Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • D.Sc., University of Massachusetts, Lowell 2004
  • M.A., University of Massachusetts - Amherst 1998
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2010 - 2012
  • Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2007 - 2010
  • Assistant Research Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2006 - 2007
  • Instructor, Temporary in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2006
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Preventing Blood and Body Fluid Exposures during Surgical Procedures. awarded by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 2009 - 2013
  • Effectiveness of patient lift equipment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Dekker, S. W. A., J. M. Nyce, and D. J. Myers. “The little engine who could not: "rehabilitating" the individual in safety research.” Cognition, Technology and Work 15, no. 3 (August 1, 2013): 277–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-012-0228-5.
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    • Lipscomb, Hester J., James Nolan, Dennis Patterson, Vince Sticca, and Douglas J. Myers. “Safety, incentives, and the reporting of work-related injuries among union carpenters: "you're pretty much screwed if you get hurt at work".” Am J Ind Med 56, no. 4 (April 2013): 389–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22128.
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    • Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Hester J. Lipscomb, Lisa A. Pompeii, Douglas J. Myers, and John M. Dement. “Musculoskeletal injuries among hospital patient care staff before and after implementation of patient lift and transfer equipment.” Scand J Work Environ Health 39, no. 1 (January 2013): 27–36. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3288.
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    • Lipscomb, H. J., A. L. Schoenfisch, D. J. Myers, L. A. Pompeii, and J. M. Dement. “Evaluation of direct workers' compensation costs for musculoskeletal injuries surrounding interventions to reduce patient lifting.” Occup Environ Med 69, no. 5 (May 2012): 367–72. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2011-100107.
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    • Myers, D. J., A. L. Schoenfisch, and H. J. Lipscomb. “Cultural influences on workplace safety: An example of hospital workers' adoption of patient lifting devices.” Safety Science 50, no. 3 (March 1, 2012): 494–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2011.10.015.
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    • Rauscher, Kimberly J., Douglas J. Myers, Carol W. Runyan, and Michael Schulman. “Young worker safety in construction: do family ties and workgroup size affect hazard exposures and safety practices?” Work 42, no. 4 (2012): 549–58. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-1406.
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    • Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Douglas J. Myers, Lisa A. Pompeii, and Hester J. Lipscomb. “Implementation and adoption of mechanical patient lift equipment in the hospital setting: The importance of organizational and cultural factors.” Am J Ind Med 54, no. 12 (December 2011): 946–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.21001.
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    • Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Lisa A. Pompeii, Douglas J. Myers, Tamara James, Yeu-Li Yeung, Ethan Fricklas, Marissa Pentico, and Hester J. Lipscomb. “Objective measures of adoption of patient lift and transfer devices to reduce nursing staff injuries in the hospital setting.” Am J Ind Med 54, no. 12 (December 2011): 935–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20998.
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    • Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Hester J. Lipscomb, Douglas J. Myers, Ethan Fricklas, and Tamara James. “A lift assist team in an acute care hospital-prevention of injury or transfer of risk during patient-handling tasks?” Aaohn J 59, no. 8 (August 2011): 329–34. https://doi.org/10.3928/08910162-20110726-02.
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    • Shishlov, Kirill S., Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Douglas J. Myers, and Hester J. Lipscomb. “Non-fatal construction industry fall-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 1998-2005.” Am J Ind Med 54, no. 2 (February 2011): 128–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20880.
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    • Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Hester J. Lipscomb, Kirill Shishlov, and Douglas J. Myers. “Nonfatal construction industry-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States, 1998-2005.” Am J Ind Med 53, no. 6 (June 2010): 570–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20829.
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    • Lipscomb, Hester J., Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Kirill S. Shishlov, and Douglas J. Myers. “Nonfatal tool- or equipment-related injuries treated in US emergency departments among workers in the construction industry, 1998-2005.” Am J Ind Med 53, no. 6 (June 2010): 581–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20839.
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    • Myers, Douglas J., and Hester J. Lipscomb. “Informal social status among coworkers and risk of work-related injury among nurse aides in long-term care.” Am J Ind Med 53, no. 5 (May 2010): 514–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20805.
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    • Myers, Douglas J. “Education and health disparities: a macro, not micro, phenomenon.” New Solut 20, no. 2 (2010): 175–77. https://doi.org/10.2190/NS.20.2.a.
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    • Rodríguez-Acosta, R. L., D. J. Myers, D. B. Richardson, H. J. Lipscomb, J. C. Chen, and J. M. Dement. “Physical assault among nursing staff employed in acute care.” Work 35, no. 2 (2010): 191–200. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2010-0971.
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    • Rodríguez-Acosta, R. L., D. B. Richardson, H. J. Lipscomb, J. C. Chen, J. M. Dement, D. J. Myers, and D. P. Loomis. “Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care.” Am J Ind Med 52, no. 12 (December 2009): 953–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20762.
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    • Dement, J. M., D. Myers, D. Loomis, D. Richardson, and S. Wolf. “Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy in North Carolina USA asbestos textile plants.” Occup Environ Med 66, no. 9 (September 2009): 574–83. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2008.040410.
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    • Dement, John, Laura Welch, Elizabeth Haile, and Douglas Myers. “Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a medical screening program.” Am J Ind Med 52, no. 8 (August 2009): 603–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20725.
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    • Lipscomb, Hester J., Lisa A. Pompeii, D. J. Myers, Ashley L. Schoenfisch, and J. M. Dement. “Systematic reviews of workplace injury interventions: what are we missing?” Med Lav 100, no. 4 (2009): 247–57.
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    • Myers, Douglas J., Carol Epling, John Dement, and Debra Hunt. “Risk of sharp device-related blood and body fluid exposure in operating rooms.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29, no. 12 (December 2008): 1139–48. https://doi.org/10.1086/592091.
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    • Myers, Douglas J. “Epidemiologists, our patient is society.” New Solut 18, no. 2 (2008): 107–9. https://doi.org/10.2190/NS.18.2.a.
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    • Rauscher, Kimberly J., and Douglas J. Myers. “Socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of work-related injuries among adolescents in the United States.” J Adolesc Health 42, no. 1 (January 2008): 50–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.003.
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    • Myers, Douglas J., David Kriebel, Robert Karasek, Laura Punnett, and David H. Wegman. “The social distribution of risk at work: acute injuries and physical assaults among healthcare workers working in a long-term care facility.” Soc Sci Med 64, no. 4 (February 2007): 794–806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.027.
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    • Myers, Douglas J. “The food industry's solution to the obesity epidemic: take a walk.” New Solut 16, no. 1 (2006): 13–16. https://doi.org/10.2190/7054-AFFJ-4WU3-3KFY.
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    • Myers, Douglas, David Kriebel, Robert Karasek, Laura Punnett, and David Wegman. “Injuries and assaults in a long-term psychiatric care facility: an epidemiologic study.” Aaohn J 53, no. 11 (November 2005): 489–98.
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    • Myers, Douglas, Barbara Silverstein, and Nancy A. Nelson. “Predictors of shoulder and back injuries in nursing home workers: a prospective study.” Am J Ind Med 41, no. 6 (June 2002): 466–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.10076.
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    • Eisen, E. A., T. J. Smith, D. Kriebel, S. R. Woskie, D. J. Myers, S. M. Kennedy, S. Shalat, and R. R. Monson. “Respiratory health of automobile workers and exposures to metal-working fluid aerosols: lung spirometry.” Am J Ind Med 39, no. 5 (May 2001): 443–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.1038.
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    • Kriebel, D., D. Myers, M. Cheng, S. Woskie, and B. Cocanour. “Short-term effects of formaldehyde on peak expiratory flow and irritant symptoms.” Arch Environ Health 56, no. 1 (2001): 11–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00039890109604049.
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