Susan G Gerberich, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Environmental Health, University of Minnesota, 1980

M.S.P.H., Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1978

B.S., Nursing, University of Minnesota, 1975

Courses

PubH 6120 Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community and Home
PubH 6122 Seminar: Safety in the Workplace
PubH 8120 Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Control Program Research Seminar

Spring 2010
6120: Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home

Spring 2010
8120: Occupational Health and Safety Research Seminar

Research Interests:

Population-based research focuses on injury epidemiology and control: injuries, in general; work-related, including agricultural injuries; brain and spinal cord injuries; violence; drug/alcohol use and injury consequences; sports injuries; and transportation-related injuries.

Recent Publications:

Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Gurney JG, Masten AS, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM.. Parental Safety Beliefs and Childhood Agricultural Injury, In press, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2009.

Sage, Starr K., Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, Nachreiner NM, ChurchTR, Alexander BH, Mongin SJ. School resources, resource allocation and risk of physical assault against Minnesota educators, In press, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2009.

Erkal S, Gerberich SG Ryan AD Alexander BH, and Renier CM. Horse-Related Injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study II, In press, Journal of Rural Health, 2009.

Rakauskas, ME, Ward NJ, Gerberich SG: Differences between rural and urban safety cultures, In press, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2009.

Williams QL, Jr., Alexander BH, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD. Bystanding as a risk factor for injury of children on Midwestern agricultural operations, In press, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2009.

Carlson KF, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Masten AS, Church TR, Shutske J, Ryan AD, Renier CM., Mongin SJ. Children's behavioral traits and high risk work exposures on family agricultural operations, In press, Journal of Safety Research, 2009.

Erkal S, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD., Alexander BH, Renier CM. Animal-Related Injuries: A Population-Based Study of a Five-State Region in the Midwest (Regional Rural Injury Study II), Journal of Safety Research 39:351-363, 2008.

Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Gurney JG, Masten AS, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM: Work Practices and Childhood Agricultural Injury, Injury Prevention 13(6): 409-415, 2007.

Mongin SJ, Jensen KE, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Ryan AD, Masten AS, Carlson KF: Injuries Among Agricultural Operation Household Members: Regional Rural Injury Study – II (RRIS-II) – 1999, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 13(3):295-310, 2007.

Nachreiner NM, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD: Minnesota Nurses’ Study: Perceptions of violence and the work environment, Industrial Health 45:672-678, 2007.

Nachreiner, Nancy M, Hansen Helen, Okano Akiko, Gerberich Susan Goodwin, McGovern Patricia M, Church, Timothy R, and Ryan Andrew D. Difference in work-related violence by nurse license type, Journal of Professional Nursing. 23(5): 290-300, 2007. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor, NMN; OA, master’s student – school of nursing]

Carlson, Kathleen F; Langner, Deborah M; Alexander, Bruce H; Gurney, James; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Ryan, Andrew D; Renier, Colleen M; Mongin, Steven J. The association between parents’ past agricultural injuries and their children’s risk of injury: Analyses from the Regional Rural Injury Study – II. Best Poster Award, 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Vienna, June 6-9 2004. Selected from over 2,000 posters submitted by all participants. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine160(11):1137-1142, 2006. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC and DML]

Paulson, Erin H; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Ryan, Andrew D; Renier, Colleen M; Zhang, Xueying; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann; Carlson, Kathleen F. Fall-related injuries among agricultural household members: Regional Rural Injury Study – II (RRIS-II). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48(9):959-968, 2006. [SGG: Master’s Thesis Advisor for EHP; PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Kurszewski, Laurie; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Serfass Robert C; Ryan Andrew D; Renier Colleen M; Alexander Bruce H; Carlson Kathleen F; Masten Ann S. Sports and recreational injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study-II. Impact on agricultural households and operations, Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition, American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, 2004, British Journal of Sports Medicine 40(6):527-535, June 2006. (Also: E-Pub March 17, 2006) [SGG: Master’s Thesis Advisor for LK; PhD Thesis Advisor for KFC]

Findorff Mary J; McGovern, Patricia M, Wall, Melanie M, Gerberich, Susan Goodwin. Reporting violence to a health care employer, AAOHN 53(9):399-406, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Co-Advisor]

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; McGovern, Patricia M; Church, Timothy R; Hansen, Helen; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Watt, Gavin D. Relation between policies and work-related assault: Minnesota Nurses’ Study, Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition, American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, 2002, Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 62: 675-681, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor]

Nachreiner, Nancy M; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; McGovern, Patricia M; Church, Timothy R; Hansen, Helen; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Watt, Gavin D. Impact of training on work-related assault, Research in Nursing and Health 28:67-78, 2005. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor]

Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Church, Timothy R; McGovern, Patricia M; Hansen, Helen ; Nachreiner, Nancy M; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Steven J; Watt, Gavin D; Jurek, Anne. Risk factors for work-related assaults on nurses, Epidemiology. 16(5):704-709, 2005.

Luan, Xianqun; Pan, Wei; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Carlin, Bradley P. Does it always help to adjust for misclassification of a binary outcome in logistic regression? Statistics in Medicine 24:2221-2234, 2005. [SGG: Supervisor - Luan, Research Assistant]


Carlson, Kathleen F; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, Bruce H; Church, Timothy R; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Steven J; Renier, Colleen M; Zhang, Xueying; French, L Ronald; Masten, Ann S. Tractor-Related Injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study-II, American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California, 2003. Delta Omega Award for Best Paper American Journal of Industrial Medicine 47(3):254-264, 2005. [SGG: Thesis Advisor]

Olson, Debra K., Lohman, William H., Brosseau, Lisa M., Frederickson, McGovern, Patricia M., Gerberich, Susan G., Nachreiner, Nancy M., Crosscutting competencies for occupational health and safety professionals, Journal of Public Health Management Practice 11(3):235-243, 2005.

Findorff, Mary J; McGovern, Patricia M; Wall, Melanie; Gerberich, Susan Goodwin; Alexander, BH. Risk Factors for Work-Related Violence in a Health Care Organization, Injury Prevention 10(5):296-302, 2004. [SGG: PhD Thesis Co-Advisor]

Gerberich Susan Goodwin; Church, Timothy R; McGovern, Patricia M; Hansen, Helen; Nachreiner, Nancy M; Geisser, Mindy S; Ryan, Andrew D; Mongin, Stephen J; Watt, Gavin D. An epidemiological study of the magnitude and consequences of work-related violence: The Minnesota nurses’ study, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61:495-503, 2004. [SGG: PhD Thesis Advisor for NMN]

Professional Experience:

1987 - 2003 Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN: (Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Control Program) Director

1987 – 2000 Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota: (Department of Health Sciences Research) Visiting Scientist

1988 - present University of Minnesota, School of Public Health: (Regional Injury Prevention Research Center) Director

1989 - 1998 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota: (Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, SPH) Associate Professor

1996 - present - University of Minnesota, School of Public Health: (Center for Violence Prevention and Control) Director

1998 - present - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota: (Division of Environmental Health Sciences, SPH) Professor

2001 – present - Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota: (Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Program) Director

2002 - present - Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Associate Director of Research

2007-Present Mayo Professor of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2007-Present Principal Investigator and Director, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, University of Minnesota

Honors:

1975 University of Minnesota: Bachelor of Science Degree, Summa cum laude
1998 - 2003 - American Public Health Association (APHA): Appointed to the Governing Council, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Section; 1995-1996; 1998-1999; 2000-2001; 2002-2003

1999 – 2003, 2005 APHA: Special Recognition Award, for Outstanding Service to the ICEHS

2004-2006 Honorary Scientist, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea - based on leadership and excellence in population-based agricultural activity-related injury research

2004 Excellence in Science Award, APHA, ICEHS, Washington, DC: November 2004

2006 Faculty Excellence Award, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, June 2006

2007 Mayo Professor of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2008 Excellence in Advising Award, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2009 Distinguished Alumni of the School of Nursing, Top 100 -- among 8,500 living alumni, in celebration of the School’s 100th Anniversary

Contact

Mailing Address:
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 807
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 625-5934

Email: gerbe001@umn.edu