EHSRC Investigator Detail
| Wayne T. Sanderson, Ph.D., CIH | |
| Associate Professor, Occupational & Environmental Health | |
| Email: wayne-sanderson@uiowa.edu | |
| Phone: (319) 335-4207 | |
| Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health | |
| Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety | |
| EHSRC Role(s): | Co-Director, Environmental Modeling and Exposure Assessment Facility |
| Member, Environmental Lung Disease Research Cluster | |
Dr. Sanderson is currently a professor in the College of Public Health at The University of Iowa. He is the Director of the Industrial Hygiene Training Program for the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety where he teaches courses concerning epidemiology, occupational, and environmental health. Dr. Sanderson’s primary research focus is on agricultural health and safety. He is the Director of the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, which is a leading national Center for research and education on health and safety problems facing our nation’s rural residents. Dr. Sanderson is also conducting research studies on respiratory diseases and cancers associated with a variety of occupational. He also conducts research on assessing pesticide exposures and their potential health effects.
Before joining the faculty at The University of Iowa in 2002, he worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), starting in 1978 and culminating with his position as Chief of the Industrial Hygiene Section in the Industrywide Studies Branch. One of his last assignments with the CDC was as an investigator of anthrax contamination of post offices in Washington, DC.
Recent Publications
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Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Striley C, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Reynolds SJ, Alavanja MC. Urinary pesticide concentrations among children, mothers and fathers living in farm and non-farm households in iowa. Ann Occup Hyg. 2007 Jan;51(1):53-65. Epub 2006 Sep 19.
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Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Kashon ML, Ross GW, Sanderson WT, Petrovitch H. Occupational and other risk factors for hand-grip strength: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Occup Environ Med. 2006 Dec;63(12):820-7. Epub 2006 Aug 15.
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Hanley KW, Petersen M, Curwin BD, Sanderson WT. Urinary bromide and breathing zone concentrations of 1-bromopropane from workers exposed to flexible foam spray adhesives. Ann Occup Hyg. 2006 Aug;50(6):599-607. Epub 2006 May 12.
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Sanderson WT, Madsen MD, Rautiainen R, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Tractor overturn concerns in Iowa: perspectives from the Keokuk county rural health study. J Agric Saf Health. 2006 Feb;12(1):71-81.
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Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Kashon ML, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Sanderson WT. Occupational exposures and movement abnormalities among Japanese-American men: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Neuroepidemiology. 2006;26(3):130-9. Epub 2006 Jan 26.