Matthew Feaster (’17)
Acting Epidemiologist
City of Pasadena
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 National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) and will facilitate translation of research findings through communication to occupational health professionals. 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 epidemiology for research training in occupational epidemiology
- UC Irvine Program in Public Health (PPH)
- UC Irvine Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)
It also provides support for doctoral students in the Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Occupational and Environmental Nursing (OEHN) and SCERC programs who do research on NORA-priority areas. As well as support for outreach to communicate research findings to occupational health professionals in the region and support for program impact and outcome evaluation.
Students Supported by TRT
| Student Name | Student Info | Dissertation Title | Advisor Name | NORA Sector / Cross Sector Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Torres | Public Health - PhD - UCI | Occupational Histories, Racialization and Gender Processes and Disability Patterns among Latina Immigrant Elders | Dr. Alana LeBron | National Occupational Research Agenda for Musculoskeletal Health |
| Margaret Whitley | Public Health - PhD -UCI | The Impact of Workplace Lactation Accommodation on Job Satisfaction among Working Mothers Who Breastfeed: A Longitudinal Study | Dr. BongKyoo Choi | Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Program Information (cross-sector) |
| Clinton Hall | Epidemiology - PhD - UCLA | "Occupational risk factors for stroke and childhood brain tumors: an analysis of occupational physical activity, stress, and livestock exposure." | Dr. Niklas Krause Dr. Beate Ritz | National Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (sector) National Manufacturing (sector) National Services (sector) National Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (sector) |
| Anne Rorie Gelber | OEHN - PhD - UCLA | 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 - PhD - UCLA | Parental Occupational Exposure and Childhood Cancer | Dr. Beate Ritz Dr. Julia Heck. | Cancer, Reproductive and Cardiovascular Diseases (cross setor) Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |
| Matthew Feaster | Epidemiology - PhD - UCLA | 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 and Cardiovascular Diseases (cross-sector) Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders (cross-sector) |
| Nu Yu | Industrial Hygiene - PhD - UCLA | Characterizing Los Angeles Taxi Driver Exposure to On-road Ultrafine Particles and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. | Dr. Yifang Zhu | Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |
| Deborah Curtis | OEHN - PhD - UCLA | Relationship between Shift Work, HPA-Axis Overload and Obesity Related Type 2 Diabetes in African American Females | Dr. Wendie Robbins | Healthcare and Social Assistance (sector) Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders (cross sector) |
| Aolin Wang | Epidemiology - PhD - UCLA | 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 and Cardiovascular Diseases (cross-sector) Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders (cross-sector) |
| Airek Mathews | Industrial Hygiene - PhD - UCLA | Permeation of Cyclohexanol Through Disposable Nitrile Gloves | Dr. Que Hee | Personal Protective Technology (cross-sector) |
| George Brogmus | Industrial Hygiene - PhD - UCLA | Workplace intervention to reduce back pain through the control of early morning flexion | Dr. Niklas Krause | Musculoskeletal Health (cross-sector) |
| Siavash Banaee | Industrial Hygiene - PhD - UCLA | Permeation of non-volatile solvents through disposable nitrile gloves in the robot hand whole glove and ASTM closed loop models | Dr. Que Hee | Immune and Dermal Diseases (cross-sector) Exposure Assessment (cross-sector) |