The Targeted Research Training (TRT) program fosters the development of interdisciplinary research skills that are needed to generate new knowledge in the field of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and to enhance the trainees’ potential to become productive OSH researchers. Research training is responsive to the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) and will facilitate translation of research findings through communication to occupational health professionals. The TRT provides support for collaborative research training with affiliated graduate programs to train OSH researchers who are not part of an academic SCERC program.
Affiliated Programs:
- UCLA PhD program in Environmental Health Sciences
- UCLA PhD program in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
- UC Irvine PhD Program in Public Health
- UC Irvine PhD Program in Environmental Health Sciences
Currently, there are three training directions:
- Occupational health disparities
- Secondary prevention of chronic disease among workers
- Occupational toxicology
The TRT program also provides support for post-doctoral researchers in OSH who do research on NORA-priority areas. It also provides support for outreach to communicate research findings to occupational health professionals in the region and support for program impact and outcome evaluation.
Contact Us:
Dr. Ulrike Luderer
TRT Program Co-Director at UCI
Phone: 949-824-8641
Email: uluderer@uci.edu
Dr. Jian Li
TRT Program Co-Director at UCLA
Phone: 310-206-3788
Email: jianli2019@ucla.edu
Whitley MD, Ro A, Choi B. Workplace breastfeeding support and job satisfaction among working mothers in the United States. Am J Ind Med. 2019;62:716‐726.
Post-Doctoral Researchers Supported by TRT
| Post-Doc Researcher | Affiliation | Status | Research Topic | Advisor | NORA Sector / Cross Sector Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Keller | Occupational Health Nursing - UCLA | Current | Working Conditions and Health in Wilderness Healthcare Professionals and First Responders | Dr. Jian Li, Dr. Wendie Robbins | Healthy Work Design & Well-Being (cross-sector) |
PhD Students Supported by TRT
| Student | Affiliation | Status | Dissertation Title | Advisor | NORA Sector / Cross Sector Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayveeritz Bautista | Environmental Health Sciences - UCI - PhD | Current | Respiratory effects of inhaled metals from environmental exposure to e-cigarette vapor | Dr. Michael Kleinmann Dr. Andrea De Vizcaya-Ruiz | Respiratory Health (cross-sector) |
| Ivy Torres | Public Health - UCI - PhD | Past | Occupational Histories, Racialization and Gender Processes and Disability Patterns among Latina Immigrant Elders | Dr. Alana LeBron | Musculoskeletal Health |
| Margaret Whitley | Public Health - UCI - PhD | Past | Workplace Breastfeeding Support and Job Satisfaction Among Working Mothers in the United States | Dr. BongKyoo Choi | Healthy Work Design & Well-Being Program Information (cross-sector) |
| Clinton Hall | Epidemiology - UCLA - PhD | Past | Occupational Epidemiology in Vulnerable Populations: Occupational Physical Activity and Cerebrovascular Disease in Older Women and Parental Occupational Exposures and Childhood Cancer | Dr. Niklas Krause Dr. Beate Ritz | National Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing (sector) National Manufacturing (sector) National Services (sector) National Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (sector) |
| Anne Rorie Gelber | Occupational Health Nursing - UCLA - PhD | Past | Health Promotion, Technology, and the Environment: Examining the use of a Twitter based health intervention to improve active commute usership among urban dwelling working men and women | Dr. Wendie Robbins | Total Worker Health (cross-sector) |
| Negar Omid | Epidemiology - UCLA - PhD | Past | Parental Occupational Exposures and Risk of Childhood Cancer | Dr. Beate Ritz Dr. Julia Heck | Cancer, Reproductive & Cardiovascular Diseases (cross sector) Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |
| Matthew Feaster | Epidemiology - UCLA -PhD | Past | Psychosocial and Physical Occupational Determinants of Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: The Role of Alternative Assessment Methods of Job Stress and Hypertension and Mediation by Hemodynamic Factors. | Dr. Niklas Krause Dr. Onyebuchi Arah | Cancer, Reproductive & Cardiovascular Diseases (cross-sector) Work Organization & Stress-Related Disorders (cross-sector) |
| Nu Yu | Industrial Hygiene (EHS) - UCLA - PhD | Past | Characterizing Los Angeles Taxi Driver Exposure to On-road Ultrafine Particles and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | Dr. Yifang Zhu | Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |
| Deborah Curtis | Occupational Health Nursing - UCLA - PhD | Past | The Association of Chronic Stress Secondary to Occupational Racism and Shift Work with Diabesity | Dr. Wendie Robbins | Healthcare & Social Assistance (sector) Work Organization & Stress-Related Disorders (cross sector) |
| Aolin Wang | Epidemiology - UCLA - PhD | Past | Opening the Black Box: Estimation of Targeted Effects in Causal Mediation Analysis - With Applications to Global Health and Occupational Epidemiology | Dr. Niklas Krause Dr. Onyebuchi Arah | Cancer, Reproductive & Cardiovascular Diseases (cross-sector) Work Organization & Stress-Related Disorders (cross-sector) |
| Airek Mathews | Industrial Hygiene (EHS) - UCLA - PhD | Past | Whole Glove Permeation of Cyclohexanol Through Disposable Nitrile Gloves | Dr. Que Hee | Personal Protective Technology (cross-sector) |
| George Brogmus | Industrial Hygiene (EHS) - UCLA - PhD | Past | Workplace Intervention to Reduce Back Pain Through the Control of Early Morning Flexion | Dr. Niklas Krause | Musculoskeletal Health (cross-sector) |
| Siavash Banaee | Industrial Hygiene (EHS) - UCLA - PhD | Past | Permeation of Limonene through Disposable Nitrile Gloves in the Robot Hand Whole Glove and ASTM Closed Loop Models | Dr. Que Hee | Immune & Dermal Diseases (cross-sector) Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |
