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Sharon P. Cooper, Ph.D.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

SHARON P. COOPER, PH.D.

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Address: The University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston

San Antonio Regional Campus

7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100

San Antonio, TX 78229

Telephone: (210) 276-9008

EDUCATION:

1978-1982 Ph.D. University of Texas at Houston

Epidemiology

1975-1976 M.S. Harvard School of Public Health

Biostatistics/Epidemiology

1973-1975 M.S. University of Oklahoma

Quantitative Psychology

1970-1973 B.A. University of Texas at Austin

Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

5/14 – present Professor

Jane Dale Owen Professorship in Environmental Protection

University of Texas School of Public Health Houston


7/07 – 5/14 Professor and Regional Dean

Jane Dale Owen Professorship in Environmental Protection

University of Texas School of Public Health Houston


10/08 – present Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,

Department of Family and Community Medicine

School of Medicine, UT Health Science Center - San Antonio

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3/08 – 8/10 Adjunct Professor

Commonwealth Medical College

7/07 – 7/09 Adjunct Professor

Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health

7/02 – 6/07 Professor and Head

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health

9/95 – 6/02 Associate Professor of Epidemiology with Tenure

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

School of Public Health

10/99—12/01 Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston


2000 – 2002 Adjunct Associate Professor,

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

A&M School of Rural Public Health

7/90 - 8/95 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

University of Texas-Houston


4/92 - 3/93 Visiting Scholar

University of Houston

Health Law and Policy Institute

9/88 - 7/90 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

University of Texas (non-tenure track)


2/85 - 9/88 Research Assistant Professor

University of Texas


Epidemiology Research Unit

7/76 - 2/85 Faculty Associate

University of Texas


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Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials

Epidemiology Research Unit

6/75-8/75 Research Assistant, New England Life Insurance Company

Medical Research Department

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

1998 - present International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

1980 - present Society for Epidemiologic Research

1976 - present American Public Health Association

2008 – 2010, 2013 Texas Public Health Association

1988 - 1992 National Drowning Prevention Network

1986 - 1987 Houston-Galveston Area Health Promotion Consortium

1978 - 1987 American Statistical Association

1979 - 1990 Society for Clinical Trials

HONORS AND CERTIFICATION:

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Texas (1973)

USPHS Traineeship, Harvard School of Public Health (1975-76)

USPHS Traineeship, University of Texas (1981-82)

Notable Women in Texas (1984-85)

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest (1986-87; 1995-96; 1997-98; 1998-99)

Strathmore’s Who’s Who (1998-99, 2000-01)

Marquis Who’s Who (1999-2000)

Harriet Cunningham Citation for Meritorious Scientific Writing and Harriet Cunningham Award of

Excellence for:

"Cancer update: lung cancer trends and prospects for prevention: Texas and United States"

Texas Medicine (1988)

"Childhood injury deaths in Texas: a major public health problem." Texas Medicine (1989)

American Men and Women in Science (1995, 1997)

Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care (1996)

Finalist, Outstanding Teacher Award (1996)

Member, American College of Epidemiology (1983 - 1996)

Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (1996-present)

Dean’s Excellence Award (1992, 1995)

Peer Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship (1996-2001)

University of Texas Health Science Center

Nominee, The President’s Award for Mentoring Women

The Committee on the Status of Women (2000)

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Joseph P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award (2001)

Selected for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Fellow’s Program (2003)

Faculty Recognition Award for Commitment to Students (2004-2007)

Elected to Alpha Tau Chapter, Delta Omega Honor Society, (Public Health) (2005)

Fellow, Texas A&M Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (2005-2008)

South Central AHEC Partner Award recipient, 2009

TEACHING AND ADVISING:

Summer 2008-2012 Occupational Epidemiology – online (master’s and doctoral sections)

Spring 2012, 2013 Co-instructor, online MPH Capstone Course

Fall 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, PH2998—Occupational Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)

2004, 2006, 2007 PHEB623 (distance ed)

Fall 1995, 1996 Seminar on Workplace Safety

Spring 1995, 1996 PH2610--Introduction to Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)

Summer 1997, 1999-2001 (primary every other summer)

Spring 1996 Spring Institute: Southwest Center for Occupational and

Environmental Health. Working Teens: Health and Safety Issues

(Primary Instructor)

Fall 1993, 1994, 1996 PH2998--Injury Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)

Spring 1999 University of Texas

Spring 1986, 1990, PH2998--Occupational and Environmental

1991, 1992, Epidemiology (Primary Instructor since 1992)

1993, 1994 University of Texas

Guest Lectures PHEB600—Fundamentals of Epidemiology

VAPH432—Public Health Practices

PH2165--Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis

PH2998--Cancer Epidemiology

PH3998—Medical Outcomes Assessment

PH6680--Clinical Occupational Medicine

PH6998--Occupational Medicine Seminar

PH 3998--Environmental Toxic Torts

Occupational Health Survey Course (UTSPH-SA)

Occupational Safety and Health Law (U. of Houston Law)

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Cancer Epidemiology/Occupational Health (Texas A&M SRPH)

Fundamentals of Epidemiology (PHEB 600—SRPH)

Public Health Practice (VAPH 489--SRPH)

PH2998—Public Health Seminar

1/89, 1/90 Instructor, Course on Occupational Epidemiology, Midwinter Institute,

University of Texas

10/88, 4/89, 4/90 Instructor, Basic Curriculum in Occupational Medicine: Epidemiology

and Biostatistics, American College of Occupational Medicine--San

Antonio, Texas (1988), Boston, Massachusetts (1989) and Houston,

Texas (1990)

10/86 - 12/86 PH311--Introduction to Epidemiology, University of Texas

3/79 - 6/79 Teaching Assistant for Statistical Epidemiology, University of Texas

8/77 - 3/78 Teaching Assistant for Biometry, University of Texas

8/75 - 6/76 Lab Instructor for Biostatistics, Harvard University

5/74 - 5/75 Teaching Assistant for Graduate Psychology

Teaching Assistant for Graduate Statistics

University of Oklahoma

Thesis/Dissertation Supervisor for:

1. Christina Socias, DrPH (2013)

“The meaningful use of incorporating occupation and industry in an electronic health record (HER)

database for epidemiologic research”

2. Kathleen Urbansky, M.P.H. (2010)

“A Su Salud injury prevention expansion: Analysis of injury prevention perceptions in a Hispanic

Community”

3. Trisha Anest, M.P.H. (2009)

“US Medical Students knowledge of obstetric fistula in developing countries”

4. Eva Shipp, Ph.D. (2005)

“Back pain in migrant farmworker families and farmworker high school students from Starr

County, Texas”

5. Matthew Mireles, Ph.D. (2004)

“A comparative epidemiologic and diagnostic study of ocular trauma associated with occupational

facial injury”

6. Sharon Silver, M.S. (2001)

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“Effect of Follow-up Time on Risk Estimates: A Longitudinal Examination of The Relative Risks

of Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in A Rubber Hydrochloride Cohort”

7. Eva Shipp, M.S. (2000)

“Occupational injuries and substance use among high school students in south Texas, 1995”

8. Fatih Okcu, M.D., M.S. (2000)

“Childhood Cancer and birthweight”

9. Angela Garzon, M.S. (1998)

“Cancer trends in Texas”

10. Lucina Suarez, Ph.D. (1998)

“Neural tube defects in Mexican Americans living on the US-Mexico border: the effects of folic,

acid and dietary folate”

11. Daniel Fu, M.P.H. (1998)

“Texas teenage motor vehicle crashes : implications for licensing policies”

12. Tracy Robison, M.S. (1997)

“A cross-sectional examination of an association between low birth weight and nonfatal injuries in

children less than six years.”

13. Jim Davis, D.V.M., Dr.P.H. (1996)

“A prospective cohort study evaluating the state of medical readiness in the U.S. Air Force and risk

factors to improve the medical readiness posture”

14. Matthew Mireles, MPH (196)

“Accidents in the News: The Impact of Media Coverage on Pilots' Tales of Risk and Lessons

Learned”

15. Jim Davis, D.V.M., M.P.H. (1994)

"A retrospective study of a 1992 subcohort of Air Force personnel exposed to hazardous noise by

Air Force skill code."

16. Alice Sigurdson, M.S., M.S. (1994)

"Testicular cancer incidence in the United States, 1973-1987"

17. Lara Simpson, M.S. (1992)

"Testicular cancer in Texas, 1976-1985"

18. Carla Warneke, M.S. (1992)

"Child and adolescent drownings in Harris County, Texas, 1983-1990"

19. Patti Robbins-Furman, M.P.H. (1987)

"A study of the safety of chorionic villus sampling"

SERVICE:

Reviewer for Journals

Co-editor, Special Issue on Child Labor, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental

Health, 2008-10

Academic Pediatrics

American Journal of Epidemiology

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American Journal of Industrial Medicine

American Journal of Public Health

Annals of Epidemiology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Human & Ecological Risk Assessment

International Journal of Cancer

Journal of Adolescent Health

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Journal of Agromedicine

Journal of Cancer Education

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Journal of Immigrant Health

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Journal of Women’s Health

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Public Health Reports

Social Science Quarterly

Southern Medical Journal

Grant and Other Reviews

2012 Reviewer, R13 grants, National Institute for Environmental Health

Sciences, 10/25/12

2011 - present Member, Data Safety Monitoring Board, U. of Alabama Birmingham


2011 - present Member, Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee,

US Air Force

2009-2011 Grant reviewer, WorkSafe British Columbia

2009-2011 Reviewer, Pilot Grants, Southwest Center for Occupational and

Environmental Health, UTSPH

2007 – present Member, Internal Advisory Board, UT Health Center, Tyler

NIOSH-funded Agricultural Health and Safety Center

2008-2009 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council, Ontario Workplace Safety and

Insurance Board, Toronto, Canada

2009 Grant reviewer, Louisiana Board of Regents

2009 UTHSCSA Reviewer Pilot Projects, CTSA

2009 Grant reviewer, Texas A&M University Collaborative Grant Program

2009 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Education and Research Center

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 10/20/09-10/21/09

2008 – 2010 Co-editor, Special Issue on Child Labor

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International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

2006 External Reviewer, Institute of Medicine’s draft report,

“Gulf War and Health: Review of the Medical Literature Relative to

Gulf War Veterans Health”

2006 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program



University of North Carolina, 2/24/06-2/25/06

2006 Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), Education and Research Centers,

NIOSH 3/23-24/06, Alexandria, VA

2005 Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), Education and Research Centers,

NIOSH 3/38/05, Alexandria, VA

2004 Panel Member: Disease, Disability and Injury Prevention and Control

Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): State-Based Occupational Safety and

Health Surveillance

12/1-12/3/04, Alexandria, VA

2004 Expert Consultant, NIOSH Training Grant Special Emphasis Panel

February 24, 2004

2003 Reviewer, WHO Health of Migrants

2002-2006 Core Leader, Research Core

UT Tyler

Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, University of Texas, Tyler

2002-2004 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program



2002-2003 External Advisory Committee for CDC-funded study, “Cancer

Incidence of an Occupational Cohort”

Louisiana Tumor Registry New Orleans

2002-2003 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council, Ontario Workplace Safety and

Insurance Board, Toronto, Canada

2002 Reviewer, Feasibility Studies

Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, University of Texas, Tyler

2001 Member, Special Emphasis Panel

Traumatic Occupational Injury Research, 6/11/01

2000 Chair, Review Committee, Epidemiology Core Program



2000 Member, NIOSH Special Emphasis Panel for Cooperative Agreement

for Surveillance. Washington, D. C. July 10-11, 2000

1999 – 2008 Member, Injury Working Group, A Community-based Longitudinal

Study of Adolescent Health, Centers for Disease Control and CHPPR

1999 - 2000 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council

Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

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Research on Young Worker Safety and Health Risks in Construction


1999 Reviewer, Surveillance Strategic Plan


1998, 2000 Reviewer, Cancer Research Program, Epidemiology Study Section

State of California


Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control


1998 Reviewer for Aspen Publishers for textbook draft on injury prevention

1997 Alice Hamilton Award Committee


1997 Reviewer, National Center for Health Statistics

“Women, Work and Health”

1997 Member, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Educational Resource Center Site Visit Teams

1997 Grant reviewer, Environmental Protection Agency

1997 NIOSH Consultation: Quality of Life Measures Among Workers

1996 NIOSH Consultation: Substance Abuse among Construction Workers

1995 National Cancer Institute Scientific Review Committee

1995 National Cancer Institute Migrant Farmworker Planning Meeting

1993, 1994 Reviewer, Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center

(A Critical Review of Asthma and Air Toxics)

1991, 1993 Review of astronaut cohort study proposal for Krug Life Sciences

(NASA contractor)

1989 - 1991 Member, Publications Committee--Hypertension Detection and

Follow-Up Program, NHLBI

Professional Organizations:

2008 Organizer, Special Session on Migrant Health, Epidemiology Section,

APHA

1999 Planning Committee, Research Track, National Center for Farmworker

Health

1999 Co-Presider/Discussant. American Public Health Association (Migrant

Farm Workers)

1997 - 1998 Nominating Committee, Epidemiology Section, American Public

Health Association

1996 - 1998 Awards Committee, American College of Epidemiology

1995 - 1997 Secretary, Epidemiology Section, American Public Health Association

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University:

2011 - present Deputy Director, NIOSH Education and Research Center

2011 - present Scholar, Center for Research to Advance Community Health

2009 - present Member, Executive Committee, UTSPH

2008 – 2012 Coordinator, Public Health Grand Rounds

Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

2008 - present Member, CTSA/PhD Task Force, UTHSCSA

2008 - present Member, CTSA Council of Deans, UTHSCSA

2008 - present Member, Council of Deans, UTHSCSA

2007 – present Member, MD/MPH Coordinating Committee

2010 – present Member, MBA/MPH Coordinating Committee

2009 Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee, UTSPH

2009 Member, Occupational Medicine Search Committee, UTSPH

2009 Member, Diversity Sub-committee, UTHSCSA

2008 Member, Steering Committee for Ethiopia Student Experience,

UTHSCSA

2008 Chair, Faculty Search Committee (2 positions)

UTSPH, San Antonio Regional Campus

2008 Member, Faculty Council Subcommittee on Peer-Review, UTSPH

2008 Member, Research Council, UTSPH

2008-2009 Member, Planning Committee, Cancer Updates in Texas Conference,

University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

2008 Member, Community Service Learning Program, UTHSCSA

2002-2007 Member, Executive Management Team, Academic Council, Executive

Committee, SRPH

2005 Mentor, UTHSC Grants 102 Seminar

2005 Member, Strategic Planning Task Force

Faculty Recruitment and Retention

Texas A&M Health Science Center.

2004 - 2007 Member, Graduate Faculty, Texas A&M University

2004 - 2007 Member, Advisory Council

Center for Transportation Safety, Texas Transportation Institute

2004 Member, Social and Behavioral Health Department Head Search

Committee, SRPH

2004 Member, Assistant Dean Search Committee, SRPH

2002-2003 Member, South Texas Assistant Dean Search Committee, SRPH

2002 Member, Social and Behavioral Health Department Head Search

Committee, TAMU SRPH

2001 Member, Epidemiology Faculty Search Committee (El Paso)

Member, Director of Student Affairs Search Committee

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2000-2001 Member, Subcommittee on UTMS/MDA/UTSPH clinical scientist

program

2000 Member, Six-Year Review Committee

1999 - 2002 Program Faculty, NIOSH Southwest Center Regional Research

Training Coordination Core

1999- 2002 Core Faculty, Fogarty International Research Training Program in

Occupational and Environmental Health

1999 - 2001 Member, Imaging Committee UTHSC

1995 – 1997, 1999 – 2001 Member, Academic Affairs Committee

1999 Chair, Admissions Committee

1998 – 1999 UTSPH Representative, Awards Committee (elected), UTSPH

1996 - 1998 Member, Houston Department of Health and Human Services/UTSPH

Collaborative Brown Bag Subcommittee

1995 - 1997 Convener, Occupational Health Module

1995 - 1997 Member, Dean’s Advisory Council

1996 - 1997 Presenter, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review

1995 - 1996 Director, Program on Workplace Safety

1995 - 1996 Steering Committee, Southwest Center for Occupational Safety and

Health

1995 - 1997 UTSPH Representative, Nominating Committee (elected)

UTHSC (Chair, 1996-1997)

1994 Member, Quantitative Behavioral Science Search Committee

1994, 1997 Presenter, Assessing Health Effects from Occupational Exposures,

Opportunities in Biostatistics and Public Health for Science Majors

1992 Member, Faculty Committee for Review of Community Health

Program

1990 - 1991 Member, UTHSC Committee for the Prevention of Injury and

Violence

1989 - 1990 Member, UTHSC Community Advisory Group on Injury and

Violence

1986 - 1988 Member-University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Nursing

Research Liaison Committee

Community:

2011 – present Member, Community Advisory Board, Scientific Integrity in

Community Based Participatory Research, Wake Forest University

2012 - present Member, Planning Committee, Emergency Preparedness Conference

2011-12 Planning Committee, One Community One Book

2011 Member, Search Committee for Director, San Antonio Metropolitan

Health District

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2008-2012 Policy Committee, Alamo Area Community Information System

(Treasurer, 2010-2011)

2009-2010 Board member, NowCastSA (for San Antonio Area Foundation grant)

2007-2008 Expert Panel Review, Kelly Liver Cancer Study, San Antonio

Metropolitan Health District

2006 Member, Planning Committee, Texas Public Health Training Center

Summer Institute, Environmental and Occupational Health

2003-5 Texas Training Initiative for Public Health: An Introduction to

Epidemiology

2001 UTSPH Faculty Liaison, Texas Transportation Institute

2000 - 2002 Alternate Representative, Texas Cancer Registry Working Group

2000 Workshop on Epidemiologic Foundations of Public Health: Focus on

Behavioral and Occupational Health, University of Houston

1998, 1999 UTSPH Liaison, Houston Shaken Baby Alliance

1997 Member, Health Objectives 2000 Occupational Safety & Health

City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services

1996 – 1997 Member, Advisory Board

Family Violence and the Health Care System in Texas

University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute

1994 - 1996 Faculty representative to UTSPH Community Health Advisory Board

1994 - 1996 Member, Human Health Risk Work Group, Houston Area

Risk Assessment Project

Houston Area Research Center

1993-1996 Member, Human Health Risk Work Group, State of Texas

Environmental Priorities Project

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

1991-1994 Presenter, Chemicals and Epidemiology, Institute for Science Teachers,

University of Houston

1989 - 1991 Chair, Research Committee

Assistant Coordinator

Greater Houston Coalition for Safe Kids

1987 - 1988 Scientific Advisory Committee-Texas Department of Health-

"Data-based interventions for cancer control in Texas"

1986 - 1988 Contributing Editor - TWINS Magazine

RESEARCH

FUNDED RESEARCH:

Principal Investigator (10%), Texas Department of State Health Services. Cancer Record Occupation

and Industry Coding Project, 2012-2013. $294,550.

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Principal Investigator (25%), Subcontract, Geneva Foundation (Department of Defense) Clinical

Investigation of Hearing Injuries, Noise Exposures, and Cost Burden In Active Duty US Military

Service Members 2012-2013. $714,060; renewed for 2013-2014 for additional $714,060.

Principal Investigator (15%), Community-Academic Linkages to Build a National Network for

Farmworker Research, $891,666 NIEHS 7/1/10-6/30/13 (Multiple PI with Roberta Ryder and Ed

Hendrikson, Ph.D., P.A.)

Principal Investigator (25%), Subcontract, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler NIOSH

Agricultural Center, Migrant Adolescent Health Research Study. 2006-2012. $875,000.

Deputy Director (15%). NIOSH Education and Research Center. Director, Training Grant for

Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/11 – 6/30/15, $1,161,662 (National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health) (PI: Elaine Symanski, Ph.D.)

Co-Principal Investigator (10% donated), Prostate Cancer Incidence in The USAF: Implications for

Screening And Treatment, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, CTSA pilot project.

$125,000 9/1/09 – 8/31/11. (PI: Douglas Boyd, Ph.D.)

Co-investigator (10% donated), Alamo Area Community Information System. 11/1/08 – 12/31/09.

$81,118.

Director (7%). Training Grant for Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/08 –

6/30/10, $78,761 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Principal Investigator (20%), Subcontract, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler NIOSH

Agricultural Center, A Study of Work Injuries in Farmworker Children. 2001-2006. $723,974.

Co-investigator (5%), Translational Research Planning Grant. Texas A&M Health Science Center.

9/1/06-6/30/07, $228,371 (NIH), PI: Christopher Colenda, MD, MPH.

Co-investigator (5%) Texas Cancer Registry Project in South Texas, 11/1/05-10/31/06. $140,609

(Texas Cancer Registry, Department of State Health Services), PI: Susan Carozza, Ph.D.

Co-investigator (5%). Risk of Childhood Cancers Associated with Agricultural Pesticide Use,

9/30/01 – 9/29/06. $975,000 (National Cancer Institute), PI: Susan Carozza, Ph.D.

Co-Director (5%). Training Grant in Rural Public Health. 7/1/03-6/30/06. $33,000 (HRSA), PI:

K.C. Donnelly, Ph.D.

Co-investigator. Back Symptoms and Work among Farmworker Adolescents from Starr County,

Texas. 9/05-2/06. $13,000 (Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC) at Texas

A&M University) PI: Eva Shipp, Ph.D.

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Co-Investigator/mentor. Use of Dust Wipe Samples to Assess Pesticide Exposure in Farmworkers

While Migrating. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health through The University of

Texas Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, $10,000 Oct 2002- Sept 2003,

PI: Eva Shipp, M.S.

Director (5%). Training Grant for Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/00 – 6/30/02,

$64,006 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Principal Investigator (20%), Injury and Illness Surveillance Among Migrant Farmworkers, 1999-

2003. $744,000 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Co-investigator (5%), Passages: A Cohort Study of Adolescent Health (SIP-27), 1999-2003.

$336,435 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), PI: Guy Parcel, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator (10%), On-the-job Injury in South Texas Middle School Children. 1998-2000,

$72,770 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Co-Investigator (10%), Reproductive Health, Serum Dioxin and P450 Genes in Vietnam Veterans.

1998-2000. $874,195 (Environmental Protection Agency), PI: Anne Sweeney, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator (10%), Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides. 1997-1998, $24,936 (National Cancer

Institute)

Principal Investigator (5%), Assessment of Exposures to Migrant Farmworker Children. 1997-98,

$24,934 (National Cancer Institute)

Co-Investigator (5%), Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. 1995-2000,

$4,465,380 (CDC: National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health), PI: George

Delclos, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator (10%), Work-Related Injuries in Texas Adolescents. 1996-97, $31,620

(University of Texas Health Science Center Seed and Collaborative Grant Award)

Principal Investigator (5%), Migrant Farmworker Questionnaire Pretest, 1996, $3,713 (National

Cancer Institute)

Principal Investigator (5%), Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. 1995-1996,

$24,998 (National Cancer Institute)

Co-Investigator (10%), Availability, Accessibility, and Adequacy of Health Care Provided to USAF

Active Duty Women in Theater During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1994-1995. $54,861

(U.S. Air Force), PI: John Herbold, DVM, PhD

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Principal Investigator, A Critical Review of Cancer in Texas with Emphasis on Environmental and

Occupational Exposures, 1993-94, $82,000. (Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical

Technology, Inc.)

Co-investigator, Asbestos in Stillborn Infants, 1992-1994. $30,673 (National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences), PI: Abida Haque, MD

Co-Investigator, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, 1990-1995,

$2,567,644 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), PI: Larry Whitehead, PhD, CIH

Co-Principal Investigator, Occupational Injury and Illness Study in the State of Texas, 1992-1993,

$290,000. (State of Texas Legislature), PI: Mark Rothstein, JD

Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, A Study to Assess the Prevalence of Keratoses in

an Industrial Population, 1990-1992, $483,845. (ICI Americas, Inc.)

Co-Principal Investigator, A Feasibility Study of the Prevalence of Keratoses in an Industrial

Population, 1990, $120,674. (ICI Americas, Inc.) PI: Patricia Buffler, PhD

Co-investigator, Reduction of Injury Hazards in Family Day Care Homes, 1989-1990. $456,000

(Centers for Disease Control), PI: Susan Brinks, PhD

Co-investigator, Extended Analyses of the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program: Benefits

and Risks, 1989-1991. $283,732 (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), PI: C. Morton Hawkins,

Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Occupation, Disease, and Injury from 1980 National Health Interview Survey,

1987-1988. $8,500 (National Center for Health Statistics)

PUBLICATIONS:

A. REFEREED JOURNALS

1. COOPER SP, Alamgir AH, Whitworth KW, Gorrell NS, Betancourt JA, Cornell JE, Delclos

G, Douphrate DI, Gimeno D, Marko D, Kim SY, Sagiraju HR, Tucker DL, Whitehead LW,

Wong NJ, Hammill TL, Senchak AJ, Packer MD. The Department of Defense Epidemiologic

and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss Study. In press, Military Medicine, 2014

2. Alamgir H, Martinez-Pachon G, COOPER SP, Levin JL. The Critical Need for Improved

Enumeration and Surveillance of the Logging Workforce. In press, Agromed, 2014.

3. Serrano A, Pinion C, Read TD, Jing S, Yoon J, St. John J, COOPER SP. Description of

injuries and illnesses in the transportation and warehouse sector in Texas and the United States,

2005-2009. Texas Public Health Journal 2013;65:24-28.

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4. Cook ML, Kowalkowski MA, Collins R, Mathews C, Prosperie SL, Socias C, COOPER SP.

Trends in occupation-related musculoskeletal disorders in Texas and the United States (2003-

2009). Texas Public Health Journal 2013;65:11-15.

5. Alamgir H, COOPER SP, Delclos GL. Garments Fire: History repeats itself. Commentary.

Am J Ind Med 2013; 56:1113-1115.

6. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco D, Cooper CJ, Whitworth RE. Acute occupational injury

among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas. Injury Prevention 2013;19:264–270.

7. Ramirez AG, Weiss NS, Holden AE, Suarez L, COOPER SP, Munoz E, Naylor SL. Incidence

and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in Texas Latinos: implications for prevention

research. PLoS ONE 2012; 7:e355373.

8. Rogers D, Boyd DD, Fox EE, COOPER SP, Goldhagen M, Shen Y, del Junco DJ. Prostate

cancer incidence in Air Force aviators compared with non-aviators. Aviat Space Environ Med

2011;82:1067-1070.

9. Del Junco DJ, Fox E, COOPER S, Goldhagen M, Koda E, Rogers D, Canby-Hagino E, Kim J,

Pettaway C, Boyd DD. Increasing rates of low-risk prostate cancer incidence in USAF

servicemen and selection of treatments. J Urol 2011;185:2137-42. PMCID: PMC3171171

10. Schwebel DC, Roth DL, Elliott MN, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Low B, COOPER S, Schuster

MA. The association of activity level, parent mental distress, and parental involvement and

monitoring with unintentional injury risk in fifth graders. Accid Anal Prev 2011; 43:848-852.

11. COOPER SP, McCormick J, Chappell C, Clare N, Vela L, Walker T, Smith MA, Heilbrun L,

Stark D, Schoenly R, Urrutia-Rojas X, Miller CS. Texas needs physicians trained in public

health: a new four-year integrated MD/MPH degree program. Texas Medicine. 2010; 106

(online).

12. Whitworth K*, Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Del Junco DJ. A pilot study of symptoms of

neurotoxicity and injury among adolescent farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. International

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2010; 6:138-44.

13. Shah D*, Shipp E, COOPER, S, Huber J, del Junco D, Rene A, Moore, J. Hand problems in

migrant farmworkers. J Ag Saf Health 2009;15:157-69.

14. Ramchand R, Elliott MN, Mrug S, Grunbaum JA, Windle M, Chandra A, Peskin MF,

COOPER SP, Schuster M. Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs.

Am J Prev Med 2009; 36:297-303.

15. Shipp EM*, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GD, Burau KD, Tortolero SR, Whitworth

RE*. Chronic back pain and associated work and non-work variables among migrant

farmworker families from Starr County, Texas. Journal of Agromedicine. 2009; 14:22-32.

16. Carozza SE, Li B, Wang Q, Horel S, COOPER S. Agricultural pesticides and risk of childhood

cancers. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2009; 212:186-195. (PMC2659586)

17. Zinn-Souza LC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRO, Roberts R, COOPER, SP, Fischer FM.

Factors associated with depression symptoms in high school students of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Revista de Saude Publica 2008; 42; 34-40.

18. Santana V, Almeida-Filho N, Roberts R, COOPER S. Skin color, perception of racism and

depression among adolescents in urban Brazil. Child Adolescent Mental Health 2007; 12:125-

31.

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19. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Bolin JN, Whitworth RE, Cooper CJ. Pesticide safety

training among farmworker adolescents from Starr County, Texas. J Ag Safety Health 2007;

13:311-321.

20. Shipp EM*, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GD, Burau KD, Tortolero SR. 2007. Severe

back pain among farmworker high school students from Starr County, Texas: baseline results.

Ann Epidemiol. 2007; 17:132-41.

21. Walker KM*, Carozza S, COOPER S, Elgethun K. Childhood cancer in Texas counties with

moderate to intense agricultural activity. J Ag Safety Health 2007; 13:9-24.

22. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Donnelly KC, Nalbone T. A feasibility study of the use of dust wipe

samples to assess pesticide exposures in migrant farmworker families working in the United

States. J Agromedicine 2007; 11:83-93.

23. Vela Acosta MS, Sanderson M, Cooper SP, Perez A, Robert R Health risk behaviors and

work injury among Hispanic adolescents and farmworkers. J Ag Safety Health 2007; 13:117-

36.

24. COOPER SP, Burau KE, Frankowski R, Shipp EM*, del Junco DJ, Whitworth RE, Sweeney

AM, MacNaughton N, Weller NF, Hanis CL. A cohort study of injuries in migrant

farmworker families in South Texas. Ann Epidemiol 2006; 16:313-20.

25. Burau KD, Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Frankowski R, McKinnon S, Walker K. Assessing the

strategy of using mothers as proxy respondents for collecting occupational hazard, illness

symptom, and injury data on migrant farmworker families. J Agromedicine 2006; 11:17-26.

26. Cooper CJ, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Shipp EM, Whitworth RE, Cooper SR. Web data

collection: detailed methods of a questionnaire and data gathering tool. Epidemiol Perspect

Innov 2006; 3:1.

27. COOPER SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR, Shipp EM. Comparative description of

migrant farmworkers vs. other students attending south Texas schools: demographic,

employment, and health indicators. Texas Medicine 2005; 101:58-62.

28. Vela Acosta MS, Reding D, COOPER SP, Gunderson P. Lessons learned: geographic

information systems and farmworkers in the Lake States. J Ag Saf Health 2005; 11:85-97.

29. Cooper, SR, COOPER, SP, Felknor S, Santana V, Fischer F, Shipp EM, Vela-Acosta SM.

Commentary: non-traditional work factors in farmworker adolescent populations: implications

for health research and interventions. Pub Health Rep 2005; 120:622-629.

30. Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Lombardi Junior M, Latorre MRDO,

COOPER SP. Job control, job demands, social support at work and health among adolescent

workers. Revista de Saude Publica (Journal of Public Health) 2005; 39:245-253.

31. Shipp, EM, COOPER, SP, Burau, KD, Bolin, JN. Pesticide safety training and field

sanitation in migrant farmworker mothers from Starr County, TX. J. Agric Saf Health

2005;11:51-60.

32. Shipp EM*, Tortolero SR, COOPER SP, Weller NF, Baumler EG. Substance use and

occupational injuries among high school students in South Texas. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse

2005; 31:253-265.

33. COOPER SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR. Comparative description of migrant

farmworkers vs. other students attending South Texas schools: substance use, work and

injuries. J Rural Health 2005;21:361-366.

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34. Santana V, COOPER SP, Roberts RE, Araujo-Filho J. Student adolescents who work:

gender differences in school behavior and self-perceived health. Int J Occ Environ Health

2005; 11:294-301.

35. COOPER SP, Heitman EH, Fox EE*, Quill B, Knudson P, Zahm SH, MacNaugton N, Ryder

R. Ethical issues in conducting migrant farmworker studies. J Immigrant Health 2004;

6:29-39.

36. Weller NF*, Basen-Engquist K, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Tortolero SR, Hassan S. School-

year employment among middle school students in South Texas: prevalence and patterns.

Journal of Children’s Health 2004; 2:87-102.

37. Weller NF*, Tortolero SR, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Hassan S. School-year employment

among South Texas middle school students: effects on academic, social, and physical

functioning. Journal of Children’s Health 2004;2:103-117.

38. Weller NF*, Kelder SH, COOPER SP, Basen-Engquist K, Tortolero SR. The effect of

school-year employment on academic, social, and physical functioning among high school

students in South Texas. Adolescence 2004; 38:441-458.

39. Weller NF*, Basen-Engquist, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Tortolero SR. School-year

employment among Hispanic high school students in rural south Texas: prevalence and

patterns. Texas J Rural Health 2003; 21:57-71.

40. Weller NF*, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Basen-Engquist K, Tortolero S. Work-related injury

among South Texas Middle School Students: prevalence and patterns. South Med J 2003;

96: 1213-1220.

41. Fischer FM, Martins IS, Oliveria DC, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRDO, COOPER SP.

Occupational accidents among middle and high school students of the state of Sao Paulo

State, Brazil. Revista de Saude Publica (Journal of Public Health) 2003; 37:351-356.

42. Santana V, Itaparica M, de Amorim AM, Araújo-Filho JB, Araújo G, Oliveira M, COOPER

S. Non-fatal work-related injuries among adolescents. Reports in Public Health (Brazil)

2003; 19:407-420.

43. Weller NF*, COOPER SP, Basen-Engquist K, Kelder SH, Tortolero S. The prevalence and

patterns of occupational injury among south Texas high school students. Tex Med. 2003;

99:52-7.

44. Benavides FG, Delclos GL, COOPER SP, Benach J. Comparison of fatal occupational

injury surveillance systems between the European Union and the United States. Am J Ind

Med 2003; 44:385-391.

45. Gorham, RA, Emery, RJ, Ford, CE, COOPER, SP. Statistical validation of a commonly used

method for personnel dosimetry issuance determinations. Health Physics Journal 2003; 84:

260-265.

46. Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. Effect of follow-up time on risk

estimates: a longitudinal examination of the relative risks of leukemia and multiple

myeloma in a rubber hydrochloride cohort. Am J Ind Med 2002; 42:481-489.

47. Okcu MF*, Goodman KJ, Carozza SE, Weiss NS, Burau KD, Bleyer WA, COOPER SP.

Birth weight, ethnicity and occurrence of cancer in children: a population-based, incident

case-control study in the State of Texas. Cancer Causes and Control. 2002; 13:595-602.

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48. COOPER SP, Burau K, Sweeney, AM, Smith MA, Robison T*, Symanski E, Laseter J,

Zahm SH. Prenatal exposure to pesticides: a feasibility study among migrant and seasonal

farmworkers. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:578-585.

49. COOPER SP, Darragh AR, Vernon SW, Stallones L, MacNaughton N, Robison T*, Hanis

C, Zahm SH. Ascertainment of pesticide exposures of migrant and seasonal farmworker

children: findings from focus groups. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:531-537.

50. COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Henry J, MacNaughton N, Robison T, Smith MA,

Sweeney A, Vernon SW, Zahm SH. Tracing migrant farmworkers in Starr County, Texas.

Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:586-591.

51. Zahm SH, Colt JS, Engel LS, Keifer MC, Alvarado AJ, Burau K, Butterfield P, Caldera S,

COOPER SP, Garcia D, Hanis C Hendrikson E, Heyer N, Hunt LM, Krauska M,

MacNaughton N, McDonnell, Mills PK, Mull D, Nordstrom DL, Outterson B, Slesinger DP,

Smith MA, Stallones L, Stephens C, Sweeney A, Sweitzer K, Vernon SW, Blair A.

Development of a life events/icon calendar questionnaire to ascertain occupational histories

and other characteristics of migrant farmworkers. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:490-501.

52. Garzon A*, Weiss N, COOPER SP. The burden of cancer in Texas: scope of the problem. J

Tex Pharm Assoc. Spring 2001:5-7.

53. Suarez L, Hendricks KA, COOPER SP, Sweeney AM, Hardy RJ, Larsen RD. 2000. Neural

tube defects in Mexican Americans living on the US-Mexico border: the effects of folic acid

and dietary folate. Am J Epidemiol 152:1017-23.

54. Emery R, Delclos G, COOPER SP, Hardy R, Castro G. 1999 Evaluating the relative status of

health and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions. Applied Industrial

Hygiene Association Journal 59:882-888.

55. COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TR*, Richardson S, Schnitzer PG, Fraser JJ. 1999.

Adolescent occupational injuries: Texas, 1990-1996. American Journal of Industrial Medicine

35:45-50.

56. Emery RJ, COOPER SP. 1998. Prudent management of minors with occupational exposures

to hazardous agents: the radiation protection “standard of care”. Injury Prevention 4:232-235.

57. COOPER SP, Labarthe D, Downs T, Burau K, Whitehead L, Vernon S, Spitz M, New B,

Sigurdson A*. 1998. Assessing the burden of cancer in Texas using vital statistics data.

Southern Medical Journal 91:173-181.

58. Zahm SH, Blair A, Farmworker Epidemiology Research Group (20 institutions nationwide:

COOPER SP, PI at University of Texas). 1997. Cancer feasibility studies among migrant

farmworkers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 32:301-302.

59. Soliman A, Smith MA, COOPER SP, Ismail K, Khaled H, Ismail S, McPherson RS, Seifeldin

IA, Bondy M. 1997. Serum organochlorine pesticide levels in patients with colorectal cancer

in Egypt. Archives of Environmental Health 52:409-415.

60. Lawrence LW, Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Johnson PC, Frankowski R, COOPER SP, Davidson

A. 1997. The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous connection system: an assessment by

injury rate and user satisfaction. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 18:175-182.

61. COOPER SP, Labarthe D, Downs T, Burau, K, Whitehead L,Vernon S, Spitz M, New B.

1997. Cancer mortality among petroleum refinery and chemical manufacturing workers in

Texas. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology, and Oncology 16:1-14.

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62. Haque AK, Vrazel DM, Burau KD, COOPER SP, Downs T. 1996. Is there transplacental

transfer of asbestos? A study of 40 stillborn infants. Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine 16:877-892.

63. Canfield MA*, Annegers JF, Brender JD, COOPER SP, Greenberg F. 1996. Hispanic origin

and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas, I. descriptive epidemiology.

American Journal of Epidemiology 143:1-11.

64. Canfield MA*, Annegers JF, Brender JD, COOPER SP, Greenberg F. 1996. Hispanic origin

and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas, II. risk factors. American Journal of

Epidemiology 143:12-24.

65. COOPER SP, Rothstein MA. 1995. Health hazards among working children in Texas.

Southern Medical Journal 88:550-554.

66. Sigurdson AJ, COOPER SP, Burau KD, Spitz MR. 1994. Testicular cancer in the U.S.: the

increase continues. Cancer Bulletin 46:452-455. (invited article)

67. Warneke C*, COOPER SP. 1994. Child and adolescent drowning in Harris County, Texas

1983-1990. American Journal of Public Health 84:593-598.

68. COOPER SP, Downs T, Burau K, Buffler PA, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Wood S, Delclos G,

Huang B, Davidson T, Key M. 1994. A survey of actinic keratoses among paraquat

production workers and a nonexposed friend reference group. American Journal of Industrial

Medicine 25:335-347.

69. COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Lee ES, Cooper CJ. 1993. Health characteristics by longest held

occupation and industry of employment: United States, 1980. American Journal of Industrial

Medicine 24:25-39.

70. COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Wagener DK. 1993. Gender differences in health indicators by

longest occupation and industry of employment. Annals of Epidemiology 3:367-374.

71. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA. 1992. Carcinoma of the lung: changing

sex distribution and histopathologic cell types. Progress in Surgical Pathology, pp. 129-149.

72. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Rowland LP, Langston C. 1992. Transbronchial

lung biopsy: histopathologic and morphometric assessment of diagnostic utility. Chest

102:748-752.

73. Vernon SW, COOPER SP, Morris RD, Buffler PA, Key MM, Bradley BL. 1991. Physician

management of health effects related to industrial exposures: two case reports. Texas

Medicine 87:83-87.

74. Hardy RJ, Schroder G, COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Prichard HM, Crane M. 1990. A

surveillance system for assessing health effects from hazardous exposures. American Journal

of Epidemiology 132, Suppl 1; S32-S42.

75. Lewis RJ*, COOPER SP. 1989. Alcohol, other drugs, and fatal work-related injuries. Journal

of Occupational Medicine 31:23-28.

76. COOPER SP. 1989. Childhood injury deaths in Texas: a major public health problem. Texas

Medicine 85:29-33 (received Harriet Cunningham Award of Excellence).

77. COOPER SP, Fraire AE, Buffler PA, Greenberg SD, Langston C. 1989. Epidemiologic

aspects of childhood mesothelioma. Pathology and Immunopathology Research 8:276-286.

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78. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA, Langston C. 1988. Mesothelioma of

childhood. Cancer 62:838-847 (included as an outstanding article in the Year Book of

Pathology and Clinical Pathology, 1990).

79. Buffler PA, COOPER SP, Stinnett S, Contant C, Shirts S, Hardy RJ, Agu V, Gehan B, Burau

K. 1988. Air pollution and lung cancer mortality in Harris County, Texas 1979-1981.


80. Buffler PA, COOPER SP, Carr DT. 1988. Cancer update: lung cancer trends and prospects for

prevention: Texas and United States. Texas Medicine 84:48-50.

81. COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM, Smith EO, Blaufox MD, Cooper CJ,

Entwisle G, Maxwell M. 1988. The relation between degree of blood pressure reduction and

mortality among hypertensives in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program.


82. Harlan LC, Polk BF, COOPER S, Blaszkowski TP, Ignatius-Smith J, Stromer M, Mull H.

1986. Effects of labeling and treatment of hypertension on perceived health. American Journal

of Preventive Medicine 2:256-261.

83. Polk BF, Harlan LC, COOPER SP, Stromer M, Ignatius J, Mull H, Blaszkowski TP. 1984.

Disability days associated with detection and treatment in a hypertension control program.


84. Curb JD, Labarthe DR, COOPER SP, Cutter GR, Hawkins CM. 1983. Training and

certification of blood pressure observers. Hypertension 5(4):610-614.

85. POIZNER (COOPER) S, Nicewander A, Gettys C. 1978. Alternative response and scoring

methods for multiple-choice items: an empirical study of probabilistic and ordinal response

modes. Applied Psychological Measurement 2:83-96.

B. SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

Shipp EM, Cooper SP, Cooper CJ, del Junco DJ, Ross J, Mahajan A, Socias C. Lessons learned from

screening Hispanic adolescents for elevated blood pressure in an epidemiologic cohort study.

Submitted, J Immigrant and Minority Health

Socias CM, Shipp EM, Cooper SP. Assessing the impact of loss to follow-up in a cohort study of

South Texas adolescent farmworkers: implications for designing prospective research. Manuscript

submitted, Public Health Reports.

Reynolds RJ, Delclos GL, Cooper SP, Rahbar MH. Radiation dosimetry in space: a systematic review.

Submitted, Radiat Res.

Alamgir H, Cooper SP, Levin JL. Identification and characterization of data sources for logger injuries

and fatalities. Submitted, Agromedicine.

C. BOOK CHAPTERS, PROCEEDINGS, AND MONOGRAPHS

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Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Lombardi M, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRDO, COOPER SP. Work

of Adolescents: The Role of Psychological Job Demands and Health Consequences. Proceedings of

the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 7th

Joint Conference

of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society. Seoul, Korea. August 24-29, 2003. ISBN

89-90838-10-x.

Fischer FM, Teixeira LR, Oliveira DS, Martins IS, Latorre MRD, COOPER SP, Marinho SP,

Perestrelo JPP, Costa LAR. Accidents at work: Health risks for adolescents of two small towns of

Sao Paulo State, Brazil. 2003. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Youth and Work.

Espoo, Finland. 20-22 November 2002. ISBN 951-802-539-8

Human Health Workgroup (COOPER SP among 22 members). State of Texas Environmental

Priorities Project. Volume 3: Human Health Workgroup Report. Texas Natural Resource

Conservation Commission. June 1997.

Robison BC, Byrd M, Christen M, Connor TH, COOPER S et al. Seeking Environmental

Improvement. Human Health Subpanel. Report of the Houston Environmental Foresight Committee.

Houston Advanced Research Center, January 1996.

COOPER SP, Whitehead L, Labarthe D et al. A Critical Review of Cancer in Texas with Emphasis

on Environmental and Occupational Exposures. Final Report, 1994.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1993. Cluster 3.1 Software system for

epidemiologic analysis. Atlanta: ATSDR. (adapted from Hardy RJ, Schroder G, COOPER SP et al.,

1990)

Rothstein MA, COOPER SP et al. Occupational Injury and Illness in Texas. A Report to the

Legislature. March 1993.

COOPER S, Downs T, Burau K, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Delclos G, Key M, Huang B, Davidson T,

Buffler P. A survey of keratoses among paraquat workers and a nonexposed friend reference group.

Proceedings from conference: Epidemiology and Occupational Health. International Commission on

Occupational Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. September 23-25, 1992. USGPO.

COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Cooper CJ. 1989. Health characteristics by occupation and industry of

longest employment. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Stat. 10(168):1-105.

Buffler PA, Contant CF, Pickle LW, Burau K, COOPER SP, Mason TJ. 1987. Environmental

associations with lung cancer in Texas coastal counties. pp. 27-34 in Clinical Conference on Cancer,

Series #28, Lung Cancer: Current Status and Prospects for the Future. C.F. Mountain, D.T. Carr (eds).

Austin: University of Texas Press.

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Hardy RJ, Buffler PA, Prichard HM, Schroder GD, COOPER S, Crane M, Doak C. 1983. Monitoring

for health effects of low-level radioactive waste disposal - a feasibility study. Report submitted to the

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority (TLRWDA), Texas Department of Health,

October 1983 (printed and distributed by TLRWDA).

Labarthe DR, POIZNER (COOPER) SB, Cutter GR, Casey B. 1981. Measurement of blood pressure:

a manual for training and certification of observers. Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program.

Bethesda, MD: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

D. LETTERS

Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. 2004. Re: Effect of follow-up time on

risk estimates: a longitudinal examination of the relative risks of leukemia and multiple myeloma in a

rubber hydrochloride cohort. Am J Ind Med 45:224-225.

Rothstein M, COOPER S. 1993. Review of occupational health study clarified. Texas Medicine

89:8.

COOPER SP, Ford CE, Hardy RJ, Davis BR, Hawkins CM, Labarthe DR. 1990. Re: Goals of

antihypertensive therapy: is there a point beyond which pressure reduction is dangerous. American

Journal of Hypertension 3:733-734.

Buffler PA, COOPER SP. 1989. Selected reviews from the literature. Journal of Occupational

Medicine 31:505.

COOPER SP, Griffith J. 1989. Re: Drowning mortality in Los Angeles County (letter). JAMA

261:1154.

PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS:

Alamgir H, Betancourt J, Douphrate D, COOPER S, Whitworth K, Gorrell N, Marko D, Tucker D,

Hammill T, Packer M, Senchak A. The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden

of Hearing Loss Study: Preliminary results on Economic Burden American Industrial Hygiene

Conference and Exposition (AIHce) San Antonio, TX June 3, 2014.

Alamgir H, Whitworth K, COOPER S, Gorrell N, Gimeno D, Whitehead LW, Betancourt J, Cornell J,

Douphrate D, Delclos G, Marko D, Marko, Sagiraju H, Tucker D, Senchak A, Hammill T, Packer M.

The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss Study: Preliminary

results on Economic Burden. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) San

Antonio, TX June 4, 2014.

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Reynolds RJ, Delclos GL, Rahbar MH, Cooper SP. Ionizing radiation from extraterrestrial

environments and the risk of death from cancer and all natural causes among US astronauts, 1959-

2011. Poster at the 47th Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) annual meeting (June 24, 2014).

Reynolds RJ, Rahbar MH, Delclos GL, Cooper SP. Construction of a Location-Exposure Matrix for

Ionizing Radiation in Low Earth Orbit. Poster at the 47th Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)

annual meeting (June 24, 2014).

Ryder ER, Hendrikson E, COOPER SP, Heyer N, Shipp ES, del Junco DJ, Partida S, Valerio M,

Socias C, Henry N, Zottarelli J, Samuels S. (2013) Developing a Research Oasis for Farmworkers:

The Community Based Research Network (CBRN). NIEHS Environmental Health Disparities &

Environmental Justice Conference. Raleigh, North Carolina. July 29. (poster presentation). Also

presented to Western Occupational Network. Golden, CO. September 26, 2013.

Weiss N, COOPER S, Hakenewerth A, Socias C, Williams, M. Industry and Occupation Coding of

Cancer Records. (2013) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)

Conference. Austin, Texas. June 13.

Socias CM, COOPER SP, Liang Y, Delclos G, Graves J, Hendrikson E. (2013) Using an electronic

health records (EHR) database for occupational epidemiology research of Migrant Farmworkers.

Texas Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. March 20. (poster presentation)

Shipp EM, Hendrikson E, COOPER SP, Ryder R, Heyer N, Partida S, Zotterelli, J. (2011) Using

Electronic Medical Records to Improve Farmworker Health: Building the Infrastructure. 2011 NCFH

Midwestern Stream Forum. Albuquerque, NM. November 11. (oral presentation)

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Socias C. (2011) The Migrant

Adolescent WorkLife Study. 2011 NCFH Midwestern Stream Forum. Albuquerque, NM. November

10. (poster presentation)

Cooper SP, Ryder R, Hendrikson E, Heyer N, Partida S, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Felknor S, Zottarelli

J. (2011) Community-Academic Linkages to Build a National Network for Farmworker Research.

Western Occupational Network (WestON). Denver, CO, September 18. (oral presentation)

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ. (2011) Chronic Back Pain among Adolescent

Farmworkers. CDC/NIOSH: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Symposium 2011:

Achieving Impact through Research and Partnerships. Cincinnati, OH. July 12-13. (oral & poster

presentation)

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Socias C. (2011) The Migrant

Adolescent WorkLife Study. CDC/NIOSH: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)

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Symposium 2011: Achieving Impact through Research and Partnerships. Cincinnati, OH. July 12-13.

(oral & poster presentation)

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Back Pain among Adolescents:

Examining Farm Work Exposures. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration: National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety. Houston, TX. April 14.

(poster presentation)

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Chronic Back Pain among

Adolescents: Examining Farm Work Exposures. ASHCA/NIOSH Be Safe Be Profitable: Protecting

Workers in Agriculture. Dallas, TX. January 27-28. (poster presentation)

Shipp EM, COOPER S, del Junco DJ, Cooper C, Heilbrun L. (2010) Chronic low back pain among

adolescents: examining farm work exposures. Poster. ASHCA-NIOSH Conference - Be Safe, Be

Profitable: Protecting Workers in Agriculture, Dallas, TX. Jan 27. Journal of Agromedicine 2010;

15:317.

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Back pain among adolescents:

examining farm work exposures. Poster. USDOL / OSHA National Action Summit for Latino Worker

Health and Safety. Houston, TX. April 14.

Byrne JJ, Shipp EM, COOPER SP. (2009). Sleep quality and quantity and associated factors among

high school students from south Texas. Presentation, 137th

APHA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Nov 10.

Felknor S, Byrd T, COOPER S, Reininger B. (2009) Research Translation for Immigrant Workers –

Creating Replicable Models. Invited keynote. El Paso, TX. Oct. 7.

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S (2009). Migrant

adolescent worklife study. (poster) NIOSH Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing Conference. Cincinnati,

Aug. 11.

Shipp, EM, COOPER, SP, del Junco, DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S. (2008). r2p

activities from the Migrant Adolescent WorkLife Study. NIOSH r2p Workshop. Moving research to

practice: It's all about the customer. Chapel Hill, NC. Oct 9-10. (oral presentation)

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S.

(2008). The Migrant Adolescent WorkLife Study. (Poster) Health and Safety in Western Agriculture

Conference. Cle Elum, WA, November 11-13.

COOPER SP. (2008) Public health educational and research collaboration opportunities at the

UTSPH, San Antonio Regional Campus. Alamo Section of the American Industrial Hygiene

Association. April 17.

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COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S. 2007. Migrant

Adolescent WorkLife Study. (Poster) Work Life 2007: Protecting and Promoting Worker Health: a

national symposium. Bethesda, MD, September 10-11.

Walker KM, Carozza S, COOPER S. 2006. Childhood cancer in Texas counties with moderate to

intense agricultural activity. (Poster) APHA 134th

Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. November 8.

del Junco DJ, COOPER SP, Shipp EM, Cooper CJ. 2006. Injuries in South Texas Farmworker

Adolescents. (Poster) 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology. Seattle, Washington. June 23.

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos DG, Burau KD, Tortolero S. 2006. Severe Back Pain

Among Farmworker High School Students from Starr County, Texas. (Poster) 2nd North American

Congress of Epidemiology. Seattle, Washington. June 23.

Benavides F., Delclos G, COOPER S, Benach J. Comparing CFOI to Data from the European Union

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2006 Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Programs National

Conference. March 7, 2006

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ.A Study of Injuries in Farmworker Adolescents.

2005. National Center for Farmworker Health South Padre Island, Texas. Nov. 12.

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Burau K. 2005. Back Pain in Migrant Farmworker Families

from Starr Co., TX. Texas Public Health Association 80th Educational Conference. Odessa, TX.

April 24.

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ. Health Studies of Farmworkers in Starr County, TX.

Community Presentation. Starr County Library. Sept. 21, 2005.

COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Whitworth RE, Cooper CJ. 2004. Work Injuries among

Adolescent Farmworkers. 2004 National Symposium on Agricultural Health and Safety, Keystone,

CO. June 20-24.

Vela Acosta MS, Reding D, COOPER S, Gunderson. 2004. A Multi-Agency Approach Assessing

Occupational Health and Safety Needs for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the “Lake Region”

(poster). 2004 National Symposium on Agricultural Health and Safety, Keystone, CO. June 20-24.

Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Lombardi-Junior M, Latorre MR, COOPER SP.

2004. Work Injuries among High School Students from a Public School of Sao Paulo, Brasil

(poster). International Symposium on Occupational Health. Melborne, Australia. October 14-16.

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Santana V, COOPER S, Roberts R. 2003. School and Work: Adolescent Double Work-shift,

School Performance and Self-Perceived Health in Urban Brazil. 131st Annual Meeting of APHA.

San Francisco, CA. November 15-19.

COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, Oliphant D, Sweeney AM, del Junco D,

Whitworth R. 2003. Injuries in Farmworker Families: An Elusive Concept. Future of Rural

Peoples: Rural economy, healthy people, environment, rural communities. Fifth International

Symposium. Saskatoon, Canada. October 19-23.

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R. Pesticide Safety Training in Migrant

Farmworker Mothers and Children from Starr County. 2003. Future of Rural Peoples: Rural

economy, healthy people, environment, rural communities. Fifth International Symposium.

Saskatoon, Canada. October 19-23.

COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, MacNaughton N, Hanis C, Sweeney AM,

Freimanis L, Oliphant D, Weller N. 2003. Health Studies of Migrant Farmworkers in Texas. Texas

Education Agency—Migrant Education Conference. Austin, TX July 24.

COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, MacNaughton N, Hanis C, Sweeney AM,

Freimanis L, Oliphant D, Weller N. 2003. Injuries in Migrant Farmworker Families. National

Occupational Research Agenda Symposium. Crystal City, Arlington, VA June 23-24.

COOPER SP. 2003. Ethical issues in migrant farmworker research. Exploring Cultural Currents:

Domestic and International Issues in Research with Human Subjects. The University of Texas

Health Science Center and Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. Houston, TX. April

25-26.

Cooper SP. 2003. Special Considerations in Working with Migrant Communities. Workshop on

Environmental Exposures Among Migrant Farm Worker Children: Research Needs. Sponsored by

USEPA and CDC—National Center for Environmental Health. Stone Mountain, GA. Feb 25-26.

Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi M, Latorre MRDO, COOPER S. 2003.

Adolescents at Work and Multiple Health Risks. International Congress on Occupational Health.

Iguassau Falls, Brazil. Feb. 23-28.

Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. 2003. Choice of Follow-up Time and

Risk Estimates for Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in a Rubber Hydrochloride Cohort. (poster)

International Congress on Occupational Health. Iguassau Falls, Brazil. Feb. 23-28.

Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi MI, Latorre MRDO, COOPER, S,

Roberts R. Trabalho de adolescents e factoreds de risco a saude. 2002. International Union for

Health Promotion and Education. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nov. 10-13 (won first place poster)

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Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi M, Teixeira MC, Amaral MA, Latorre

M, Roberts R, COOPER S. 2002. Teens at Work and Health Effects. Second Conference on

Occupational and Environmental Health – Integrating the Americas. Salvador, Brazil. June 17-20.

Fischer FM, Santana V, COOPER SP, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Martins IS. 2002. Injuries among

working Youth in Brazil (presented by SP COOPER). 130th

Annual Meeting of APHA.

Philadelphia, PA. November 11.

Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R. 2002. Pesticide Safety Training in Migrant

Farmworker Mothers from Starr County, Texas. (poster presentation) Agromedine 15th Annual

Meeting. San Diego, CA. Nov. 18-19.

Fischer FM, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRD, Oliveira DS, COOPER SP, Martins IS, Costa LAR,

Marinho SP, Perestrelo JPP. 2002. Work injuries among middle and high school students in two

rural areas of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. International Symposium of Youth at Work. Espoo, Finland.

Nov. 20-22.

Freimanis L, Shapiro C, COOPER SP, Shipp EM. 2002. Assessing occupational injuries in

farmworkers: rapid assessment techniques in injury epidemiology. Midwest Farmworker Stream

Forum. New Orleans, LA. Nov. 22..

Teixeira LR, Fischer FM, Latorre MR, Martins IS, Oilveira DC, Costa LA Perestrelo JP, Marinho SP,

COOPER S. 2001. Sleep duration of adolescents who work and don’t work and consequences to

some of their activities: education and work. VI Latin American Symposium of Chronobiology,

Natal-RN, Brazil. May 9-13.

Fischer FM, Liliane RT, Latorre MRD; Martins IS, Oliveira DC, Costa L, Perestrelo J, Marinho S,

COOPER S. 2000. Sleep duration of adolescents who work and don’t work and consequences to

some of their activities. VIII Latin American Sleep Congress. Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 18.

COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R, Sweeney A, Shipp E, Weller N, MacNaughton N, Freimanis

L, Jimenez R, Baum G, Hanis C. 2000. Work Injury and Illness Surveillance of Starr County

Migrant Farmworker Families. UT-Houston Research Day. October 6, 2000, Houston, Texas and

Annual UTSPH Faculty Research Symposium. November 10, 2000, Houston, Texas.

Dinh-Zarr TB, De La Zerda S, Zarr R, Griffin L, COOPER SP. 2000. Impact of motor vehicle

crashes on Texas children: fatalities and injuries 1993-1997. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting

of American Public Health Association, 2000, Boston, MA. November.

Weller NF, COOPER SP, Tortolero SR, Hassan S, Kelder S. 2000. The Prevalence and Patterns of

Occupational Injury in South Texas Middle School Students, National Occupational Injury Research

Symposium, NIOSH, Pittsburgh, October 18.

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Garzon A, Weiss N, COOPER S, Carozza S. 2000. Cancer Trends in Texas. Texas Public Health

Association Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas. April.

COOPER SP. 2000. Injury and Illness Surveillance in Migrant Farmworkers. University of Sao

Paulo School of Public Health. Sao Paulo, Brazil. March.

COOPER SP. 2000. Ethical Issues in Migrant Farmworker Studies. Conference on Privacy and

Confidentiality. Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects. February 9.

Garzon A, Weiss, N, COOPER S, Carozza S. 2000. Cancer Trends in Texas. 7th

Biennial

Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer. Washington, D.C. February.

COOPER SP. Co-Presider/Discussant. 1999. American Public Health Association, Epidemiology

Section, “Challenges of Conducting Occupational Health Surveillance on a Special Population:

Migrant Farm Workers” Chicago, Illinois. November 9.

COOPER SP, Weller NF, Tortolero S, Kelder SH, Hassan SS. 1999. A Comparative Description

of Migrant Farmworker vs. Other Students Attending South Texas Schools: Demographic,

Academic, Employment and Health Indicators. Midwest Stream Forum. National Center for

Farmworker Health. Austin, Texas. December 3.

Weller NF, COOPER SP, Tortolero SR, Kelder SH, Hassan SS. 1999. The Prevalence and patterns

of occupational injury in South Texas middle school students. UTSPH Faculty Research

Symposium. November 12.

COOPER SP. 1999. Ethical Issues in Occupational Health Research: Migrant Studies. Houston,

TX. October 29.

Kim YJ, Sweeney AM, COOPER SP, Humphrey HEB, Lee ES, Smith MA. 1999. Serum

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)-concentrations and breast cancer. American College of

Epidemiology , Bethesda, MD. October 2-4..

Fraser JJ, COOPER SP, Burau KB, Robison T. 1999. Work-related injuries in Texas adolescents.

Annual Meeting of the Texas Pediatric Society. Houston, TX (poster). September 23-26..

COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Smith MA, Sweeney A, Vernon S, Wun CC, Henry J, MacNaughton

N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1998. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX Special Session

on Feasibility of Epidemiologic Research on Cancer Among Migrant Farmworkers. Annual Meeting

of the American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C. Nov 18.

COOPER SP, Zahm SH. 1998. Feasibility of Epidemiologic Research on Cancer Among Migrant

Farmworkers in Texas. Midwest Farmworker Stream Forum. National Center for Farmworker

Health. November 7.

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Fraser JJ, COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TB. 1998. Work-related Injuries in Texas Adolescents.

Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. San Francisco, CA. Oct 18.


N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1998. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. 5th

Biennial

University of Texas System Texas-Mexico Border Health Symposium. South Padre Island, Texas.

Oct 30.


N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1997. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX Annual Meeting

of the American Public Health Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. Nov 10.

COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TR, Fraser JJ, Schnitzer P, Richardson S. 1997. Injuries to

Working Adolescents in Texas. 1990-1996. National Occupational Injury Research Symposium.

National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety. Morgantown, West Virginia. Oct 16.


N, Robison T. 1997. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX. Society for Epidemiologic

Research. Edmonton, Canada. June 13.

Emery R, COOPER S. 1997. Radiation Protection: A Prototype for Controlling Exposures of

Children. Poster: Faculty Research Day. UT School of Public Health. Houston, TX. Nov 21.


Children. Poster: Third Annual UT-Houston Research Day. Houston, TX. Oct 3.


Children. Poster: Children’s Environmental Health Network. Washington, D.C., Feb 21-23.

Emery R, Delclos G, COOPER SP, Hardy R, Castro G. 1997. Evaluating the relative status of health

and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions. Annual Meeting of the National

Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Washington, D.C., April.

Hoque A, Annegers JF, Spitz MR, Strom SS, COOPER SP, Ford CE, Andreef M. 1997.

Epidemiology of secondary leukemia with reference to chromosomal abnormalities. Annual Meeting

of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. New Orleans, LA. March.

Soliman A, Smith MA, COOPER SP, Ismail K, Khaled H, Ismail S, McPherson RS, Seifeldin IA,

Bondy M. 1997. Serum organochlorine pesticide levels in patients with colorectal cancer in Egypt.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. New Orleans, LA. March.

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COOPER S. 1996. Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention—Serving the Community: A Look at

Public Health. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. Houston, TX. June 26.

COOPER S, Sigurdson A, Whitehead L, Labarthe D, Downs T, Vernon S, Spitz M, Sigurdson A, New

B, Burau K. 1995. A critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on environmental and

occupational exposures. Poster Presentation—University of Texas School of Public Health Faculty

Research Symposium. Houston, TX. October 20.

COOPER S, Sigurdson A, Whitehead L, Labarthe D, Downs T, Vernon S, Spitz M, Sigurdson A, New

B, Burau K. 1995. A critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on environmental and

occupational exposures. Poster Presentation—University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Research Day. Houston, TX. October 13.

COOPER SP, Rothstein MA. 1995. Health hazards among working children in Texas. Capsules and

comments in pediatric nursing. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. September.

Haque AK, Vrazel D, Downs T, COOPER S, Burau KD. 1995. Asbestos in stillborn infant’s organs

and placentas: transplacental transfer or artifact? Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian

Academy of Pathology, Toronto, Canada. March 13-16.

Pack R, Annegers JF, Bondy M, Amos C, von Eschenbach A, Babaian R, COOPER S, Ford C. Spitz

M. 1994. Incidence of breast and prostate cancer in first-degree relatives of men with newly

diagnosed prostate cancer. American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference in Cancer

Research. Rancho Mirage, CA. December 8-12.

COOPER SP, Whitehead LW. 1994. A critical review of cancer in Texas. Annual Meeting of the

East Harris County Medical Society. Baytown, Texas. December 6.

Peterson LE, Schull W, Davis B, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1994. Information bias and lifetime

mortality rates of radiation-induced cancer. Annual Meeting of Health Physics Society, San Francisco,

CA. June 26-30.

Peterson LE, Schull W, Davis B, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1994. Information bias and lifetime

mortality rates of radiation-induced cancer. Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society.

Nashville, TN. April 26-May 4.

Pack R, Annegers JF, Bondy M, Amos C, von Eschenbach A, Babaian R, COOPER S, Ford C, Spitz

M. 1994. Incidence of breast and prostate cancer in first-degree relatives of men with newly

diagnosed prostate cancer. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology.

Houston, TX. March 8-11.

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COOPER SP. 1993. Review of epidemiology and biostatistics. Strategic review for the American

Boards in Preventive Medicine. Annual Meeting of the American College of Occupational and

Environmental Medicine, Dallas, Texas, October 25.

COOPER SP. 1993. Occupational cancer--assessing the evidence. Presentation at Annual Meeting of

Texas Medical Association. May 14.

COOPER SP. 1993. Research plans for a critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on

environmental and occupational cancer. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Texas Institute for the

Advancement of Chemical Technology, College Station, TX, February 23.

COOPER SP, Downs T, Burau K, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Delclos G, Key M, Huang B, Davidson T,

Buffler P. 1992. A survey of keratoses among paraquat workers and a non-exposed friend reference

group. Presentation at conference: Epidemiology and Occupational Health. International Conference

on Occupational Health. Cincinnati, Ohio, September 24.

Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Page LM, Langston C. 1990. Morphometric/histopathologic

assessment of transbronchial biopsies: diagnostic utility. Presentation at American College of Chest

Physicians, 56th Annual Scientific Assembly. Toronto, Canada, October 23.

COOPER SP. 1990. Pediatric injuries: a major public health problem. Presentation at Pediatric

Grand Rounds, University of Texas Medical School, October 16.

Brink S, O'Hara N, Frankowski R, COOPER S, Parcel G. 1990. Injury hazard reduction program for

Family Child Care Homes: theoretical framework for intervention and evaluation. Presentation at

Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, New York, New York, October 3.

COOPER SP. 1990. The automobile as an exposure to injury in adolescence: policy implications of

withholding a driver's license. Invited discussant at Annual Meeting of American College of

Epidemiology, Los Angeles, CA, August 2.

COOPER SP. 1990. Fundamentals of Occupational and Respiratory Epidemiology. Presentation at

American College of Occupational Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 30.

Griffith J, COOPER SP, Pepe P, Bonnin M. 1989. Near-drowning in Houston: Emergency Medical

Service Response, 1988. Presentation at Texas Pediatric Society, San Antonio, Texas, September.

Fraire AE, Greenberg SD, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1989. The changing faces of carcinoma of the

lung 1967-1987. Presentation at conference on The Pathology of Occupational Lung Disease: An

Update. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May 19.

COOPER SP. 1989. Childhood Injuries: The view from Harris County. Presentation at Greater

Houston Coalition for Safe Kids Symposium, Houston, Texas, May 15.

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Fraire AE, Greenberg SD, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1989. Carcinoma of the lung: changing

histopathologic cell types. Presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, San

Francisco, California, March 5-10.

COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Buffler PA, Schroder GD, Prichard HM, Crane M. 1989. A surveillance

system for assessing health effects from hazardous exposures. Presentation at National Conference on

Clustering of Health Events. Atlanta, Georgia, February 16-17.

Lewis RJ, COOPER SP. 1988. Alcohol, other drugs, and fatal work-related injuries. Presentation at

Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 13-17.

COOPER SP. 1988. The relationship between degree of diastolic blood pressure reduction and

mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program. Selected for digesting and

publication in Digests of Choice, Swiss Medidea.

Fraire AE, COOPER S, Buffler P, Greenberg SD, Langston C. 1988. Mesothelioma of childhood: an

epidemiologic study. Presentation at Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken, Switzerland,

August 28.

Fraire AE, COOPER S, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA, Langston C. 1987. Mesothelioma of Childhood.

Presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, March.

Whitehead LW, Beckner JF, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1987. Retrospective qualitative metals

exposure estimation for an epidemiological study. Presentation at American Industrial Hygiene

Conference, Akron, Ohio.

COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM. 1986. The relationship between degree of

diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up

Program. Presentation at Society for Epidemiologic Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 18.

COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM. 1985. The relationship between degree of

diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up

Program. Presentation at American Heart Association, Washington, D.C., November 12.

Curb JD, Labarthe DR, Cutter, G, POIZNER S, Hawkins CM. 1981. Training and certification of

blood pressure observers in a clinical trial. Presentation at Society for Clinical Trials, San Francisco,

California.

POIZNER (COOPER) S and the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program Cooperative Group.

1980. Disability days associated with detection and treatment in the Hypertension Detection and

Follow-Up Program; Presentation at National Conference on High Blood Pressure Control. Houston,

Texas, March 25. Abstract A-13 in Preventive Medicine, May 1980.

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POIZNER (COOPER) S. 1979. Epidemiological study of microwave usage in the United States Air

Force. Presentation at meeting of South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Austin, Texas,

August 25.

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