Title(s): Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Office: S320 CPHB
Phone: (319) 335-4202
Dr. Patrick O’Shaughnessy, professor in the University of Iowa College of Public Health Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, learned industry hazards firsthand.
O’Shaughnessy spent eight years as a construction worker before furthering his education in civil and environmental engineering. He now directs the UI Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, one of 18 such centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH.)
Because of the widespread impact on worker safety and health, students in the program know their work can make a difference. “What we’re doing can have a real effect on quality of life, and extending lives with better health,” he said.
Courses Taught
- OEH:6420 Methods in Exposure Science
- CPH:2220 Building a Healthier Tomorrow
- OEH:6432 Assessing Non-Ionizing Radiation
- OEH:4240 Global Environmental Health
- CEE:4159 Air Pollution Control Technology
Research Interests
- Industrial hygiene exposure assessment
- Respirator theory and testing
- Ambient air assessment and modeling
- Microplastic toxicity
Background
Affiliations
- Director, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety
- Director, Exposure Science Facility, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
- Exposure Generation Specialist, Pulmonary Toxicology Facility, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
In the News
- O’Shaughnessy discusses dust from gravel roads and respiratory health
- Meet our faculty: Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- CPH professors discuss health effects of extreme heat
- UI experts offer guidance on best masks for protecting against COVID-19
- Supporting Safer Workplaces
- Study evaluates performance of 3D-printed face masks
- Collaboration leads to grant on PPE materials that capture and kill pathogens
- Iowa researchers collaborate on testing 3D-printed respirators
- Unique UI collaborations helping extend use, decontaminate PPE
- O’Shaughnessy lending skills to a variety of projects evaluating PPE safety
- VIDEO: Heartland Center prepares students to protect worker health
- O’Shaughnessy comments on health effects of particulate pollution
- UI awarded $8.8 million grant for occupational health and safety training center
- Residents seek answers about health risks near Iowa sand mines
- O’Shaughnessy discusses bicycle safety
- O’Shaughnessy cited in story on frac sand mining
- O’Shaughnessy comments on sand mine health risks
- O’Shaughnessy Discusses Iowa’s Air Quality