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a Cohort of Workers" (Hegmann)

Occupational and Non-Occupational Psychosocial Factors Associated with Lateral Epicondylitis in a Cohort of Workers" (Hegmann)

"Supraspinatus Tendinitis: Pathology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment" (Hegmann) "Ulnar Nerve Disorders: Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow (& Cubital Tunnel Syndrome), Ulnar Neuropathy at the Wrist" (Hegmann)

"Radial Nerve Disorders and Radial Tunnel Syndrome" (Hegmann) "Thriving in the On-Site Clinic: The Role of the Part Time Medical Director" (Hegmann)

"Advanced Epidemiologic Concepts in Low Back Pain" (Hegmann)

"A Cohort Study of Distal Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: Lateral Epicondylitis" (Hegmann)

"Application of the Strain Index: An Advance in Exposure Assessment and Analysis" (Hegmann)

"Epidemiology and Laboratory Studies of the Shoulder" (Hegmann)

"Shoulder Disorders: Advances in Knowledge?" (Hegmann)

"Determining Impairment and Disability" (Hegmann)

"Rotator Cuff Complex: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Ergonomic Issues" (Hegmann)

"Preventing Rotator Cuff Disorders: Evidence from Epidemiology and Laboratory Investigations" (Hegmann)

"Back, neck and shoulder pain in Home Healthcare Workers" (Hegmann)

"Returning Science to the Decision Process in Worker's Compensation" (Hegmann)

"Practice Guidelines. The ACOEM Practice Guidelines" (Hegmann)

"Evaluation, Diagnosis & Treatment of Common HandIWrist Problems" (Hegmann)

"Elbow & Shoulder Disorders - "Pearls" for the Internist" (Hegmann)

"Current Status and Future of the ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines" (Hegmann)

"A Physician's Perspective on Independent Medical Examinations" (Hegmann)

"The Occupational Medicine Perspective on Disability" (Hegmann)

"Preplacement Examinations" (Hegmann)

"Ergonomics Issues and the Shoulder" (Hegmann)

"Occupational Disorders of the Upper Extremity" (Hegmann)

"Low Back Pain Anatomy, Pathology, Diseases and Disorders"

"Low Back Pain Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Epidemiology" (Hegmann)

"Evaluation and Management of Difficult 'Overuse Syndrome' Patients" (Hegmann)

"Ergonomic Principles and Controversies" (Hegmann)

"Results of a Multi-faceted Program to Reduce Lost Workday Injuries" (Hegmann)

"Ergonomics for the Distal Upper Extremity" (Hegmann)

"Results of Four Experiments to Define Shoulder-Related Exposure Guidelines" (Hegmann)

"Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Upper Extremity Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Ergonomics for the Distal Upper Extremity" (Hegmann)

"Office Ergonomics" (Hegmann)

"Impacts of Health Promotion Issues on Musculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"The Unique Roles of the Physician in Worker's Compensation" (Hegmann)

"Injection Techniques, Indications and Success Rates for Upper Extremity Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, a Decision Analysis for Work-Relatedness" (Hegmann)

"Evidence-Based Evaluation & Treatment of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Insights into Causes and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: What We Domot Know" (Hegmann)

"Occupational Medicine Perspectives on Manual Materials Handling" (Hegmann)

"Rotator Cuff Complex Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Regional Low Back Pain" (Hegmann)

"Evaluation and Treatment of Common Lower Extremity Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Upper Extremity (Neuro)Musculoskeletal Disorders" (Hegmann)

"Low back pain and Spine Issues" (Hegmann)

"Management of the Injured Worker" (Hegmann)



Don Bloswick, PhD, PE, CPE
Ergonomics and Safety Program Director
581-4163


"Ergonomics and Human Factors - The State of the Science" (Bloswick)

"Manual Material Hazards and Upper Extremity Hazards in Occupational Tasks" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomic Studies at The University of Utah"-(Bloswick)

"Ergonomic Injury Prevention Strategies" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and Injury Prevention" (Bloswick)

"Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Workplace" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomic Interventions in Industry" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders" (Bloswick)

"Biomechanics of Lifting, Lifting Limits, and Biomechanical Models" (Bloswick)

"Hands on Practice with the University of Michigan Model" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics Basics" (Bloswick)

"Cumulative Trauma Disorders" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and Nursing" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomic analytical tools for upper extremity musculoskeletal disorder analysis" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics Fundamentals" (Bloswick)

"Introduction to Ergonomic Hazard Analysis" (Bloswick)

"General Ergonomics" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and the Americans With Disabilities Act" (Bloswick)

"General Safety" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and Office Cumulative Trauma" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics and Strain Injury" (Bloswick)

"A Review of Basic Body Biomechanics and User Friendly Tools to Assess Manual Material Handling Risk" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics at the Help Desk" (Bloswick)

"SeatedNDT Workplace Guideline" (Bloswick)

"ARUP Ergonomics-UECTD/Seated/VDT/Laboratory Guidelines" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomic Analysis Methodologies" (Bloswick)

"Body Mechanics" (Bloswick)

"Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders (Such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)" (Bloswick)

"Overview of Ergonomics" (Bloswick)

"Body Biomechanics" (Bloswick)

"Evaluating Mechanisms of Injury as Applied to Allen Decision Causation Criteria" (Bloswick)

"Recent Developments in the OSHA Ergonomics Standard" (Bloswick)

"OSHA's Ergonomic Standard" (Bloswick)

"Critical Review of UECTD Research" (Bloswick)

"Task Causations of Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders" (Bloswick)

"Back Injury Prevention" (Bloswick)

"Ergonomics" (Bloswick)

"Confined space procedures/regulations" (Bloswick)

"Fault Tree Analysis" (Bloswick)

"Lockout/Tagout procedures Regulations" (Bloswick)



Edward Holmes, MD, MPH
Occupational Medicine Program Director
585-6891


"DOT required substance abuse recognition training for supervisors" (Holmes)

"Asbestos health effects" (Holmes)

"Social Security Disability; What is it?" (Holmes)

"The new MSHA noise standard: Is it enough?" (Holmes)



Richard Johns, MD, MSPH
Adjunct Professor
587-3329


"Motivation Determination (Sincerity of Effort): The Performance APGAR model and impairment ratings" (Johns)

"Rating Soft Tissue Spinal impairments" (Johns)

"Rating Surgical Spinal impairments" (Johns)

"Reducing Workers' Compensation Costs" (Johns)

"DOT Medical Examinations Update: Cardiovascular conditions and commercial drivers" (Johns)

"Pesticides and the rural environment" (Johns)

"Environmental Medicine Issues" (Johns)

"Disability, impairment and chronic pain" (Johns)

"Childhood Disability under SSI" (Johns)

"Sewage Treatment Plant Health Effects" (Johns)

"Medical Surveillance" (Johns)

"Occupational Program Management" (Johns)

"Functional Capacity Assessment" (Johns)

"Medical Impairment Rating" (Johns)

"MedicalILegal Considerations of Hearing Loss" (Johns)

"Health Aspects of Asbestos Exposure Establishing a Medical Surveillance Program" (Johns)

"Asbestos Related Cancer" (Johns)

"Occupational Low Back & Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extremity" (Johns)

"Work Capacity Evaluation" (Johns)

"Occupational Biomechanics" (Johns)

"Prevention of Occupational Low Back Pain" (Johns)

"Analysis & Reduction of Back Injuries in the Workplace" (Johns)

"Industrial-Based Surveillance Systems" (Johns)

"Medical Evaluations of Exposed Populations" (Johns)

"Computer Applications in Determining OSHA Recordability of Occupational Low Back Pain" (Johns)

"Impairment Rating Systems and Medical Aspects of Managing Compensable Disability" (Johns)

"Worker Selection and Return to Work Decisions" (Johns)

"ADA- Reasonable Accommodation Issues" (Johns)

"Job Accommodation Strategies and ADA" (Johns)

"Varied Roles of Physicians in Utah's Industrial Insurance System" (Johns)

"Re-employment Planning & Reasonable Accommodation under ADA" (Johns)

"Fitness for Duty of the Disabled Employee under ADA (Johns)

"When to obtain an IME (Johns)

"Team Approach to Handling Injured Workers" (Johns)



Royce Moser Jr., MD, MPH
Center Deputy Director and Professor
581-8719


"Planning for Responses to Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections" (Moser)

"Developing the Utah Medical Surge Capacity Plan" (Moser)

"Occupational health support of bioterrorism response planning" (Moser)

"Bioterrorism responses by health care professionals" (Moser)

"Planning for responses to terrorism events and other disasters" (Moser)

"Responding to the bioterrorism threat" (Moser)

"Aeromedical approaches to preventing hospital errors" (Moser)

"Risk assessment, perception, and communication: opportunities and traps" (Moser)

"Management of environmental health and safety programs" (Moser)

"The costs of not having an occupational and environmental health and safety program" (Moser)

"Recent research studies of particulate air pollution and health" (Moser)

"Meeting occupational and environmental medicine's management challenges" (Moser)

"Lead: a continuing occupational and environmental health challenge" (Moser)

"Aspects of environmental and occupational health on the U.S.-Mexican Border: situation in the United States" (Moser)

"Case studies: Lead" (Moser)

"Management of occupational and environmental health programs" (Moser)

"Evaluation as a practical technique for effective program management" (Moser)

"Should the HIV Positive crewrnember continue to fly?'(Moser)

"Is the "age 60" rule still appropriate?" (Moser)



Leon Pahler, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
585-1032


"Non-Employee/Visitor Liability" (Pahler)

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