Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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2025 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Occupational & Environmental,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
Does Manual Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy Put Endoscopy Staff and Patients at Risk? Experiences of Endoscopy Nurses and Technicians.
Journal Article Gastroenterol Nurs · September 2023 Endoscopy staff suffer work-related musculoskeletal disorders at a rate greater than or comparable to nurses and technicians in other subspecialities, which may be attributable to the widespread use of manual pressure and repositioning during colonoscopy. ... Full text Link to item CiteThe Current State of Obesity in Healthcare: A Perfect Storm
Chapter · January 1, 2021 Obesity is a growing public health problem in the United States. Obese individuals are at greater risk for early death as well as chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and musculoskeletal disorders. The economic costs related t ... Full text CiteAccessibility and accommodations for patients with mobility disabilities in a large healthcare system: How are we doing?
Journal Article Disabil Health J · October 2019 BACKGROUND: People with disabilities continue to experience health disparities resulting from inaccessibility of healthcare practices and medical diagnostic equipment (MDE). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accessibility of and acco ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Effectiveness of patient lift equipment
ResearchErgonomist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010Surveillance Methods for Health Care and Related Workers
ResearchErgonomist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2006Work and Health Disparaties Among Rural Women
ResearchErgonomist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2006View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
George Mason University ·
1990
M.A.