Robyn Gershon
Robyn Gershon
Clinical Professor of Epidemiology
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Professional overview
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Dr. Gershon is an interdisciplinary occupational and environmental health and safety researcher with extensive experience in the areas of disaster preparedness, healthcare safety, and risk assessment and management in high-risk work occupations. She earned her doctorate in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, where she was on faculty for several years.
Subsequently, Dr. Gershon was a Professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing.
At the Mailman School, she also served as the Associate Dean for Research and was the Director of the Mentoring Program. Her most recent faculty appointment prior to joining NYU GPH was Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She was also an Adjunct Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing, as well as at UC Berkeley where she taught public health disaster courses.
Dr. Gershon and her team conducted numerous ground breaking studies to develop and test new metrics of preparedness. Importantly, Dr. Gershon’s work has influenced the adoption of safe work practices and regulatory control measures, such as national needlestick prevention guidelines and high-rise building fire safety laws. Her numerous research studies encompass a wide range of topics, including, (to name a few): bloodborne pathogen exposure; hospital safety climate; psychosocial work stress in law enforcement; “ability and willingness” of essential workforce employees to report to duty during natural and man-made disasters; preparedness of responders for terrorist incidents; emergency high–rise building evacuation- (including the World Trade Center Evacuation Study); emergency preparedness of the elderly and disabled; mass fatality management infrastructure in the US; adherence to emergency public health measures among the general public; hearing loss risk in subway ridership; and noise exposure in urban populations.
Dr. Gershon recently completed a four-year, longitudinal intervention NIH-funded study on motivation and persistence in pursuing STEM research careers among underrepresented doctoral students. (the BRIDGE Project).
As a committed advocate for junior faculty and graduate students, Dr. Gershon will play an active role in research mentorship and advisement.
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Education
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BS, Medical Technology, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CTMHS, Medical Microbiology, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CTDrPH, Environmental and Occupational Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Honors and awards
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Recipient, American Society of Safety Engineers, Membership Award, Oakland, CA (2016)Recipient, John L. Ziegler Capstone Mentor Award, Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco (2015)Recipient, City of New York Fire Commissioner's Special Commendation Certificate of Appreciation (2006)Recipient, Survivors' Salute, World Trade Center Survivors' Network (2006)Recipient, Annual International Sharps Injury Prevention Award (2005)Delta Omega (Public Health) Honorary Society (1997)Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (Microbiology) (1976)Lambda Tau Mu Honor Society (Laboratory Science) (1976)
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Areas of research and study
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Disaster HealthDisaster Impact and RecoveryDisaster PreparednessEnvironmental Public Health ServicesEpidemiologyHealthcare SafetyOccupational HealthRisk Assessment and Management
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Publications
Publications
Corrigendum to "Epidemiology of Subway-Related Fatalities in New York City, 1990-2003" [Journal of Safety Research 39 (2008) 583-588] (DOI:10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.004)
Failed retrieving data.Evaluation of a pandemic preparedness training intervention for emergency medical services personnel
Failed retrieving data.Evaluation tool for the assessment of personal protective respiratory equipment
Failed retrieving data.Mental, physical, and behavioral outcomes associated with perceived work stress in police officers
Failed retrieving data.Noise levels associated with New York City's mass transit systems
Failed retrieving data.Nurse work environments and occupational safety in intensive care units
Failed retrieving data.Protecting home health care workers : A challenge to pandemic influenza preparedness planning
Failed retrieving data.The prevalence and risk factors for percutaneous injuries in registered nurses in the home health care sector
Failed retrieving data.Violence, job satisfaction, and employment intentions among home healthcare registered nurses
Failed retrieving data.Web-based training on weapons of mass destruction response for emergency medical services personnel.
Failed retrieving data.Epidemiology of subway-related fatalities in New York City, 1990-2003
Failed retrieving data.Factors that influence Medical Reserve Corps recruitment.
Failed retrieving data.Home health care registered nurses and the risk of percutaneous injuries : A pilot study
Failed retrieving data.Household-related hazardous conditions with implications for patient safety in the home health care sector
Failed retrieving data.Participatory action research methodology in disaster research : Results from the world trade center evacuation study
Failed retrieving data.Safety factors predictive of job satisfaction and job retention among home healthcare aides
Failed retrieving data.Worksite emergency preparedness : Lessons from the world trade center evacuation study
Failed retrieving data.Factors associated with high-rise evacuation : Qualitative results from the world trade center evacuation study
Failed retrieving data.Home health care challenges and avian influenza
Failed retrieving data.Non-hospital based registered nurses and the risk of bloodborne pathogen exposure
Failed retrieving data.Organizational climate and nurse health outcomes in the United States : A systematic review
Failed retrieving data.Organizational climate and occupational health outcomes in hospital nurses
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and risk factors for bloodborne exposure and infection in correctional healthcare workers
Failed retrieving data.Roadmap for the protection of disaster research participants : Findings from the world trade center evacuation study
Failed retrieving data.Nurse work environments and occupational safety in intensive care units
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