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CURRICULUM VITAE
George L. Delclos, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.C.C.P.
(Jordi/Jorge Delclós Clanchet)
April 2013
Offices:
Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
P.O. Box 20186
Houston, Texas 77225
Phone: (713) 500-9459
Fax: (713) 500-9442
E-mail/Internet address: [email protected]
Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral (CISAL)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
C/Doctor Aiguader 88 Primera planta, Oficina 171.01
08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Phone: +34 – 933160886
Fax: +34 - 933160410
Clinic:
The University of Texas Health Services
7000 Fannin #1620
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 500-3267
Fax: (713) 500-3263
BACKGROUND:
Education and Training
Postgraduate
1985-1988 Subspecialty fellowship (Pulmonary Diseases)
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston, Texas
1983-1985 Residency (Internal Medicine)
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
1982-1983 Internship (Internal Medicine)
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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Houston, Texas
1981-1982 Postdoctoral fellowship
Department of Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Undergraduate/Graduate
2007 Ph.D. in Health and Life Sciences (Summa cum laude)
Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Catalunya
Dissertation: “Work-related asthma in healthcare workers”.
1988 Master of Public Health
Occupational and Environmental Health Module
University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston, Texas
Thesis: “A descriptive study of asbestos-exposed subjects referred
for independent medical examination”.
1981 M.D. degree (Honors)
University of Barcelona School of Medicine.
Barcelona, Spain
Secondary Education
1974 U.S. High School Diploma (Honors)
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Houston, Texas
1974 Spanish Secondary Studies Diploma
I.N.E.M. Alfonso II "El Casto"
Oviedo, Spain
Medical Licenses
1983-present Texas State Board of Medical Examiners license #G4971.
2010-present Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Barcelona, Spain.
1981-2002 Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Tarragona, Spain.
Board Certifications
1990 American Board of Preventive Medicine
(Occupational Medicine).
1988 American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Diseases).
1985 American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Other Certifications
2010 Advanced Research Accreditation (Acreditació de Recerca
Avançada). Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de
Catalunya (AQU). Generalitat de Catalunya.
2007 Approved Doctor List (Maximum medical
improvement/impairment rating). Workers’ Compensation
Division. Texas Department of Insurance. Expires 2015.
2004 Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Advanced Research Studies
Diploma). Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Spain.
2003-2008 Approved Doctor List, Level 2. Workers’ Compensation Division.
Texas Department of Insurance.
1987 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-
certified 'B' Reader. Recertified: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007,
2011. Expires 2015.
1987 Certified Spirometry Technician. NIOSH-approved course, No. 21.
1983 U.S. Federal Licensing Examination (FLEX).
1981 Certificate of the Educational Commission on Foreign Medical
Graduates (ECFMG).
Honors and Awards
2011 Co-author. Best Scientific Article Award. Gaceta Sanitaria.
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología.
2009 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award. The University of Texas
School of Public Health.
2003 International and National Honors in Community Service.
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Honors
Convocation.
2003 Guide to America’s Top Physicians. Consumer Research
Council of America.
2001 Student Marshall. 2000-2001 Convocation Ceremony.
University of Texas School of Public Health.
1998 Harriett Cunningham Award of Excellence. Texas Medicine
Editorial Committee.
1994-2001 Peer Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship. University of Texas
Houston Health Science Center Honors Convocation.
1994-present Honorary Member. Societat Catalana d’Higiene i Medicina del
Treball.
1991-present Fellow. American College of Chest Physicians.
1989 Dupont Young Investigator Award (Occupational and
Environmental Health). American College of Chest Physicians.
1988 Dupont Young Investigator Award (Occupational and
Environmental Health). American College of Chest Physicians.
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Academic Appointments
2010-present Professor (with tenure). Division of Epidemiology, Human
Genetics and Environmental Sciences. The University of Texas-
Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health.
2008-present Adjunct Professor. Center for Research in Occupational Health
(CISAL). Department of Experimental and Life Sciences. Pompeu
Fabra University. Barcelona, Spain.
2010-present Clinical Professor (non-tenure track). Department of Preventive
Medicine and Community Health. The University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston.
1999-present Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (clinical faculty).
Department of Medicine. Baylor College of Medicine.
1995-present Professor (cross-appointment). The University of Texas-
Houston Health Science Center School of Nursing.
1997-present. Associate Professor (adjunct appointment). Department of
Industrial Engineering. University of Houston Cullen College of
Engineering.
2005-2010 Professor (with tenure). Division of Environmental and
Occupational Health Sciences. The University of Texas-Houston
Health Science Center School of Public Health.
2005-2010 Clinical Assistant Professor (non-tenure track). Department of
Preventive Medicine and Community Health. The University of
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
2004-2005 Visiting Scientist. Occupational Health Research Unit.
Department of Experimental and Health Sciences. Pompeu Fabra
University. Barcelona, Spain.
1999-2005 Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine (with tenure).
The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of
Public Health.
1993-1999 Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine (tenure-track).
The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of
Public Health.
1989-1992 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Occupational
Medicine (non-tenure track). The University of Texas-Houston
Health Science Center School of Public Health.
1988-1999 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. Baylor College of
Medicine.
1986-1987 Research Fellow. American Lung Association/San Jacinto
Chapter (funded). Pulmonary and Critical Care Section,
Department of Internal Medicine. Baylor College of Medicine.
1984 Fellow. Tenth US Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of
Cardiovascular Diseases. American Heart Association (funded).
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Professional/Administrative Experience
2010-present Clinical consultant. Unitat de Patología Laboral. Parc de Salut
Mar. Barcelona, Spain.
2009-present Senior scientist. Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral
(CiSAL). Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
2008-present Researcher. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP),
Spain.
2010-present Associate Director. Occupational Medicine Residency Program.
The University of Texas School of Public Health. Houston, Texas.
1992-present Director. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in
Occupational Health. University of Texas Houston Health Science
Center School of Public Health.
1992-present Medical Director. University of Texas Health Services clinic.
1993-present Consulting physician. Respiratory Consultants of Houston, P.A.
2003-present Consulting Medical Director. Stericycle Incorporated (through
the University of Texas Health Services clinic).
1989-present Co-Director. NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Technician
Certification Course #91.
1988-present Medical Consultant. OMI, Inc. (through the University of Texas
Health Services clinic).
2012-present Doctoral Preliminary Examination Committee. Environmental and
Occupational Health Graduate Program. The University of Texas
School of Public Health.
2010-present Admissions Committee. Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences Graduate Program. The University of Texas School of
Public Health. Houston, Texas.
1995-2004, 2011-13 Director. International Occupational and Environmental Health
Training Program (a NIEHS/Fogarty International
Center/NCEH/NIOSH International Training Center). University of
Texas Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health.
1988-2012 Consulting Medical Director. Texas Children's Hospital
Employee Health Services.
2006-2011 Deputy Director. Southwest Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health (a NIOSH Education and Research Center).
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center School of
Public Health.
2008-2010 Director. Occupational Medicine Residency Program. The
University of Texas School of Public Health. Houston, Texas.
1998-2008 Associate Director. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Residency Program. University of Texas - Houston Health Science
Center School of Public Health.
2004-2008 Director. Division of Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health.
1997-2006 Director. Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health (a NIOSH Education and Research Center). University of
Texas Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health.
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2003-2006 Consulting Medical Director. Coca Cola Bottling Company
(Houston site) (through the University of Texas Health Services
clinic).
2003-2005 Medical Consultant. OMR (through the University of Texas
Health Services clinic).
1995-2005 Co-Director. Joint University of Texas/Baylor College of
Medicine Combined General Internal Medicine/Occupational
Medicine Residency Training Track.
1997-1998 Consulting Medical Advisor. Union Texas Petroleum (through
the University of Texas Health Services clinic).
1994 Medical Operations Consultant (Astronaut Fitness Standards).
NASA/Johnson Space Center.
1993-1997 Deputy Director. Southwest Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health (a NIOSH Education and Research Center).
1993-1998 Director. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency
Program. University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
School of Public Health.
1989-1992 Associate Director. Occupational Medicine Residency Program.
University of Texas School of Public Health.
1988-1993 Physician (private practice). Respiratory Consultants of Houston.
1985-1988 Physician. Tuberculosis Control. Texas Department of Health.
1987-1988 Physician. Harris County Hospital District Immunological
Disorders Clinic. 1987 – 1988.
1988-1989 Lecturer. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) - approved Spirometric Technician Certification Course
#21. Director: R. Keith Wilson, M.D.
1988-1994 Medical Consultant in Occupational Health. City of Bellaire.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Asterisk (*) indicates student author.
Publications (Peer-reviewed Journals and Reports):
1. Pratt CM, Delclos G, Wierman AM, et al., " The changing baseline of complex
ventricular arrhythmias: a new consideration in assessing long-term antiarrhythmic
drug therapy". New England Journal of Medicine 1985; 313: 1444-9.
2. Delclos G, Davila F. "Thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy".
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1986; 155 (2): 375-376.
3. Delclos G, Flitcraft D, Brousseau K, Windsor N, Nelson D, Wilson RK, Lawrence
EC. "Bronchoalveolar lavage analysis, gallium-67 lung scanning and soluble
interleukin-2 receptor levels in asbestos exposure". Environmental Research 1989;
48:164.
4. Delclos G, Buffler PA, Greenberg SD, Key MM, Perrotta DM, Alexander C,
Wilson RK. "Asbestos-associated diseases: a review" Texas Medicine 1989; 85:50.
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5. Delclos G, Wilson RK, Bradley BL. "The influence of smoking on radiographic
profusion and pleural changes in referred asbestos- exposed subjects". Journal of
Occupational Medicine 1990;32:577.
6. Collaborator. "Silicosis: cluster in sandblasters - Texas, and Occupational
Surveillance for silicosis". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
1990;39(25):433.
7. Rothstein M, Cooper S, Warneke C, Austin A, Craig SG, Kohlhase JE, Palumbo M,
Bollom D, Burau K, Delclos G, Fletcher D, Garcia K, Parker P, Whitehead
L."Occupational illness and injury in Texas. Report to the Texas Legislature".
University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute: March 1993.
8. Cooper SP, Downs T, Burau K, Buffler PA, Tucker S, Whitehead L. Wood S,
Delclos, G, Huang B*, Davidson T, Key M. "A survey of keratoses among
paraquat production workers and a nonexposed friend reference group". American
Journal of Industrial Medicine 1994;25:335-47.
9. Delclos G. "Función respiratoria en trabajadores con exposición combinada a
asbesto y tabaco" [Respiratory function in workers with exposure to asbestos and
tobacco]. Salud de los Trabajadores 1995;3:51-57.
10. Gershon, RRM, Vlahov D, Felknor SA, Vesley D, Johnson PC, Delclos GL,
Murphy LR. "Compliance with universal precautions among health care workers at
three regional hospitals". American Journal of Infection Control 1995;23:225-236.
11. Wu X*, Delclos GL, Annegers JF, Bondy ML, Henry B, Hsu, TC, Spitz MR. "A
case-control study of wood dust exposure, mutagen sensitivity and lung cancer risk".
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 1995;4:583-588.
12. Pladevall-Vila M*, Delclos GL, Varas C, Guyer H, Brugues-Tarradellas J, Anglada-
Arisa A. "Controversy of oral contraceptives and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Meta-
analysis of conflicting studies and review of conflicting meta-analyses with special
emphasis on analysis of heterogeneity". American Journal of Epidemiology
1996;144:1-14.
13. Wu X*, Spitz MR, Delclos GL, Connor TH, Siciliano MJ, Hsu TC. "Survival of
cells with bleomycin-induced chromosomal lesions in the cultured lymphocytes of
lung cancer patients". Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
1996;5:527-532.
14. Delclos GL. "Respiratory hazards of health-care workers". Pulmonary and Critical
Care Update 1996;11:1-8.
15. Lawrence LW*, Felknor SA, Johnson PC, Frankowski R, Cooper SP, Davidson A,
Delclos GL. "The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous connection system: an
assessment by injury rate and user satisfaction". Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology 1997; 18: 175-182.
16. Michalsen A*, Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Davidson AL, Johnson PC, Vesley D,
Murphy LR, Kelen GD, Gershon RRM. "Compliance with universal precautions
among physicians". Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997; 39:
130-137.
17. Kelly NR*, Kirkland RT, Holmes SA, Delclos G, Kozinetz CA. "Assessing parental
utilization of the poison center: an emergency center-based survey". Clinical
Pediatrics 1997; 36: 467-473.
18. Wu X, Shi H, Jiang H, Kemp B, Hong WK, Delclos GL, Spitz MR. “Associations
between cytochrome P4502E1 genotype, mutagen sensitivity, cigarette smoking and
susceptibility to lung cancer”. Carcinogenesis 1997; 18: 967-973.
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19. Burau KD, Huang B*, Whitehead LW, Delclos GL, Downs TD. "A system linking
occupational history questionnaire data and magnetic field monitoring data". Journal
of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 1998;8:231-252.
20. Zarr R*, Heitman E, Delclos G, Dinh TA, Kerr G. “Tuberculosis in the state of
Texas: issues and problems in surveillance”. Texas Medicine 1998; 94(8): 50-56.
21. Co-author. “ACOEM Guidelines for protecting health care workers against
tuberculosis”. Report of the ACOEM Committee on Occupational and
Environmental Lung Disorders. Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine 1998; 40: 765-767.
22. Lin H*, Bondy ML, Langford LA, Hess KR, Delclos GL, Wu X, Chan W,
Pershouse MA, Yung WKA, Steck PA. “Allelic deletion analyses of
MAC/PTEN and DMBT1 loci in gliomas: relationship to prognostic
significance”. Clinical Cancer Research 1998; 4: 2447-2454.
23. Emery R*, Delclos G, Cooper SP, Hardy R. “Evaluating the relative status of
health and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions”.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 1998; 59: 882-888.
24. Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Morandi MT, Schulze LJ, Sánchez Tovar L, Yanes, L.
“The role of information dissemination in sustainability of international
partnerships”. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
1999; 5: 203-208.
25. Felknor SA, Aday, LA, Burau K, Delclos G, Kapadia AS. “Assessment of safety
climate and its association with injuries and safety practices in public hospitals in
Costa Rica”. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2000;
6: 18-25.
26. Townsend MC. Lockey JE. Velez H. Carson AI. Cowl CT. Delclos GL.
Gerstenhaber BJ. Harber PI. Horvath EP. Jolly AT. Jones SH. Knackmuhs GG.
Lindesmith LA. Markham TN. Raymond LW. Rosenberg DM. Sherson D.
Smith DD. Wintermeyer SF. “Spirometry in the occupational setting”. Report of
the ACOEM Committee on Occupational and Environmental Lung Disorders.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000; 42: 228-245.
27. Schabath MB*, Wu X, Delclos GL, Spitz MR. “Genetic variants in
myeloperoxidase (MPO) and lung cancer risk in Caucasians” Carcinogenesis
2000;21:1163-1166.
28. Shah SM*, Arif AA*, Delclos GL, Khan AR, Khan A. Prevalence and correlates of
smoking on the roof of the world. Tobacco Control: [online] 2001;10: E1.
29. Delclós J. “La salud laboral en los países hispanohablantes: una oportunidad más
para la colaboración interdisciplinaria” [Occupational health in Spanish-speaking
countries: one more opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration]. Archivos de
Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2001; 4: 3-5.
30. Schulze LJH, Delclos GL, Pinglay N*. “Integrated Job Analysis (IJA): A
Technique to Document Job Activities, Identify Occupational Risk Factors and
Modes of Remediation and Accommodation”. International Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Health 2001;7: 222-229.
31. Arif AA*, Delclos GL, Whitehead LW, Tortolero SR, Lee ES. Prevalence and
risk factors of work-related asthma by industry among U.S. Workers: Data from
the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994).
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002; 59: 505-511.
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32. Schabath MB*, Spitz MR, Hong WK, Delclos GL, Reynolds WF, Gunn GB,
Whitehead LW, Wu X. A myeloperoxidase polymorphism associated with
reduced risk of lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2002; 37: 35-40.
33. Schabath MB*, Spitz MR, Hong WK, Delclos GL, Reynolds WF, Gunn GB,
Whitehead LW, Wu X. A genetic polymorphism associated with the
myeloperoxidase (MPO) gene and reduced risk of lung cancer. American
Journal of Industrial Medicine 2002; 42: 29-37.
34. Benavides FG, Perez G, Gispert R y el Grupo de Expertos**. “Revisión de las
fuentes de datos disponibles y propuesta de indicadores de vigilancia de la salud
laboral” [A review of existing data sources and a proposal for new indicators in
occupational health surveillance]. Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos
Laborales 2002; 5: 62-67. (**) Co-author on the expert panel.
35. Delclós J. “A propósito de…dos casos de asma laboral”[Two case reports on
occupational asthma]. Archivos de Prevencion de los Riesgos Laborales 2002;
5: 127-129.
36. Alvarado-Ramy F, Beltrami EM, Short LJ, Srivastava MS, Henry K, Mendelson
M, Gerberding JL, Delclos GL, Campbell S, Solomon R, Fahrner R, Culver
DH, Bell D, Cardo DM, Chamberland ME. A comprehensive approach to
percutaneous injury prevention: the experience of ten U.S. hospitals, 1993-
1995. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2003; 24: 97-104.
37. Felknor SA, Delclos GL, Lerner SP, Burau KD, Wood SM, Lusk CM, Jalayer
A. Bladder cancer screening program for a petrochemical cohort with potential
exposure to beta-napthylamine. Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine 2003;45:289-294.
38. Arif AA*, Delclos GL, Lee Eun Sul, Totolero SR, Whitehead, LW. Prevalence
and risk factors of asthma and wheezing among US adults: The National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1994. European Respiratory
Journal 2003; 21: 827-833.
39. Delclós J, Betancourt O, Marqués F, Tovalín H*. Globalización y salud laboral
[Globalization and occupational health] Archivos de Prevencion de los Riesgos
Laborales 2003; 6: 4-9.
40. Benavides FG, Delclos GL, Cooper SP, Benach J. Fatal occupational injuries in
the United States of America and the European Union: similarities and
differences. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2003; 44: 385-391.
41. Arif AA*, Delclos GL, Whitehead LW, Tortolero SR, Lee ES. Occupational
exposures associated with work-related asthma and work-related wheezing
among U.S. workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2003; 44: 368-
376.
42. Benavides FG, Giráldez MT, Castejón E, Catot N, Zaplana M, Delclós J,
Benach J, Gimeno D. Análisis de los mecanismos de producción de las lesiones
leves por accidentes de trabajo en la construcción en España. [An análisis of the
causes of nonfatal occupational injuries in the Spanish construction sector]
Gaceta Sanitaria 2003;17: 353-359.
43. Cuervo CA, Sarmiento A, Quintana L, Schulze LJH, Delclos G. Determination
of the maximum peak forces in the activities of pushing and pulling by
experienced female workers in Colombia. International Journal of Industrial
Engineering 2003; 10: 600-606.
44. Benavides FG, Catot N, Giraldez MT, Castejon E, Delclos J. Comparación de
la incidencia de lesiones por accidente de trabajo según la Encuesta de
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Población Activa y el Registro de Afiliados a la Seguridad Social. [A
comparison of the incidence of occupational injuries according to the Active
Workforce Survey and the Social Security Registry in Spain] Archivos de
Prevencion de los Riesgos Laborales 2004; 7: 16-21.
45. Benavides FG, Castejón E, Giraldes MT, Catot N, Delclós J. Lesiones por
accidentes de trabajo en España: comparación entre las Comunidades
Autónomas en 1989, 1993 y 2000. [Occupational injuries in Spain: a
comparison among regional autonomies in 1989, 1993 and 2000] Revista
Española de Salud Pública 2004; 78: 583-591.
46. Felknor SA, Sequeira LF, Weinger M, Burau KD, de Mezerville L, Delclos G.
Worker safety training in public hospitals in Costa Rica. International Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Health 2004;10(4):445-450.
47. Schabath MB*, Grossman HB, Delclos GL, Hernandez LM, Day RS, Davis
BR, Lerner SP, Spitz MR, and Wu X. Dietary carotenoids, genetic instability,
and bladder cancer risk. Journal of Nutrition, 2004; 134:3362-3369.
48. Grimes RM, Erickson DS*, Delclos GL, Lahart C. Lugar de residencia al
momento de la infeccion por HIV en inmigrantes de América Latina que habitan
en Houston Texas, Estados Unidos [Residence at time of HIV infection for
Latin American Immigrants to Houston Texas USA] SIIC Salud. Primera
edición: 11 de Noviembre, 2004. 49. Schabath MG, Delclos GL, Barcenas C, Wu X, Spitz MR. Opposing effects of
emphysema, hay fever, and select genetic variants on lung cancer risk.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2005;161:412–422.
50. Emery RJ, Delclos GL. World at Work: Research and Testing Laboratories.
Spotlight on a diverse industry. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2005;62:200-204.
51. Delclos GL, Bright KA*, Carson AI, Felknor SA, Mackey TA, Morandi MT,
Schulze LJH, Whitehead LW. A global survey of occupational health
competencies and curriculum. International Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Health 2005; 11: 185-198.
52. Gimeno D, Felknor SA, Burau KD, Delclos GL. “Organisational and
occupational risk factors associated with work-related injuries among public
hospital employees in Costa Rica”. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2005; 62: 337-343.
53. Zhao H*, Grossman HB, Delclos GL, Hwang L, Troisi CL, Chamberlain RM,
Chenoweth MA, Zhang H, Spitz MR, Wu X. “Increased plasma levels of
angiogenin and risk of bladder cancer: from initiation to recurrence” Cancer
2005; 104: 30-35.
54. Schabath MB*, Delclos GL, Grossman HB, Wang Y, Lerner SP, Spitz MR,
Chamberlain RM, Wu X. Polymorphisms in XPD exons 10 and 23 and bladder
cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2005 Apr;14:878-
884.
55. Barcenas CH*, Delclos GL, El-Zein R, Tortolero-Luna G, Whitehead LW,
Spitz MR. Wood dust exposure and the association with lung cancer risk.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2005;47: 349-357.
56. Benavides FG, Delclos GL. Flexible employment and health [Editorial]. Journal
of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005; 59: 719-720.
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57. Du XL, Chan W, Giordano S, Geraci JM, Delclos GL, Burau K, Fang S.
Variation in modes of chemotherapy administration for breast cancer and
association with hospitalization for chemotherapy-related toxicity. Cancer 2005;
104: 913-924.
58. Schabath MB, Spitz MR, Lerner SP, Pillow PC, Delclos GL, Grossman HB,
Wu X. Case-control analysis of dietary folate and risk of bladder cancer.
Nutrition and Cancer 53(2):144-51, 2005.
59. Arif AA, Rohre JE, Delclos GL. A population-based study of asthma, quality
of life, and occupations among the elderly. BMC Public Health 2005; 5: 97.
Available online from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/97 .
60. Du XL, Key CR, Dickie L, Darling R, Delclos GL, Waller K, Zhang D.
Information on chemotherapy and hormone therapy from tumor registry had
moderate agreement with chart review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006;
59: 53–60.
61. Delclos GL, Arif AA, Aday LA, Bartholomew LK, Carson AI, Lai D, Lusk C,
Stock T, Symanski E, Whitehead LW, Benavides FG, Antó JM. A validated
asthma questionnaire for healthcare workers. Occupational and Environmental
Medicine 2006; 63:173-179.
62. Benavides FG, Benach J, Muntaner C, Delclos GL, Catot N, Amable M.
Associations between temporary employment and occupational injury: what are
the mechanisms? Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2006; 63: 416-421.
63. Porsa E*, Cheng L, Seale MM, Delclos GL, Ma X, Reich R, Musser JM,
Graviss EA. Comparison of a new ESAT-6/CFP-10 peptide-based gamma
interferon assay and a tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis screening in a
moderate-risk population. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 2006; 13:53-58.
64. Shipp EM*, Cooper SP, del Junco DD, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Tortolero SR.
Severe back pain among farmworker high school students from Starr County,
Texas: baseline results. Annals of Epidemiology 2007; 17: 132-141.
65. Benavides FG, Delclos J, Benach J, Serra C. Lesiones por accidente de trabajo,
una prioridad en salud pública. Revista Española de Salud Pública 2006; 80:
553-565.
66. Serra C, Rodriguez MC, Delclos GL, Plana M, Gómez López L, Benavides FG.
Systematic review of criteria and methods used for the assessment of fitness for
work. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007; 64: 304-312.
67. Garcia A, Ballester M, Delclos J. Formación e información en Archivos
[editorial]. Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2006; 9: 107-108.
68. Felknor SA, Delclos GL, Gimeno D, Wesseling I, Monge P, Chavez J, Quintana
L, Schulze LJH. Funding of pilot projects in Latin America: a tool for capacity-
building in occupational health research. International Journal of Occupational
and Environmental Health 2006;12:408-414.
69. Olfert SM*, Felknor SA, Delclos GL. An updated review of the literature: risk
factors for bladder cancer with focus on occupational exposure to beta-
napthylamine. Southern Medical Journal 2006;99(11):1256-1263.
70. Savely SM*, Carson AI, Delclos GL. A survey of the implementation status of
environmental management in U.S. colleges and universities. Journal of Cleaner
Production 2007; 15:650-659.
71. Savely SM*, Carson AI, Delclos GL. An environmental management system
implementation model for U.S. colleges and universities. Journal of Cleaner
Production 2007; 15: 660-670.
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72. Delclos GL, Gimeno D, Arif AA, Burau KD, Carson A, Lusk C, Stock T,
Symanski E, Whitehead LW, Zock JP, Benavides FG, Antó JM. Occupational
risk factors and asthma among healthcare professionals. American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2007; 175:667-675.
73. Garcia AM, Delclos J, Mira M. Archivos 2006 [editorial]. Archivos de
Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2007; 10: 8-10.
74. Lusk CM, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Drawhorn DD, Aday LA. Mail versus
internet surveys: determinants of method of response among health
professionals. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2007; 30: 186-201.
75. Gimeno D, Felknor SA, Burau KD, Delclos GL, Barrientos-Gutiérrez T*.The
association of occupation and safety practices with work-injury absence among
public hospital employees in Latin America. A study from Costa Rica. Injury
Prevention 2007; 13:264-269.
76. Arif AA, Delclos GL, Colmer-Hamood J. Association between asthma, asthma
symptoms and C-reactive protein in US adults: Data from the national health
and nutrition examination survey, 1999–2002. Respirology 2007; 12: 675-682.
77. Arif AA, Hughes PC, Delclos GL. Occupational asthmagens among domestic
and industrial cleaners: a qualitative study. Occupational Medicine (London)
2008; 58(7): 458-463. PMID: 18628247.
78. Delclos GL, Lerner SP. .Occupational risk factors [for bladder cancer].
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 2008; 42 (Suppl 218): 58-63.
PMID: 18815918.
79. Arif AA, Delclos GL, Serra C. Occupational exposures and asthma among
nursing professionals. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2009;66(4):274-278. PMID: 19164328.
80. Delclos GL, Gimeno D, Arif AA, Benavides FG, Zock JP. Occupational
exposures and asthma in healthcare workers. Comparison of self-report versus a
workplace-specific job-exposure matrix. American Journal of Epidemiology
2009;169(5):581-587. PMID: 19126585.
81. Shipp EM*, Cooper SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Tortolero S,
Whitworth RE. Chronic back pain among migrant farmworker families from
Starr County, Texas. Agromedicine 2009; 14(1):22-32. PMID: 19214853.
82. Ballesteros MP*, Serra Pujadas C, Martinez JM, Plana Almuni M, Delclos GL,
Benavides FG. Comparación del coste de la incapacidad temporal por
contingencia común entre las provincias de Barcelona y Madrid, 2006. Revista
Española de Salud Pública 2009; 83: 453-461. PMID: 19701576.
83. Ruiz-Frutos C, Cabanillas JL, Benavides FG, Delclos J, de los Santos I. Sistema
de declaración de enfermedades profesionales en España: conclusiones de un
taller. Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2009; 12 (3): 135-139.
84. McHugh M*, Symanski E, Delclos GL, Pompeii LA.Prevalence of Asthma
among Adult Males and Females in the United States: Results from the National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2004. Journal of
Asthma 2009; 46(8): 759-766. PMID: 19863277.
85. Porter P, Susarla S, Polikepahad S, Qian Y, Hampton J, Kiss A, Vaidya S, Sur S,
Ongeri V, Yang T, Delclos G, Abramson S, Kheradmand F, Corry D. Link
between allergic asthma and airway mucosal infection suggested by proteinase-
secreting household fungi. Nature Mucosal Immunology 2009; 2(6): 504-517.
PMID: 19710638.
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86. Badgwell B*, Chang G, Rodriguez-Biqas MA, Smith, K, Lupo P,J Frankowski
R, Delclos G, Du X, Cormier J. Management and outcomes of anorectal
infection in the cancer patient. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2009; 16(10):
2752-2758. PMID: 19649556.
87. Chen M*, Cassidy A, Gu J, Delclos G, Fan Z, Yang H, Hildebrandt M, Lin J, Ye
Y, Chamberlain R, Dinney C, Wu X. Genetic variations in PI3K-AKT-mTOR
pathway and bladder cancer risk. Carcinogenesis 2009; 30(12):2047-52. PMID:
19875696.
88. Linder S, Delclos GL, Sexton K. Challenges and complexities of establishing
causation for environmentally-induced adverse effects. Human Ecology Risk
Assessment Perspectives 2010; 16: 35-52.
89. Caicoya M, Delclos GL. Association between physical work demand and
musculoskeletal disorders at the workplace: data from the Spanish National
Survey on Working Conditions. Occupational Medicine (Lond). 2010;
60(6):447-50. PMID: 20097744.
90. McHugh M*, Symanski E, Delclos GL, Pompeii LA. Prevalence of Asthma by
Industry and Occupation in the U.S Working Population. American Journal of
Industrial Medicine 2010; 53(5): 463-475. PMID: 20187006.
91. Nogue Xarau S, Alarcon Romay M*, Martinez Martinez JM, Delclos Clanchet
J, Rovira Prat E, Fernandez Sola J. Sensibilidad química múltiple: diferencias
epidemiológicas, clínicas y pronósticas entre las de origen laboral y no laboral
[Multiple chemical sensitivity: epidemiological, clinical and prognostic
differences between occupational and nonoccupational cases]. Medicina Clínica
(Barc). 2010 Jun 12;135(2):52-8. PMID: 20303541.
92. Benavides FG, Torá I*, Martínez JM, Jardí J, Manzanera R, Alberti C, Delclós J.
Duración de los casos por incapacidad temporal por contingencia común:
comparación según sean gestionadas por una mutua o por el Instituto Nacional
de la Seguridad Social. Gaceta Sanitaria 2010 May-Jun;24(3):215-9. PMID:
20206417.
93. Torá Rocamora I*, Martinez Martinez JM, Delclos Clanchet J, Jardi Lliberia J,
Alberti Casas C, Serra Pujadas C, Manzanera Lopez R, Garcia Benavides F.
Duración de los episodios de incapacidad temporal por contingencia común
según regiones sanitarias en Catalunya. Revista Española de Salud Pública 2010;
84 (1): 61-69. PMID: 20376414.
94. Benavides FG, Delclos J. La salud laboral en Iberoamérica, una serie oportuna.
Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2010; 13(2):72. [Editorial].
95. McHugh MK*, Symanski E, Pompeii LA, Delclos GL. The Feasibility of
Adapting a Population-based Asthma-specific Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) to
NHANES. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2010 Dec;53(12):1220-4.
PMID: 20632315.
96. Chen M*, Gu J, Delclos GL, Killary AM, Zhen F, Hildebrandt M, Chamberlain
RM, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Wu X. Genetic variations of the PI3K-AKT-
mTOR pathway and clinical outcome in muscle invasive and metastatic bladder
cancer patients. Carcinogenesis 2010; 31 (8): 1387-1391. PMID: 20530239.
97. Porter P, Polikepahad S, Qian Y, Knight J, Lu W, Tai W, Roberts L, Ongeri V,
Yang T, Seryshev A, Abramson S, Delclos G, Kheradmand F, Corry D.
Respiratory tract allergic disease and atopy: experimental evidence for a fungal
infectious etiology. Medical Mycology 2011; 49 Suppl1: S158-S163. PMID:
20807032
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98. Delclos J, Garcia S, López JC, Sampere M, Serra C, Plana M, Vila D, Benavides
FG. Duración de los episodios de incapacidad temporal de más de 15 días de
duración por contingencia común según grupos de diagnóstico clínico. Archivos
de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2010; 13(4): 180-187.
99. Hu CY*, Delclos GL, Chan W, Du XL. Assessing the Initiation and Completion
of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in a Large Nationwide and Population-Based Cohort
of Elderly Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer. Medical Oncology. 2010 Aug
17. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20714945.
100. Godoy P, Pumarola T, Sierra MJ, Godoy P, Torner N, Calafell F, Dominguez A,
Castilla J, Nebot M, Vargas H, Benavides FG, Alonso J, Larrauri A, Tello O,
Camps N, Cabezas C, Cayla J, Rodes A, Delclos J. Conclusions of the workshop
“Results and lessons learned during the pandemic flu (H1N1) 2009 from the
research and the public health surveillance”. Revista Española de Salud Pública
2011; 85: 121-122. PMID 21750851.
101. Pompeii L, Evenson KR, Delclos GL. Obstetricians’ practices and
recommendations for activity during pregnancy. Journal of Reproductive
Medicine 2011; 56 (1-2): 17-24. PMID 21366122.
102. Benavides FG, Serra C, Fernandez R, de Peray JL, Camps L, Delclós J.
Identificación y selección de patología de posible origen laboral atendida por el
sistema público de salud. Atención Primaria 2011; 43(10): 524-530.
103. Gimeno D, Delclos GL, Ferrie JE, De Vogli R, Elovainio M, Marmot MG,
Kivimäki M. C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 as predictors of lung function in
a population free of respiratory problems: 12-year follow-up of the Whitehall II
study. European Journal of Epidemiology 2011 26(2):135-44.
104. Rangel KM*, Delclos G, Emery R, Symanski E. Assessing maintenance of
evaporative cooling systems in Legionellosis outbreaks. Annals of Occupational
and Environmental Hygiene 2011; 8:249-265. PMID 21416443.
105. Hu CY*, Chan W, Delclos GL, Du XL. Adjuvant chemotherapy and risk of
gastrointestinal, hematological and cardiac toxicities for stage iii colon cancer
among elderly patients. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2011 [Epub
ahead of print]. PMID:21383605.
106. Torá I*, Delclós J, Martínez JM, Jardí J, Tobías A, Jardí J, Alberti C, Manzanera
R, Villar J, Delgado M, Benavides FG. “Comparación entre Andalucía y
Cataluña de la frecuencia de incapacidad laboral durante la gripe A (H1N1)
2009”. Revista Española de Salud Pública 2011; 85: 53-59.
107. Clague JN*, Reynolds P , Sullivan-Halley J, Ma H, Lacey JV , Henderson KD ,
Ursin G , West DW , Chang S, Delclos G, Du XL Forman MR. Menopausal
hormone therapy does not influence lung cancer risk: results from the California
Teachers Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2011; 20(3):
560-564.
108. Sampere M*, Gimeno D, Serra C, Plana M, Martinez JM, Delclos GL,
Benavides FG. Organizational return to work support and sick leave duration: a
cohort of Spanish workers with a long-term non-work related sick leave episode.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011; 53: 674-679. PMID
21654440.
109. Ramada JM*, van der Haar R, Delclos J. La asociación entre exposición a polvo
de tiza y patología respiratoria en maestros. Archivos de Prevención de los
Riesgos Laborales 2011; 14 (2): 88-95.
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110. Sanz-Gallen P, Nogue S, Herrera I, Delclos GL, Valero A. Occupational contact
allergy to omeprazole and fluoxetine. Contact Dermatitis 2011; 65(2):118-9.
PMID 21745219.
111. Hu CY*, Delclos GL, Chan W, Du XL. Post-treatment surveillance in a large
cohort of colon cancer patients. American Journal of Managed Care.
2011;17(5):329-36. PMID 21718080.
112. Arif AA, Delclos GL. Association between cleaning-related chemicals and work-
related asthma and asthma symptoms in health care professionals. Occupational
and Environmental Medicine 2012;69:35-40. PMID 21602538.
113. Porter PC, Yang T, Luong A, Delclos GL, Abramson SL, Kheradmand F, Corry
DB. Proteinases as molecular adjuvants in allergic airway disease. Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta 2011; 1810: 1059-1065 PMID:21712069.
114. Torá I*, Delclós GL, Martínez JM, Jardí J, Alberti C, Manzanera R, Yasui Y,
Clèries R, Tobías A, Benavides FG. Occupational health impact of the 2009
H1N1 flu pandemic: surveillance of sickness absence. Occupational and
Environmental Medicine 2012;69:205-210. PMID 21676949.
115. Sampere M*, Gimeno D, Serra C, Plana M, Martinez JM, Delclos GL, Benavides
FG. Return to work expectations of workers on long-term non-work related sick
leave. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 2012) 22:15-26. PMID:21701951.
116. Rangel KM, Delclos G, Emery R, Symanski E. Response to Letter to the Editor
regarding Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 8, Number
4, April 2011: Rangel, KM, Delclos, G, Emery R and Symanski E, Assessing
Maintenance of Evaporative Cooling Systems in Legionellosis Outbreaks. Journal
of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene [Letter].
117. de Oliveira M de CC*, Alonso A, Lee DH, Delclos GL, Bertoni AG, Jiang R,
Lima JA, Symanski E, Jacobs DR, Nettleton JA. Dietary micronutrient intakes are
associated with markers of inflammation, but not with markers of subclinical
atherosclerosis. Journal of Nutrition 2011; 141: 1508–1515. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 21653577.
118. Sampere M*; Gimeno D, Serra C, Plana M, Martínez JM, Delclos G, Benavides
F. Do working conditions delay return to work? A cohort of workers with long-
term sick leave of non-work origin. Occupational Medicine 2012; 62(1): 60-63.
PMID 21891779.
119. Barrientos-Gutierrez T, Amick BC, Gimeno D, Reynales-Shigematsu LM, Delclos
GL, Harrist RB, Kelder SH, Lazcano Ponce E, Hernandez-Avila M. Mechanical
systems versus smoking bans for secondhand smoke control. Nicotine & Tobacco
Research 2011;14(3):282-9. PMID: 21994338.
120. Porter P, Roberts L, Fields A, Knight M, Qian Y, Delclos G, Han S, Kheradmand
F, Corry D. Necessary and sufficient role for helper T cells to prevent fungal
dissemination in allergic lung disease. Infection and Immunity 2011; 79(1): 4459-
4471. PMID 21875960.
121. Delclos J, Alarcon M, Casanovas A, Serra C, Fernandez R, de Peray JL,
Benavides FG. Identificación de los riesgos laborales asociados a patología
sospechosa de posible origen laboral atendida en el sistema nacional de salud.
Atención Primaria [Epub ahead of print] doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2011.11.006.
122. de Oliveira MCC*, Alonso A, Lee DH, Delclos GL, Bertoni AG, Jiang R, Lima
JÁ, Symanski E, Jacobs DR, Nettleton JÁ. Dietary intakes of zinc and heme-iron
from red meat, but not from other sources, are associated with greater risk of
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metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, Journal of Nutrition 2012; 142:
526-533. PMID: 22259193
123. Foncuberta L, Garcia AM, Delclos J, Dominguez G. Archivos 2011: la
regularidad como valor (y antídoto contra la crisis). Archivos de Prevención de
los Riesgos Laborales 2012; 15: 7-9. [Editorial]
124. Tsai, CL, Delclos GL, Du, XL, Camargo CA. Emergency department case
volume and patient outcomes in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. Annals of Emergency Medicine [accepted].
125. Benavides FG, Menendez-Navarro A, Delclos J, Luque M. Causalidad y
responsabilidad en salud laboral, a propósito de un caso por demanda en materia
de recargo de prestaciones por falta de medidas de seguridad e higiene. Archivos
de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2012; 15(2): 86-89.
126. Barrientos-Gutierrez T, Gimeno D, Delclos GL, Thrasher J, Knudson P. Meeting
our ends by our means: protecting children from SHS in research. Tob Control
2012; 21:383. [Letter to the Editor].
127. Delclos J, Gimeno D, Torá I, Martínez JM, Manzanera R, Jardí J, Alberti C,
Benavides FG. Distribución de las duraciones de la incapacidad temporal por
contingencia común por diagnóstico médico, Cataluña, 2006-2008. Gaceta
Sanitaria [accepted].
128. Aguilar Rodriguez AA, Ramada Rodilla JM, Delclós Clanchet J.
Cumplimentación de la ocupación en las historias clínicas en un sistema
hospitalario público: 2006 – 2010. Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos
Laborales 2012; 15: 124-128.
129. David Coggon; Georgia Ntani; Keith T Palmer; Vanda E Felli; Raul Harari; Lope
H Barrero; Sarah A Felknor; David Gimeno; Anna Cattrell; Consol Serra; Matteo
Bonzini; Eleni Solidaki; Eda Merisalu; Rima R Habib; Farideh Sadeghian; Masood
Kadir; Sudath SP Warnakulasuriya; Ko Matsudaira; Busisiwe Nyantumbu;
Malcolm R Sim; Helen Harcombe; Maria H Marziale; Leila M Sarquis; Florencia
Harari; Rocio Freire; Natalia Harari; Magda V Monroy; Leonardo A Quintana;
Marianela Rojas; Eduardo J Salazar Vega; Ken Cox; E Clare Harris; Sergio
Vargas-Prada; J Miguel Martinez; George Delclos; Fernando G Benavides;
Michele Carugno; Marco M Ferrario; Angela C Pesatori; Leda Chatzi; Panos
Bitsios; Manolis Kogivenas; Kristel Oha; Ali Sadeghian; Tuuli Sirk; Roshini J
Peiris-John; Nalini Sathiakumar; A Rajitha Wickremasinghe; Noriko Yoshimura;
Danuta Kielkowski; Helen L Kelsall; Victor C W Hoe; Donna M Urquhart; Sarah
Derrett; David McBride; Andrew Gray. The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial
Influences on Disability) Study: Methods of Data Collection and Characteristics of
Study Sample. PLoS ONE 7(7): e39820. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039820.
130. Benavides FG, Ruiz-Fores N, Delclos J, Domingo A. Consumo de alcohol y
drogas en el medio laboral en España. Gaceta Sanitaria [accepted].
131. Vargas-Prada S, Serra C, Martinez JM, Ntani G, Delclos G, Palmer KT, Coggon
D, Benavides FG. Psychological and culturally-influenced risk factors for the
incidence and persistence of low back pain and associated disability in Spanish
workers: findings from the CUPID study. Occupational and Environmental
Medicine Published online first: doi:10.1136/oemed-2011-100637.
132. McHugh MK, Ho H, Liu M, D’Amelio AM, Greisinger AJ, Delclos GL, Spitz
MR, Schabath MB, Etzel CJ. Self-reported prior lung diseases as risk factors for
non-small cell lung cancer in Mexican-Americans. Journal of Immigrant and
Minority Health Published online first: doi 10.1007/s10903-012-9690-7.
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133. Alberti C, Jardi J, Manzanera R, Torá I, Delclos J, Benavides FG. Incapacidad
temporal por enfermedad común y accidente no laboral en Cataluña, 2007-2010.
Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2012; 15: 172-177.
134. Ramada Rodilla J, Serra Pujadas C, Delclós Clanchet G. Traducción, adaptación
cultural y validación de cuestionarios en salud laboral: revisión y recomendaciones
metodológicas. Salud Pública de México 2013;55:57-66..
135. Ubalde-Lopez M, Delclos GL, Calvo E, Benavides FG. Influence of new
secondary diagnoses on the duration of non-work-related sickness absence
episodes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [accepted].
136. Tsai CL, Lee W-Y, Delclos GL, Camargo CA Jr. Comparative effectiveness of
noninvasive ventilation versus invasive mechanical ventilation in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure. Journal of
Hospital Medicine [accepted].
137. Benavides FG, Amick BC, Delclos GL. [Editorial]. Regulating and inspecting
working conditions could be good for both workers and business. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health [accepted].
138. Tsai CL, Lee W-Y, Delclos GL, Camargo CA Jr. Differences in Asthma
Outcomes in the United States, 1988-2006. Asthma Allergy and Immunology
[accepted].
139. Ramada J, Serra C, Amick BC, Castaño JR, Delclos GL. Cross-cultural
adaptation of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire to Spanish spoken in
Spain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation [Epub ahead of print] DOI
10.1007/s10926-013-9420-6.
140. David Coggon, Georgia Ntani, Keith T Palmer Vanda E Felli, Raul Harari, Lope
H Barrero, Sarah A. Felknor, David Gimeno, Anna Cattrell, Consol Serra, Matteo
Bonzini, Eleni Solidaki, Eda Merisalu, Rima R. Habib, Farideh Sadeghian, M
Masood Kadir, Sudath SP Warnakulasuriya, Ko Matsudaira, Busisiwe
Nyantumbu, Malcolm R Sim, Helen Harcombe2, Ken Cox, Maria H Marziale,
Leila M Sarquis, Florencia Harari, Rocio Freire, Natalia Harari, Magda V
Monroy, Leonardo A Quintana, Marianela Rojas, Eduardo J. Salazar Vega, E
Clare Harris, Sergio Vargas-Prada, José Miguel Martinez, George Delclos,
Fernando G Benavides, Michele Carugno, Marco M Ferrario, Angela C Pesatori,
Leda Chatzi, Panos Bitsios, Manolis Kogevinas, Kristel Oha, Tuuli Sirk, Ali
Sadeghian, Roshini J Peiris-John, Nalini Sathiakumar, A Rajitha Wickremasinghe,
Noriko Yoshimura, Helen L Kelsall, Victor C W Hoe, Donna M Urquhart, Sarah
Derrett, David McBride, Peter Herbison, Andrew Gray. Disabling
musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person or the
culture? Pain [accepted].
141. Garcia AM, Delclos J, Foncuberta L. Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos
Laborales: otra revista española de salud pública en MEDLINE/PubMed. [Letter
to the Editor]. Rev Esp Salud Pública 2013; 87:87-89.
142. Park M, Kwon J, Stock T, Delclos G, Kim H, Luo S. Effects of air pollution on
asthma hospitalization rates in different age groups in metropolitan cities of
Korea. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health [accepted].
143. Alamgir AH, Cooper SP, Delclos GL. Garments fire: history repeats itself
[Editorial]. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2013 [accepted].
144. Serra C, Delclos J, Costa E, Fernandez R, Sala J, Alonso S, Ramada JM,
Rodriguez MC, Sampere M, Espinos M. La vigilancia epidemiológica: un reto
para la salud laboral. Resumen de la mesa redonda celebrada en la XXII Diada de
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la Societat Catalana de Seguretat i Medicina del Treball, 2012. Archivos de
Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales 2013; 16: 90-95.
Manuscripts under Review:
1. Lai D, Arif AA, Delclos GL. A comparative study of three classification
procedures: asthma among healthcare professionals in Texas. Mathematical
and Computer Modeling [submitted].
2. Schabath MB, Delclos GL, Punjabi NM, Volcik KA, Boerwinkle E. β-
Adrenergic Receptor Genotypes, Lung Function, and Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease. Chest [submitted].
3. Porter P, Abramson S, Delclos GL, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Rethinking
immunity to fungal conidia. Journal of Immunology [submitted].
4. Barrientos T*, Amick BC, Reynales-Shigematsu L, Gimeno D, Delclos GL,
Harrist RB, Kelder SH, Lazcano-Ponce E, Hernandez-Avila M. Ventilation, air
extraction or smoking ban? Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in Mexican
restaurants and bars. WHO Bulletin [submitted].
5. Chen M*, Gu J, Delclos GL, Killary AM, Zhen F, Hildebrandt M, Chamberlain
RM, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Wu X. Genetic Genetic variations of the
PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin response in non-
muscle invasive bladder cancer patients Clinical Cancer Research. [submitted].
6. Oliveira MCC*, Alonso A, Lee DH, Delclos GL, Jenny NS, Jiang R, Lima JÁ,
Symanski E, Jacobs DR, Nettleton JÁ. Associations of dietary intakes of iron,
magnesium, zinc, betacarotene and vitamins C and E with markers of
inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of
Atherosclerosis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition [submitted].
7. Ahmed F*, Gimeno D, Ahmed SS, Amick BC, Stock T, Whitehead LW,
Delclos G. Work-related asthma among dental and radiography professionals.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine [submitted].
8. Clague J, Reynolds P, Henderson KD, Sullivan-Halley J, Ma H, Lacey JV,
Chang S, Delclos GL, Du XL, Forman MR, Bernstein L. Menopausal hormone
therapy and lung cancer-specific mortality following diagnosis: the California
Teachers Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology [submitted].
9. Avritscher E, Cooksley C, Rolston K, Swint JM, Delclos G, Franzini L,
Swisher S, Walsh G, Mansfield P, Elting L. Serious postoperative infections
following resection of respiratory and gastrointestinal solid tumors: outcomes,
costs, and impact of hospital surgical volume. Supportive Care in Cancer
[submitted].
10. Garcia AM, Gonzalez-Galarzo MC, Kauppinen T, Delclos J, Benavides FG. A
comprehensive multipurpose job-exposure matrix for research and surveillance
of occupationalhealth and safety in Spanish workers: MatEmESp. American
Journal of Industrial Medicine [submitted].
11. Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Serra, Consol; Coggon, David; Martínez, José Miguel;
Ntani, Georgia; Delclos, George; Palmer, Keith; Benavides, Fernando G. Are
determinants for new and persistent upper limb pain different? An analysis
based on anatomical sites. Rheumatology [submitted].
12. Ramada JM, Delclos J, Benavides FG, Fontane J, Arango O, Serra C.
Deteccion de enfermedades profesionales en un hospital de tercer nivel.
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[Detection of occupational disease in a tertiary care hospital]. Revista Española
de Salud Pública [submitted].
13. Tora I, Gimeno D, Delclos GL, Benavides FG, Manzanera R, Jardi J, Alberti
C, Yasui Y, Martinez JM. Heterogeneity and event dependence in sickness
absence. Epidemiology [submitted].
14. Tora I, Martinez JM, Gimeno D, Alberti C, Jardi J, Manzanera R, Benavides
FG, Delclos GL. Geographical variations in the duration of non work-related
temporary sickness absence: a multilevel analysis. International Journal of
Public Health [submitted].
15. Gimeno D, Bültmann U, Benavides FG, Alexanderson K, Abma FI, Ubalde-
López M, Roelen CAM, Delclos GL. Cross-national comparisons of temporary
sickness absence systems and statistics: towards common indicators. European
Journal of Epidemiology [submitted]
Technical reports and proceedings
1. Delclos G. "A descriptive study of asbestos-exposed subjects referred for
independent medical examination". M.P.H. thesis. The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health. May 1988.
2. Tan M, Degioanni J, Davis J, Weir F, Wilson RK, Calkins D, Lam C, Coleman M,
Pierson D, Delclos G, Casar G, Brown R, Summerhill S, King K. "Effects on
humans of inhalation of 1% Halon 1301 for twenty-four hours." National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. August 1989.
3. Delclos G, Wilson RK, Bradley BL. "Interobserver variability using the 1980 ILO
Classification in referred asbestos workers". Proceedings of the VIIth International
Pneumoconioses Conference. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(NIOSH) Pub. 90-108:960.
4. Cooper S, Downs T, Burau K, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Delclos G, Key M, Huang
B, Davidson T, Buffler P. "A survey of keratoses among paraquat production
workers and a nonexposed friend reference group". Proceedings of the 9th
International Symposium in Epidemiology in Occupational Health. International
Commission on Occupatinal Health. Cincinnati, Ohio: September 23-25, 1992.
5. Delclos G. "Formación y ejercicio de la medicina ocupacional en Estados Unidos:
1993"[Occupational medicine training and practice in the United Status: 1993].
Proceedings of the Third National and First Ibero-American Congress on
Occupational Medicine and Hygiene at Work. Valladolid, Spain: June 1993.
6. Delclos GL, Burau KD, Carson AI, Felknor SA, Morandi MT, Guevara E, Murray
K. "Estudio transversal de trabajadores con exposicion potencial a hidrocarburos
aromaticos" [A cross-sectional study of Colombian workers with potencial
exposure to aromatic hydrocarbons]. Pan American Health Organization: July
1996.
7. Collaborator on the WHO Document "A global strategy towards health at work",
prepared by the Network of WHO Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health in
Beijing, China. October 11-14, 1994.
8. Collaborator. NIOSH Technical Report on Design, Selection, Evaluation and
Placement of Sharps Containers. NIOSH/DHHS 1997, Publ. 97-111.
9. Collaborator. MSHA/NIOSH: “Una guia para trabajar sin peligro con
sílice”[Guidelines for working safely with silica]. 1997.
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10. Collaborator. MSHA/NIOSH: “Claves para la prevención de la silicosis” [Key
concepts in the prevention of silicosis]. 1997.
11. Delclos G. “Protocolo de Control de Calidad en la Espirometría”[Quality
assurance in spirometry]. XX Congreso Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo.
Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Medicina del Trabajo 2000; 3: 9-10.
12. Delclos G. “Pruebas de Detección Precoz (“Screening”) de Patología
Respiratoria” [Screening for occupational lung disease]. XX Congreso
Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de
Medicina del Trabajo 2000; 3: 10-11.
13. Delclos G. “Cáncer y Neumoconiosis”[Cancer and pneumoconioses]. XX
Congreso Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Revista de la Sociedad
Colombiana de Medicina del Trabajo 2000; 3: 10.
14. Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Wehmer R, Lawrence L. “Aplicación de la
Epidemiología a la Identificación y Solución de Problemas en Salud
Ocupacional: Sector Sanidad” [The role of epidemiology in the identification
and management of occupational health issues in the healthcare sector]. XX
Congreso Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Revista de la Sociedad
Colombiana de Medicina del Trabajo 2000; 3: 74.
15. Delclos GL, Bright K*, Carson AI, Felknor SA, Mackey T, Morandi M, Schulze
LJH, Whitehead LW. “Encuesta global de competencias profesionales en salud
laboral: una perspectiva internacional e interdisciplinaria”. [A global survey of
occupational health competencias: an internacional and interdisciplinary
perspective] Primer Congreso Nacional de Enfermería del Trabajo y Salud
Laboral. Tarragona, Spain. October 4-6, 2001.
16. Delclos GL, Bright K, Carson AI, Felknor SA, Mackey T, Morandi M, Schulze
LJH, Whitehead LW. “Global survey of occupational health competencies and
curriculum”. Environmental Health Programme/World Health Organization
(Submitted to WHO – May 2000).
17. Cech I, Delclos G. “An outreach program to provide environmental education
to community and pediatric health caregivers along the U.S. - Mexico border”.
A Report to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Grant #NE-
82853001-0 to the University of Texas School of Public Health. January 2003.
18. Co-author. ACOEM position statement: evaluating pulmonary function change
over time in the occupational setting. ACOEM Occupational and
Environmental Lung Disorder Committee. 2004.
19. Task Force member. “A closer look at air pollution in Houston: identifying priority
health risks”. Report of the Mayor’s Task force on the Health Effects of Air
Pollution. June 2006.
20. Benavides FG, Delclos J. “Problemas emergentes en salud laboral”. Laboratorio
de la Fundación Alternativas. Publ. 102/2006. Madrid: 2006.
21. Delclos GL, Morandi MT, Stock T, Lai D, Abramson SL, Sockrider MT, Hanania
N, Lusk C, Burau K, Afshar M, Maberti S, Tee GP. Oxygenated urban air toxics
and asthma variability in middle-school children: a panel study. National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) Research Report No. 11. Mickey Leland
National Urban Air Toxics Research Center, Houston, Texas: 2007.
22. Brewer S, Mahood Q, Irvin E, King E, Delclos, G, Lee L, Lewis, Spear J,
Tetrick L, Williams R, Amick B An Overview of the Workplace Injury/Illness
and Loss Control Program Literature: Search Strategy. Prevention Reviews
Initiative, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, CA, 2007.
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23. Brewer S, Mahood Q, Irvin E, King E, Delclos, G, Lee L, Lewis, Spear J,
Tetrick L, Williams R, Amick B Scoping Review Summary Report: The
Sustainability of Safety Culture/Climate in the Workplace. Prevention Reviews
Initiative, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, CA, 2007.
24. Brewer S, Mahood Q, Irvin E, King E, Delclos, G, Lee L, Lewis, Spear J,
Tetrick L, Williams R, Amick B Scoping Review Summary Report: Workplace
Injury/Illness and Loss Control Program Measurement Tools. Prevention
Reviews Initiative, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, CA, 2007.
25. Delclos J, García S, López JC, Serra C, Plana M, Vila D, Benavides FG. Estudio
de la duración de los episodios de incapacidad temporal por contingencia común
(EDU-ITcc). MC Mutual, 2002-2006.
26. Ministerio de Sanidad, Política Social e Igualdad. Grupo de Trabajo. Encuesta
2007-2008 sobre consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en el ámbito laboral en
España. Observatorio Español sobre Drogas. Depósito legal: 4223-2011: 2011.
27. Expert collaborator. Informe de Salud Laboral, España. 2001-2010.
[Occupational Health Report, Spain. 2001-2010]. Benavides FG, Boix P,
Rodrigo F, Gil JM, Coordinators. CiSAL: 2013.
Books, book chapters and audiovisual publications:
1. Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral.
Conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales, 4th Ed. Editorial
Masson: Barcelona, 2013 submitted].
2. Benavides FG, Delclos J, Garcia AM. Trabajo y salud. In: Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia
A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral. Conceptos y técnicas para la
prevención de riesgos laborales, 4th Ed. Editorial Masson: Barcelona, 2013
submitted].
3. Ronda E, Ruiz-Frutos C, Delclos J. La ocupación como factor de desigualdad en
salud. In: Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral.
Conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales, 4th Ed. Editorial
Masson: Barcelona, 2013 submitted].
4. Delclos J, Ronda E, Garcia AM. La ética en el ejercicio profesional de la salud
laboral. In: Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud
Laboral. Conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales, 4th Ed.
Editorial Masson: Barcelona, 2013 submitted].
5. Benavides FG, Delclos J, Gimeno D. Incapacidades laborales. In: Ruiz Frutos C,
Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral. Conceptos y técnicas
para la prevención de riesgos laborales, 4th Ed. Editorial Masson: Barcelona, 2013
submitted].
6. Sanz P, Delclos GL. Occupational incidents. In: Ferrer Dufol A, vilanova-Gisbert
E (eds.): Toxicosurveillance: Methods and Practices for Health Risk
Evaluation. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboko, New Jersey [submitted].
7. Delclos GL, Tullis LA, Carson AI. Occupational respiratory disease in the services
industry. In: Nemery B., Tarlo S. (eds): Environmental and Occupational Lung
Disease. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: West Sussex, 2010.
8. Delclos J, Benach J, Serra C, Gimeno D, Benavides FG. Problemas actuales en
salud laboral. In: Bolumar F. (ed): Salud Pública. McGraw-Hill Interamericana:
[submitted].
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9. Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Benavides FG, Delclos J (eds). Salud laboral. Conceptos
y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales. (3rd. Ed.). Editorial Masson:
2007.
10. Delclos J, Slomka J. La ética en el ejercicio profesional de la salud laboral. In:
Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral.
Conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales. Editorial Masson:
Barcelona, 2007.
11. García A, Delclos J, Benavides FG, Ruiz-Frutos C. Salud laboral. In: Ruiz Frutos
C, Garcia A, Delclos J, Benavides FG (eds). Salud Laboral. Conceptos y técnicas
para la prevención de riesgos laborales. Editorial Masson: Barcelona, 2007.
12. Felknor S and Delclos G. Occupational risk factors. In: Sternberg C,
Schoenberg M, Lerner S. Textbook of Bladder Cancer. [CIT] Taylor and
Francis Medical Books 2004.
13. Delclos GL, Burau KD, Carson AI, Felknor SA, Morandi MT, Guevara E, Murray
K. "Estudio de las condiciones generales de salud de los trabajadores en plantas del
Complejo Industrial de Barrancabermeja”[A study of health conditions among
workers at the Barrancabermeja Industrial Complex], In: Mendes R (ed). La
Búsqueda de la Salud Ocupacional en la Industria del Petróleo Colombiana:
Informe Técnico-Científico del Proyecto SOIP.[A search for occupational health in
the Colombian oil industry: SOIP Project Technical Report] Sociedad Colombiana
de Medicina del Trabajo, 1999.
14. Carson A and Delclos G. “The respiratory system”. In: Perkins J (ed). Modern
Industrial Hygiene, Volume II: Biological Aspects. American Conference of
Governmental Industrial Hygienists. Cincinnati, OH: 2003.
15. Delclos G and Holland V. “Medical aspects of respirator use”. In: Perkins J (ed).
Modern Industrial Hygiene, Volume III: Control of Chemical Agents (submitted).
16. Delclos i Clanchet J, Pons i Rafols JM, Jordi i Gonzalez R. “El doctor Soler i
Cañellas” [A biography of Dr. Soler Cañellas]. In: Sánchez Ripollés JM (ed.).
Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Tarragona: Una Historia de Cent Anys (1898-1998).
Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Tarragona 1998.
17. “Si es sílice, es más que un simple polvo” [If it’s silica, it’s more than a dust]. U. S.
Mine Safety and Health Administration: 1997 [Technical translation into
Spanish].
18. Delclos G and Carson A. "Acute gaseous exposure". In: Balmes J, Harber P,
Schencker M (eds). Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. Mosby
1995.
19. Dellinger RP, Delclos G. "Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the intensive care setting".
Masters in Medicine (an educational video series sponsored by Glaxo
Pharmaceuticals): 1987.
20. Stoll B. "Host factors in breast cancer", Vols 1,2; E.B. Saunders & Co.: 1977.
[Technical translation into Spanish].
21. "Diabetes", Endocrine Clinics; E.B. Saunders & Co.: 1977. [Technical translation
into Spanish].
22. "Cancer of the GI tract", Gastroenterology Clinics; E.B. Saunders & Co.: 1978.
[Technical translation into Spanish].
23. "The Larynx and Trachea", Radiological Clinics of North America; E.B. Saunders
& Co.: 1978. [Technical translation into Spanish].
24. "Advances in Uroradiology", Radiological Clinics of North America; E.B. Saunders
& Co.: 1979. [Technical translation into Spanish].
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25. "Anesthetic considerations in setting up a new medical facility",
International Anesthesiology Clinics; Little, Brown & Co.: 1981. [Technical
translation into Spanish].
26. Hurst, J.W. "The Heart"; McGraw-Hill; 3rd ed.: 1978. (In collaboration with the
Cardiology Service, Hospital Clinic i Provincial; Barcelona, Spain).[Technical
translation into Spanish].
Abstracts:
1. Pratt CM, Wierman AM, Delclos G, et al., "Is it valid to assume baseline
arrhythmia frequency remains stable during long-term drug therapy?"
Journal of American College of Cardiology 1985; 5 (2): 463.
2. Pratt CM, Wierman AM, Slymen D, Delclos G, et al., "Routine transtelephonic
ECG versus Holter monitoring in arrhythmia follow-up". Chest 1986; 89 (6):
476S.
3. Delclos G, Flitcraft D, Brousseau K, Rodriguez T, Wilson RK, Lawrence EC.
"Gallium-67 lung scanning and bronchoalveolar lavage in asbestosis".
American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1987; 135 (4):A22.
4. Casar G, Delclos G, Bloom K, Gorin AB. "Oxygen consumption and delivery
changes during aortic surgery". American Review of Respiratory Disease 1987;
135 (4): A435.
5. Delclos G, Wilson RK. "Pleural plaques and respiratory function in referred
asbestos workers". American Review of Respiratory Disease 1988; 137:A95.
6. Delclos G, Wilson RK, Bradley BL. "Smoking and radiographic profusion in
referred asbestos workers". Chest 1988; 94:595.
7. Delclos G, Wilson RK, Teague R, Bloom K, Casar G, Berger M, Bradley B.
"Pulmonary function profile of asbestos-exposed subjects with combined interstitial
fibrosis and chronic airway obstruction". Chest 1989; 96:173S.
8. Gutierrez L, Delclos G. "Quality of life in metastatic breast cancer patients
undergoing chemotherapy: an information synthesis". Spanish National Oncology
Congress. Madrid, Spain. 1993.
9. Gershon R, Felknor S, Delclos G. "Compliance Factors Associated with Universal
Precautions". National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections.
1994.
10. Chamberland M, Culver D, Henry K, Gerberding J, Mendelson M, Campbell S,
Delclos G, McKibben P, Srivastava P and Bell D. "Underreporting of needlestick
injuries among health-care workers". Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for
Hospital Epidemiology of America. New Orleans, LA. 1994.
11. Miller CC, Delclos GL, Frankowski RF, Labarthe DL. "Joint effects of pulmonary
function and aerobic power on survival in a cohort of healthy adults". American
Review of Respiratory Disease 1994;149:A521.
12. Delclos G, Johnson P, Felknor S, Lawrence L, Michalsen A, Kelen G and Gershon
R. "Factors associated with non-compliance with universal precautions among
physicians". Tenth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Technology
Assessment in Health Care. Baltimore, MD. 1994.
13. Felknor SA, Lawrence LW, Johnson PC, Delclos GL. "The use of healthcare
worker-based focus groups to select and evaluate safety devices". Occupational
Risks and Prevention. Paris, France. 1995.
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14. Felknor SA, Lawrence LW, Johnson PC, Delclos GL. "Selection and evaluation
criteria for anti-needlestick devices". Frontline Healthcare Workers: National
Conference on Prevention of Sharps Injuries and Bloodborne Exposures.
Washington, D.C. 1995.
15. Lawrence LW, Felknor SA, Johnson PC, Frankowski R, Davidson A, Delclos GL.
"Effectiveness of a needleless system in two hospitals". Fifth Annual Meeting of the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. San Diego, CA. 1995.
16. Lawrence LW, Felknor SA, Johnson PC, Frankowski R, Davidson A, Delclos GL.
"Effectiveness of a needleless system in two hospitals". Frontline Healthcare
Workers: National Conference on Prevention of Sharps Injuries and Bloodborne
Exposures. Washington, D.C. 1995.
17. Morandi MT, Delclos G, Murray K, Carson A, Felknor S, Guevara E. "Personal
exposures to BTX and post-shift concentrations of selected biomarkers for a group
of petrochemical workers in South America". Society for Risk
Analysis/International Society for Exposure Assessment Annual Meeting.
December 1996.
18. LaCour F, Elk R, Grabowski J, Rhoades J, Mackey T, Delclos G. "Contingency
management interventions in the treatment of cocaine-dependent patients infected
with tuberculosis". NIDA Research Monograph, Problems of Drug Dependence.
Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, College on Problems of Drug
Dependence, Inc.: 1996.
19. Michalsen A, Delclos GL. "Enhancing infection prevention among
anesthesiologists". PGA Congress, New York City: 1996.
20. Huang B, Burau KD, Whitehead LW, Delclos G, Downs TD. “Leukemia and
occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields: an incident case-control study”.
31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
21. Delclos J, Felknor S, Lawrence L. “Combinación de la investigación
epidemiológica con métodos participativos en la salud ocupacional del sector
sanitario” [A combination of epidemiology and particpatory research in
occupational health of healthcare workers]. Jornadas Intercongreso “Mujer y
Trabajo. October 7-9, 1999, Oviedo, Spain.
22. Maberti S, Morandi M, Carson A, Delclos G. “Evaluation of urinary trans,trans
muconic and S-phenylmercapturic acids as biomarkers of exposures to benzene.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Meeting. Toronto, Canada. May 2000.
23. Frenzel E, Delclos G, Quill B. “A model policy for the prevention and reduction of
latex allergy among hospital workers”. American Occupational Health Conference,
San Francisco, CA. April 25, 2001.
24. Beltran, E., Butler, B., Fife, C., Delclos, G. “Use of Doppler Ultrasound as a
clinical tool in the prediction of decompression sickness.” 49th International
Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. September
16-20, 2001.
25. Freimanis-Hance L, Selwyn BJ, Delclos GL, Hardy R, Salinas B, Gonzalez G,
Barrios I, Perez I. “Climate factors related to rotavirus diarrhea in children less
than 24 months of age with moderate or severe diarrhea in Valencia Venezuela
during October 1998-October 1999.” 129th Annual Meeting, American Public
Health Association, Atlanta GA. October 21-25, 2001.
26. M.B. Schabath, M.R. Spitz, G.L. Delclos, G.B. Gunn, L.W. Whitehead, X.
Wu. “An association between asbestos exposure, tobacco smoke,
myeloperoxidase (MPO) genotypes, and lung cancer risk”. 16th EPICOH
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Congress on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. September 11-14, 2002.
Barcelona, Spain.
27. Schabath MB, Spitz MR, Hong WK, Gunn G, Reynolds WF, Delclos GL, Whitehead
LW, Wu X. Joint Effects of Asbestos Exposure, Tobacco Smoke, Myeloperoxidase
(MPO) Genotypes, and Lung Cancer Risk. 2001 American Association for Cancer
Research, New Orleans, LA.
28. Schabath MB, Spitz MR, Delclos GL, Wu X. Genetic Variants in Myeloperoxidase
(MPO) and Lung Cancer Risk. 2000 American Association for Cancer Research, San
Francisco, CA.
29. FG Benavides, MT Giráldez, E Castejón, N Catot, M Zaplana, J Benach, D
Gimeno, J Delclós. “Calidad formal de los datos de accidentes de trabajo con
baja” [Quality of data on occupational injuries among workers with loss-time
work]. XX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología
Género y Salud: la visión epidemiológica. Barcelona, September 12-14, 2002.
30. FG Benavides, N Catot, MT Giráldez, E Castejón, J Delclós, M Zaplana, J
Benach, D Gimeno. “Causas de los accidentes de trabajo leves en la
construcción” [The causes of nonfatal occupational injuries in the construction
sector in Spain]. XX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología, Barcelona, September 12-14, 2002.
31. Cuervo CA, Sarmiento A, Quintana L, Schulze L, Delclos G. “Determination
of the maximum peak forces in the activities of pushing and pulling by
experienced female workers in Colombia” . Proceedings of the 7th Annual
Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice, Busan,
Korea, October 2002.
32. H. Ayoub-Fadil, Delclos G.L., Whitehead L.W. Development and initial
validation of an Arabic language version of the 1978 ATS-DLD respiratory
questionnaire. American College of Chest Physicians Annual Scientific
Assembly, November 4, 2002.
33. Frates RC, Carson AI, Lane D, Delclos GL. A cross-sectional study of
umbilical cord blood lead levels and selected socioeconomic risk factors.
NORA 2003 Symposium: Working Partnerships Research to Practice
Conference, Washington DC, June 23-24, 2003.
34. Lai D, Maberti S, Abramson S, Freimanis L, Hanania N, Lusk C, Morandi M,
Sockrider M, Stock T, Umeh C, Delclos GL. A simple method for evaluating
sample size in the Houston ATAC (Air Toxics and Asthma in Children) Study.
NORA 2003 Symposium: Working Partnerships Research to Practice
Conference, Washington DC, June 23-24, 2003.
35. Benavides F.G., Delclos, G.L., Cooper, S.P, Benach J. Reporting systems for
fatal occupational injuries: a comparison of the United States of America and
the European Union. NORA 2003 Symposium: Working Partnerships
Research to Practice Conference, Washington DC, June 23-24, 2003.
36. Delclos, G.L., Arif A., Aday LA, Bartholomew K, Carson AI, Lai D, Lusk C,
Stock T, Symanski E, Whitehead LW. Reliability and validity of an asthma
questionnaire for healthcare workers. NORA 2003 Symposium: Working
Partnerships Research to Practice Conference, Washington DC, June 23-24,
2003.
37. Benavides FG, Catot N, Benach J, Muntaner C, Delclos G, Amable M.
Temporary employment and risk of occupational injury. [Trabajo temporal y
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riesgo de lesión por accidente de trabajo]. XXII Reunión Científica Anual de la
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología. Cáceres, Spain. October 27-29, 2004.
38. Gimeno D, Felknor S, Burau K, Delclos G. Organizational and occupational
risk factors associated with work-related injuries among public hospital
employees in Costa Rica [Factores organizacionales y ocupacionales de riesgo
asociados con accidentes laborales en hospitales públicos de Costa Rica].
Central American Occupational Health Congress, Heredia, Costa Rica. Feb. 5-
8, 2005.
39. A.A. Arif, G.L. Delclos, J. Colmer-Hamood. Association between C-Reactive
Protein and Asthma among US Adults. 2nd North American Congress of
Epidemiology, Seattle, WA, June 21-24, 2006.
40. Shipp EM, Cooper SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Tortolero S.
Severe Back Pain among Farmworker High School Students from Starr
County, Texas. 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology, Seattle, WA,
June 21-24, 2006.
41. Serra C, Tobías A, Varela P, Delclos J, Vadell C, Benavides FG. Lesiones por
accidente de trabajo en un centro sanitario, 1990-2004. 50 Congreso de la
Sociedad Española de Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo. Madrid, June 21-23,
2006.
42. EE Fox, DJ del Junco, KJ Goodman, GL Delclos, BJ Selwyn, KD Burau.
Cancer in Texas Vietnam Veterans. Poster presentation, Society for
Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, June 19-22, 2007.
43. Delclos GL, Gimeno D, Arif AA, Benavides FG, Zock JP. Occupational
exposures in asthma epidemiology studies of healthcare workers. Comparison
of self-report versus a job-exposure matrix. EPICOH Meeting, San Jose, Costa
Rica, June 11-13, 2008.
44. Hinojosa CZ, Delclos GL. Relationship between social support, work intensity
and the prevalence of depression in Texas funeral workers.EPICOH Meeting,
San Jose, Costa Rica, June 11-13, 2008.
45. MK McHugh, E Symanski, GL Delclos. The role of gender and age in the
prevalence of asthma in the United States, 1999-2004. Society for
Epidemiologic Research, Chicago, IL June 24-27, 2008.
46. Serra C, Peña P, Benavides FG, Lopez V, Varela P, Vadell C, Delclòs J.
Riesgo de lesiones por accidente de trabajo por ocupación en una cohorte de
trabajadores de un centro sanitario, 1997-2004. Sociedad Española de Salud
Pública y Administración Sanitaria 2009, Sevilla, Spain. March 4-6, 2009.
47. Pitarque S, Fabrega O, de Lara N, Company A, de Peray JL, Delclos J,
Benavides FG. Reconstrucción y primeros resultados de la cohorte de
trabajadores expuestos a amianto en Catalunya. Sociedad Española de Salud
Pública y Administración Sanitaria 2009, Sevilla, Spain. March 4-6, 2009.
48. Serra C, Benavides FG, Delclos J, Alcantara C, Orpella X, Gonzalez JA, Bas J,
Peña P, Gaynes E, Torres C. Papel de los factores psicosociales y culturales en
los síntomas e incapacidad laboral por trastornos musculoesqueléticos.
Proyecto CUPID. Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración
Sanitaria 2009, Sevilla, Spain. March 4-6, 2009.
49. Benavides FG, Torá I, Martínez JM, Jardí J, Manzanera R, Alberti C, Delclos
J. Duración de los casos por incapacidad temporal por contingência común em
Cataluña: comparación según sean gestionados por una mutua o por el
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Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social. XXVII Reunión de la Sociedad
Española de Epidemiología 2009, Zaragoza, Spain. October 28-30, 2009.
50. Delclos J, García S, López JC, Sampere M, Serra C, Plana M, Vila D,
Benavides FG. Valores de referencia para el seguimiento de los casos de
incapacidad temporal por contingencia común. Un estudio de cohorte
retrospectivo, 2002-2006. XXVII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología 2009, Zaragoza, Spain. October 28-30, 2009.
51. Vargas-Prada S, Serra C, López-Ruiz M, Delclòs J, Orpella X, Bas J, Peña P,
Brunat E, Benavides FG. Factores laborales y culturales asociados a los
síntomas y la incapacidad laboral por trastornos musculoesqueléticos. XXVII
Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología 2009, Zaragoza, Spain.
October 28-30, 2009.
52. de Oliveira Otto, MC, Alonso, A. Lee, D.H. et al. Delclos, GL, Jenny, NS,
Jiang R, Lima JA, Symanski E, Jacobs DR and Nettleton JA. Associations of
dietary intakes of magnesium, zinc and antioxidants with markers of
inflammation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). A.C.
Camargo Global Meeting in Translational Sciences, April 2010, Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
53. Serra C, Ferro J, Horcajada JP, Villar R, del Prado J, Sanchez C, Sorli L, Pi-
Sunyer J,Terrades R, Gonzalez N, Gonzalez C, Sancho C, Foz G, Gomez M,
Delclos J. Programa de prevenció de la gripe A en trabajadores de un centro
sanitario. Arch Prev Riesgos Labor.2010;13:46-55.
54. Delclós J, Torá I, Martínez JM, Manzanera R, Jardí J, Alberti C, Benavides
FG. Duration of nonoccupational sickness absence by medical diagnosis.
Catalonia, 2006-2008. III European Public Health Conference. European
Public Health Association. Amsterdam, NL. November 10-13, 2010.
55. Torá I, Delclós J, Martínez JM, Manzanera R, Jardí J, Alberti C, Benavides
FG. Sickness absence as a tool for occupational epidemiological surveillance of
influenza A/H1N1 in Catalonia (Spain) III European Public Health Conference.
European Public Health Association. Amsterdam, NL. November 10-13, 2010.
56. Ramada JM, Van der Haar R, Benavides FG, Delclós J. Asociación entre
exposición a polvo de tiza y patología respiratoria en maestros. XXVIII
Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología 2010, Valencia,
Spain. October 27-29, 2010.
57. Tora I, Delclós J, Martínez JM, Manzanera R, Jardí J, Alberti C, Benavides
FG. Impacto laboral de la pandemia de la gripe A (H1N1): seguimiento de las
incapacidades laborales. XXVIII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española
de Epidemiología 2010, Valencia, Spain. October 27-29, 2010.
58. Garcia AM, Gonzalez-Galarzo MC, Benavides FG, Delclós J, Gadea R,
Jimenez R. Proyecto MatEmEsp: construcción de una matriz empleo-
exposición española. XXVIII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología 2010, Valencia, Spain. October 27-29, 2010.
59. Oliveira M et al. “Dietary micronutrients and incident metabolic syndrome, type
II diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of
Atherosclerosis”. American Heart Association/Nutrition, Physical Activity and
Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011.
March 22-25, Atlanta, GA.
60. Tsai CL, Camargo CA, Du XL, Delclos GL. Emergency department case
volume and patient outcomes in acute exacerbations of COPD. American
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Thoracic Society International Conference, Denver, Colorado. May 13-18,
2011.
61. Arif AA, Delclos GL. Cleaning-related chemicals and work-related asthma in
healthcare professionals. American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Denver, Colorado. May 13-18, 2011.
62. Vargas-Prada S, Serra C, Martinez JM, Delclos G, Benavides FG, Palmer KT,
Coggon D. Heath beliefs, somatizing tendency, mental health and recent history
of pain as predictors of the incidence and persistence of low back pain in
Spanish workers. EPICOH Oxford 2011. September 7-9, 2011, Oxford, UK.
63. Mikulski M, Hartley P, Sprince N, Delclos G, Lourens S, Fuortes L. Inter-
reader agreement in ILO readings of radiographs for pneumoconiosis. 139th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C.,
October 29-November 2, 2011.
64. Vizcaya D, Gimeno D, Mirabelli M, Delclos G, Antó JM, Orriols R, Arjona L,
Burgos F, Barreiro E, Zock, JP. Cleaning-related exposures and short-term
respiratory symptoms among professional cleaners with asthma. American
Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 18-23,
2012.
65. Sanchez-Niubo A, Colell E, Benavides FG, Delclos J, Domingo-Salvany A.
Exploración y validación de factores de riesgo psicosociales en el lugar de
trabajo. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología.
Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
66. Tora I, Martinez JM, Yasui Y, Gimeno D, Delclos J, Manzanera R, Alberti C,
Jardi J, Benavides FG. Heterogeneidad y dependencia de eventos en el análisis
de la incapacidad temporal. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española
de Epidemiología. Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
67. Colell E, Sanchez-Niubo A, Benavides FG, Delclos J, Domingo-Salvany A.
Factores de riesgo psicosocial en el trabajo asociados al consumo de alcohol de
riesgo. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología.
Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
68. Arcas M, Delclos J, Tora I. Género y duración de la incapacidad temporal por
contingencia común en patología musculoesquelética. XXX Reunión Científica
de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología. Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
69. M Ubalde-López, J Delclós, E Calvo, FG Benavides. Incapacidad temporal por
alteraciones de la espalda y trastornos adaptativos: sexo, edad y ocupación.
XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología.
Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
70. M Ubalde-López, FG Benavides, I Torá, D Gimeno, E Calvo, M Sampere, JM
Gil, J Delclós. Incapacidad temporal, común y profesional, por lesiones y
trastornos musculoesqueléticos. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad
Española de Epidemiología. Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
71. Garcia AM, Gonzalez-Galarzo MC, Kauppinen T, Delclos J, Benavides FG.
MatEmEsp: matriz empleo-exposición para investigación y vigilancia de la
salud laboral en España. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología. Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
72. Chu-Lin Tsai, MD, ScD; Wen-Ya Lee, MS, MPH; Luisa Franzini, PhD;
George L. Delclos, MD, PhD;Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Care for
Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. [abstract]
AcademyHealth 2012 Annual Meeting in Orlando.
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73. Tsai CL, Lee W-Y, Delclos GL, Camargo CA Jr. Emergency department case
volume and short-term outcomes in patients with acute heart failure [abstract].
Society of Acad Emerg Med 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
74. Ramada JM, Serra C, Delclos GL. Cross-cultural and health questionnaires
validation: review and methodological recommendations. The Second Scientific
Conference on Work Disability Prevention and Integration WDPI 2012.
Groningen (Netherlands), October 22-24, 2012.
75. Ramada JM, Serra C, Delclos GL. Cross-cultural and validation of the Work
Role Functioning Questionnaire to Spanish spoken in Spain. The Second
Scientific Conference on Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI)
2012. Groningen (Netherlands), October 22-24, 2012.
76. I. Han, T.H. Stock, J. De Los Reyes, G. L. Delclos. Associations Between
Personal Exposure to Temperature and Ambient Temperature in Middle School
Children with Asthma. International Society of Exposure Science 22nd
Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 28-November 1, 2012.
77. Delclos GL. Comparative overview of disability guidelines in the United
States. Eur J Public Health 2012; 22, Suppl.1: 97.
78. Vizcaya D, Mirabelli M, Gimeno D, Delclos GL, Rivera M, Zock JP. Short-
term lung function effects after occupational exposure to cleaning products.
23rd
International Conference in Occupational Health (EPICOH), Utrecht,
Netherlands. June 18-21, 2013 [submitted].
Selected Presentations (lead author or presenter only)
1. "Gallium-67 lung scanning and bronchoalveolar lavage in asbestosis". 1987 Texas
Thoracic Society Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. April 4, 1987.
2. "Oxygen consumption and delivery changes during aortic surgery". 1987 Texas
Thoracic Society Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. April 4, 1987.
3. "Gallium-67 lung scanning and bronchoalveolar lavage in asbestosis". 1987 Annual
Meeting of the American Thoracic Society. New Orleans, Louisiana. May 10,
1987.
4. "Effects of chronic exposure to high-grade talc on respiratory function". 1988
Texas Thoracic Society Meeting. Austin, Texas. April, 9, 1988.
5. "Asbestos exposure and respiratory function". National Meeting on Occupational
Lung Disease. Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas. April 23, 1987.
6. "Pleural plaques and respiratory function in referred asbestos workers". 1989
Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society. Las Vegas, Nevada. May 8,
1988.
7. "Interobserver variability using the 1980 ILO Classification in asbestos-exposed
subject referred for compensation evaluation." VIIth International Conference on
the Pneumoconioses. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 26, 1988.
8. "Smoking and radiographic profusion in referred asbestos workers." 1988 Annual
Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians. Anaheim,
California. October 6, 1988.
9. “Basic curricula in occupational medicine.” American Occupational Health
Association. San Antonio, Texas. October 22, 1988.
10. "Introduction to Occupational Lung Disease". Region IV Education Service
Center. Houston, Texas. October 18, 1988.
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11. "Asbestos- Associated Disease: An update for the primary physician". The
Pathology of Occupational Lung Disease: An Update. Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston, Texas. May 19, 1989.
12. "Pulmonary function profile of asbestos-exposed subjects with combined interstitial
fibrosis and chronic airway obstruction." 1988 Annual Scientific Assembly of the
American College of Chest Physicians. Boston, Massachusetts. November 2, 1989.
13. “Postgraduate Seminar on Occupational Lung Disease, Parts I and II” (Director).
American Occupational Health Conference. Houston, Texas. April 30, 1990.
14. “Workshop on Occupational Health Research in Latin America” (Director). Pan
American Health Organization. Houston, Texas. November 5-8, 1991.
15. “Update on activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in
Texas”. First meeting of WHO Collaborating Centres. Moscow, Russia.
September 6-13, 1992.
16. “Seminar in Epidemiology: Case-control studies.” Instituto Tecnológico de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico. October 2-3, 1992.
17. "Video display terminals and occupational health: a systematic approach to
evaluation".(Keynote speaker). Annual Conference in Occupational Health.
Coimbra, Portugal. November 1992.
18. "Update on occupational respiratory disease". Texas Medical Association Annual
Scientific Meeting. Houston, Texas. May 14, 1993.
19. "Environmental Cancer Risks". Texas Medical Association Continuing Education
Program. McAllen, Texas. May 20, 1993.
20. "The practice of occupational medicine in the United States". Third Spanish
National and First Ibero-American Congress on Occupational Medicine. Valladolid,
Spain. June 11, 1993.
21. "Spirometry Update: 1993". Annual Occupational Medicine Update. Deep South
Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Destin, Florida. September 17, 1993.
22. "Acute inhalation injury". Societat Catalana de Higiene I Medicina del Treball.
Barcelona, Spain. October 5, 1993.
23. "Occupational Respiratory Disease". Occupational Health Unit, Universidad de
Carabobo. Maracay, Venezuela. October 11-15, 1993 and annually thereafter until
1999.
24. "Respiratory Hazards of Healthcare Workers". Annual Scientific Assembly of the
American College of Chest Physicians. Orlando, Florida. October 25, 1993.
25. "Respiratory hazards in health care workers". UCLA Occupational and
Environmental Medicine Seminar. Los Angeles, California. April 12, 1994.
26. "Tuberculosis and OSHA". Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene
Association, Houston, Texas. July 21, 1994.
27. "A university-based pulmonary function surveillance project". Second Meeting of
the WHO Collaborating Centres for Occupational Health. Beijing, China. October
11-14, 1994.
28. "The dusty trades" (Co-chair). Annual Scientific Assembly of the American College
of Chest Physicians, New Orleans, Louisiana. October 30, 1994.
29. "Overview of Environmental Health". Continuing Education Program. Southwest
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health/U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. El Paso, Texas; Laredo, Texas and Harlingen, Texas. January - March
1995.
30. "Occupational health in developing countries: what's our role?" (chair). American
Occupational Health Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 4, 1995.
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31. "The role of academic institutions in international occupational health". American
Occupational Health Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 5, 1995.
32. "Assessment of impairment from occupational respiratory diseases". Congress of
the Medical Society of Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela. July 26, 1995.
33. "Respiratory diseases caused by exposure to organic agents". Congress of the
Medical Society of Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela. July 26, 1995.
34. "Salud Ocupacional en Trabajadores del Sector Terciario" (Director). Comisiones
Obreras/Caja de Asturias/Continuing Education Program. Southwest Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health. Oviedo, Spain. November 1995.
35. "An overview of occupational health for managers". Virginia Indonesia Oil
Company. Jakarta and Balikpapan, Indonesia. January 1996.
36. "Occupational Medicine for the Primary Care Practitioner" (Director). Continuing
Education Program. Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health. Houston, Texas. April 1996, March 1997, March 1998 (Part I) and
September 1996, September 1997 (Part II), November 1998 (Part II).
37. "Radiology of occupational lung diseases" (Director). American Occupational
Health Conference. San Antonio, Texas. May 2, 1996.
38. “Assessing impairment and disability from occupational asthma” (Director).
American Occupational Health Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 29,
1998.
39. “Medical aspects of respiratory protection: 1998 update”. NASA/Johnson Space
Center Occupational Health Department. May 13, 1998.
40. “Occupational asthma: 1998 update”. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Baylor
College of Medicine Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. May 18, 1998.
41. “The role of information dissemination in sustainability of international collaborative
programs. International Environmental and Occupational Health: Creating Global
Linkages. National Institutes of Health. October 21, 1998.
42. “University of Texas International Training and Research in Occupational and
Environmental Health Program”. Poster presentation at International
Environmental and Occupational Health: Creating Global Linkages. National
Institutes of Health. October 21, 1998.
43. “Asthma in the Workplace”. Occupational Medicine for Primary Care: Clinical
Update. Continuing Education Program. Southwest Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health. Houston, Texas: November 7-8, 1998.
44. “Occupational hazards of healthcare workers: 1998 update”. Grand Rounds.
University of Texas - Houston Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
November 10, 1998.
45. “Combinación de la Investigación Epidemiológica con Métodos Participativos en la
Salud Ocupacional del Sector Sanitario”. Jornadas Intercongreso “Mujer y
Trabajo”. Sociedad Española de Medicina y Seguridad en el Trabajo y Asociación
Española de Especialistas de Medicina en el Trabajo. Oviedo, Spain. October 9,
1999.
46. “Occupational Medicine for Primary Care Practitioners” (Director). Southwest
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Houston, Texas. May 5-
6, 2000.
47. “Aplicación de la Epidemiología a la Identificación y Solución de Problemas en
Salud Ocupacional: Sector Sanidad”. Congreso Nacional e Iberoamericano de
Medicina del Trabajo. Sociedad Española de Medicina y Seguridad en el Trabajo y
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Asociación Española de Especialistas de Medicina en el Trabajo. Zaragoza, Spain.
May 19, 2000.
48. “Taller de lectura de radiografías de las neumoconiosis”. Centro de Estudios
en Salud de los Trabajadores, Maracay, Venezuela. July 24-26, 2000.
49. “Taller sobre asma ocupacional”. Centro de Estudios en Salud de los
Trabajadores, Maracay, Venezuela. July 27-28, 2000.
50. “Protocolo de Control de Calidad en la Espirometría”. XX Congreso Nacional
de Medicina del Trabajo. September 18, 2000. Bogotá, Colombia.
51. “Pruebas de Detección Precoz (“Screening”) de Patología Respiratoria”.
September 19, 2000. Bogotá, Colombia.
52. “Cáncer y Neumoconiosis”. XX Congreso Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo.
September 19, 2000. Bogotá, Colombia.
53. “Aplicación de la Epidemiología a la Identificación y Solución de Problemas en
Salud Ocupacional: Sector Sanidad”. September 20, 2000.
54. “Recerca interdisciplinària sobre l’asma a la Universitat de Texas. Institut
Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona, Spain.
December 12, 2000.
55. “Les competències professionals en salut laboral: una perspectiva internacional”.
Institut d’Educació Continua, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona, Spain.
December 15, 2000.
56. “International aspects of occupational health”. Grand Rounds. Department of
Preventive and Community Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston. February 20, 2001.
57. “An interdisciplinary approach to occupational health services delivery.” American
Occupational Health Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 23, 2001.
58. “Jornadas de Salud Laboral en Hospitales” (Director). July 16-20, 2001.
Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
59. “Las competencias profesionales en salud laboral: una perspectiva internacional e
interdisciplinaria”. Primer Congreso Nacional de Enfermería de Salud Laboral.
Tarragona, Spain. October 6, 2001.
60. “How do we go about studying environmental health in our neighborhoods? The
medical perspective”. Environmental Health in Our Neighborhoods: Speaking Out
about Pollution and Health. A Regional Town Meeting”. University of Houston
Hilton Hotel. Houston, Texas. October 20, 2001.
61. “Asthma in the workplace: 2001 update”. Arab-American Medical Society,
Houston Chapter. Houston, Texas. November 3, 2001.
62. “A global survey of competencies and curricula in occupational health”. Fifth
Meeting of the WHO Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health. Chiang Mai,
Thailand, November 13-15, 2001.
63. “The environmental exposure history”. Calcasieu Parish Environmental
Education Symposium : an ATSDR-funded event. McNeese State University,
College of Nursing. Lake Charles, LA. February 23, 2002.
64. “International research in occupational and environmental medicine”. American
Medical Student Association (AMSA) 2002 Annual Convention. Houston,
Texas. March 6, 2002.
65. “How much asthma is occupational in origin?”. International Update on
Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease. Houston, Texas, March
8-10, 2002.
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66. “El papel de la ciencia en la elaboración de la legislación en salud laboral” [The
role of science in the establishment of occupational health laws and
regulations]. Primer Simposio Internacional sobre Riesgos Laborales en el
Sector Público. Oviedo, Spain, November 7-8, 2002.
67. “Health effects of exposure to metalworking fluids”. Annual Scientific Meeting
of the Texas College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. San
Antonio, Texas, April 5, 2003.
68. “Cultural currents: issues in international and domestic human subjects
research” (Co-Director). Warwick Wyndham Hotel. Houston, Texas, April
25-26, 2003.
69. “Update on occupational respiratory diseases”. American Occupational Health
Conference (AAOHN Meeting). Atlanta, Georgia. May 8, 2003.
70. “Efectivitat de les intervencions en salut laboral”. Seminari sobre Medicina
basada en l’Evidencia. Institut d’Educació Continua. Universitat Pompeu
Fabra. Barcelona, Spain. May 22, 2003.
71. “Reliability and validity of an asthma questionnaire for healthcare workers.”
NORA 2003 Symposium: Working Partnerships Research to Practice
Conference, Washington DC, June 23-24, 2003.
72. “Cardiovascular disease: what is the role of pollution?” Houston-Galveston
Area Council: Regional Air Quality Planning Committee. Houston, Texas,
June 26, 2003.
73. “Competencias en salud laboral: una perspectiva internacional”. Segundo
Congreso Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo (Second National Occupational
Medicine Congress). Mexico City, August 22, 2003.
74. “La salud ocupacional en la era de la globalización”. Octavo Congreso de la
Federación Nacional de Salud en el Trabajo (Eighth Congress of the National
Federation of Occupational Health). Monterrey, Mexico, September 13, 2003.
75. “Competencias profesionales en salud laboral: un estudio global”. Congreso
Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo y Enfermería Laboral. Barcelona, Spain.
October 22-24, 2003.
76. “Asma de origen laboral”. I Congreso Internacional Salud y Trabajo Cuba
2003”. Instituto Nacional de Salud de los Trabajadores/Organización
Panamericana de la Salud. Varadero, Cuba. November 24-28, 2003.
77. “Aspectos científicos de la vigilancia de la salud”. Congreso de la Sociedad
Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria. Las Palmas, Gran
Canaria. November 1 – 5, 2005.
78. “Asthma in the workplace 2006”. Environmental Health Sciences Research
Seminar. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. May 1, 2006.
79. “Work-related asthma in Texas healthcare professionals”. The University of
Texas Health Center at Tyler. May 19, 2006.
80. “Occupational asthma: 2007 update”. Allergy and Immunology Grand Rounds,
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. June 7, 2007.
81. “Work-related asthma in Texas healthcare professionals”. Department of
Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Baylor College of
Medicine. October 22, 2007.
82. “Work-related asthma in Texas healthcare professionals”. Department of
Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso. November 28,
2007.
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83. “Work-related asthma in Texas healthcare professionals”. Pulmonary/Critical
Care Grand Rounds, University of Louisville. February 22, 2008.
84. “Occupational asthma: 2008 update”. Allergy and Immunology Grand Rounds,
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. March 20, 2008.
85. “Work-related asthma in Texas healthcare professionals”. 3rd Annual
Healthcare Occupational & Environmental Safety Workshop, April 15-16,
2008 – Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, Ohio.
86. “Asthma in the workplace: A survey of healthcare workers”. Texas Medical
Association 141st Annual Session, San Antonio, TX, May 2-3, 2008.
87. “Occupational exposures in asthma epidemiology studies of healthcare
workers. Comparison of self-report versus a job-exposure matrix.” EPICOH
Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 11-13, 2008.
88. “Relationship between social support, work intensity and the prevalence of
depression in Texas funeral workers.” EPICOH Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica,
June 11-13, 2008.
89. “Asma ocupacional en profesionales de la salud”. XII Curso de Patología
Ocupacional Respiratoria. Barcelona, November 3-5, 2009.
90. “Competencias en medicina del trabajo. Una comparación entre países y
regiones”. X Aniversario de la Mancomunidad de Servicios de Prevención.
Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya. Barcelona, November 18, 2009.
91. “El cas de l’asma professional”. Jornada de Salut Laboral: L’informació-una
eina imprescindible. Departaments de Treball i Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya.
Barcelona, December 5, 2008.
92. "The U.S. NIOSH experience with spirometry training". Seminar on “Spirometry
in primary care. An issue of quality”. Sponsored by the Government of Catalonia,
Department of Health. Oct. 23, 2009.
93. “Duration of sickness absence by medical diagnosis. A retrospective cohort study,
2002-2006”. Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Congreso Anual [Annual
Congress of the Spanish Epidemiology Society]. Zaragoza, Spain. Oct. 28-30,
2009.
94. “The principal investigator and conflicts of interest: the US experience”. Sociedad
Española de Epidemiología, Congreso Anual .[Annual Congress of the Spanish
Epidemiology Society] Zaragoza, Spain. Oct. 28-30, 2009.
95. “Occupational health reporting that works”. National Action Summit for Latino
Worker Health & Safety. U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA/NIOSH/NIEHS.
Houston, Texas. April 14-15, 2010.
96. “Identificación y selecci”on de posibles enfermedades profesionales atendidas en el
sistema de salud de Cataluña”. XXI Escuela de Menorca de Salud Pública.
Llatzeret de Maó (Menorca). September 20-25, 2010.
97. “Asma laboral: actualización y descripción de una investigación reciente de asma
laboral en personal sanitario”. Congreso Internacional de Prevención de Riesgos
Laborales. Facultad de Ciencias. Campus Universitario de Lugo. October 20-22,
2010.
98. “Development and testing of an industry-specific asthma job-exposure matrix”.
American Thoracic Society International Conference. Denver, Colorado. May 13-
18, 2011.
99. “La patología osteomuscular como causa de incapacidad laboral”. XXII Escuela de
Menorca de Salud Pública. Llatzeret de Maó (Menorca). September 19-23, 2011.
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100. “Author misconduct and the journals’ response”. Sociedad Española de Salud
Pública y Asistencia Sanitaria-Sociedad Española de Epidemiología..[Joint
Congress of the Spanish Public Health and Assistance/Spanish Epidemiology
Society]. Madrid, October 6, 2011.
101. “Considerations in preparing comparative research: Dutch-Spanish-Swedish
experiences”. In: “Challenges in comparative, epidemiological studies of
sickness absence in Europe. Fourth European Public Health Association
Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, November 9, 2011.
102. “Gulas y gurus”. XXX Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología. Santander, October 16-18, 2012.
103. “Sickness absence and return to work guidelines: the U.S. experience”. Fifth
European Public Health Association Conference. Malta, November 9, 2012.
Grant and Contract Awards:
Amounts listed are direct costs only for total project period (except where indicated
otherwise).
Current:
2012-2015 Co-I. Serra C (IP). Evaluación de la capacidad para trabajar y posibilidades
de intervención mediante el WRFQ adaptado al castellano [Evaluation of
work capacity and opportunities for intervention using a Spanish versión of
the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire]. Spanish Health Research
Foundation (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias). (FIS:
PI12/02556). 52.576 €.
2012-present PI. Airway fungal metabolic profiling for 2-pentylfuran. Pilot research
project funded under NIH/NIEHS 5 P30 ES00778415. $36,078.
2011-present PI. Collaborative Agreement Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) – The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Pompeu Fabra
University. 40,000 Euros annually [contract].
2007-2013 Co-Investigator. “Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center” (Robert
Anders, DrPH, Principal Investigator, University of Texas at El Paso).
1P20MD002287-01. Funding agency – NIH/National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities. $5,087,967.
2007-2013. Site PI. “Center for Research on Environmental Disease” (David Johnson,
Ph.D., Principal Investigator, MD Anderson Cancer Cener). 2 P30
ES007784-11A1. Funding agency – NIH/NIEHS. $62,741 annually [direct
costs]
2007-2013 Principal investigator. Training grant in international occupational and
environmental health. 2D43 TW0644. Funded by Fogarty International
Center/NIEHS/NIOSH: $140,000 per year.
Completed:
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1990-1992 Co-investigator. "A study to assess the prevalence of keratoses in an
industrial population". Principal investigator: Sharon Cooper, Ph.D.
Funded by ICI, Inc.: $329,894.
1991-1992 Principal investigator. "Selection and evaluation criteria for sharps
containers". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $46,000.
1991-1993 Co-investigator. "Occupational illness and injury in Texas". Principal
investigator: Mark Rothstein, J.D. Funded by the Texas State Legislature
as a subcontract with the University of Houston Health Law and Policy
Institute: $30,000.
1991-1996 Site Principal investigator. "Compliance factors associated with universal
precautions". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc. through a subcontract with the
Johns Hopkins University: ~$55,000.
1992-1994 Principal investigator. "Effectiveness of hospital-wide implementation of a
needleless system". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $46,437.
1992-1994 Principal investigator. "Evaluation criteria for anti-needlestick devices".
Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $40,570.
1992-1994 Site Principal investigator. "Multi-site hospital surveillance of blood
contacts". Subcontract to Ramsey Foundation, project in turn funded by
CDC: $53,447 (Texas site).
1993-1994 Co-principal investigator. "The natural history of chronic beryllium
disease". Funded by Brush Wellman, Inc.: ~ $13,000.
1994-1997 Co-investigator."Reducing cocaine use and increasing tuberculosis
treatment compliance". Principal investigator: Ronith Elk, Ph.D., University
of Texas Mental Sciences Institute. Funded by National Institutes of
Health: $1,289,097.
1994-1996 Principal investigator. "User acceptance of anti-needlestick devices in
hospitals". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $55,375.
1994-1996 Principal investigator. "Survey of risk and prevention strategies for hospital
CPR". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $52,895.
1994-1996 Principal investigator. "Patterns of percutaneous injury after the OSHA
standard". Funded by NIOSH/ERC, Inc.: $50,172.
1995-1996 Principal investigator. "A cross-sectional health study of petroleum refinery
workers in Colombia". Funded by PAHO/WHO: $420,000.
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1995-2001 Principal investigator and Director. Training grant in international
occupational and environmental health 2D43 TW0644. Funded by
Fogarty International Center/NIEHS/NIOSH: $691,532.
1995-2000 Principal investigator and Director (from 1997 to 2000). Southwest Center
for Occupational and Environmental Health (NIOSH Education and
Research Center Training Grant T42CCT610417) (eligible for competing
renewal). Funded by NIOSH: $2,100,000.
1998 Principal investigator. “International training guidelines in occupational
health”. Funded by the World Health Organization: $10,000.
1998-2001 Principal investigator. “Bladder cancer screening program”. Funded by
Phillips Petroleum Company: $4,019,150.
1999-2002 Co-Principal Investigator. “School Asthma Screening and
Intervention”. Funded by CDC, in response to RFP SIP21PR:
$622,064 (Kay Bartholomew, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator).
1999-2000 Principal Investigator (Program Director – Maria Morandi, Ph.D.).
“ERC Pilot Projects Research Training Program” (a supplement to the
NIOSH Education and Research Center Training Grant
T42CCT610417). Funded by NIOSH: $62,432.
2001-2002 Co-principal investigator. “Bladder cancer screening program”. Funded by
Phillips Petroleum Company: ~ $1,100,000 per year (Sarah Felknor,
Dr.P.H. – Principal Investigator).
2001-2004 Principal Investigator (Program Director – Ben Amick III, Ph.D.).
“Injury Prevention Program”, (a supplement to the NIOSH Education
and Research Center Training Grant T42CCT610417). Funded by
NIOSH: ~$140,000 per year.
2000-2005 Principal investigator and Director. Southwest Center for Occupational
and Environmental Health (NIOSH Education and Research Center).
T42CCT610417. Funded by NIOSH: ~ $1,100,000 per year (eligible for
competing renewal).
2002-2004 Co-investigator. “Unidad de Investigación en Salud Laboral. Grupos
de investigación consolidados de Cataluña.” [Occupational Health
Research Unit. Consolidated Research Groups of Catalonia]. P.I. –
Fernando G. Benavides. Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat
de la Informació (2002SGR 00051), 2002-2004.
2002-2004 Co-investigator. “Análisis de las causas de los accidentes de trabajo.”
P.I. – Fernando G. Benavides. [Analysis of the causes of occupational
injuries]. Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (BSA2001-
0865), 2002-2004.
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2001-2005 Principal Investigator. “Oxygenated Urban Air Toxics and Asthma
Variability in Middle School Children: A Panel Study” . EPA R828678-
01/CDFA 66.500. Funded by the Mickey Leland National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center: $320,000.
2001-2005 Principal Investigator. “A Validated Asthma Questionnaire for Health
Care Workers”. 5R01OH03945-01A1. Funded by CDC/NIOSH:
$350,000.
2004-2005 Co-investigator. “PM-Associated Exacerbation of Endothelial
Dysfunction”. P.I. – Marek Radomski (SPH site PI – Maria Morandi).
Health Effects Institute : $50,000.
2001-2007 Co-Principal investigator (PI and Director, 2001-2004). Training grant in
international occupational and environmental health. 2D43 TW0644.
Funded by Fogarty International Center/NIEHS/NIOSH: $200,000 per
year (eligible for competing renewal).
2006-2007 Co-investigator. “Unidad de Investigación en Salud Laboral. Grupos
de investigación consolidados de Cataluña.” 50,800 euros.
[Occupational Health Research Unit. Consolidated Research Groups of
Catalonia]. P.I. – Fernando G. Benavides. Departament d’Universitats,
Recerca i Societat de la Informació (2006SGR 00051), 2006-2007.
2005-2007 Co-investigator. “Return to Work after a Sickness Absence Spell:
Analysis of Prognostic Factors.” 65,000 Euros (Fernando G.
Benavides, Principal Investigador – Pompeu Fabra University).
Funding agency - Spanish Health Research Foundation (Fondo de
Investigaciones Sanitarias).
2004-2007 Site Principal Investigator. “Occupational Asthmagens in Cleaners: A
Focus Group Study.” (Ahmed Arif, Principal Investigator). $34,743.
(University of Texas subcontract). Funding agency – CDC/NIOSH.
2009-2010 PI. “Duración de la incapacidad temporal por contingencia común según el
diagnóstico médico. Un estudio de cohorte retrospectivo. Cataluña, 2005-
2007.” [Duration of nonoccupational sickness absence by medical
diagnosis. Catalonia, 2005-2007.]. Spanish Ministry of Health and Social
Policy/Scientific Research Foundation[FIS]. PI09/90077. 20,570 Euros.
2009-2010 PI (co-PI, Fernando G. Benavides). “Impacto laboral de la pandemia de
gripe A(H1N1)”: seguimiento epidemiológico de la incapacidad laboral”.
[Impact on businesses of the H1N1 flu pandemic: surveillance of work
absenteeism] Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy/Scientific
Research Foundation[FIS]. GR09/0031. 48,000 Euros.
2006-2011. Site PI. “State-based occupational safety and health surveillance”. (J.
Villanacci, PI. Texas Department of State Health Services). Funding
agency – CDC.
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2007-2010 Site PI. “ECOPETROL occupational health training and industrial hygiene
monitoring program”. P.I. – C. Germán Lizarazo, Pontificia Javeriana
University, Bogotá, Colombia: ~$113,000.
2006-2011 Co-Investigator. “International Training in Injury Prevention”. $750,000.
(Ben Amick, M.D., Principal Investigator). Funding agency – NIH/Fogarty
International Center.
2005-2011 Principal Investigator (co-PI as of July 2006). “Southwest Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health”-NIOSH ERC Training Grant.
$6,600,000. Funding agency – CDC/NIOSH.
2008-2010 PI. Collaborative Agreement Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) – The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Pompeu Fabra
University. 50,000 Euros annually [contract].
2007-2011 Co-Investigator. Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability
(CUPID) [Spain component]. PI – David Coggon, M.D., Southampton
University, U.K.; Spain PI – Consol Serra, M.D., Ph.D. Funding agency:
Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (Health Research Fund), Spanish
Ministry of Health): 105,875 Euros.
2006-2011 Site Principal Investigator. “Innate Control of Allergic Lung Inflammation.”
$67,950 annually (University of Texas subcontract). (Tony Eissa, M.D.,
Principal Investigator – Baylor College of Medicine). Funding agency –
NIH/NHLBI.
TEACHING:
Courses taught
PH9996 Capstone Course. . The University of Texas School of Public Health. Spring
Semester, 3 credit hours per semester. Last taught Spring 2013. Co-instructor.
PHD2105 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Research Seminar. The
University of Texas School of Public Health. Spring and Fall Semesters, 1 credit hour per
semester. Last taught Spring 2013. Co-instructor (50%).
PHW2106 Introduction to Research Methods in Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences. The University of Texas School of Public Health. Fall Semester, 2 credit hour
per semester. Last taught Fall 2012. Co-instructor (50%).
PH2255 Clinical Occupational Medicine. The University of Texas School of Public
Health. Spring Semester, 4 credit hours. Taught annually since 1989. Last taught Spring
2013. Role: Co-Instructor (50%).
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PHWM2100 Foundations of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. The
University of Texas School of Public Health. Fall Semester, 4 credit hours. Last taught
Fall 2012. Lead instructor (75%).
PH 6998 Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease (co-taught with Arch
Carson, Ph.D.). The University of Texas School of Public Health. Summer Semester, 3
credit hours. Taught annually or in alternate years since 1989. Last taught Summer
Semester 2003. Role: Lead Instructor (50%).
PH 6998 Field Trips in Occupational Health (co-taught with Lawrence Whitehead,
Ph.D., C.I.H. and Thomas Mackey, Ph.D., N.P.-C.). Spring Semester, 3 credit hours.
Taught annually 1990-2009. Last taught Spring Semester 2010. Role: Co-Instructor
(50%).
PH 2998 Occupational Epidemiology (co-taught with Ralph Frankowski, Ph.D. Sharon
Cooper, Ph.D., and Stephen Moore, M.D.). Last taught Spring Semester 2004, 3 credit
hours, offered by ITV with Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health. Role: Lead
Instructor (SPH campus) (50%).
PH 2498 Occupational Medicine Practice (co-taught with Arch Carson, Ph.D.). 1993-
2002. Role: Co-Instructor (50%) from 1993-2002; sole instructor 2008-2010; Co-
Instructor (50%) as of Fall 2010. Offered each semester. 2 credit hours.
Patología Laboral Respiratoria [ Occupational Respiratory Disease]. Curso Superior de
Medicina del Trabajo. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 12 hours. Annual course, last taught
Fall 2012. Role: Lead Instructor.
Ética en el ejercicio de la medicina del trabajo [Ethics in Occupational Health]. Curso
Superior de Medicina del Trabajo. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 4 hours. Annual course,
last taught Fall 2012. Role: Lead Instructor.
Introducción a la Medicina del Trabajo [Introduction to Occupational Medicine]. Curso
Superior de Medicina del Trabajo/Master of Occupational Health Program. Universitat
Pompeu Fabra. 8 hours. Annual course, last taught Fall 2012. Role: Co-Instructor (with
Consol Serra, MD, PhD).
Medio Ambiente y Salud. Curso Superior de Medicina del Trabajo/Master of Occupational
Health Program. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 8 hours. Annual course, last taught Spring
2012. Role: Lead Instructor.
Regular guest lectures
University of Texas School of Public Health: PH 2150 Air Environment (1990-present);
PH 2998 Occupational Epidemiology (1993-2008); PH 6615 Fundamentals of Industrial
Hygiene (1990-present); PH 6610 Occupational and Environmental Health (1990 –
2005); PH 2110 Overview of Environmental Health (1997-2005) ; PH 2125 Medical
Geography (2003-2008); PH 6998 International Aspects of Occupational Health Seminar
(2003); PH 3812 Comparative Healthcare Systems: Policy challenges and economic
perspectives (2007, 2009). PH 1325 Ethics in Research (2006-present). PH 1320 Ethics in
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Health Care (2006-present). PH3498 Public Health at the Movies (2006-2007); PH3498
Global Health Seminar (2005-present).
University of Texas School of Nursing: NURS 6551 Adult Diagnostic Tests (1997 –
2006, 1-2 times per year).
University of Houston College of Engineering: INDE 6322 Occupational Safety
Engineering (1992 – 2006).
Houston Baptist University: HADM 6350, Epidemiology for Health Care (2003,
2004).
Doctoral dissertation committees (limited to role as Chair and/or Dissertation
Supervisor; completed degrees only):
Boji Huang, M.D., Ph.D. (1993). Leukemia and occupational exposure to
electromagnetic fields : an incident case-control study. Current position: National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D. (1994). Genetic susceptibility, cigarette smoking, and wood
dust exposure in lung cancer : case control analyses. Current position : Professor
(with tenure) and Chair of Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, Texas.
Louann Lawrence, M.T., Dr.P.H. (1994). The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous
system in prevention of percutaneous injury in two hospitals. Current position:
Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Technology, Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center. Shreveport, Louisiana.
Robert Emery, Dr.P.H., C.I.H. (1997). Evaluating the relative status of health & safety
programs for minority academic and research institutions. Current position: Professor
of Occupational Health and Assistant Vice President/Executive Director, Safety, Health,
and Environmental Risk Management, The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston. Houston, Texas.
Faiyaz Bhojani, M.D., Dr.P.H. (1999). Physical fitness of industrial firefighters. Current
position: Medical Director, International Programs. Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas.
Esther Beltran, M.D., Dr.P.H. (2000). Effects of exercise with oxygen prebreathe for
decompression risk reduction. Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of
Applied Aviation Sciences. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Daytona Beach,
Florida.
Ahmed Arif, M.D., Ph.D. (2001). Prevalence and risk factors of asthma and work-
related asthma among US adults : data from the third National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Current position: Associate Professor (with tenure) of
Epidemiology. Department of Public Health. University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Hua Zhao, Ph.D. (2003). Insulin-like growth factors, cell cycle control, angiogenesis and
bladder cancer: a case-control study. Current position: Assistant Professor of
Epidemiology. Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Matthew Schabath, M.S., Ph.D. (2003). Genetic predisposition, dietary factors, and
bladder cancer: a case-control analysis. Current position: Assistant Member, Cancer
Prevention and Control. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Tampa,
Florida.
Linda D. Lee, Dr.P.H. (2005). A comprehensive environmental study in high risk areas for
cancer patients comparing air and water Aspergillus species samples. Current position:
Director of Operations at Waste Management Healthcare Solutions.
Susanne Saveley, Dr.P.H. (2005). A model environmental management system for
colleges and universities. Current position: Assistant Professor. Environmental Safety,
Baylor College of Medicine.
Eva Shipp, Ph.D. (2005). Back pain in migrant farmworker familias and farmworker high
school students from Starr County, Texas. Current position: Assistant Professor of
Epidemiology. Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health..
Sandra M. Olfert, Ph.D. (2006). A cohort morality study of workers in the polyethylene
pipe manufacturing industry. Current position: Epidemiologist. City Health Department.
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Erin Fox, Ph.D. (2006). Vietnam veterans and cancer. Current position: Senior
Epidemiologist. Texas Department of State Health Services, Cancer Registry. Austin,
Texas.
Dong Sun, M.S., Ph.D. (2007). Factors associated with survival among patients
experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Houston, Texas in the period July 1, 2004 to
June 30, 2006. Current position: Management Analyst IV. City of Houston Fire
Department Emergency Medical Services.
Karen Calabro, M.P.H., Dr.P.H. (2007). Risk factors for patient assault-related injuries in
state psychiatric hospitals. Current position: Program faculty. Texas Women’s University.
Robert E. Nobles, M.P.H., Dr.P.H. (2009). Process evaluation of the Texas Occupational
Safety and Health Surveillance System. Current position: Executive Director, Office of
Research Compliance and Biosafety at Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas.
Farah S. Ahmed, M.P.H., Ph.D. (2010). Work-related asthma among dental and
radiography professionals. Current position: epidemiologist. Kansas Department of
Health and Environment, Topeka, Kansas.
Oliveira, Marcia C.C. de, Ph.D. (2010). Micronutrients intake and their associations with
markers of inflammation, subclinical atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, type ii
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diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow. Harvard School
of Public Health. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lo, Richard, Ph.D. (2010). Factors affecting ozone related asthma responses among
middle school students with asthma. Current position: Industrial hygienist. British
Petroleum. Houston, Texas.
Sierra, Mónica S., Ph.D. (2011). Is H. Pylori infection associated with diarrhea in a
cohort of 3- to 8-year-old Colombian children? Current position: Postdoctoral fellow.
International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC). Lyon, France.
SERVICE
Institutional Service
2005-present Member (Chair, 2005-2012). Safety Council. The University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
1998-present Member. Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS).
The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center.
2010-present Member. Executive Committee. CPRIT Training Program. Innovation
in Cancer Prevention Research. The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston.
1993-present Member. Continuous Quality Improvement Committee. The
University of Texas Health Services.
2011-2012 Member. The University of Texas School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Search Committee.
2010-2012 Member. University Leadership Council. The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston.
2007-2008 Member. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dean of the School of Public Health Search Committee.
2004-2008 Member. Executive Council. University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston School of Public Health.
2006-2007 Member. The University of Texas School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Search Committee.
2005-2007 Member. The University of Texas School of Public Health
Epidemiology Search Committee.
2002-2005 Chair. The University of Texas School of Public Health Epidemiology
Search Committee.
2003-2004 Member. Safety Council. The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston.
2002-2003 Member (Epidemiology discipline alternate). Faculty Affairs
Committee. The University of Texas School of Public Health.
2002 Member. School of Public Health Organizational Concept Committee.
2001-2002 Convener. Epidemiology Discipline. University of Texas School of
Public Health.
2001-2002 Member. Faculty Affairs Committee. University of Texas School of
Public Health.
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2001-2002 Chair. Six-year tenure review committee. University of Texas School
of Public Health.
1999 Member. Ad Hoc Committee on Records Retention Policy. University
of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.
1999 Member. Facility Master Plan User Group (Non-laboratory Research
Space). University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.
1997-2000 Member. Dallas SPH Regional Campus Faculty Search Committee.
University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.
1995-2004 Chair. Physical Safety Committee. University of Texas-Houston
Health Science Center.
1995-2003 Vice-Chair. Chemical Safety Committee. University of Texas-
Houston Health Science Center. 1995-2003.
1995-2000 Member (Epidemiology Discipline representative). Admissions
Committee. School of Public Health. University of Texas-Houston
Health Science Center.
1995-1996 Chair. Environmental Sciences Faculty Search Committee. University
of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health.
1994, 1999, Member. Faculty Peer Review Committee. School of Public Health.
2006 University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center.
1992-1995 Member. Biohazards Committee. University of Texas-Houston Health
Science Center.
1994 Member. Continuous Quality Improvement Committee on
Environmental Health and Safety.
1993-1995 Chair. Occupational Medicine Faculty Search Committee. University
of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Public Health.
1992-1995 Member. Infectious Diseases Review Panel. University of Texas-
Houston Health Science Center.
Professional Service (non-clinical)
2012-2016 Member. Literature Selection Technical Review Committee. National
Library of Medicine/NIH.
2008-present Consultant. Asthma in Healthcare Workers. National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Morgantown, West
Virginia.
2009-present Coordinator. Master of Occupational Health Program. Pompeu Fabra
University. Barcelona, Spain.
2007-present Member. Executive Committee. Master of Occupational Health
Program. Pompeu Fabra University. Barcelona, Spain.
2004-present Member. Residency Advisory Committee. Occupational Medicine
Residency Program. Pompeu Fabra University. Barcelona, Spain.
2008-2012 Consultant. ATSDR Research Project “Comparison of Direct-Digital
and Film Screen Chest Radiographs with Regard to Detecting and
Classifying Asbestos-Related Pleural Abnormalities”.
2003-2010 Member. Steering Committee. Health Professionals for Clean Air.
1997-2012 Member. Residency Advisory Committee. Occupational Medicine
Residency. University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
2008-2011 Member. Scientific Advisory Panel. Mickey Leland National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center (NUATRC).
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2004-2008 Member. Literature Selection Technical Review Committee. National
Library of Medicine/NIH (Chair: 2007-2008).
2004-2008 Member. Advisory Board. Mothers for Clean Air.
2003-2007 Member, Steering Committee. Environmental Public Health Tracking
Network, City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services.
1994-2008 Member. Residency Advisory Committee. General Preventive
Medicine and Public Health Residency. Texas Department of Health.
2005-2006 Mayor’s Task Force for Air Quality Improvement. City of Houston.
2003-2006 Member. Planning Committee for the World Health Organization
Network of Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health.
1995-2005 Member. Committee on Occupational Lung Disease. American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
2002-2005 Member. Health, Science and Policy Committee. American College of
Chest Physicians.
2001-2005 Co-Chair. Task Force on Occupational Hazards of Healthcare
Workers. World Health Organization Network of Collaborating
Centres in Occupational Health.
2004-2005 President. Texas College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
2004 Scientific Program Chair. Annual Meeting of the Texas College of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. May 2004.
2003-2004 President-Elect. Texas College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine.
2002-2003 Secretary-Treasurer. Texas College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine.
2000-2002 Board of Directors. Hispanic American Medical Association of
Houston.
2000-2001 Chair. Community Outreach and Public Health Committee. Hispanic
American Medical Association of Houston.
1994 Technical consultant. NIOSH/CDC. Evaluation and design criteria for
antineedlestick safety devices.
1993-2001 Member. World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on
Occupational Health.
1992-1995 Steering Committee Member. Section on Occupational and
Environmental Health. American College of Chest Physicians.
1991-1995 Board of Directors. American Lung Association/San Jacinto Chapter.
1991 Technical consultant on occupational health research methodology.
Pan American Health Organization. Maracay, Venezuela.
1990-1994 Member. Committee on Worker's Compensation. Texas Medical
Association.
1989-1993 Member. Resource Panel on Health, Environmental Effects and
Technology. Texas Air Control Board.
1988-1991 Member. Environmental Health Committee, American Lung
Association/San Jacinto Chapter.
1987-2002 Member. Speaker's Bureau. American Lung Association/San Jacinto
Chapter.
1986-1991 Member. Occupational Lung Health Committee. American Lung
Association/San Jacinto Chapter.
Service on Editorial Boards/Journal Peer Review
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Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Associate Editor; Editorial board; Section
Editor).
Salud de los Trabajadores (International Editorial Board).
Revista Mexicana de Salud en El Trabajo (Editorial Board).
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (International Editorial
Board until 2012; referee).
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (reviewer).
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (British Medical Journal group) (reviewer)
Salud Pública de México (reviewer)
Social Sciences Quarterly (reviewer)
CHEST/American College of Chest Physicians (reviewer)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (reviewer)
European Respiratory Journal (reviewer)
American Journal of Industrial Medicine (reviewer)
Respiratory Medicine (reviewer)
BMC Public Health (reviewer)
American Journal of Epidemiology (reviewer)
Molecular Carcinogenesis (reviewer)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (reviewer)
Cancer (reviewer)
Annals of Family Medicine (reviewer)
Gaceta Sanitaria (reviewer)
BMC Medical Education (reviewer)
PLoS ONE (reviewer)
Study Sections and Other Peer Reviews
2012 Peer reviewer. NIOSH Review of the History of the Education and
Research Centers.
2011 Member. Scientific Program Committee. International Society for
Environmental Epidemiology. Barcelona, Spain. September 13-16,
2011.
2011 Reviewer. British Medical Research Council.
2011 NIOSH Special Panel Review.
2011 Member. Review Committee. National Research Council of the
National Academies. EPA Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde.
2009-2012 External collaborator. Literature Selection Technical Review
Committee. National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Institutes of
Health.
2009 University of Texas at El Paso Hispanic Health Disparities Training
Grant. Research and Education Core.
2006 El Paso del Norte Foundation.
2006 CDC/NIOSH Training Program Grants.
2005 El Paso del Norte Foundation.
2004 NIEHS/NIH Ad Hoc Study Section.
2003 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section (chair).
2003 Center for Border Health Research.
2003 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section.
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2002 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section (chair).
2001 El Paso del Norte Foundation.
2001 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section.
2000 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section.
2000 American Institute of Biological Sciences, Scientific Peer Advisory and
Review Services.
1999 NIH/NIEHS Ad Hoc Study Section.
1999 CDC/NIOSH NORA Ad Hoc Study Section.
1997 NIOSH Special Emphasis Panel on Training Programs and Education
and Research Centers.
1996 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section.
1995 CDC/NIOSH Ad Hoc Study Section.
1994-2001 Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund.
1992-2001 NIOSH Training Programs and Education and Research Centers.
Professional Society Memberships
2010-present Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Barcelona (Spain).
2009-present Sociedad Española de Epidemiología.
1989-present American Medical Association.
1989-present American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
1989-present Texas College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
1988-present Harris County Medical Society.
1988-present Texas Medical Association.
1987-present American Thoracic Society.
1986-present American College of Chest Physicians
1993-present Societat Catalana d’Seguretat i Medicina del Treball (Honorary
Member)
2003-present International Commission on Occupational Health/EPICOH.
2003-2007 European Respiratory Society.
2000-2002 Hispanic American Medical Association of Houston.
1997-2006 Society of Occupational and Environmental Health.
1992-1995 Association of Hospital Employee Health Programs.
1991-2001 American Public Health Association.
1991-2007 Spanish Society of Occupational Medicine Specialists.
1981-2002 Il.lustre Col.legi Oficial de Metges de Tarragona (Spain).
