Wayne Sanderson

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2002
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene Core
DirectorAppointed: 2004
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Environmental Modeling & Assessment Facility
Co-DirectorAppointed: 2004
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Epidemiology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2003
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
DirectorAppointed: 2002
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Mailing Address

219 Institute for Rural and Environmental Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 335-4207
Fax: (319) 335-4225
wayne-sanderson@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/directory/faculty-detail.asp?emailAddress=wayne-sanderson@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Epidemiology, 1997.
M.S., Central Missouri State University, Industrial Hygiene, 1978.
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, Biology, 1976.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests and current projects include the following:
Agricultural health and safety
Pesticide exposure assessment (including dermal) and health effects
Skin and inhalation exposures of beryllium workers
Association between beryllium and lung cancer
Historical crystalline silica exposures and related health effects
Retrospective exposure assessment for occupational cohort studies

Other Expertise

I have contributed the following book chapters:
  • Calvert G, Sanderson W, Barnett M, Blondell L, Mehler L. Chapter 29: Surveillance of pesticide-related illness and injury in humans. In: Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, 2nd edition. RKrieger, Ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001.


  • Sanderson WThe U.S. population-at-risk to occupational respiratory diseases.. In: Occupational Respiratory Diseases. Merchant J, Ed. Cincinnati, OH:U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, CDC, NIOSH, Publication Number 86-102, pp739-759, 1986.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Environmental Health.

Additional Terms:

Agricultural Health and Safety, Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene.

Memberships

American Board of Industrial Hygiene
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
American Industrial Hygiene Association
Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service
National Institute for Farm Safety

Honors and Awards

2007, Best Paper, American Industrial Hygiene Association Gas and Vapor Committee Award, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA
2007, Alice Hamilton Award for Best Scientific Paper, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
2005, Nominated for Teaching Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2005, Best Graduated Student Poster, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition
2005, Ken Dillon Memorial Award for Best Bioaerosol Paper, American Industrial Hygiene Association Biosafety and Environmental Microbiology Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition
2004, Outstanding Service Medal, US Public Health Service
2004, Cummings Award, American Military Engineers
2004, Nominated for College of Public Health Teaching Award, The University of Iowa
2004, Nominated for the Charles Shepard Award for Best Scientific Publication, CDC
2003, Outstanding Service Medal, PHS
2003, Cummings Award for contribution on the World Trade Center and Anthrax response efforts, The Society of American Military Engineers
2003, Best Scientific Publication by CDC employee, nominated for the Charles Shepard Award
2002, Best in Session and Runner-Up Best in Conference, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, San Diego, CA, Poster, Intervention to Control Take-Home Beryllium Exposures of Machine Shop Workers
2002, Outstanding Unit Citation, PHS
2002, Crisis Response Service Award, PHS
1998, Commendation Medal, Public Health Service
1998, Best in Session and Runner-Up Best in Conference, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, Atlanta, GA, Poster, Beryllium Contamination inside Machine Shop Workers' Vehicles
1996, Nominee, Public Health Service Clinical Society Investigator Award, Exposure of Commercial Pesticide Applicators to the Herbicide Alachlor
1996, Commendation Medal, Public Health Service
1996, Nominee, Public Health Service Clinical Society Investigator Award, Biological Monitoring of Commercial Pesticide Applicators for Urine Metaolites of the Herbicide Alachor
1995, Unit Commendation, Public Health Service
1994, Citation, Public Health Service
1994, Unit Commendation, Public Health Service
1993, Citation, Public Health Service
1983, Citation, Public Health Service
1982, Regular Corps, Public Health Service
1981, Special Assignment Award, Public Health Service
1978, Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Central Missouri State University

Previous Positions

1997-2002, Section Chief, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Stud, Industrywide Services Branch, Industrial Hygiene Section
1991-1997, Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Stud, Industrywide Services Branch, Industrial Hygiene Section
1991-1997, Senior Research Industrial Hygienist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Stud, Industrywide Services Branch
1988-1991, Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Industrywide Studies Branch
1987-1988, Acting Team Leader, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Clinical Investigatoions Branch, Health Hazard Evaluation Activity
1987-1988, Coordinator, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Clinical Investigatoions Branch, Health Hazard Evaluation Activity
1983-1987, Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Clinical Investigations Branch
1983-1987, Industrial Hygienist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Clinical Investigations Branch
1980-1988, Instructor, Fairmont State College, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Division of Engineering Technology
1978-1983, Industrial Hygienist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Environmental Investigation Branch

Funding Received

  • NIOSH: Evaluation of Air and Surface Sampling Techniques for Bioterrorism Agents (PI: Sanderson), $20,000, Oct 2002 to Sep 2003.
  • University of Iowa, Educational Research Center: Airborne Antibiotic Exposures in Animal Feeding Operations (PI: Murphy), $15,000, Aug 2003 to Jul 2004.
  • US Department of Health and Human Services/CDC: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (PI: Sanderson), $835,851, 2009 to 2011.
  • US Department of Defense: Epidemiological and Medical Monitoring of Former DoD Workers at the Iowa Army Ammunitions Plant (IAAAP) in Middletown, Iowa, $523,780, 2005 to 2009.
  • NIEHS: Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, $737,000, 2004 to 2007.
  • NIOSH: Anthrax Consulting, $8,000, 2002 to 2005.
  • CDC: Great Plains Center for Ag Health (PI: Sanderson), $4,173,268, 2001 to 2006.
  • CDC/NIOSH: Occupational Safety and Health Training Grant - Education and Research Center - Heartland Center for Occupational Safety and Health (PI: Sprince, Industrial Hygiene Core Director: Sanderson, $163,000), $1,200,000, 2000 to 2008.
  • United States Department of Energy (DOE): Combined Phase I & II: Burlington Atomic Energy Commission Plant--Former Worker Program (PI: Fuortes, Co-PI: Field, $732,608, 2000 to 2005.
  • US Department of Energy: Phase II, Year 4: Burlington Atomic Energy Commission Plant-Former Worker Program (PI: Field), $118,254, 2000 to 2008.
  • CDC: Iowa Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (PI: Romitti), $917,100, 1996 to 2007.

Publications

  • Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Burmeister LF, Sanderson WT, Kelly KM (2009) Challenges of conducting a large rural prospective population-based cohort study: the Keokuk County Rural Health Study., Journal of agromedicine, 14 (2), 142-9 Abstract
  • Burgus SK, Madsen MD, Sanderson WT, Rautiainen RD (2009) Youths operating all-terrain vehicles--Implications for safety education, Journal of Agromedicine, 14 (2), 97-104
  • Ruder A, Butler Ms, Sanderson W, Waters M, Zivkovich A (2009) The Upper Midwest Health Study: Development of the NIOSH Retrospective Pesticide Reference Database, J Agricul Safety Health, In Press
  • Schubauer-Berigan MK, Deddens JA, Steenland K, Sanderson WT, Petersen MR (Jun 2008) Adjustment for temporal confounders in a reanalysis of a case-control study of beryllium and lung cancer., Occupational and environmental medicine, 65 (6), 379-83 Abstract
  • McKernan LT, Ruder AM, Petersen MR, Hein MJ, Forrester CL, Sanderson WT, Ashley DL, Butler MA (2008) Biological exposure assessment to tetrachloroethylene for workers in the dry cleaning industry., Environmental health : a global access science source, 7, 12 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Leonard S, Ott D, Fuortes L, Field W (2008) Beryllium surface levels in a military ammunition plant, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5 (7), 475-81
  • Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Striley C, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Reynolds SJ, Alavanja MC (Nov 2007) Pesticide dose estimates for children of Iowa farmers and non-farmers., Environmental research, 105 (3), 307-15 Abstract
  • Murphy MW, Sanderson WT, Vargo JD (2007) Airborne antibiotic concentrations in a swine feeding operation, J Agric Saf Health, 13 (4), 357-66
  • Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Striley C, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Reynolds SJ, Alavanja MC (Jan 2007) Urinary pesticide concentrations among children, mothers and fathers living in farm and non-farm households in iowa., The Annals of occupational hygiene, 51 (1), 53-65 Abstract
  • Kuye RA, Donham KJ, Marquez SP, Sanderson WT, Fuortes LJ, Rautiainen RH, Jones ML, Culp KR (2007) Pesticide handling and exposures among cotton farmers in the gambia., Journal of agromedicine, 12 (3), 57-69 Abstract
  • Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Kashon ML, Ross GW, Sanderson WT, Petrovitch H (Dec 2006) Occupational and other risk factors for hand-grip strength: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study., Occupational and environmental medicine, 63 (12), 820-7 Abstract
  • Hanley KW, Petersen M, Curwin BD, Sanderson WT (Aug 2006) Urinary bromide and breathing zone concentrations of 1-bromopropane from workers exposed to flexible foam spray adhesives., The Annals of occupational hygiene, 50 (6), 599-607 Abstract
  • Hanley K, Petersen M, Curwin BD, Sanderson WT (2006) Urinary bromide and breathing zone concentratioins of 1-bromopropane from workers exposed to flexible foam spray adhesives, Ann Occup Hyg, [Epub]
  • Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Kashon ML, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Sanderson WT (2006) Occupational exposures and movement abnormalities among Japenses-American men: The Honolulu-Asia aging study, Neuroepidemiology, 26 (3), 130-9
  • Kuye R, Donham K, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K (2006) Agricultural health in the Gambia I: agricultural practices and developments, Ann Agric Environ Med, 13 (1), 1-12
  • Kuye R, Donham K, Marquez S, Sanderson W, Fuortes L, Rautiainen R, Jones M, Culp K (2006) Agricultural health in the Gambia II: a systematic survey of safety and injuries in production agriculture, Ann Agric Environ Med, 13 (1), 119-28
  • Sanderson WT, Madsen MD, Rautiainen R, Kelly KM, Zwerlilng C, Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA (2006) Tractor overturn concerns in Iowa: Perspectives from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 12 (1), 71-81
  • Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Barr DB, Heederik D, Reynolds SJ, Ward EM, Alavanja MC (2005) Urinary and hand wipe pesticide levels among farmers and nonfarmers in Iowa, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15 (6), 500-8
  • Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Nishioka MG, Buhler W (Jul 2005) Nicotine exposure and decontamination on tobacco harvesters' hands., 49 (5), 407-13 Abstract
  • Curwin B, Hein M, Sanderson W, Bar D, Reynolds S, Ward E, Alvanja M (2005) Urinary and hand wipe pesticide levels among farmers and non-farmers in Iowa, J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol, DOI (10), 1038/sj.jea.7500428
  • Merchant JA, Naleway AL, Svendsen ER, Ke, Asthma and Farm Exposures in a Cohort of Rural Iowa Children, Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(3), 350-6, 2005
  • Curwin B, Hein M, Sanderson W, Nishioka M, Reynolds S, Ward E, Alavanja M, Pesticide Contamination Inside Farm and Non-farm Homes, J Occup Environ Hyg, 2, 357-67, 2005
  • Sanderson W, Madsen M, Rautiainen R, Kelly K, Zwerling C, Taylor C, Reynolds S, Stromquist A, Burmeister L, Merchant J (2005) Tractor overturn concerns in Iowa: perspectives from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, In Press
  • Parks CG, Cooper GS, Nylander-French LA, Hoppin JA, Sanderson WT, Dement JM (Jul 2004) Comparing questionnaire-based methods to assess occupational silica exposure., 15 (4), 433-41 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Stoddard RR, Echt AS, Piacitelli CA, Kim D, Horan J, Davies MM, McCleery RE, Muller P, Schnorr TM, Ward EM, Hales TR, Bacillus anthracis contamination and inhalational anthrax in a mail processing and distribution center, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 96(5), 1048-56, 2004 Abstract
  • Boekelheide K, Darney SP, Daston GP, David RM, Luderer U, Olshan AF, Sanderson WT, Willhite CC, Woskie S, NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction Bromopropanes Expert Panel (Mar-Apr 2004) NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of 2-bromopropane., 18 (2), 189-217 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Webster Ross G, White LR, Sanderson WT, Burchfiel CM, Kashon M, Sharp DS, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H, Environmental, life-style, and physical precursors of clinical Parkinson's disease: recent findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Journal of Neurology, 250 Suppl 3, III30-III39, October 2003 Abstract
  • Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Sanderson WT, Nishioka M, Buhler W, Acephate exposure and decontamination on tobacco harvesters' hands, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 13(3), 203-10, May 2003
  • Calvert GM, Rice FL, Boiano JM, Sheehy JW, Sanderson WT, Occupational silica exposure and risk of various diseases: an analysis using death certificates from 27 states of the United States, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(2), 122-9, February 2003 Abstract
  • Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Abbott RD, Sanderson WT, Sharp DS, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Blanchette PL, Popper JS, Foley D, Launer L, White LR, Plantation work and risk of Parkinson disease in a population-based longitudinal study, Archives of Neurology, 59(11), 1787-92, November 2002 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Hein MJ, Taylor L, Curwin BD, Kinnes GM, Seitz TA, Popovic T, Holmes HT, Kellum ME, McAllister SK, Whaley DN, Tupin EA, Walker T, Freed JA, Small DS, Klusaritz B, Bridges JH, Surface Sampling Methods for Bacillus anthracis Spore Contamination, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(10), 1145-51, October 2002 Abstract
  • Parks CG, Cooper GS, Nylander-French LA, Sanderson WT, Dement JM, Cohen PL, Dooley MA, Treadwell EL, St Clair EW, Gilkeson GS, Hoppin JA, Savitz DA, Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based, case-control study in the southeastern United States, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 46(7), 1840-50, July 2002 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, Stoddard R, McCleery R, Echt A, Piacitelli C, Kim D, Small D, Klusaritz B, Muller P (CDC), Evaluation of Bacillus anthracis contamination inside the Brentwood Mail Processing nad Distribution Center - District of Columbia, October 2001, JAMA, 287(4), 445-446, 2002
  • Curwin B, Sanderson W, Reynolds S, Hein M, Alavanja M, Pesticide use and practices in an Iowa farm family pesticide exposure study, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 8(4), 423-33, 2002
  • Taylor L, Jones RL, Kwan L, Deddens JA, Ashley K, Sanderson WT, Evaluation of a portable blood lead analyzer with occupationally exposed populations, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 40(4), 354-62, October 2001 Abstract
  • Steenland K, Sanderson W, Calvert GM, Kidney disease and arthritis in a cohort study of workers exposed to silica, Epidemiology (cambridge, Mass.), 12(4), 405-12, July 2001 Abstract
  • Steenland K, Sanderson W, Lung cancer among industrial sand workers exposed to crystalline silica, American Journal of Epidemiology, 153(7), 695-703, April 2001 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Petersen MR, Ward EM, Estimating historical exposures of workers in a beryllium manufacturing plant, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 39(2), 145-57, February 2001 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Ward EM, Steenland K, Petersen MR, Lung cancer case-control study of beryllium workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 39(2), 133-44, February 2001 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, Stoddard R, McCleer R, Echt A, Piacitelli C, Kim D, Small D, Klusaritz B, Muller P (CDC), Evaluation of Bacillus anthracis contamination inside the Brentwood Mail Processing and Distribution Center - District of Columbia, October 2001, MMWR, 50(50), 1129-1133, 2001
  • Mandel JH, Carr WP, Hillmer T, Leonard PR, Halberg JU, Sanderson WT, Mandel JS, Safe handling of agricultural pesticides in Minnesota: results of a county-wide educational intervention, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 16(2), 148-54, Spring 2000 Abstract
  • Tan-Wilhelm D, Witte K, Liu WY, Newman LS, Janssen A, Ellison C, Yancey A, Sanderson W, Henneberger PK, Impact of a worker notification program: assessment of attitudinal and behavioral outcomes, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 37(2), 205-13, February 2000 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Henneberger PK, Martyny J, Ellis K, Mroz MM, Newman LS, Beryllium contamination inside vehicles of machine shop workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Suppl 1, 72-4, September 1999 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Almaguer D, Kirk LH 3rd, Ozone-induced respiratory illness during the repair of a portland cement kiln, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 25(3), 227-32, June 1999 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Henneberger PK, Martyny J, Ellis K, Mroz MM, Newman LS, Beryllium contamination inside vehicles of machine shop workers, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 14(4), 223-30, April 1999 Abstract
  • Abrons HL, Petersen MR, Sanderson WT, Engelberg AL, Harber P, Chest radiography in Portland cement workers, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 39(11), 1047-54, November 1997 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Talaska G, Zaebst D, Davis-King K, Calvert G, Pesticide prioritization for a brain cancer case-control study, Environmental Research, 74(2), 133-44, 1997 Abstract
  • Connally LB, Schulte PA, Alderfer RJ, Goldenhar LM, Calvert GM, Davis-King KE, Sanderson WT, Developing the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's cancer control demonstration projects for farm populations, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 12(4 Suppl), 258-64, 1996 Abstract
  • Mandel JH, Carr WP, Hillmer T, Leonard PR, Halberg JU, Sanderson WT, Mandel JS, Factors associated with safe use of agricultural pesticides in Minnesota, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 12(4 Suppl), 301-10, 1996 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Ringenburg V, Biagini R, Exposure of commercial pesticide applicators to the herbicide alachlor, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 56(9), 890-7, September 1995 Abstract
  • Sanderson WT, Biagini R, Tolos W, Henningsen G, MacKenzie B, Biological monitoring of commercial pesticide applicators for urine metabolites of the herbicide alachlor, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 56(9), 883-9, September 1995 Abstract
  • Biagini RE, Tolos W, Sanderson WT, Henningsen GM, MacKenzie B, Urinary biomonitoring for alachlor exposure in commercial pesticide applicators by immunoassay, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 54(2), 245-50, February 1995 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, Weber A, Edit A, Case reports: Epidemic eye and upper respiratory irritation in poultry processing plants, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 10(1), 43-49, 1995
  • Biagini RE, Henningsen GM, MacKenzie B, Sanderson WT, Robertson S, Baumgardner ES, Evaluation of acute immunotoxicity of alachlor in male F344/N rats, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 50(2), 266-73, February 1993 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, Kullman G, Sastre J, Olenchock S, O'Campo A, Musgrave K, Green F, Outbreak of hypersensitivity pneumonitis among mushroom farm workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 22(6), 859-72, 1992 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, Herbicide safety gets shorted in the field, Progressive Farmer, 107(4), 42, 1992
  • Abrons HL, Petersen MR, Sanderson WT, Engelberg AL, Harber P, Symptoms, ventilatory function, and environmental exposures in Portland cement workers, 45(6), 368-75, June 1988 Abstract
  • Jankovic J, Clere J, Sanderson W, Estimating quantities of asbestos in building materials, National Asbestos Council Journal, 6(3), 47-50, 1988
  • Petersen MR, Sanderson WT, Lenhart SW, Application of a pilot study to the development of an industrial hygiene sampling strategy, 47(10), 655-8, October 1986 Abstract
  • Castellan RM, Sanderson WT, Petersen MR, Prevalence of radiographic appearance of pneumoconiosis in an unexposed blue collar population, 131(5), 684-6, May 1985 Abstract
  • Sanderson W, NIOSH - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies. Sulfur dioxide exposure in Portland cement plants, MMWR, 33(14), 195-196, 1984
  • Keane M, Sanderson W, A rapid screening/rangefinding test for PCBs in oil samples, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 45, B11-B12, 1984

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