Expertise & Interests

Health Effects from occupational and environmental exposures (with examples)

Metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, lithium, cobalt, aluminum, nickel, manganese, thallium, cadmium)
Physical agents (noise)
Particulates and aerosols (silica, asbestos)
Organics (solvents, pesticides, isocyanates, epoxy resins)
Bioaerosols (mold, sewage bacteria)
Gases, irritants, asphyxiants and other inhalant toxicants (carbon monoxide, cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrofluoric acid, chlorine)
Unidentified agents and mixtures (environmental releases, groundwater pollutants, accidental exposures, hazmat spills/releases)

Medical surveillance, biological monitoring, audiometry for hazardous industries including:

Lithium ion battery – cathode metals (Li, Ni, Co, Mn, Al) and anode materials mining, refining, manufacturing, testing and recycling
Metallurgical assay laboratories (lead, silica, noise)
Gold, silver and other metal mines (mercury, arsenic, other metals, noise)
Litharge (lead oxide) assay flux manufacturing
Lead-acid battery recycling and smelting (lead)
Automotive and sign spray-painting (isocyanates, organic solvents)

Diagnosis of disease related to known or suspected occupational or environmental exposures of: individuals, families, and groups of commonly exposed people in a workplace, industry, building, or community

Acute inhalation injuries
Respiratory, neurological, skin, reproductive, infectious, allergic diseases
Cancer and multi-system diseases

Investigations

Occupational disease/syndrome outbreaks and clusters
Environmental pollution
Risk assessment
Building-related health problems (mold, odors, carbon monoxide, sick buildings)
Other public health assessments

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health and Safety compliance / medical surveillance data tracking, compilation, analysis and reporting (see webOSCAR™)
Environmental investigations

Health, Fitness and Disease Prevention

Diet
Exercise / Physical fitness
Fitness for Duty
Smoking cessation
Mental health and mindfulness