Faculty Directory

 

Dana Loomis, Ph.D.

Professor

Director, School of Community Health Sciences (public health)

Teaching	Education	Research
Publications	Affiliations

Contact Information

Office Number: LR 222
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone Number: (775) 682-7103
Email Address: dploomis@unr.edu

 

Teaching
CHS 793		Critical Issues in Environmental & Occupational Health This course will cover a broad range of topics relevant to environmental and occupational health, including issues of global concern and problems of particular importance in Nevada, and the full spectrum of activities from measurement of exposure, to assessment of human health risks, to interventions to control exposure and reduce risk will be considered.

Education

Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Dr. Loomis research interests cover a spectrum of substantive and methodological topics including Occupational & Environmental Health; Exposure Assessment and Epidemiologic Methods.

Recent Publications

Loomis D, Dement JM, Richardson DB, Wolf S. Asbestos fiber dimensions and lung cancer mortality among workers exposed to chrysotile. Occupational & Environmental Medicine 2009 (ePub ahead of print: doi:10.1136/oem.2009.050120)

Elliott L, Loomis D, Lottritz L, Slotnick RN, Oki E, Todd RL. Case-control study of a gastroschisis cluster in Nevada.  Archives of Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009;163:1000-6.

Elliott L, Loomis D, Bridgforth A, O’Mara S, Brock L, Hansen B, Minarik M, Louderback K. First year compliance with a partial smoking ban. Journal of the Nevada Public Health Association 2009; 6:1-9.

Rodríguez-Acosta RL, Richardson DB, Lipscomb HJ, Chen JC, Dement JM, Myers DJ, Loomis DP. Occupational injuries among aides and nurses in acute care. Am J Ind Med. 2009;52:953-64.

Loomis D, Dement JM, Wolf SH, Richardson DB. Lung cancer mortality and fiber exposure among North Carolina asbestos textile workers.  Occup Environ Med 2009;66:535-42.

Loomis D, Schulman MD, Bailer AJ, Stainback K, Wheeler M, Richardson DB, Marshall SW. Political Economy of US States and Rates of Fatal Occupational Injury.  Am J Public Health 2009;99:1400-8.

Dement JM, Loomis D, Richardson D, Wolf S, Meyers D. Estimates of Historical Exposures by Phase Contrast and Transmission Electron Microscopy in North Carolina USA Asbestos Textile Plants. Occup Environ Med 2009;66:574-83.

Gurka KK, Marshall SW, Runyan CW, Loomis DP, Casteel C, Richardson DB. Contrasting robbery- and non-robbery-related workplace homicide: North Carolina, 1994-2003. Am J Prev Med. 2009;37:17-23.

Knowles SB, Marshall SW, Bowling MJ, Loomis D, Millikan R, Yang J, Mueller FO. Risk factors for injury among high school football players.  Epidemiology 2009;20:302-10.

Stauber CE, Ortiz GM, Loomis D, Sobsey MD. A randomized controlled trial of the concrete biosand filter and its impact on dirrheal disease in Bonao, Dominican Republic. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009;80:286-93.

Kucera KL, Loomis D, Lipscomb HJ, Marshall SW, Mirka GA, Daniels JL. Ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in North Carolina crab pot and gill net commercial fishermen. Am J Ind Med 2009;52:311-21.

Charles LE, Loomis D, Demissie Z. Occupational hazards experienced by cleaning workers and janitors: A review of the epidemiologic literature. Work. 2009;34:105-16.

Brown JM, Sobsey MD, Loomis D. Point-of-use drinking water treatment in Cambodia: a randomized, controlled trial of locally made ceramic filters. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008;79:394-400.

Professional Affiliations

Editor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Member, National Toxicology Program, Board of Scientific Counselors