BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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NAME

David Kotelchuck

 

POSITION TITLE

Assoc. Prof. & Center Director (Hunter)

 

EDUCATION/TRAINING  (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

John Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD

BA

1952-56

Physics

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

PhD

1956-62

Physics

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Post-Doc.

1967-70

Physical Biochem.

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA

MPH

1978-79

Occupational Health

 

 

 

 

 

A.      Positions and Honors. List in chronological order previous positions, concluding with your present position. List any honors. Include present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee.

 

Positions and Employment

1962-1967  Assistant Professor Physics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1967-1970  NIH Special Research Fellow in Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1970-1972        Visiting Research Asst. Prof. Physiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY, NY

1972-1978   Research Analyst, Occ. Health, Health Policy Advisory Center, New York, NY

1979-1980  Lecturer and Research Fellow in Occupational Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

1980   Epidemiologist, Dept. of Occupational Health, United Auto Workers (UAW) International Union, Detroit, MI, Summer

Sept. 1980-Aug. 1984  Director, Occ. Safety & Health Program, Research Dept.,

   United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)

1984-1997  Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Program

    Hunter College School of the Health Sciences (CUNY), New York, NY

1985-present   Elected Member, Board of Directors, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), New York, NY

1987-2004 Director, Hunter Industrial Hygiene Training Program, Universities Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resources Center (NIOSH), New York, NY

1987- present   Director, Hunter College Component of NY/NJ Hazardous Waste Training Program (NIEHS-EPA) New York, NY

November 1989  Passed examination for Certification in Industrial Hygiene (CIH)

   Recertified 4/5/96 until 12/31/02, and 3/12/02 until 6/1/07

1990-1994  Elected member, Governing Council, American Public Health Assn.

1992-1993 and 2001-2002 Visiting Assoc. Prof., Div. of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NYC

3/1/97-6/30/97  Acting Dean, Hunter College School of Health Sciences

1998-present  Deputy Director, NY/NJ NIOSH Education and Research Center

2003-2004  Chairperson, Occupational Health Section, American Public Health Assn.

2003-2004  Member, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Toxicology, Subcommittee on Iodotrifluoromethane. Report in press: August, 2004.

Other Professional Experience

Member, Technical Reports Peer Review Panel of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Toxicology Program, NIEHS, 1983-1985.

Member, various NIOSH Site Review Panels, 1994-2004. Participated in over 25 site reviews; chairperson for nine of them. 

Member, Special Emphasis National Review Panel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1997-2004.

 

Professional Memberships

American Public Health Association, Occupational Health and Safety Section, 1978-present.

American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1985-present.

NYC Metropolitan Industrial Hygiene Association, 1987-present.

Diplomate, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1989-present.

 

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa (1955)

NIH Special Research Fellowship in Chemistry, Cornell University (1967-1969).

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Occ. Health, Harvard School of Public Health (1978-1979).

Sigma Xi scientific society (1992); Chairperson, Hunter College chapter, Sigma Xi (2002-2005)

Elected Chairperson, Occ. Health & Safety Section, American Public Health Assn. (2003-2004).

Friend of CUNY award recipient, Professional Staff Congress of CUNY (2004)

 

B.      Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order). Do not include publications submitted or in preparation.

 

  1. Mortality Among Workers in a Die Casting and Electroplating Plant,

                 M. Silverstein, F.Mirer, D. Kotelchuck, B. Silverstein and M. Bennett, Scandinavian J.

                 Work, Environment and Health, 7, Supp. 4. 156 (1981)

 

          2. Asbestos:  The Funeral Dress of Kings – and Others, D. Kotelchuck,

                Chapter in Dying for Work: Workers’ Safety and Health in Twentieth Century America,

                edited by D. Rosner  and G. Markowitz, Indiana Press, 1987.

         

          3. Work Hazards: Chemical, D. Kotelchuck, Chapter in Encyclopedia of Career Decisions

               and Work Issues, edited by Lawrence K. Jones, Oryx Press  (1992).

 

          4. Worker Health and Safety in the 1990s, D. Kotelchuck, Chapter in Beyond Crisis,

                  Confronting Health Care in the U.S., edited by Nancy F. McKenzie, Meridian Press

                  (1994). Reprinted in ‘Medical Sociology,” Phil Brown, Editor, Waveland  Press (1996).

 

          5. Work, Health and Environment: Old Problems, New Solutions, Charles Levenstein and

                 John Wooding (eds.) (book review), Amer. J. of Ind. Medicine 34 (1998).

 

          6. Worker Health and Safety at the Beginning of a New Century, D. Kotelchuck, Chapter

                  in Medical Sociology, Phil Brown, Editor, Waveland Press (3rd edn., 2000). 

            

          7. Occupational Exposures in a Dental Teaching Environment: Results of a Ten-Year

                     Surveillance Study, by F. Younai, D. Murphy and D. Kotelchuck, J. of Dental Educ.,

                     65, 436 (2001).

 

          8. Pandora’s Poison: Chlorine, Health and a New Environmental Strategy, Joe Thornton, (book review),

          J. Pub. Hlth. Policy 23, Nr.3 (2002).

 

          9. Fire and Emergency Safety Issues: Lessons Learned Post-Sept. 11, 2001, D.

                   Kotelchuck, Amer. J. of Industrial Medicine 42, Nr.6 (Dec., 2002) p.555.

 

  10. Impact of Underreporting on the Management of Occupational Bloodborne Exposures

            in a Dental Teaching Environment, by D. Kotelchuck , D. Murphy and F. Younai, J. of

            Dental Educ. 68, Nr.6 (June, 2004) p.614.

 

C.      Research Support

 

Ongoing Research Support

 

NIOSH Region II Education and Research Center (IH and NORA Research),

Deputy Director and IH Program Director (PI Dr. Philip Landrigan) NIOSH 7/1/2000 – 6/30/2005.

 

NIOSH Region II Education and Research Center (Hazardous Substances Academic

Training), faculty and former Program Director (PI Dr. Philip Landrigan) NIOSH

7/1/2000 – 6/30/2005.

 

NJ/NY Hazardous Waste Worker Training Consortium, Director, Hunter HWWT program

(PI Dr. Audrey Gotsch) NIEHS 9/1/2000 – 8/31/2005.

 

Weapons of Mass Destruction supplemental training grant within NJ/NY HWWT Consortium, Principal Investigator, NIEHS 9/1/2003 - 8/31/2005.

 

      Health Workforce Retraining Initiative, co-PI, NY State Dept. of Health 10/1/2003-9/30/2005

 

Completed Research Support (past three years)

 

      Pre-Apprenticeship Environmental Training Program in Env. Cleanup/Remediation for 100

      NYC Housing Authority residents, co-PI, NYC Housing Authority 7/1/2000-8/31/2003.

 

      Environmental Health Community Service grant, PI, Stony-Wold Fund 7/1/2002-6/30/2003.