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

  • Journal Articles

    • 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, HJ, Schoenfisch, AL, Myers, DJ, Pompeii, LA, and Dement, JM. "Evaluation of direct workers' compensation costs for musculoskeletal injuries surrounding interventions to reduce patient lifting." Occup Environ Med 69, no. 5 (May 2012): 367-372.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dekker, SWA, Nyce, JM, and Myers, DJ. "The little engine who could not: "rehabilitating" the individual in safety research." Cognition, Technology and Work (2012): 1-6.  Full Text
    • 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 (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, AL, Myers, DJ, Pompeii, LA, and Lipscomb, HJ. "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): 946-954.  Full Text
    • Schoenfisch, AL, Pompeii, LA, Myers, DJ, James, T, Yeung, Y-L, Fricklas, E, Pentico, M, and Lipscomb, HJ. "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): 935-945.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Schoenfisch, AL, Lipscomb, HJ, Myers, DJ, Fricklas, E, and James, T. "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): 329-334.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Shishlov, KS, Schoenfisch, AL, Myers, DJ, and Lipscomb, HJ. "Non-fatal construction industry fall-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 1998-2005." Am J Ind Med 54, no. 2 (February 2011): 128-135.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lipscomb, HJ, Schoenfisch, AL, Shishlov, KS, and Myers, DJ. "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): 581-587.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Schoenfisch, AL, Lipscomb, HJ, Shishlov, K, and Myers, DJ. "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): 570-580.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Myers, DJ, and Lipscomb, HJ. "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): 514-523.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Myers, DJ. "Education and health disparities: a macro, not micro, phenomenon." New Solut 20, no. 2 (2010): 175-177.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • 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, JM, Myers, D, Loomis, D, Richardson, D, and Wolf, S. "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): 574-583.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • 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, HJ, Pompeii, LA, Myers, DJ, Schoenfisch, AL, and Dement, JM. "Systematic reviews of workplace injury interventions: what are we missing?." Med Lav 100, no. 4 (July 2009): 247-257. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Myers, DJ, Epling, C, Dement, J, and Hunt, D. "Risk of sharp device-related blood and body fluid exposure in operating rooms." Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29, no. 12 (December 2008): 1139-1148.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Myers, DJ. "Epidemiologists, our patient is society." New Solut 18, no. 2 (2008): 107-109.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • 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, DJ. "The food industry's solution to the obesity epidemic: take a walk." New Solut 16, no. 1 (2006): 13-16.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Myers, D, Kriebel, D, Karasek, R, Punnett, L, and Wegman, D. "Injuries and assaults in a long-term psychiatric care facility: an epidemiologic study." AAOHN J 53, no. 11 (November 2005): 489-498.  Link to Item
    • Myers, D, Silverstein, B, and Nelson, NA. "Predictors of shoulder and back injuries in nursing home workers: a prospective study." Am J Ind Med 41, no. 6 (June 2002): 466-476.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Eisen, EA, Smith, TJ, Kriebel, D, Woskie, SR, Myers, DJ, Kennedy, SM, Shalat, S, and Monson, RR. "Respiratory health of automobile workers and exposures to metal-working fluid aerosols: lung spirometry." Am J Ind Med 39, no. 5 (May 2001): 443-453.  Link to Item
    • Kriebel, D, Myers, D, Cheng, M, Woskie, S, and Cocanour, B. "Short-term effects of formaldehyde on peak expiratory flow and irritant symptoms." Arch Environ Health 56, no. 1 (January 2001): 11-18.  Full Text  Link to Item

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