Title(s): Professor
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.
Learn more about Dr. O’Shaughnessy at this profile…
Courses Taught
- Statistics for Experimenters
- Air Pollution Control Technology
- Building a Healthier Tomorrow
Research Interests
- Inhalation toxicology
- Nanotechnology
- Agricultural safety and health
- Plume dispersion modeling
Background
Affiliations
- Director, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety
- Director, Environmental Modeling and Exposure Assessment Facility, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
- Exposure Generation Specialist, Pulmonary Toxicology Facility, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
In the News
- 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 obtains renewal of NIOSH training grant
- O’Shaughnessy Named American Industrial Hygiene Association Fellow
- O’Shaughnessy Discusses Iowa’s Air Quality