Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • D.Sc., University of Massachusetts at Lowell 2004
  • M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst 1998
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2010 - 2012
  • Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2007 - 2010
  • Assistant Research Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2006 - 2007
  • Instructor, Temporary in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 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, SWA, Nyce, JM, and Myers, DJ. "The little engine who could not: “rehabilitating” the individual in safety research." Cognition, Technology & Work 15, no. 3 (August 2013): 277-282.  Full Text
    • Lipscomb, HJ, Nolan, J, Patterson, D, Sticca, V, and Myers, DJ. "Safety, incentives, and the reporting of work-related injuries among union carpenters: "you're pretty much screwed if you get hurt at work"." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 56, no. 4 (April 2013): 389-399.  Full Text
    • Schoenfisch, AL, Lipscomb, HJ, Pompeii, LA, Myers, DJ, and Dement, JM. "Musculoskeletal injuries among hospital patient care staff before and after implementation of patient lift and transfer equipment." Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 39, no. 1 (January 2013): 27-36.  Full Text
    • 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..” Occupational and Environmental Medicine 69, no. 5 (May 2012): 367–72. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2011-100107.
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    • Myers, DJ, Schoenfisch, AL, and Lipscomb, HJ. "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.  Full Text
    • Rauscher, KJ, Myers, DJ, Runyan, CW, and Schulman, M. "Young worker safety in construction: do family ties and workgroup size affect hazard exposures and safety practices?." Work (Reading, Mass.) 42, no. 4 (January 2012): 549-558.  Full Text
    • 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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 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 Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses 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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 54, no. 2 (February 2011): 128–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20880.
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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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 53, no. 6 (June 2010): 581–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20839.
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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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 53, no. 6 (June 2010): 570–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20829.
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    • Myers, DJ, and Lipscomb, HJ. "Informal social status among coworkers and risk of work-related injury among nurse aides in long-term care." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 53, no. 5 (May 2010): 514-523.  Full Text
    • Myers, Douglas J. “Education and health disparities: a macro, not micro, phenomenon..” New Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : Ns 20, no. 2 (January 2010): 175–77. https://doi.org/10.2190/ns.20.2.a.
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    • Rodríguez-Acosta, RL, Myers, DJ, Richardson, DB, Lipscomb, HJ, Chen, JC, and Dement, JM. "Physical assault among nursing staff employed in acute care." Work (Reading, Mass.) 35, no. 2 (January 2010): 191-200.  Full Text
    • Rodríguez-Acosta, RL, Richardson, DB, Lipscomb, HJ, Chen, JC, Dement, JM, Myers, DJ, and Loomis, DP. "Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 52, no. 12 (December 2009): 953-964.  Full Text
    • 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..” Occupational and Environmental Medicine 66, no. 9 (September 2009): 574–83. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2008.040410.
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    • Dement, J, Welch, L, Haile, E, and Myers, D. "Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a medical screening program." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 52, no. 8 (August 2009): 603-613.  Full Text
    • 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?.” La Medicina Del Lavoro 100, no. 4 (July 2009): 247–57.
    • Myers, Douglas J., Carol Epling, John Dement, and Debra Hunt. “Risk of sharp device-related blood and body fluid exposure in operating rooms..” Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 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 Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : Ns 18, no. 2 (January 2008): 107–9. https://doi.org/10.2190/ns.18.2.a.
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    • Rauscher, KJ, and Myers, DJ. "Socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of work-related injuries among adolescents in the United States." The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 42, no. 1 (January 2008): 50-57.  Full Text
    • Myers, DJ, Kriebel, D, Karasek, R, Punnett, L, and Wegman, DH. "The social distribution of risk at work: acute injuries and physical assaults among healthcare workers working in a long-term care facility." Social Science & Medicine (1982) 64, no. 4 (February 2007): 794-806.  Full Text
    • Myers, Douglas J. “The food industry's solution to the obesity epidemic: take a walk..” New Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : Ns 16, no. 1 (January 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 Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses 53, no. 11 (November 2005): 489–98.
    • Myers, D, Silverstein, B, and Nelson, NA. "Predictors of shoulder and back injuries in nursing home workers: a prospective study." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 41, no. 6 (June 2002): 466-476.  Full Text
    • 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..” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 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..” Archives of Environmental Health 56, no. 1 (January 2001): 11–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00039890109604049.
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