Research Summary

My research focuses on epidemiological and clinical research among adults. This includes everything from mental well-being among lawyers, musculoskeletal disorders like Low Back Pain or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, to motor vehicle crashes, to cancer. I have has coauthored 93 articles, 31 practice guidelines and 19 book chapters. I direct the Occupational Injury Prevention program, mentoring 29 PhD and Masters students, and teaching 5 courses.

Education

• BS, Exercise and Sport Science- Exercise Physiology, University of Utah
• MSPH, Public Health, University of utah. Project: Neck, Shoulder and Low Back Pain among Home Healthcare workers
• PhD, Occupational Injury Epideimiology, University of Utah. Project: The Protective Effect of Physical Activity on the Development of Low Back Pain in an Occupational Cohort