Dr. George Delclos

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Co-PI, Southwest Center for Environmental and Occupational HealthAppointed: 2006
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
ProfessorAppointed: 2005
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Nursing
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1995

Mailing Address

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
RAS W1018
1200 Herman Pressler Dr.
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-9459
Fax: (713) 500-9442
George.Delclos@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, Health and Life Sciences, 2007.
M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Occupational Health, 1988.
M.D., University of Barcelona, Medicine, 1981.

Expertise and Research Interests

My current research interests are as follows:
Occupational and environmental respiratory diseases
Occupational cancer screening programs
International aspects of occupational health
Occupational and environmental health research in Latin America
Occupational hazards in health care workers
Molecular epidemiology and genetic susceptibility to occupational cancer
Comparison of surveillance systems for occupational injuries (internationally)

Other Expertise

Special Academic Postions, Committee Memberships (Current Only) And Review Panels:
Medical Director. University of Texas-Houston Health Services
Chairman, Safety Council. University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
Member. Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects. University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
Editorial Board Membership:
''Salud de los Trabajadores'' (Venezuela)
"Archivos de Prevencion de Riesgos Laborales" (Spain)

Business Experience:
Consulting medical director. Texas Children's Hospital Employee Health Services, 1988-present
Board of Directors. American Lung Association/San Jacinto Chapter. 1989-1993

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Asthma, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Occupational Health and Safety, Public Health, Pulmonary Diseases.

Additional Terms:

Built Environment, Control Banding, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, GIS, Occupational Asthma, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Occupational Lung Diseases, Occupational Medicine, Public Health, Pulmonary Diseases, Water Environment.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Spanish: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Catalan-Valencian-Balear: (Fluent, Functional, Fluent)
French: (Basic, Basic, Functional)

Memberships

American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
American Thoracic Society
European Respiratory Society
International Commission on Occupational Health
Societat Catalana d'Higiene i Medicina del Treball
Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
Spanish Society of Occupational Medicine Specialists

Honors and Awards

1998, Harriet Cunningham Award of Excellence, Texas Medicine Editorial Committee
1996, Peer Recognition Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Honors Convocation, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1995, Peer Recognition Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Honors Convocation, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1994, Peer Recognition Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Honors Convocation, University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center
1989, Dupont Young Investigator Award, Occupational and Environmental Health
1989, Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, Boston, MA.,
1988, Dupont Young Investigator Award, Occupational and Environmental Health
1988, Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, Anaheim, CA.,

Previous Positions

1997-2006, Director, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
1993-1997, Deputy Director, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Epidemiology/Occupational Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
1993-2005, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Epidemiology

Funding Received

  • Phillips Petroleum Company: Bladder Cancer Screening Program (Principal Investigator), $4,019,150, May 15, 1998 to May 14, 2001.
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (Principal Investigator and Director), $3,537,013, Jul 1, 1995 to Jun 30, 2000.
  • World Health Organization: International Guidelines for Curriculum in Occupational Health (Principal Investigator), $10,000, Apr 1, 1998 to Sep 30, 1998.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Site PI. "Center for Research on Environmental Disease" (John Digiovanni, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, MD Anderson Cancer Cener). 2 P30 ES007784-11A1., $62,741 per year, 2007 to 2012.
  • CDC/NIOSH: Site PI. "State-based occupational safety and health surveillance". (J. Villanacci, PI. Texas Department of State Health Services)., 2006 to 2011.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Co-Investigator. "International Training in Injury Prevention". $750,000. (Ben Amick, M.D., Principal Investigator)., $750,000 (total proj, 2006 to 2011.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Site Principal Investigator. "Innate Control of Allergic Lung Inflammation." (PI - Tony Eissa, Baylor College of Medicine), $67,950 annually, 2006 to 2010.
  • CDC/NIOSH: Principal Investigator (co-PI as of July 2006). "Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health"-NIOSH ERC Training Grant., $6,600,000, 2005 to 2010.
  • CDC/NIOSH: Site Principal Investigator. "Occupational Asthmagens in Cleaners: A Focus Group Study." (Ahmed Arif, Principal Investigator, Texas Tech University)., $34,743, 2004 to 2007.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Co-Principal investigator (PI and Director, 2001-2004). Training grant in international occupational and environmental health. 2D43 TW0644., $1,000,000 (total pr, 2001 to 2007.
  • Health Assessment of Petrochemical Workers in Colombia (Principal Investigator), Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, $417,456, 1/96-7/96
  • International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health Program (Principal Investigator), Fogarty International Center/NIEHS/NIOSH, $691,532, 9/95-9/00
  • Compliance Factors Related to Universal Precautions (Co-Principal Investigator), Johns Hopkins University, $70,950, 10/91-6/96

Publications

  • Benavides FG, Delclos J, Benach J, Serra C. (2007) Lesiones por accidente de trabajo, una prioridad en salud pública., Revista Española de Salud Pública, 80 (553), 565
  • Serra C, Rodriguez MC, Delclos GL, Plana M, Gómez López L, Benavides FG. (2007) Systematic review of criteria and methods used for the assessment of fitness for work., Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Gimeno D, Felknor SA, Burau KD, Delclos GL, Barrientos-Gutiérrez T (2007) The association of occupation and safety practices with work-injury absence among public hospital employees in Latin America. A study from Costa Rica., Injury Prevention, In Press
  • Lusk CM, Delclos GL, Burau KD, Drawhorn DD, Aday LA. (2007) Mail versus internet surveys: determinants of method of response among health professionals., Evaluation & the Health Professions, 30 (186), 201
  • Delclos GL et al (2007) Occupational risk factors and asthma among healthcare professionals, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 175 (667), 675
  • Ruiz Frutos C, Garcia A, Benavides FG, Delclos J (2007) Salud laboral. Conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales., Third Edition, Barcelona, Editorial Masson
  • Delclos J, Benach J, Serra C, Gimeno D, Benavides FG (2007) Problemas actuales en salud laboral., Salud Publica, McGraw-Hill Interamericana, Submitted (bookchapter)
  • Delclos GL, Arif AA, Aday LA, Bartholomew LK, Carson AI, Lai D, Lusk C, Stock T, Symanski E, Whitehead LW, Benavides FG, Antó JM. (2006) A validated asthma questionnaire for healthcare workers., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63 (173), 179
  • Du XL, Key CR, Dickie L, Darling R, Delclos GL, Waller K, Zhang D. (2006) Information on chemotherapy and hormone therapy from tumor registry had moderate agreement with chart review., Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 59 (53), 60
  • Benavides FG, Benach J, Muntaner C, Delclos GL, Catot N, Amable M. (2006) Associations between temporary employment and occupational injury: what are the mechanisms?, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63 (416), 421
  • Porsa E*, Cheng L, Seale MM, Delclos GL, Ma X, Reich R, Musser JM, Graviss EA. (2006) Comparison of a new ESAT-6/CFP-10 peptide-based gamma interferon assay and a tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis screening in a moderate-risk population., Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13 (53), 58
  • 5. Felknor S and Delclos G (2004) Occupational risk factors, Textbook of Bladder Cancer, Taylor and Francis (bookchapter)
  • Arif AA, Delclos GL, Lee ES, Tortolero SR, Whitehead LW, Prevalence and risk factors of asthma and wheezing among US adults: an analysis of the NHANES III data, The European Respiratory Journal : Official Journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology., 21(5), 827-33, May 2003
  • Felknor SA, Delclos GL, Lerner SP, Burau KD, Wood SM, Lusk CM, Jalayer AD, Bladder cancer screening program for a petrochemical cohort with potential exposure to beta-napthylamine, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine., 45(3), 289-94, March 2003 Abstract
  • Alvarado-Ramy F, Beltrami EM, Short LJ, Srivastava PU, Henry K, Mendelson M, Gerberding JL, Delclos GL, Campbell S, Solomon R, Fahrner R, Culver DH, Bell D, Cardo DM, Chamberland ME, A comprehensive approach to percutaneous injury prevention during phlebotomy: results of a multicenter study, 1993-1995, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America., 24(2), 97-104, February 2003 Abstract
  • Arif AA, Whitehead LW, Delclos GL, Tortolero SR, Lee ES, Prevalence and risk factors of work related asthma by industry among United States workers: data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (1988-94), Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(8), 505-11, Aug 2002 Abstract
  • Schabath MB, Spitz MR, Hong WK, Delclos GL, Reynolds WF, Gunn GB, Whitehead LW, Wu X, A myeloperoxidase polymorphism associated with reduced risk of lung cancer, Lung Cancer (amsterdam, Netherlands), 37(1), 35-40, July 2002 Abstract
  • Schabath MB, Spitz MR, Delclos GL, Gunn GB, Whitehead LW, Wu X, Association between asbestos exposure, cigarette smoking, myeloperoxidase (MPO) genotypes, and lung cancer risk, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 42(1), 29-37, July 2002 Abstract
  • Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Morandi MT, Schulze LJ, Tovar LS, Yanes L, The role of information dissemination in sustainability of international partnerships, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 5(3), 203-8, 1999 Abstract
  • Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Morandi MT, Schulze LJ, Tovar LS, Yanes L, The role of information dissemination in sustainability of international partnerships., International Journal of Occupational Environ Health, 5(3), 203-8, July 1999 Abstract
  • Emery R, Delclos G, Cooper SP, Hardy R, Evaluating the relative status of health and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59(12), 882-8, December 1998 Abstract
  • Emery R, Delclos G, Cooper SP, Hardy R, Evaluating the relative status of health and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions., American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59(12), 882-8, December 1998 Abstract
  • Lin H, Bondy ML, Langford LA, Hess KR, Delclos GL, Wu X, Chan W, Pershouse MA, Yung WK, Steck PA, Allelic deletion analyses of MMAC/PTEN and DMBT1 loci in gliomas: relationship to prognostic significance, Clinical Cancer Research, 4(10), 2447-54, October 1998 Abstract
  • Kelly N R, Kirkland R T, Holmes S E, Ellis M D, Delclos G, Kozinetz C A, Assessing parental utilization of the poison center: an emergency center-based survey., Clinical Pediatrics, 36(8), 467-73, August 1997 Abstract
  • Lawrence L W, Delclos G L, Felknor S A, Johnson P C, Frankowski R F, Cooper S P, Davidson A, The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous connection system: an assessment by injury rate and user satisfaction., Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 18(3), 175-82, March 1997 Abstract
  • Michalsen A, Delclos G L, Felknor S A, Davidson A L, Johnson P C, Vesley D, Murphy L R, Kelen G D, Gershon R R, Compliance with universal precautions among physicians., Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 39(2), 130-7, February 1997 Abstract
  • Pladevall-Vila M, Delclos G L, Varas C, Guyer H, Brugues-Tarradellas J, Anglada-Arisa A, Controversy of oral contraceptives and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: meta-analysis of conflicting studies and review of conflicting meta-analyses with special emphasis on analysis of heterogeneity., American Journal of Epidemiology, 144(1), 1-14, 1 Jul 1996 Abstract
  • Gershon RR, Vlahov D, Felknor SA, Vesley D, Johnson PC, Delclos GL, Murphy LR, Compliance with universal precautions among health care workers at three regional hospitals, American Journal of Infection Control, 23(4), 225-36, August 1995 Abstract
  • Cooper S P, Downs T, Burau K, Buffler P A, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Wood S, Delclos G, Huang B, Davidson T, et al, A survey of actinic keratoses among paraquat production workers and a nonexposed friend reference group., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 25(3), 335-47, March 1994 Abstract
  • Delclos G L, Wilson R K, Bradley B L, Influence of smoking on radiographic profusion and pleural changes in asbestos-exposed subjects., Journal of Occupational Medicine, 32(7), 577-81, July 1990 Abstract
  • Delclos GL, Buffler PA, Greenberg SD, Key MM, Perrotta DM, Alexander C, Wilson RK, Asbestos-associated disease: a review, Texas Medicine, 85(5), 50-9, May 1989 Abstract
  • Delclos G L, Flitcraft D G, Brousseau K P, Windsor N T, Nelson D L, Wilson R K, Lawrence E C, Bronchoalveolar lavage analysis, gallium-67 lung scanning and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in asbestos exposure., Environmental Research, 48(2), 164-78, April 1989 Abstract
  • Delclos GL, Davila F, Thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a case report., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 155(2), 375-6, August 1986 Abstract
  • Pratt CM, Delclos G, Wierman AM, Mahler SA, Seals AA, Leon CA, Young JB, Quinones MA, Roberts R, The changing base line of complex ventricular arrhythmias. A new consideration in assessing long-term antiarrhythmic drug therapy., New England Journal of Medicine, 313(23), 1444-9, December 1985 Abstract
  • Wu X, Spitz MR, Delclos GL, Connor TH, Siciliano MJ, Hsu TC. "Survival of cells with bleomycin-induced chromosomal lesions in the cultured lymphocytes of lung cancer patients". Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 1996; 5:527-532
  • Wu, X., Delclos, G., Annegers, J.F., Bondy, M.L., Henry, B., Hsu, T.C., Spitz, M.R. A case-control study of wood dust exposure, mutagen sensitivity and lung cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 4: 583-588, 1995
  • Delclos, G., Carson, A.I. Acute gaseous exposure. In: Balmes, J., Harber, P., Schencker, M. (eds.). Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. Mosby, 1995
  • Zarr R, Heitman E, Delclos G, Dinh TA, Tuberculosis in Texas: trends and issues in surveillance., Texas Medicine 1998, 94(8), 50-6 Abstract
  • Burau K D, Huang B, Whitehead L W, Delclos G M, Downs T D, A system linking occupation history questionnaire data and magnetic field monitoring data., Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 8(2), 231-52 Abstract

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