Biographic Sketches of Committee Members - Agriculture Forestry and Fishing Research at NIOSH - page 284

mist and is retired from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH). He studies the relationships between ergonomics, epidemiology, and
industrial hygiene to reduce risk and evaluate and control physical, chemical, and
biologic hazards in the occupational environment. He develops and administers
ergonomic programs to prevent musculoskeletal injuries, promote health, and
improve productivity and quality in the workplace. Most recently, he has worked
on methods to integrate real-time sampling methods with videography to develop
more accurate worker risk-assessment profiles and to develop more cost-effective
controls. His research also looks to develop systems to detect and identify airborne
infectious agents, such as the H5N1 virus, the agent of avian influenza. At NIOSH,
Dr. McGlothlin served as a senior researcher in ergonomics at the Engineering
Control Technology Branch (1997-1998), an occupational and environmental
safety and health specialist (1991-1996), an industrial hygienist (1985-1991), and
chief of the Division of Safety Research (1984-1985). Dr. McGlothlin received his
PhD in industrial health with a specialty in ergonomics from the University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor. He holds an MPH in epidemiology, an MS in environmental
and industrial health, and a BA in industrial psychology from the University of
Hawaii.
Susan H. Pollack is an assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College
of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and in the College of Public Health De-
partment of Preventive Medicine and is board-certified in pediatrics and preven-
tive and occupational medicine. She directs the Pediatric and Adolescent Injury
Prevention Program at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. Dr.
Pollack is interested in all aspects of injury epidemiology and prevention in chil-
dren and adolescents and teaches health professionals and the public about injury
epidemiology and prevention. She has had funding, publications, and a national
role in the issue of occupational injuries among working teens. She is the prin-
cipal investigator in the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington at Kentucky
Children's Hospital, one of more than 40 such sites across the country originally
funded through a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, and has been serving as
the Kentucky State SAFE KIDS Coordinator. She works closely with the Kentucky
State Department for Public Health, supporting rural county health departments
in child-health and injury-prevention issues. Her other interests include child-
fatality review, emergency medical services for children, health and safety in child
care and among incarcerated adolescents, and whitewater river safety. She has
served in a number of injury leadership positions for the American Academy of
Pediatrics, including serving as a member of the National Committee on Violence,
Injury and Poison Prevention. Dr. Pollack received her MD from Eastern Virginia
Medical School, her MS in physiology from Georgetown University, and her AB in
environmental biology and sociology from Smith College.