Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.A., George Mason University 1990
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2000 - 2009
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Effectiveness of patient lift equipment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
  • Surveillance Methods for Health Care and Related Workers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2006
  • Work and Health Disparaties Among Rural Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2006
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Schoenfisch, AL, Kucera, KL, Lipscomb, HJ, McIlvaine, J, Becherer, L, James, T, and Avent, S. "Use of Assistive Devices to Lift, Transfer, and Reposition Hospital Patients." Nursing Research 68, no. 1 (January 2019): 3-12.  Full Text
    • Joines, S, James, T, Liu, S, Wang, W, Dunn, R, and Cohen, S. "Adjustable task lighting: Field study assesses the benefits in an office environment." Work (Reading, Mass.) 51, no. 3 (January 2015): 471-481.  Full Text
    • Hedge, A, and James, T. "Detrimental Effects of an Electronic Health Records System on Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Health Professionals." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 58, no. 1 (September 2014): 773-777.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Hedge, A, and James, T. "Gender Effects on Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Physician Computer Users in Outpatient Diagnostic Clinics." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 56, no. 1 (September 2012): 887-891.  Full Text
    • "Assessment of the benefits of adjustable task lighting in office environments." Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2011 (December 1, 2011): 493-494.
    • 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
    • Hedge, A, James, T, and Pavlovic-Veselinovic, S. "Ergonomics concerns and the impact of healthcare information technology." International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 41, no. 4 (July 2011): 345-351.  Full Text
    • Lu, M-L, James, T, Lowe, B, Barrero, M, and Kong, Y-K. "An investigation of hand forces and postures for using selected mechanical pipettes." International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 38, no. 1 (January 2008): 18-29.  Full Text
    • "A comparison of tradtional and alternative pipettes: Comfort and preference." 8th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference Proceedings (December 1, 2005): 161-196.
    • Lipscomb, HJ, Argue, R, McDonald, MA, Dement, JM, Epling, CA, James, T, Wing, S, and Loomis, D. "Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south." Environmental Health Perspectives 113, no. 12 (December 2005): 1833-1840.  Full Text
    • Dement, JM, Pompeii, LA, Østbye, T, Epling, C, Lipscomb, HJ, James, T, Jacobs, MJ, Jackson, G, and Thomann, W. "An integrated comprehensive occupational surveillance system for health care workers." Am J Ind Med 45, no. 6 (June 2004): 528-538.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • "An intervention study comparing traditional and ergonomic microscopes." Proceedings of the Xivth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium' (December 1, 2000): 31-34.
    • James, T, Ward, DA, and Farmer, SR. "Evidence for Applying Ergonomic Principles to the Design of new Facilities." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 42, no. 8 (October 1998): 644-645.  Full Text
    • "Ergonomic approach to modifying microscope design for increased comfort: a case study." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 1 (January 1, 1995): 573-577.

  • Book Sections

    • Duffy, VG. "Advances in Human Aspects of Healthcare(Published online)." .: CRC Press,.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Wiggermann, N, Hallbeck, S, James, T, Kumpar, D, Williamson, R, and Wolf, L. "Preventing our Caregivers from Becoming Patients – Challenges, Successes, and Trends Faced by Hospital Risk Managers and Ergonomists." : SAGE Publications, September 2016.  Full Text
    • James, TM. "An Ergonomic Approach to Modifying Microscope Design for Increased Comfort: A Case Study." : SAGE Publications, October 1995.  Full Text
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to the Profession

  • Committee Member. Ergonomics and Disability Support Advisory Committee. American Dental Association. 2006  2006

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