Area of research
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Pneumoconiosis, Silicosis, Environmental health, Pathology, and Coal.
Silicosarcoidosis: Histologic and Clinical Features of an Occupational Granulomatous Disease
Engineered Stone and Silicosis: An Acceptable Risk?
Investigation of occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) among engineered stone fabricators in Chicago—A pilot study
The prevalences and levels of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres (silica, asbestos and coal): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury
Global Trends in Occupational Lung Disease
Pathologic Findings in Severe Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis in Contemporary US Coal Miners
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 1939
Historical shift in pathological type of progressive massive fibrosis among coal miners in the USA
Current global perspectives on silicosis—Convergence of old and newly emergent hazards
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis
Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Other Mining-Related Lung Disease
Respiratory surveillance for coal mine dust and artificial stone exposed workers in Australia and New Zealand: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand*
Progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis absent further exposure
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health B Reader Certification Program—An Update Report (1987 to 2018) and Future Directions
WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres and of the effect of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on pneumoconiosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis Resurgence Identified in U.S. Coal Miners Filing for Black Lung Benefits, 1970–2016
Mine Safety and Health Administration's Part 50 program does not fully capture chronic disease and injury in the Illinois mining industry
Lung disease and coal mining
Lung Pathology in U.S. Coal Workers with Rapidly Progressive Pneumoconiosis Implicates Silica and Silicates
Profusion of Opacities in Simple Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis Is Associated With Reduced Lung Function
Respiratory disease mortality among US coal miners; results after 37 years of follow-up