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Dana Loomis, Ph.D.

Professor

Acting Chair, School of Public Health

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Contact Information

Office Number: LR 222
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone Number: (775) 682-7103
Email Address:

Teaching
HE 793

Critical Issues in Environmental & Occupational Health

This course will cover a broad range of topics relevant to environmental and occupational health, including issues of global concern and problems of particular importance in Nevada, and the full spectrum of activities from measurement of exposure, to assessment of human health risks, to interventions to control exposure and reduce risk will be considered.

Education

Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Dr. Loomis research interests cover a spectrum of substantive and methodological topics including Occupational & Environmental Health; Exposure Assessment and Epidemiologic Methods.

Recent Publications

Knowles SB, Marshall SW, Bowling JM, Loomis D, Millikan R, Yang J, Weaver NL, Kalsbeek W, Mueller FO. A prospective study of injury incidence among North Carolina high school athletes. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 164:1209-21.

Kirranne E, Loomis D, Egeghy P, Nylander_French L. Personal exposure to benzene from fuel emissions among commercial fishers: comparison of two-stroke, four-stroke and diesel engines. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (in press, E-pub ahead of print).

Elliott L, Heederik DJJ, Marshall SW, Peden D, Loomis D. Incidence of allergy and allergy symptoms among workers exposed to laboratory animals. Occup Environ Med 2005;62:766-771.

Gilboa S, Mendola P, Olshan A, Loomis D, et al. Relationship between ambient air quality and selected birth defects, Seven County Study, Texas, 1997-2000. Am J Epidemiol 2005;162:238-252.

Elliott L, Heederik D, Marshall S, Peden D, Loomis D. Progression of self-reported symptoms in laboratory animal allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005;116:127-132.

Caceres DD, Pino P, Montesinos N, Atalah E, Amigo H, Loomis D. Exposure to inorganic arsenic in drinking water and total urinary arsenic concentration in a Chilean population. Environ Res 2005;98:151-159.

Sagiv S, Mendola P, Loomis D, Herring A, Neas L, Savitz D, Poole C. A time-series analysis of air pollution and preterm birth in Pennsylvania, 1997-2001. Environ Health Perspect 2005;113:602-606.

Loomis D, Richardson DB, Elliott L. Poisson regression analysis of ungrouped data. Occup Environ Med 2005;62:325-32.

Loomis D, Marshall S, Ta M. Employer policy toward guns in the workplace and the risk of homicide on the job. Am J Public Health 2005;95:830-835.

O’Conner T, Loomis D, dal Santo J, Runyan C, Schulman M. Adequacy of health and safety training among young Latino construction workers. J Occup Environ Med 2005;47:272-277.

Kato M, DeMarini DM, Carvalho AB, Rego MAV, Andrade AV, Bomfim ASV, Loomis D. World at Work: Charcoal producing industries in northeastern Brazil. Occup Environ Med 2005;62:128-3.

Marshall SW, Loomis DP, Waller AE, Bird YN, Chalmers DJ, Feehan M, Quarrie KL. Limited effectiveness of protective equipment in Rugby Union. Int J Epidemiol 2005: 34: 113-118.

Mirka G, Shin G, Kucera K, Loomis D. Use of the CABS methodology to assess biomechanical stress in commercial crab fishermen. Applied Ergonomics 2005;36:61-70.

Professional Affiliations

Chair, Scientific Committee on Epidemiology of the International Commission on Occupational Health.

Deputy Editor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine.