University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health Environmental & Occupational Hygiene Division Newsletter Greeting from the Chair:

Photograph: Shuk-mei Ho, Ph.D. Dear Kettering Fellows, A New Year and another chance to try to complete those resolutions that we endeavor to keep every year. Our students succeeded in making 2008 memorable, their hard work and study will surely benefit us all in the years to come as they gear up for the future. Embarking on a far different journey than in years past, Environmental Health students must now take a multidisciplinary approach integrating exposure, toxicology, epidemiological principals and bioinformatics in cutting edge projects that address occupational, environmental and public health issues. To be sure that their journeys are successful, it is necessary that we give our students the varied research skills and technology tools to prepare them to meet their goals. Our excellent faculty gives them the knowledge, encouragement, support, and experiences they will need. They learn to use foresight in planning, prioritizing research endeavors and anticipating changes in technology so they stay at the fore-front of their investigations. The department’s state-of-the-art infrastructure provides them with opportunities for team building, collaboration, and cross-disciplinary training within and outside the department. Our department is one of the leading occupation and environmental health research centers among public universities in the country. We are the forerunner in the nation’s mission to explore the health impact of exposure to chemicals, pollutants, workplace hazards, and pharmaceuticals. Passing the knowledge on so others may make informed regulatory decisions, and reduce human disease and suffering related to exposure in susceptible populations. We use our ability to turn our students into part of the solution, with the knowledge and skills that will turn problems of the past and present into prospects for a better future; our students will help guide the changes that are coming. The Academy of Kettering Fellows, our alumni, have many reasons to be proud of the Department of Environmental Health and the University of Cincinnati. The students that we are training now, will give you even more reasons to be proud; the next generation of scientists that you helped to attract to the field of environmental health and occupational hygiene, will surpass even our expectations. In this ever evolving field, we are all in for some very exciting times ahead. Greetings from the faculty: We are so glad you have accessed our new Academy of Kettering Fellows Newsletter. This Winter issues introduces you to our new and continuing students (some looking for internships or jobs), provides a summary of alumni, student and faculty awards and provides a focus on alumni news. We were very pleased to hear from Spring readers that they had reconnected with old friends based on items in the Newsletter. Faculty updates focus on invited presentations and new board appointments.

Do give us some feedback, and provide updates on your work and family for the next issue. Hopefully, this electronic version can be issued at least twice a year to let you know more frequently about the activities in the Environmental and Occupational Hygiene group. e-mail us back at erccoor@uc.edu with any comments, including addresses of folks that you forward this to and items we missed (we’ll use in the next issue this spring). We are trying to improve the accuracy of our e-mail directory. Your help is most appreciated. Read on! Environmental Occupational Hygiene Students First year students

Tiffany Beddoe Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Minor: Pre-Pharmacy Internship preference: Special skills you want to develop:

• OSHA Regulations • OSHA Record keeping • Critical thinking • Application Industrial Hygiene • Presentation and training • Accident Prevention • Any skills would be appreciated

Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.): • Government, Industry, and Non-Industrial

Geographical preference: • Southwestern Ohio

Don Goins Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Internship preference: Special skills you want to develop:

• Develop decision making, critical thinking, research skills and better understanding of the role of an Industrial Hygienist in government and industrial setting.

Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.): • Government and Industry

Geographical preference: • No preference

Heather Hochstetler Undergraduate institution: The University of Findlay Degree(s): Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Art Major: Environmental Safety, Occupational Health Management and Graphic Communication Internship preference: I will be working at Marathon Oil Company this summer in their Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Department. Special skills you want to develop:

• Further development of Industrial Hygiene monitoring and exposure assessment skills Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.):

• Industry Geographical preference:

• Northwestern Ohio

Joe Hoffman Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Internship preference: Special skills you want to develop:

• IH and Safety Program Development • OSHA Recordable Reporting Procedure • Presentation and Training • Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.): • Governmental

Geographical preference: • Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky

Ashutosh Mani Singh Undergraduate institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) Degree: Bachelor of Technology Major: Agricultural and Food Engineering Internship preference:

Special skills you want to develop: • Coding and Statistical Analysis/Experimental Design

Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.): • No preference

Geographical preference: • No preference

Jeffery S. Thoroman Undergraduate institution: Wilmington College Degree: Bachelor of Science Major: Biology Internship preference: Special skills you want to develop:

• All skills that would help me to become an excellent Industrial Hygienist Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.):

• Government or Industry Geographical preference:

• Central to Southern Ohio

Amy Turner Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Internship preference: Factory/Industrial Special skills you want to develop:

• Monitoring techniques • Hazard assessments • Manufacturing processes

Type of employer (government, non-profit, industry, union, etc.): • Industry

Geographical preference: • Kentucky, Indiana, or Ohio

Second year or more advanced students

Beverly Teal Gaultney

Undergraduate institution: University of Georgia Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Thesis topic:

• Biological Monitoring: DNA adducts in hair dye users Research advisor:

• Dr. Glenn Talaska Job preference:

• EHS Manager or Industrial Hygiene Consultant Type of employer: • Industry Geographical preference: • Southeast region

Cory Hartman Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelor of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Thesis topic:

• Not yet determined Research advisor:

• Dr. Amit Bhattacharya Job preference:

• Environmental Health/Public Health/Industrial Hygiene Type of employer: • Government or Industry Geographical preference: • No preference

Nancy Brenna Hopf Undergraduate institution: University of Oslo Degree(s): Master of Science Major: Organic Chemistry Thesis topic:

• Exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the aluminum smelters and offshore industry

Research advisor: • Dr. Glenn Talaska

Job preference: • Research Type of employer: • No preference Geographical preference:

• Geneva, Switzerland

John Jaskolka Undergraduate institution: East Carolina University Degree(s): Bachelors of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Thesis topic:

• Smoking Mice Research advisor:

• Dr. Glenn Talaska Job preference:

• Industrial Hygiene Type of employer: • Government or Industry Geographical preference: • Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina

Sarah Keyes Undergraduate institution: Eastern Kentucky University Degree(s): Bachelors of Science Major: Environmental Health Sciences Thesis topic:

• Title not yet selected. Research will address hazardous substances Research advisor:

• Dr. Scott Clark Job preference:

• Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene Type of employer: • Government Geographical preference: • No preference

Susan Kotowski Undergraduate institution: University of Dayton Degree(s): B.S. Major: Engineering Dissertation topic:

• A Novel Use of MRI and MRS to Understand the Link Between Low Back Pain and Brain Response

Research advisor: • Dr. Kermit Davis

Job preference: • Employed as Adjunct Professor • Director, Gait & Motion Laboratory • College of Allied Health, University of Cincinnati Type of employer: • Academic Geographical preference: • Cincinnati

Custodio Valentim Muianga, MPH Undergraduate institution: Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, Africa Degree(s): Bachelors of Science Major: Chemistry Dissertation topic:

• Task-based good work practice guidance intervention to reduce silica dust exposures in small-scale demolition operations

Research advisor: • Dr. Carol Rice, PhD, CIH

Job preference: • Environmental and Occupational Health Type of employer: • Government/Academy/Industry/Non-Profit Organization/Union Geographical preference: • Mozambique, Africa or Cincinnati, Ohio

Umesh Singh Undergraduate institution: Medical College Kolkatta (Calcutta) India Degree(s): MBBS Major: Medicine/Surgery Dissertation topic:

• Improvement of assessment methods for indoor and outdoor bio-aerosols Research advisor:

• Dr. Tiina Reponen Job preference:

• Bio-aerosol research Type of employer: • Government

Geographical preference:

• No preference

Kendell Smith Undergraduate institution: Tuskegee University Graduate institution: Auburn University Degree(s): Bachelors of Science, Masters in Education Major: Elementary Education, Biomechanics Thesis topic:

• Manual Material Handling and Lifting Stressors Evaluation Research advisor:

• Dr. Kermit Davis Job preference:

• Occupational Health and Safety Manager, Specialist, etc. Type of employer: • Government/Industry/Academy

Geographical preference: • Ohio or Southeast region

Matthew Terrell Undergraduate institution: Purdue University Degree(s): Bachelors of Science Major: Industrial Hygiene Thesis topic:

• Comparison of Manganese Exposure Levels of Children in Marietta, Ohio by personal air sampling, biological monitoring, and area sampling methods

Research advisor: • Dr. Tiina Reponen

Job preference: • EHS Manager or Corporate Industrial Hygienist

Type of employer: • Government/Government contractor, Industry

Geographical preference: • International, United States mid-large cities

Willard Vaughn Undergraduate institution: University of Louisville

Degree(s): Bachelors of Science Major: Applied Science Thesis topic:

• Title not yet approved. Research will involve hearing protection Research advisor:

• Dr. Carol Rice Job preference:

• Consulting/engineering Type of employer: • Private sector

Geographical preference: • Ohio

Graduates, June/August 2008

Dr. Robert Eninger (Dr. Sergey Grinshpun, advisor) has returned to the Air Force; Susan Kotowski (Dr. Kermit Davis, advisor, is finishing her dissertation writing, having completed the MS and is working in the College of Allied Health, University of Cincinnati), Otto Rusch (Dr. Roy McKay, advisor) is employed by General Electric, Celeste Hemphill (Dr. Roy McKay, advisor) is a Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Awards

Pictured: (from left to right) Dr. Sergey Grinshpun, Dr. Paul Baron, Dr. Tiina Reponen, Dr. Taekhee Lee, and Dr. Seung-Hyun Cho Adjunct Professor, Dr. Paul Baron, of the NIOSH Division of Applied Research and Technology recently received the David Sinclair Award. This award is given annually by the American Association for Aerosol Research for an established scientist still active in his/her career.

James Boiano (M.S., 1986) was lead author, with Scott Henn (M.S., 2004), for the Best of Session award for “Health and Safety Performance Metrics for the Construction Industry: Results of a Pilot Study”. The poster “Evaluation of Exposures at a Ceramic Shop”, co-authored by Jessica Gordon (M.S., 2004) received Best Poster in the Indoor Environmental Quality/General Practice/Physical Agents category. Scott Henn (M.S., 2004) was lead author, with James Boiano (M.S., 1986) received Best of Session award for work reported in “Exposure Surveillance in the Construction Industry using OSHA’s Integrated Management Information System”. Susan Kotowski (M.S., 2008; completing Ph.D. with Dr. Kermit Davis) won the Tichauer Award for best student poster, “Posture Variability as in Intervention for Prolonged Office Work: Impact on Body Discomfort and Productivity”. In addition, Ms. Kotowski won the award for the Best Podium presentation in Ergonomics. The title of her talk was: Is it Worth the Weight? Trade-offs in Biomechanical Loading and Productivity during Lifting of Full Weight and Half Weight Bags of Mortar. Michael Andy Maier, CIH (Ph.D., Toxicology, 2000) received the Outstanding Poster award from the Risk Assessment Committee for his work “Critical Issues Associated with the Use of Animal Toxicity Data for Extrapolation of Human Effect Thresholds Applied to the Derivation of Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Values”. He also co-authored the Outstanding Toxicology poster with Charles Geraci, Ann Parker and Scott Dotson, “Critical Issues Associated with the Extrapolation of Human Effect Thresholds for Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Values”. Maharshi Mehta (M.S., 1986) received the prestigious President’s Award. Kept secret until the announcement during the AIHA President’s Reception, the award recipient is selected by the president of AIHA to recognize outstanding efforts to achieve the mission of AIHA during his/her year of service. Donald J. Hart, 2007-2008 President identified international outreach as a key goal of his service. Mr. Mehta started the first M.S. program in Industrial Hygiene in his native country of India; the 10th class will graduate in December 2008. He has been instrumental in the development of recognition of the profession in India. Tom Morris (M.S., 1985) authored “Task-based Exposure Assessment, an underused Tool for Industrial Hygiene” and received the Outstanding Poster Award from the Exposure Assessment Strategies Committee.

Photograph: Alice Hamilton Award for Dr. Carol Rice (with her new best friend Prince) Professor Carol Rice received the 2008 Alice Hamilton Award from AIHA, given annually to a woman who has made a definite and lasting achievement in the field of occupational hygiene through public and community service, social reform, technological innovation or scientific approaches to the recognition, evaluation and control of workplace hazards. Dr. Rice was cited for her innovated research and technical advances in occupational exposure assessment, student and worker education and training and community service.

Alumni News Terry Bliss (M.S., 2000) stopped by campus in the later summer. He would enjoy hearing from ya’ll (he is in Atlanta). blisst@bellsouth.net. Darren Burks (M.S. 1997) runs his own consulting business in Alaska, Alaska Industrial Hygiene Services in Anchorage. Annette (Caparaz) Caneda (M.S., 1990) became Dr. Caneda this year, receiving her Ed.D. in Organization and Leadership at University of San Francisco. She is teaching graduate-level courses in participatory research and working at a mental health care company (www.telecarecorp.com) in the position of Director of Organizational Learning. She does periodically continue to do projects in technical communication for EH&S, where she notes her services are much in need! She writes: “Claudio is now 16 years old and a high school junior. He plays on the varsity football team and stands 6 ft 2 in and weighs about 250 pounds. Monica is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She joined the Volleyball Club which is good for someone who is 5 ft. 9 in. I’d like to think my kids got the height from me, but I’ll defer to their dad for being born in Texas where everything is big”. Annette has travelled to Southeast Asia for work and pleasure. One part of the work involved program development for the ethnic group called The Yellow Leaf (Mlabri tribe) that is on the verge of extinction. She also taught English as a second language to Burmese; she stayed in a Mein Church and lived communally (slept on the floor, bought and cooked food, etc) while working throughout the day on language. This she rated as the best travel experience ever! Her e-mail is annette.caneda@gmail.com. Carlos Crawford (M.S., 2007) has joined NIOSH in the Nanotechnology group at Taft. His new e-mail is hto0@cdc.gov. Mike Cornett (M.S., 1988) helped us find Chris Reh this year. Mike is still with Ashland in Columbus OH, and is now in charge of Facilities Management; mjcornett@ashland.com. Chris has become part of Proctor and Gamble, since Gillette was purchased by the home-town giant. Chris has remained in Boston; reh.cm@pg.com. James Couch (M.S., 2006) is an author! See the recent AIHA publication Guideline on Occupational Exposure Reconstruction, edited by Susan Marie Viet, Mark Stenzel, Christopher P. Rennix, Thomas W. Armstrong and (tad a!), James R. Couch. James is very busy at NIOSH working on characterizing exposures in the flavorings industry, and he continues to work on historical beryllium exposure assessment.

Photograph: Preethi, her husband Rajeev, and their son Rayaan

Preethi Rao D’Souza (Ph.D., 2004) has been promoted to research assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health. She joined UIC as an adjunct faculty member in May 2007 and is conducting research on public health and recreational water exposure. January marks the 5th wedding anniversary for Preethi and Rajeev; son Rayaan just grows and smiles! Lisa Ende (M.S., 1992) and husband welcomed a son this summer. Melissa Finlay (M.S., 2003) added CIH to her credentials this year. She is working here in Cincinnati at Pantheon. Congratulation! Faye Grimsley’s (Ph.D., 2001) residence escaped the wrath of hurricanes over the summer. Downed tree branches and power out for days was nothing compared with Katrina!

Photograph: Christina Hughes Jankevicius two children; Katie and Michael Christina Hughes Jankevicius (M.S., 1991) called to let us know that she working part time at BP in Houston, and relearning math courtesy of her two children!

Photograph: Michael, Susan, and their new daughter

Susan Kotowski (M.S., 2008) is completing her dissertation here at UC and enjoying being a Mom! Susan and Mike welcomed a baby girl on September 1.

Photograph: Shu-An and his wife Shu-An Lee (Ph.D. 2004) is married! Also, he and Dr. Reponen both presented at the International Indoor Air conference.

Photograph: Shu-An Lee and Dr. Tiina Reponen He can be reached at sale@fcu.edu.tw. It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Matt McQuiston, son of Tom McQuiston (M.S., 1983) in October. The McQuiston family relocated from Akron OH to Chapel Hill North Carolina in 1994, when Tom returned to school to pursue a doctorate in health education Ph.D. at UNC-CH. Matt was 18. The Matt McQuiston Memorial Fund has been established to help youth who suffer with drug and alcohol abuse; donations are accepted at 117 Balsam Court, Chapel Hill NC 27514. Sung-Chul Seo (Ph.D., 2007) won first-place in the CDC Annual Photo Contest, with image of a scientist investigating mold in a home flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Seo is now at NIOSH, Morgantown.

Photograph: Hongxia Wang, working at UC during the summer of 2008 Hongxia Wang (Ph.D., 2005) continues as an assistant professor at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She was back at UC in the aerosol lab for the summer, working on the “Contribution of fungi to organic carbon content in aerosol in indoor versus outdoor environments” project. In Wisconsin she will be working on a project to evaluate bioaerosol and dust exposure among dairy workers. With sadness, we report the death of Pam Winner (M.S., 1978)

Photograph: Pam Clare Winner She was also employed in the late 70s at Kettering for a brief period working for Bill Burg. We thank Loren Anderson (M.S., 1975) who forwarded the obituary below. He noted that Pam was a wonderful person and a good friend to everyone she knew. LaFalce Pamela Clare Winner, 54, of Lexington, KY, passed away August 22, 2008 at home following a long illness. She was born August 12, 1954 in Coldwater, Ohio to the late Clarence “Pete” and Clare Borchers Winner. Survivors include her husband, Peter Ronald LaFalce, Jr., daughter, Margaret Frances LaFalce and son, Samuel Peter LaFalce. She is also survived by her siblings Ronald (Cheryl) Winner, Roger “Pete” (Sarah) Winner, Jane (Jim) Hatfield, Richard “Beetle” (Susan) Winner, Judith Winner, Patricia (Mike) Gavit and Gregory (Teresa) Winner and sister-in-law Mary Ann Winner.

Pam grew up in Minster, Ohio and graduated second in her class from Minster High School in 1972. Her early passion for environmental leadership surfaced in the 4th grade when she started a Minster Chapter of the Lady Bird Johnson Committee to Beautify America. Throughout her life Pam maintained close ties to her home town, returning often for family and community events. She was the only person to complete every Minster Oktoberfest Classic 10K run since it was begun in 1979. Pam continued her education in Cincinnati, Ohio. She obtained a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude in Chemistry from The College of Mount Saint Joseph on the Ohio in 1976, a Master of Science in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati in 1979 and a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University in 1989. In 1979 Pam moved to Lexington, Kentucky to join IBM. She worked for IBM/Lexmark for more than 25 years as a valued member of the company’s management team. She will be remembered as a dedicated and inspirational leader for Lexmark’s environmental, health and safety organization and a talented and effective director in product development and facilities. She was instrumental in many of Lexmark’s corporate outreach efforts, including Reforest the Bluegrass and United Way. Pam was an active youth member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Minster. Her most cherished activity was singing in the choir. Upon arrival in Lexington, Pam joined St. Paul Catholic Church because she enjoyed the diversity of the parish community and the church building reminded her of home. While a member of St. Paul Parish she was involved, often in a leadership role, with many ministries and committees. Faculty News All of the faculty have been busy with grants and travels this fall. Submissions follow:

Photograph: Dr. Kermit Davis Dr. Kermit Davis was recently appointed to the editorial board of the journal Work. He also is the domain leader for scientific publications of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Photograph: Sergey Grinshpun Dr. Sergey Grinshpun presented the following invited presentation this summer/fall: Children Exposure to Traffic-Originated PM, Heath Effects Institute, Boston, MA in July; A Comparison of Electrospray and Nebulization for Aerosolizing MS2 Bacteriophages, at the European Aerosol Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, in August; Respiratory Protection at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority,

US DHHS, Washington, DC, in September; Biological Contaminants Sampled from Surfaces in Flooded Homes of New Orleans at the National Healthy Homes Conference, Baltimore, MD in September; Respiratory Protection against Airborne Particles: Major Milestones and Challenges at Occupational Hygiene Association of Ontario, Toronto, Canada in October; Method and Experimental Facility for Evaluating the Inactivation of Aerosolized Microorganisms by a Halogen-Enriched Filled Nanocomposite Material and Use of Electrospray for Aerosolizing Viruses in Filter Testing, at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Orlando, FL in October; Adhesive Facepiece Respirator: Concept Development and Validation at the “No Fit Test Respirator” Workshop, NIOSH, Pittsburgh, PA in November. Dr. Grinshpun has been appointed to the Infection Prevention Advisory Board of Cardinal Health Inc., McGraw Park, IL.

Photograph: Dr. Carol Rice Dr. Carol Rice presented three invited lectures in December: Worker Training as a Tool to Build Health and Safety Infrastructure at the Medical College of Sri Lanka, Colombo; Occupational Hygiene in the Health Care Setting at Pramukswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India; Workers as Trainers—metrics to measure experience in the US and India at the PHFI School of Public Health in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. She has been appointed to the AFIT Graduate Industrial Hygiene Program Review team, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton.

Photograph: Jozeph Svetlik Jozeph Svetlik, emeritus professor and helper to so many students stopped by this fall during his travels around Cincinnati (which we think counts as a travel report!). He is in Florida for the winter with wife Elizabeth; they continue to go to Montreal routinely to visit grandchildren and children.

Photograph: Glenn Talaska Dr. Glenn Talaska spoke in November on Development of Biological Exposure Indices as a key tool in reduction of Occupational Disease, Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Occupational Health, Pusan, Korea, and presented at the Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, 30th Anniversary of the Department of Occupational Health, Seoul, Korea. He presented ‘The BEI for 1 Hydroxypyrene: Does it Protect Health? at Les hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques, de la recherché a la reprevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada in September. He has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Preventative Medicine and Public Health.