Title(s): Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Programs
Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Office: S141 CPHB
Phone: (319) 335-4190
Sustainable agriculture is a big topic; Dr. Brandi Janssen knows that a truly sustainable agriculture has to keep farmers and farm workers safe, in addition to being environmentally sensitive. As director of Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH), she oversees a statewide coalition of public and private organizations devoted to reducing injuries and fatalities on farms. As a researcher, she examines local food production in Iowa to better understand how to develop food systems that are environmentally sustainable, accessible to consumers, and profitable for farmers.
Dr. Janssen writes regularly for Iowa Farmer Today and is the author of the book Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today’s Small Farmers, coming out in spring of 2017 from the University of Iowa Press.
Learn more about Dr. Janssen in this profile….
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Public Health Methods
- Topics in Agriculture and Rural Health
- Agricultural Safety and Health: Practice, Research Methods, and Policy
- First Year Seminar: Farms, Food and Health
- Public Health Theories and society
- Agriculture, Food Systems, and Sustainability
Research Interests
- Alternative Agriculture
- Food Systems
- Environmental Justice
- Agricultural Labor
Background
Affiliations
- Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
- President, Culture and Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association
- Board of Directors, Iowa Valley RC&D
- Community Engagement Core Leader, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
- Community Engagement Core Leader, Iowa Superfund Research Program
In the News
- Funding available to add roll bars to old tractors
- Janssen provides reminders for kids and lawn mower safety
- Iowans can expect health effects from drought, heat waves
- Take steps to reduce chainsaw risks
- The Power of Stories
- Be alert for farm equipment on the roads
- Janssen discusses tractor safety
- Janssen reviews safety tips for avoiding needle-stick injuries
- Janssen writes about grain bin safety
- Part-time farmers face extra stress
- Janssen appointed interim director of undergraduate programs
- CPH studies examine health challenges for farmers
- Janssen discusses food systems and the pandemic
- Using data to develop the best possible prevention strategies
- Janssen notes many factors add to farmers’ stress
- The New Farm Crisis
- Janssen comments on farmers in crisis
- Agricultural workers face hazards on the job
- Janssen to lead collaboratory focusing on overdose prevention in Iowa
- Slideshow: A Taste of Fieldwork in Xicotepec, Mexico
- Safety Watch: Think about spring training before spring planting
- Janssen discusses small- and large-scale farming
- Gilbert, Janssen selected as IIPHRP Policy Fellows
- Janssen offers farm safety reminders
- Long hours on farm equipment can cause muscle fatigue
- Janssen, Peek-Asa talk about summertime safety
- Safety Watch: Expect the unexpected when handling livestock
- Janssen talks about local food in Iowa
- Janssen comments on tractor crashes
- Janssen to read from new book at Prairie Lights
- Small steps affect beginning farmers’ safety
- Janssen reminds farmers of safe grain handling
- I-CASH explores agricultural safety and health in Argentina
- Collaboration protects farmers in Argentina
- Janssen shares passion for farm safety, music
- CPH faculty participate in The Op-Ed Project workshop
- Janssen helps cultivate a culture of farm safety