Title(s): Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professor and Endowed Chair in Rural Safety and Health
Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Office: S143 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-4007
A study on pesticide exposures to farm workers in Oregon led Diane Rohlman on a path to Egypt. Rohlman has been examining the health effects of organophosphorus pesticides on young Egyptian field workers. The study has implications for farm workers in Iowa and other agricultural states, as well as internationally.
“My goal is to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to meet the safety and health challenges of their current and future work,” Rohlman said. “Many of my students live or work in agricultural communities and take the information learned in class back to their home or work, directly having an impact on their communities.”
Courses Taught
- Rural Health and Agricultural Medicine
- Topics in Agriculture and Rural Health
Research Interests
- Neurotoxic effects and neurological disorders in humans exposed to chemical and other agents
- Vulnerable populations exposed to workplace hazards
- Adverse effects of pesticide exposure on neurobehavioral performance
- Total Worker Health®
- Workplace mental health
Background
Affiliations
- Director, Healthier Workforce Center for the Midwest (HWCMW)
- Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology
- Vice President, Northwest Education Training and Assessment (NwETA)
- Director, Agricultural Safety and Health Training Center, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety
In the News
- Davis offers tips for a safer winter commute
- Rohlman comments on safeguarding workers during extreme cold
- Rohlman writes about unique safety hazards young workers face
- Researchers identify factors that affect job turnover in trucking industry
- An international partnership focuses on safer farming
- Working through chaos: Iowa research details how the pandemic affected employee well-being
- Rohlman named UI College of Public Health associate dean for research
- Study looks at commuting and winter weather-related crashes
- HWC receives $6 million to improve worker health
- Iowa researchers awarded $1.1M CDC grant to develop training for remote managers
- Supporting Safer Workplaces
- Rohlman discusses farm hazards and youth
- Healthier Workforce Center forms new regional alliance to address mental health in the workplace
- Rohlman discusses keeping kids safe on the farm
- Course teaches One Health concepts to rural health care providers
- Free training aims to keep young agricultural workers safe
- Low-cost approach may lower adolescent pesticide exposure
- Video: Diane Rohlman discusses agricultural safety course
- Rohlman discusses injury prevention for teen workers
- Core course focuses on agricultural safety and health
- Article summarizes research methodologies for Total Worker Health
- Agricultural workers face hazards on the job
- Workshop will focus on advancing worker health and safety
- A new approach for advancing worker well-being
- Rohlman appointed Chair in Rural Safety and Health
- Expanded Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest supports employers’ health and safety efforts
- Rohlman recommends extra training for young farm workers
- Curry, Rohlman to take part in Health Care Summit
- Great Plains Center holds workshop for agricultural medicine professionals
- Rohlman Studies Health Effects of Adolescent Pesticide Exposure