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Derek Shendell, D.Env., MPH, AB

Professor

Director of the NJ Safe Schools Program

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health & Justice

Director, New Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJ SS)

Affiliated Faculty - EOHSI Division of Environmental and Population Health Biosciences

Rutgers School of Public Health
683 Hoes Lane West – Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone: (732) 235-5409

shendedg@sph.rutgers.edu

 

 

Dr. Derek G. Shendell, D.Env (UCLA 2003), MPH (Yale University 1998), BA (Dartmouth College 1996) is an Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health & Justice, Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH). In addition, he is Principal Investigator/Director of NJ Safe Schools Program.

About the New Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJ SS)

Research Highlights

The NJ Safe Schools Program team, led by Dr. Shendell, has become a national leader—with access to their website-based materials reaching a worldwide  audience consistently over  the last  five  years—in the area of young worker  safety and  health, particularly concerning online injury surveillance and science-based cosmetology safety and health training with evaluation tools to assess immediate impacts on knowledge, awareness  and attitudes  of adolescents and young  adult workers and their  supervisors/teachers in public  secondary or high schools. His doctoral-level research and other projects during years at E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and subsequent agency (e.g., State of California survey) and non-profit studies, provided the significant justification for the ongoing use and sustainability/availability of U.S. EPA IAQ Tools for Schools Program, multiple state and local laws and policies around environmental preferable purchasing, and improved mechanical ventilation with proper filtration in public, private and charter K-12 schools. Through UMDNJ/Rutgers and Yale Engineering he  published 1st peer-reviewed paper worldwide to use quantitative measures of estimated exposures to specific genera and species of fungi in house dust—collected from floors in main living areas with peer-reviewed method and of health outcomes, i.e., lung function (spirometry), among older adults with doctor-diagnosed asthma and/or chronic bronchitis (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). This field and laboratory research improved asthma epidemiology and led to other groups in the U.S. and the E.U. to conduct similar analyses for children with asthma using banked dust samples and these advanced lab techniques (qPCR, then next-generation sequencing). His team””s development of and publication about the “Central California Outdoor Air Quality Flag Program,” with a science-based description and initial evaluation data, and conference presentations before it, led to expansion of this voluntary program, with formal EPA and American Lung Association endorsement, throughout not only State of California but also the entire U.S. Indeed, this program was adopted and remains sustainable through EPA and Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification program.

 

Awards

  • National Environmental Health Association, Presidential Citation, 7-10/2020
  • President’s Award – NJ Environmental Health Association (2017) – The President’s Award has served to recognize outstanding public health professionals among both the Association membership and the general public.
  • Rutgers Leadership Academy – Rutgers University (2017-2019 cohort) – The Rutgers Leadership Academy is a two-year program for mid-career faculty and staff who aspire to broadened leadership roles within their units.
  • Centennial Honor Roll – Yale University School of Public Health (YSPH) (2015) – Centennial Honor Roll for Excellence and Service was established to honor 100 alumni and/or faculty who made outstanding contributions to public health and/or the Yale School of Public Health during the school’s first 100 years.
  • Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship Award – Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH) Student Government Association (2015) – The Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes graduate faculty who have made significant contributions at Rutgers University.
  • Faculty Member – Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, Rutgers SPH (2010) – Delta Omega is intended to not only recognize merit, but also to encourage and further excellence in and devotion to public health work.
  • Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship Award – UMDNJ SPH (2009) – The Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes graduate faculty who have made significant contributions to graduate education at Rutgers University.

Research Interests & Areas of Study

Dr. Shendell “bridges” science, education and policy in a multidisciplinary fashion to reduce and/or prevent environmental exposures and health effects. He focuses on community/schools-based research with local participation in planning and execution; educational training (in-person and online/hybrid) and materials, service and technical assistance; and, evidence-based policy recommendations.   Dr. Shendell also, as Director of the NJ Safe Schools Program (http://www.njsafeschools.org), leads injury surveillance for both adolescents/young adult workers on- and off-campus and student-athletes, cosmetology and Right to Know, science-to-policy, regular statewide e-communications, and training for teachers, supervisors and administrators as well as students in secondary career-technical-vocational education concerning safety and health, child labor laws and wage and hour laws.  Dr. Shendell also leads an Interagency Alliance for Young Worker Safety and Health in NJ.

Selected Service to Profession

  • Member/Appointee, NJ Child Labor Law Enforcement Advisory Board (2011-present)
  • Member/Appointee, NJ Interagency Working Group Environmental Education (K-12) (2008-present)
  • Member/Appointee, Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2020-2023)
  • Member/Appointee, Federal Board of Scientific Councilors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2017-2024)

Publications

2024

School-Based:

  1. Campbell ML, Shendell DG. 2023-2024. Assessing Indicators of Mental Health Distress Among New Jersey High School Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical Research Archives (European Society of Medicine), 12 (1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v12i1.4923  [Accepted December 19, 2023, online by January 30, 2024 for special COVID-19 theme issue]
  2. Shendell DG, Rehman M, Aggarwal J, Nguyen KT, Campbell ML, Gonzalez LN. 2023-2024. Free online cyber security and safety practices course from NJSS. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (7): 17. [Accepted January 2024, online by February 2-5 in print February 2024 issue.]
  3. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J,  Nguyen KT, Campbell ML, Gonzalez LN. 2023-2024. Teaching Future Workers about Risk Assessment and Indoor Microenvironments: Experience with a New Online Training Course among New Jersey Career-Technical Education Students during COVID-19. Exploring Perspectives, Opportunities, and Challenges in Various School Settings (Editor: Myra A. Cozart; Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 979-8-89113-504-8). [Accepted July 2023 for February 2024 special issue; galley proof approved October 2023. https://novapublishers.com/shop/exploring-perspectives-opportunities-and-challenges-in-various-school-settings/]
  4. Hussain Z, Shendell DG. 2023-2024. PCBs in NJ Schools: What We Need to Know. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (8): 34-35. [Accepted December 2023, online by March 1-4 in print March 2024 issue.]
  5. Aggarwal J, Campbell ML, Rehman M, Nguyen KT, Shendell DG. 2023-2024. Perspectives and Attitudes of Newer New Jersey High School Teachers towards Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting Consumer Products Used in School Classrooms. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024;21(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph21020211 [accepted February 8, 2024; online by February 12 for CDC/NIOSH special issue “Future of Work and Occupational Safety and Health”]
  6. Hussain Z, Shendell DG. 2023-2024. Outdoor and ambient air quality at NJ schools: Reviewing key sources and common pollutants. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (10): 40-41. [Accepted March 2024, online by May 1-3 in print May 2024 issue.]
  7. Aggarwal J, Shendell DG, Nguyen KT, Rehman M, Campbell ML. 2024. Newer New Jersey Work-Based Learning Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: School Safety Regarding Ventilation, Trainings, and Awareness of Government Agencies Resources. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2024.2378097 
  8. Campbell ML, Aggarwal J, Nguyen KT, Rehman M, Shendell DG. 2024. Perceptions of New Jersey Teachers About Mental Health and School Services Offered During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Future, 2(4):172-184. https://doi.org/10.3390/future2040014 [accepted November 13, 2024, online November 18, 2024]

Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG.  2023-2024. Learning from COVID-19: Bring Africa’s Public Health and Medical Students Formal Training on the Concepts of Indoor Air and Environmental Quality to Improve and Protect Health. Discoveries in Public Health, accepted/in press as of 12/7/2023. [new Africa journal, led by University of Ibadan (Nigeria) for print in issue volume 2 number 4 2024]
  2. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J. 2023-2024. Trends in Interests of New Public Health Students Concerning Environmental Health. Frontiers in Education accepted/in press as of 1/29/2024 [scheduled for 2024 special issue by National Environmental Health Association]. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1342874/full
  3. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J,  Koshy K. 2023-2024. Informing Future Occupational Safety Training: Learning from Interests Among Students New to Public Health 2015-2023. Professional Safety Journal (ASSP), 69(9): 31-33. [accepted/in press as of 2/7-8/2024].
2023

School-Based:

  1. Shendell, D., Black, L., Way, Y., Aggarwal, J., Campbell, M., & Nguyen, K. 2023. Knowledge, Attitudes and Awareness of Public High School Students Regarding Concepts and Environmental Health Aspects of Climate Change, Sustainability and Environmental Justice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1922. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph2121167
  2. Nguyen, K.T.; Aggarwal, J.; Campbell, M.L.; Shiau, S.; Shendell, D.G. 2023. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among New Jersey Teachers and Impacts of Vaccination Information Dissemination. Vaccines, 11, 466. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020466
  3. Way Y, Shendell DG. 2023. The importance of understanding mold in schools. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 96 (8): 36-37. [Paper accepted mid-January 2023, online by weekend of March 3-6.]
  4. Aggarwal J, Nguyen KT, Campbell ML, Gonzalez LN, Shendell DG. 2023. An introduction to apprenticeships. ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education) Techniques, x (y): a-b. [Paper accepted May 2023, scheduled for print issue fall 2023 (likely October).]
  5. Panzarella J, Shendell DG, Koshy K. 2023-2024. Chemical Storage Hazards and NJ’s Right-to-Know Act. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (1): 40-41. [Accepted August 7-8, 2023, online by September 1-5 in print September 2023 issue.]
  6. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J, Mulch A, Siehl J. 2023. NJSBA STEAM Tank Challenge Benefits Each Teacher-Coach and Student. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (3): 18 with online supplement at https://www.njea.org/STEAMTank-survey. [Accepted July-August 2023, online by October 2 in print October 2023 issue.]
  7. Shendell DG, Gonzalez LN, Kaplun EA, Campbell MLF, Aggarwal J. 2023. Case study in New Jersey on perceptions and concerns during COVID-19: Lessons for safety and health during future work-based learning. Medical Research Archives (European Society of Medicine), 11 (9): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i9.4258  [Accepted August 9-16, online by October 6.]
  8. Aggarwal J, Nguyen KT, Campbell ML, Shiau S, Shendell DG. 2023. Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Case Status among New Jersey Secondary Educational Professionals. Vaccines 11 (11):1667. [Accepted in October 2023, online early November 2023] https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11111667

Community-Based:

  1. Way Y, Shendell DG. 2023. The importance of understanding heat-related illness in schools year-round. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 96 (10): 38-39. [Accepted mid-March 2023, online by May 1-5 in print May 2023 issue.]
  2. Panzarella J, Shendell DG, Koshy K. 2023. Slips, trips, and fall hazards. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review Journal, 97 (4): 42-43. [Accepted October 2-3, 2023, online by November 1-2 in print November 2023 issue.]
  3. Rattanawitoon, T., Siriwong, W., Shendell, D., Fiedler, N., Robson, M.G. 2023 An Evaluation of a Pesticide Training Program to Reduce Pesticide Exposure and Enhance Safety among Female Farmworkers in Nan, Thailand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17): 6635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176635
2022

School-Based:

  1. Campbell, M.L. & Shendell. D.G. 2022-2023. Survey of New Jersey K-12 Professionals on Work-Based Learning During COVID-19: A Preliminary Study and Future Implications. Journal of School Health, 93 (2): 123-127. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josh.13285 (Accepted November 2, 2022; online as of December 1, 2022, in print 1-2/2023)
  2. Black, L.F., Li, K., Shendell, D.G. 2022. Expanding Awareness of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Health through an Introductory Short Online Course for High School Students. EXPLORE: Health and Environment. 18 (3): 381-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2022.03.006
  3. Rehman M, Gonzalez LN, Shendell DG. 2022. Introducing High School Students to Human Rights to Help Promote Environmental Justice and Health: An Example from NJ and NYC. Elsevier EXPLORE: Health and the Environment. 18 (5): 622-623. (Accepted/in press as of late April-early May 2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2022.06.017

Community-Based:

  1. Aggarwal JA, Gichura MW, Campbell MLF, Nguyen KT, Shendell DG. 2022. COVID‐19 school versus community‐based outbreak trends among New Jersey K‐12 schools during the 2020‐2021 school year. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9285. [Accepted/In Press as of July 26, 2022, Online as of July 29-30, 2022]
2021

School-Based:

  1. Fakeh Campbell ML, Sansone AJ, Gonzalez LN, Schroth K, Shendell DG. 2019-2020. E-cigarette environmental and fire/life safety risks in schools reported by secondary school teachers. BMC Public Health, 20, 1215. (Accepted/in press as of July 29, 2020, online by October 11, 2020.) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09319-8
  2. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J, Campbell MLF, Gonzalez LN, Kaplun E, Koshy K, Mackie TI. 2021. Fall 2020 COVID-19 Needs Assessment among New Jersey Secondary School Educational Professionals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8):4083. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084083 (Accepted/in press as of April 9, 2021).
  3. Shendell DG, Campbell MLF, Gonzalez LN, Aggarwal J, Kaplun E. 2021. Implementation of online work-related safety and health trainings for students and educators during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: One model in New Jersey. Elsevier EXPLORE: Health and the Environment, 17(4): 380-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2021.04.007 (Accepted/in press as of April 12, 2021)
  4. Shendell DG, Gonzalez LN, Panchella JA, Morrell J. 2021. Time-Resolved Characterization of Indoor Air Quality due to Human Activity and Likely Outdoor Sources during Early Evening Secondary School Wrestling Matches. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2021/5580616/ [PMID: 34211558, PMCID: PMC8205592, DOI: 10.1155/2021/5580616]
  5. Gonzalez LN, Campbell MLF, Shendell DG. 2021. Adolescent empowerment through occupational rights, safety and health education: An online asynchronous course for secondary school students including young immigrant and refugee workers. Elsevier EXPLORE: Health and the Environment. 17(5): 479-480. (Accepted/in press as of May 10, 2021).
  6. Aggarwal J, Eitland ES, Fakeh Campbell ML, Gonzalez LN, Greenberg P, Kaplun E, Sahili S, Koshy K, Rajan S, Shendell DG. 2021. Built/Physical Environment Attributes and Preparedness for Potential Gun Violence at Secondary Schools. Journal of Environmental Health, 84(4): 8-16. (Accepted/in press as of August 27, 2021).
  7. Shendell DG, Campbell MLF, Gonzalez LN. 2021. Teacher Views of Preparedness Initiatives at NJ Public Secondary Schools. NJ Education Association Journal, 95(3): 16-17. (Accepted/in press as of 10/4-5/2021).
  8. Campbell MLF, Shendell DG, Gonzalez LN, Aggarwal J, Koshy K. 2021. NJ Secondary School Educational Professionals Survey on Gun Violence, Safety and Mental Health Services NJ Education Association Journal, 95 (6): 14-15. (Accepted/in press as of 10/18/2021).

Community-Based:

  1. Glorennec, P., Shendell, D.G., Rasmussen, P.E., Waeber, R., Egeghy, P., Azuma, K., Pelfrêne, A., Le Bot, B., Esteve, W., Perouel, G., Pernelet Joly, V., Noack, Y., Delannoy, M., Keirsbulck, M., Mandin, C. 2020. Towards setting public health guidelines for chemicals in indoor settled dust? Indoor Air. (Accepted/in press as of July 14, 2020, online by October 11). https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12722
  2. Koshy K, Shendell, DG, Presutti, M. 2021. Perspectives of region II OSHA authorized safety and health trainers about initial COVID-19 response programs. Safety Science, 138:105193. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105193 (Accepted/in press as of February 4, 2021).
  3. Shendell, DG. 2021. The Multiple Benefits of Removing Major Outdoor Air Pollution Point Sources. American Journal of Public Health, 111 (5): 770-772. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306248
  4. Shendell DG, Aggarwal J. (prepared 1-3/2020, submitted 4/2020, published 2/2022). “Child Labor”. Oxford Bibliographies in Public Health (online textbook). New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
2020

School-Based:

  1. Simmons KX, Shah N, Fakeh Campbell ML, Gonzalez L, Jones LE, Shendell DG. 2020. Online and in-person violence, harassment, intimidation and bullying in New Jersey: 2011-2016. Journal of School Health, 90 (10): 754-761. (Accepted/in press as of January 21, 2020.)
  2. Jones LE, Shah N, Graber JM, Fakeh M, Gonzalez L, Koshy K, Shendell DG. 2018-2019. Injury Surveillance Trends in Career-Technical Education: New Jersey 1999-2018. Journal of Safety Research, 73 (6): 153-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2020.02.007
  3. Shendell DG, Shah N. 2019-2020. Initial Evaluation of Sustainable Jersey for Schools Program and Certifications Achieved by New Jersey Public Schools, 2014-2018. Environmental Research, accepted/in press as of March 14, 2020; online April 2020 for June 2020 print issue. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109399
  4. Uhiara DC, Shendell DG, Graber JM, Koshy K, Borjan M, Lumia M. 2018-2019. Hospitalization and Injury Fatality Rates among New Jersey Adolescent Workers. Injury Epidemiology, 6:37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0216-9
  5. Gonzalez LN, Jones LE, Fakeh Campbell ML, Shah N, Panchella JA, Shendell DG. 2019-20. Incidence reporting via online high school concussion surveillance by certified athletic trainers and school nurses, 2015-2018. Injury Epidemiology, 7:1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0228-5

Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Shah N, Jones LE. 2019. Supporting Students and Young Professionals in Environmental & Occupational Health, Safety, Science and Policy-related Graduate Programs. Journal of Environmental Health, 82(8): 28-33. (Accepted/in press as of early January 2020, online by late March 2020.)
  2. Ana GREE, Oni T, Shendell DG. 2020. Carbon Monoxide Exposure and Reported Health Conditions among Filling Station Attendants Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health, 83 (1): 26-31. (Accepted/in press as of March 20, 2020)
2019

School-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Noomnual S, Plascak JP, Apostolico AA. 2018-19. Injuries among young workers in career-technical-vocational education and associations with per pupil spending. BMC Public Health, 18:1190. (Accepted/in press October 5, online by October 25, 2018). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6099-9
  2. Quarcoo MA, Ohman Strickland P, Shendell DG. 2019. Indoor Ozone Estimation from Outdoor Ozone and LBNL Relocatable Classroom Study Data. Atmospheric Environment, 213 (9): 491-498.

Community-Based:

  1. Graber JM, Alexander C, Laumbach RJ, Black K, Strickland PO, Georgopoulos PG, Marshall EG, Shendell DG, Alderson D, Zhongyuan M, Mascari M, Weisel CP. 2018. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) blood levels after contamination of a community water supply and comparison with 2013-14 NHANES Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 29 (2): 172-182. (Accepted/in press as of 11/7/2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-018-0096-z
2018

School-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Listwan TA, Gonzalez L, Panchella JA. 2017-18. Season and Sport-Specific Adolescent Concussions via Online Surveillance in New Jersey Public High Schools 2015-2017. International Journal of Athletic Training and Therapy (IJATT), 23(4): 162-171.
  2. Shendell DG, Listwan TA, Gonzalez L, Panchella JA, Blackborow M, Boyd J. 2017-18. Developing and Piloting a School-Based Online Adolescent Student-Athlete Concussion Surveillance System Journal of School Health (ASHA), 89 (7): 525-535. DOI: 10.1111/josh.12775
  3. Herrmann A, Stalter C, Cait, M Shendell DG, Bhise V. 2017-18. Helmet Safety in Elementary Schools: Medical Students as Teaching Liaisons. NJ Pediatrics Journal (NJAAP), 43(2): 30-35.

 

Community-Based:

  1. Ogunseye, OO, Ana GREE, Uhiara DC, Shendell DG. Carboxyhaemoglobin Levels among Traders Exposed to Vehicular Emissions in Three Motor Parks in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, in press as of March 21, 2018.
  2. Shah MP, Shendell DG, Meng Q, Ohman-Strickland P, Halperin WH. 2017-18 Efficacy of a Lead Based Paint XRF Analyzer and a Commercially Available Colormetric Lead Test Kit as Qualitative Field Tools for Determining the Presence of Lead in Religious Powders. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH, ACGIH/AIHA journal), 15(7): 541-548.
  3. Zavorsky G, Zimmerman RD, Shendell DG, Goodfellow LT. 2017-18. Spirometry Values in Recreational Runners are Acutely Lower After Prolonged Exercise. Respiratory Care, in press as of April 9-10, 2018. DOI: 10.4187/respcare.05881
  4. Uhiara DC, Lee S, Gourdine A, Shendell DG. 2018. Investigating Distracted Driving Among Undergraduate Students. NJ Pediatrics Journal (NJAAP), accepted/in press.
  5. Ana GREE, Alli S, Uhiara D, Shendell DG. 2018-19. Indoor Air Quality and Reported Health Symptoms among Hair Dressers in Salons in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, accepted/in press September 9, 2018, online as of October 4, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jchas.2018.09.004

 

2017

School-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Milich LJ, Apostolico AA, Patti AA, Kelly S. 2016-17. Comparing Online and In-person Delivery Formats of the OSHA 10-hour General Industry Health and Safety Training for Young Workers. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 27(1): 92-106. (In press as of February 3, 2017, online as of July 13, 2017, DOI: 10.1177/1048291117697109)
  2. Koshy K, Patti AA, Milich LJ, Shendell DG. 2016-17. Career Cluster Specific Online PPE Training for Secondary School Students and Supervising Teachers. Professional Safety (ASSE Journal), 63 (1): 33-38.

 

Community-Based:

  1. Noomnual S, Shendell DG. 2016-17. Risk of adult street vendor exposure to traffic-related air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, in press (as of 11/7/2016). Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2016.1247257
  2. Noomnual S, Shendell DG. 2016-17. Street vendors and adverse respiratory health outcomes in Bangkok, Thailand. Safety and Health at Work, 8(4): 407-09. (as of 2/10/2017 online at DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.02.002)
  3. Oghaghare EF, Ana GREE, Shendell DG. 2016-17. Waste Management Practices and Profile of Selected Key Green House Gases at Selected Livestock Farms in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal Environmental Science and Engineering (A & B), 5(12B): 581-592.
  4. Milich LJ, Shendell DG, Graber JM. 2016-17. Safety and Health Risk Perceptions: A Cross-Sectional Study of New Jersey Hair and Nail Salon Clients. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 24(6): 7-14.
  5. Shah MP, Shendell DG, Bogden J, Kemp FW, Halperin WH. 2017. Lead Content of Sindoor, a Hindu Religious Powder and Cosmetic: New Jersey and India, 2014-2015. American Journal of Public Health, 107 (10): 1630-32.
  6. Shendell DG, Gourdine A, Yuan M. 2016-17. Assessing Awareness of and Interests in Public Health among Undergraduate Students without Declared Majors. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 4(2): 125-130. (as of July 7-10, 2017 online: https://doi.org/10.1177/2373379917716087)
  7. Mapou AEMM, Shendell DG, Ohman-Strickland P, Madrigano J, Meng Q, Whytlaw J, Miller J. 2016-2017. Environmental Factors and Fluctuations in Daily Crime Rates. Journal of Environmental Health, 80 (5): 8-23. (Also, this was featured cover paper.)
  8. Shendell DG, Graber JM, Milich LJ, Pratt ME. 2017-18. Assessing acute symptoms related to occupational exposures among nail salon technicians. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(4):343-349. (Accepted October 21, 2017; available online as of late 2017.)

 

2016

School-Based:

  1. Apostolico AA, Shendell DG. 2016 Injury surveillance and associations with socioeconomic status indicators among youth/young workers in New Jersey secondary schools. Environmental Health, 15-22. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0118-z
  2. Patti AA, Apostolico A, Milich L, Lewis AG, Murtha AT, Shendell DG. 2016. Evaluation of a Secondary School Cosmetology Safety and Health Training’s Effectiveness after Implementation of a Hierarchy of Controls “Pyramid Game&rdquot; Using the “Salon Safety Quiz.” Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 23(6): 16-25.
  3. Shendell DG, Apostolico AA, Patti AA, Milich L, Kelly SW. 2015-2016. Comparing Efficacy of Online and In-person Versions of a Training on U.S. Federal Wage and Hour, Child Labor Laws and Hazardous Occupations Orders for Secondary School Professionals. Frontiers in Public Health-Public Health Education and Promotion section, for special issue “Online Training for Public Health Capacity Building.” http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00075

 

Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Noomnual S, Chishti S, Sorensen Allacci M, Madrigano J. Exposures Resulting in Safety and Health Concerns for Child Laborers in Less Developed Countries . J Environ Public Health, 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3985498
  2. Velez-Valle E, Shendell DG, Echeverria S, Santorelli M. 2016. Type II diabetes emergency room visits associated with Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey: implications for preparedness. Journal of Environmental Health, 79(2): 30-37.
  3. Garcia Jr. FA, Shendell DG, Madrigano JM. 2016. Relationship among environmental quality variables, housing variables and residential needs: A secondary analysis of the Relationship among Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air Concentrations database (RIOPA). International Journal of Biometeorology, 51(3): 513-525. DOI 10.1007/s00484-016-1229-5

 

2015

School-Based:

  1. Apostolico AA, Shendell DG, Lewis AG, Kelly SW, Murtha AT,, Houlroyd JL. 2015. The “Salon Safety Quiz” for Pre-/Post- Evaluation Assessment When Training Young Cosmetology Workers in Public Secondary Schools. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 22 (1): 14-22.

 

2014

School-Based:

  1. Rubenstein E, Shendell DG, Eggert BC, Marcella SW. 2014. Personal Protective Equipment Use among Students with Special Health Care Needs Reporting Injuries in School-Sponsored Vocational, Career and Technical Education Programs in New Jersey. Workplace Safety and Health (AAOHN Journal), 62 (1): 12-18.
  2. Lewis, AG, Kelly, SW, Shendell DG. 2014. Assessing impacts of training and continuing needs of secondary school career and technical education teachers and administrators in New Jersey. NJSBA School Leader, 45 (1, August-September) (online as “Readers Forum” article, as of July 22, 2014).

Community-Based:

  1. Ana GREE, Luqman Y, Shendell DG, Owoaje ET. 2014. Exposure to electric power generator noise among small scale business operators in selected communities in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health, 77(4) 28-35.
  2. Ana GREE, Olapeju O, Shendell DG. 2014. Spatial-temporal variations in carbon dioxide levels in Ibadan, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 25 (3): 229-240.

 

2013

School-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Mapou AEM, Kelly SW, Lewis AG, Houlroyd JH, Murtha AT. 2013. Assessing safety and health knowledge and awareness of young cosmetology students using a Salon Safety Quiz. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 20 (6 Nov-Dec): 12-18.
  2. Shendell DG, Mapou AEM, Kelly SK. 2013. Younger Cosmetology Workers and Environmental and Occupational Asthma Triggers at Training Sites and in Salons. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 4 (2): 67-70.
  3. Sieloff A, Shendell DG,Marshall EG. 2013. An Examination of Injuries and Respiratory Irritation Symptoms among a Sample of Undergraduate Chemistry Students from a Public Northeastern University. Revised and re-submitted per peer-review comments for publication, Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 20 (5 Sept-Oct), 17-26.

 

Community-Based:

  1. Ana GREE, Ukhun EA, Shendell DG, Osisanya M. 2012-13. Noise levels of mobile phones and audiometric status of users in a university community. ISRN Public Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/241967, 1-7, available at (open access): http://www.hindawi.com/isrn/public.health/2012/241967/
  2. Carr M, Shendell DG. 2013. Physical Conditions of a House and Their Effects on Measurable Radon Levels: Data from Hillsborough Township, NJ 2010-2011. Journal of Environmental Health, 76 (3): 18-24.
  3. Mapou AEM, Shendell DG, Therkorn JH, Xiong Y, Meng Q, Zhang J. 2013. Aldehydes in Passenger Vehicles: An analysis of data from the RIOPA Study 1999-2001. Atmospheric Environment, 79 (11): 751-759. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.018

 

2012

School-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Jhaveri M, Nowakowski XCH, Wozniak M, Campbell JK, Marshall EG, Kelly SK. 2012. An Injury Reporting System for Youth Working via School-Sponsored Programs in New Jersey. Professional Safety (Journal of American Society of Safety Engineers), 57 (1): 51-58.
  2. Therkorn JH, Shendell DG. 2012. Evaluation and Characterization of Environmental Risks, and Asthma Management Knowledge and Awareness through Surveys of Coaches, Athlete Parents/Guardians, and Athletes. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 3 (3): 106-116.
  3. Shendell DG, Mizan SS, Marshall EG, Kelly SK, Campbell JK, Therkorn JH, Miller AE. 2012. Cut-laceration injuries and related career groups in New Jersey career, vocational and technical education courses and programs. Workplace Safety and Health (AAOHN Journal), 60(9): 401-409.
  4. Ana GREE, Ukhun EA, Shendell DG, Osisanya M. 2012. Noise levels of mobile phones and audiometric status of users in a university community. ISRN Public Health (open access; in press as of August 29, online by end of October 2012).

 

Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Therkorn J, Yamamoto N, Meng Q,Kelly SW, Foster C. 2012. Outdoor Near-Roadway, Community and Residential Pollen, Carbon Dioxide and Particulate Matter Measurements in the Urban Core of an Agricultural Region in Central CA. Atmospheric Environment, 50 (4): 103-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.056
  2. Shendell DG, Mizan SS, Yamamoto N, Peccia J. 2012. Associations between quantitative measures of fungi in home floor dust and lung function among older adults with chronic respiratory disease. Journal of Asthma, 46(5): 502-509.

 

2011

School-Based:

  1. Ana GREE, Shendell DG. 2011. School Environmental Health Programs and the Challenges of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Journal of School Health, 81 (2): 55-56.
  2. Mizan, SS, Shendell DG, Rhoads GG. 2011. Absence, Extended Absence, and Repeat Tardiness Related to Asthma Status among Elementary School Children. Journal of Asthma, 48 (3): 228-234. DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.555038
  3. Ana GREE, Oloruntoba EO, Shendell DG, Elemile OO, Benjamin OR, Sridhar MKC. 2011. Solid Waste Management Problems in Secondary Schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health, 74 (2): 24-28.

Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Johnson ML, Sanders DL, Nowakowski ACH, Yang J, Jeffries CD, Weisman JE, Moulding M. 2011. Community Built Environment Factors and Mobility around Senior Wellness Centers: The Concept of “Safe Senior Zones”. Journal of Environmental Health, 73 (7): 9-18. (March issue’s cover as well).
  2. Shendell, DG, Foster C, Sexton J, Roden J, Yamamoto N, Kelly SW, Chandler L, Venables M, Williams S, Burr S, Wagenleitner V, Anderson N. 2011. Knowledge and awareness of symptoms and treatment among low- to middle-income older adults with asthma and/or COPD: Community-based participatory research in a central California county. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 2 (2): 81-90. DOI 10.1177/2150129710393338
  3. Shendell DG, Ana GREE. 2011. Promoting Environmental Public Health in Rapidly Urbanizing Areas of Less Developed Countries in Africa: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Training in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health, 74 (1): 26-35. (July/August issues cover as well).
  4. Shendell DG, Alexander MS, Lorentzson L, Kelly SW, Zimmerman RD, Goodfellow LT. 2011. Asthma Diagnosis, Asthma Knowledge, and Co-morbidity among Recreational Endurance Athletes. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 2 (4): 163-172. DOI: 10.1177/2150129710397658
  5. Yamamoto N, Shendell DG, Peccia J. 2011. Assessing allergenic fungi in house dust by floor wipe sampling and quantitative PCR. Indoor Air, 21 (6): 521-30. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00732.x

 

2010

School and Community-Based:

  1. Ana GREE, Shendell, DG, Brown, GE, Sridhar MKC. 2009. Assessment of noise and associated health impacts at selected secondary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, doi:10.1155/2009/739502, available at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2009/739502.html
  2. Ana GREE, Shendell, DG, Odeshi TA, Sridhar MKC. 2009. Identification and initial characterization of prominent air pollution sources and respiratory health at secondary schools in Ibadan Nigeria. Journal of Asthma, 46 (7): 670 – 676.
  3. Shendell DG, Alexander MS, Jewett A, Sanders DL, Yang J. 2010.Assessing the potential influence of asthma on student attendance/absence in public elementary schools. Journal of Asthma, 47 (4) 465-472.
  4. Shendell DG, Jhaveri M, Nowakowski XCH, Wozniak M, Campbell JK, Marshall EG, Kelly SK. 2010. Incident Surveillance in New Jersey Career and Technical Education Programs, 1999-2008: Attributes, Severity and Reported Use of Personal Protective Equipment. AAOHN J, 58 (9): 367-382.

 

Community-Based:

  1. Yamamoto N, Shendell DG, Winer AM, Zhang J. 2010. Residential air exchange rates in three major U.S. metropolitan areas: results from the Relationship Among Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air Study 1999-2001. Indoor Air, 20 (1): 85-90. DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00622.x
  2. Shendell DG, Nowakowski XCN. 2010. Community Built Environment Factors Around Senior Wellness Centers Potentially Related to Elderly Mobility. Journal of Public Health Policy, 31: 15-118.
  3. Shendell DG, Alexander MS, Lorentzson L, McCarthy FA. 2010. Knowledge and awareness of heat-related morbidity among adult recreational endurance athletes. International Journal of Biometeorology, 54 (4): 441-448. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0295-3

 

2009

School and Community-Based:

  1. Shendell DG, Hemminger L, Campbell J, Schlegel B. 2009. Structured Learning Experiences in New Jersey: Trainings, Communications and Lessons Learned in Support of Enhanced School-Based Occupational Health and Safety Practice. Public Health Reports, 124 (Suppl 1, July-August): 74-83.

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