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 Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)
- UCLA PhD program in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN)
- UC Irvine PhD Program in Public Health (PPH)
- UC Irvine PhD Program in Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)
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
Co-Director of TRT Program at UCI
Phone: 949-824-8641
Email: uluderer@uci.edu
Dr. Jian Li
Co-Director of TRT Program at UCLA
Phone: 310-206-3788
Email: jianli2019@ucla.edu
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Students Supported by TRT
| Student Name | Student Info | Dissertation Title | Advisor Name | NORA Sector / Cross Sector Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayveeritz Bautista | Environmental Health Sciences - PhD - UCI | Respiratory effects of inhaled metals from environmental exposure to e-cigarette vapor | Dr. Michael Kleinman, Dr. Andrea De Vizcaya-Ruiz | Respiratory Health (cross-sector) |
| Ivy Torres | Public Health - PhD - UCI | Occupational Histories, Racialization and Gender Processes and Disability Patterns among Latina Immigrant Elders | Dr. Alana LeBron | Musculoskeletal Health |
| Margaret Whitley | Public Health - PhD -UCI | Workplace Breastfeeding Support and Job Satisfaction Among Working Mothers in the United States | Dr. BongKyoo Choi | Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Program Information (cross-sector) |
| Clinton Hall | Epidemiology - PhD - UCLA | 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, and Fishing (sector) National Manufacturing (sector) National Services (sector) National Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (sector) |
| Anne Rorie | 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 Exposures and Risk of 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 | The Association of Chronic Stress Secondary to Occupational Racism and Shift Work with Diabesity | 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 | Whole Glove 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 Limonene 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) |
