Judith Graber

Assistant Professor
Exposure Science and Epidemiology
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America

Biography

Investigated contribution of exposure to coal mine dust and repairable silica to mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer among underground coal miners in the United States Evaluated the respiratory health status of current and former coal miners in Ukraine Developed methodology for public health surveillance of carbon monoxide poisoning Developed a method for identifying occupationally-related injury in hospital administrative billing data Haenszel Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois – Chicago, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Delta Omega Honor Society; Lambda Chapter Miners Health Study Group member

Research Intrest

Occupational and environmental medicine, Public health surveillance, Respiratory disease in workers exposed to dust and fibers, Coal miners’ health

List of Publications
Graber, JM, Wackowski, OA, Bover Manderski, MT, Rose, CS, Cohen, RA, Delnevo, CD. Assessing Tobacco Use Among Working Adults in the United States: the Need to Consider Poly-tobacco Use. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2017;59 (5):e100. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001015. PubMed PMID:28486349
Almberg, KS, Turyk, ME, Jones, RM, Rankin, K, Freels, S, Graber, JM, Stayner, LT. Arsenic in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes in Ohio. Environ. Res. 2017;157 :52-59. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.010. PubMed PMID:28521257
Graber, JM, Harris, G, Almberg, KS, Rose, CS, Petsonk, EL, Cohen, RA. Increasing Severity of Pneumoconiosis Among Younger Former US Coal Miners Working Exclusively Under Modern Dust-Control Regulations. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2017;59 (6):e105-e111. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001048. PubMed PMID:28598937
E, JY, Lu, SE, Lin, Y, Graber, JM, Rotter, D, Zhang, L, Petersen, GM, Demissie, K, Lu-Yao, G, Tan, XL et al.. Differential and Joint Effects of Metformin and Statins on Overall Survival of Elderly Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Large Population-Based Study. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2017;26 (8):1225-1232. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0227. PubMed PMID:28619830 PubMed Central PMC5540782
Maldonado-Pérez, HL, Graber, J, Robson, MG. Immune response cytokines as potential biomarkers for DDT induced neurodegeneration. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. ;68 (2):199-205. . PubMed PMID:28646838