CURRICULUM VITAE Date: 07/15/2015 NAME: Cassandra Okechukwu, MSN, ScD

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Date: 07/15/2015 NAME: Cassandra Okechukwu, MSN, ScD OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of Social Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, RM 722, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA EDUCATION Date Discipline Degree Institution Public Health ScD Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Nursing MSN Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing Public Health MPH Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health Nursing BSN University of Maryland, Baltimore POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING: Dates Field of Research Place Title 9/2008 6/2010 Interdisciplinary Population Health University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Health and Society Scholar LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION: 2008 Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health 2004 Massachusetts Registered Nurse License 2002 Interdisciplinary Competency in Environmental and Occupational Health ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 7/2010 present Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA /2003 8/2004 Instructor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD HONORS & DISTINCTIONS: 2015 Best Junior Scholar Paper, VI International Conference of Work and Family 2015 Finalist, Rossbeth Moss Kanter International Award for Work-Family Research Excellence (winner TBA) NIH Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research 2012 Fellow, National Institute of Health (NIH) Advanced Training Institute on Behavior Theory 2010 NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) Summer Institute on Aging Research 2008 Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health Thomas D. Cabot Academic Fellowship 2007 Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health Student Recognition Award 2007 ASPH/CDC Prevention Research Center Fellowship National Cancer Institute Pre-doctoral Fellowship 2001 Johns Hopkins NIOSH Education and Research Center Fellowship 2001 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Academic Scholarship 2001 Johns Hopkins Nursing Hearst Foundation Academic Scholarship 2000 US Army Nurse Corp Spirit of Nursing Leadership and Service Award 2000 University of Maryland Student Government Association Outstanding Leader Award 2000 Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Leadership and Scholarship Award 2000 Johns Hopkins Hospital Outstanding Nurse Scholar Award Page 1

2 1998 Montgomery College Volunteer of the Year Award 1997 Hebrew Home of Greater Washington College Volunteer of the Year Award MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National Service (Study Section) Dates of Service Role Program Name Federal Agency April 2013, 2014, 2015 June 2014 December 2013 Member of Ad hoc Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer Ad Hoc Reviewer World Trade Center Cooperative Research Agreement Grant Proposal Review Ad hoc Panel Clinical Trials Review Committee Special Emphasis Panel World Health Organization Cooperative Grant National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Institutional Grant Review Dates of Service Role Program Name Institution 2011 Committee Member A. David Mazzone Awards Program for Prostate Cancer Research: Disparities Research Section Dana-Farber Cancer Institute PUBLIC SERVICE: Weekly Volunteer, St. Paul Parish, Fruit & Vegetable Pantry Program, Cambridge, MA Humanities Advisor, God Loves Uganda (documentary on the genesis, funding and impact of anti-gay laws in Uganda). Produced by Oscar Awardee, Roger Ross Williams Registered Nurse (former Health Coordinator), Safe Haven Project: Camps and life-skills programs for youth living with HIV/AIDS, Maryland and Massachusetts DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOL SERVICE: 2013 present Member, Committee for the Advancement of Women Faculty 2012 present Faculty Member, Harvard Center for Population and Development 2011 present Steering Committee Member, Maternal Child Health/Children, Youth & Families Training Program 2010 present Faculty Advisor, Harvard Chan Nigerian Students and Scholars Association 2010 present Member, DFCI/Harvard Cancer Center Faculty Member, Women, Gender and Health Interdisciplinary committee Co-chair, Women, Gender, and Health Interdisciplinary committee Steering Committee Member, Harvard Chan Women and Health Initiative 2011 Committee Member, Roadmap to 2013 Planning Retreat, Harvard Chan ( ) 2011 Attendee, Retreat for Comparative Effectiveness, Dean s Flagship Initiative on Comparative Effectiveness Research ( ) 2011 Moderator, World Malaria Day: Achieving Progress and Impact, Harvard Chan School Nigerian Students and Scholars Association ( ) Faculty Mentor, Harvard RWJ Health and Society Scholars Program 2010 Member, Harvard Chan School Fulbright Application committee Page 2

3 MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES: 2010 present Co-Director, Harvard-DFCI Educational Program in Cancer Prevention 2010 present Steering Committee Member, Work, Family & Health Network 2010 present Internal Advisory Committee, Harvard Center for Work, Health, & Well-being ABSTRACT & MANUSCRIPT REVIEW Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer 2013 Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2008 American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Social Science and Medicine American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Pre-2010 Health Education and Behavior, Tobacco Control, American Public Health Association, Occupational Health Section, Preventing Chronic Disease FUNDED PROJECTS Past Funding (last 10 years): 4/2011 8/2013 Supplement Principal Investigator, The impact of Work, Family and Health intervention on nursing home residents (Supplement to Evaluating the Health Benefits of Workplace Policies and Practices Phase II. National Institute of Aging (3U01AG S1) Amount: $306,391 7/2012 6/2013 Principal Investigator, Research Enabling Grant. Harvard University Office of Faculty Development and Diversity. Amount: $40,000 7/2012 6/2013 Principal Investigator, Public policy changes in nursing home reimbursement and health of direct-care workers. Harvard-NIOSH Education and Research Center. Amount: $10, Principal Investigator, Examining the effects of tobacco control policies on disparities in smoking by occupational group from 1992 to Health Disparities Working Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA Amount $21, Principal Investigator, Macroeconomic trends and smoking among construction workers: Is there an association? Berkeley Population Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Amount $11, Principal Investigator, Social determinants of smoking among working class populations. NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (F31). (Declined funding) Principal Investigator, Social determinants of smoking among working class populations. CDC Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36). (Declined funding) Principal Investigator, Social determinants of smoking among working class populations. CDC/ASPH Prevention Research Center Minority Fellowship. Amount $45,375 Page 3

4 Current Funding 8/2009 9/2016 Co-Investigator, Integrated Approaches to Health & Safety in the Dynamic Construction Work Environment. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2U19OH008861) Amount $1,454,041 7/2014 6/2016 Principal Investigator, Integrating occupational health disparities into integrated WHP- OSH programs. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Career Incubator and Pilot Funds. Amount $150,000 3/2015 2/2017 Principal Investigator, Drug abuse and jobs: racial disparities in labor force participation and outcomes. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute for Health (R03DA038697) Amount $100,000 1/2013 8/2015 Principal Investigator, Left Behind: A Pilot Study of Unemployment and Smoking in US Populations Living with Mental Illness Using NESARC. Harvard Center for Population and Development Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seed Grant. Amount $20,000 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Primary Courses Spring 2012 present SBS 221: Psychosocial Theories for Health Behavior, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. ~ 20 graduate students. Contact time: 48 hours/year Spring 2004 Guest Lectures March, 2015 January, 2015 November, 2014 Fall January, 2014 Spring 2011, 2012 Community Health Nursing: Theories and Practice, University of Maryland School of Nursing. Contact time: 60 hours/year Health in Africa: Using lessons from the tobacco industry to find entrepreneurial opportunities addressing non-communicable diseases. AAAS 212: Entrepreneurship in Africa (Instructor: Dr. Jacob Olupona). Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Contact time: 3 hours/year Connection to Community: Family and Work-Life Balance. Work, Health, and Well- Being, Executive and Continuing Professional Education: Integrating Wellness and Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Contact time: 2 hours/year Developing research on work and health disparities, Philosophy of Science (Instructor: Dr. Joanna Almeida), Simmons School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Contact time: 2 hours/year Gender in Occupational and Environmental Health, WGH 211: Women Gender and Health: Introductory Perspectives, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Instructor: Dr. Stacy Missmer) Contact time: 3 hours/year Putting Guidelines into Practice: Labor Union/Construction Case Study & Connection to Community: Family and Work-Life Balance. Work, Health, and Well-Being Executive and Continuing Professional Education: Integrating Wellness and Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace, Boston, MA. Contact time: 5 hours/year Theories for Health Behavior, EPI 224: Cancer Prevention (Instructor: Dr. Linda Frazier), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Contact time: 2 hours/year Page 4

5 Postdoctoral Advisees Years Name Current Position Sara Tamers, Primary advisee Health Research Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Total Worker Health Program Published three-first authored and one co-authored papers while working with me; Awarded international grant from Harvard Center for Population and Development Erika Sabbath Secondary advisee Assistant Professor, Boston College Co-authored three papers and was primary mentor on internal grant from Harvard Education and Research Training Program Primary Doctoral Advisees Years Name Current Position Lauren Dutra Postdoctoral scholar, University of California San Francisco Published three dissertation papers in Social Science and Medicine, Tobacco Control and Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011 present Felicia Browne Doctoral Candidate, Social and Behavioral Sciences Awarded NCI pre-doctoral fellowship; scheduled to defend in August Esther Hill Velasquez Doctoral Candidate, Social and Behavioral Sciences Awarded pre-doctoral NIA fellowship while my student; Switched focus and dissertation advisor but continued collaboration on recently submitted nursing home injury paper present Kathryn Pollenz Doctoral Student, Social and Behavioral Sciences Part-time student; Selected for highly-selective Fragile Families summer fellowship 2013 present Natasha Sokol Doctoral Student, Social and Behavioral Sciences Awarded own NIH/NIDA F31 fellowship in April 2015 Thesis Committees Years Name Current Position Dal Chin (University of Junior specialist, UCSF California, San Francisco) Rebekah Lee Research Associate, Harvard Prevention Research Center Lauren Dutra Postdoctoral scholar, University of California San Francisco Zinzi Bailey Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 2013 present Rachel Faulkenberry Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 2012 present Allegra Gordon Doctoral Candidate, defended April 21, present Felicia Browne Doctoral Candidate, Social and Behavioral Sciences 2014 present Michael Grant Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Health 2014-present Elizabeth Barnett Doctoral Student, Social and Behavioral Sciences Page 5

6 Masters Advisees Years Name (Program) Akshay Govind (Masters in Public Health) Mary Gordon (Masters in Public Health) Kristen Lingle (Masters in Public Health) Atena Asiaii (Masters in Public Health) Rijuta Pandav (Two year Masters in Science) Alisha Lalani (Two year Masters in Science) Araceli Gutiérrez (Two year Masters in Science) Ian Huntington (Masters in Public Health) Donna Zwas (Masters in Public Health) Allison Hutchings (Masters in Public Health) 2014 present Michelle Fleming (Two year Masters in Science) INVITED PRESENTATIONS Local 1. Okechukwu, C (July, 2015). Balancing work, family and health disparities: A tale of two America. Harvard T.H Chan Summer Hot Topics Seminar Series, Boston, MA. 2. Okechukwu, C. (February, 2015). From racism and injustice to public health outcomes. Harvard Takemi Program in International Health Seminar Series, Boston, MA. 3. Okechukwu, C. (February, 2015). Occupational injuries drive turnover in nursing homes. Harvard Education and Research Center Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Seminar Series, Boston, MA. National and International 1. Okechukwu, C, Kelly, E., Bacic, J., DePasquale, N., Hurtado. D., Kossek, E. Sembajwe, G. (July, 2015). Supporting employees work-family needs improves care quality: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health study. VI International Conference of Work and Family. Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE Business School), Barcelona, Spain. 2. Okechukwu, C. (May, 2015). Job loss as a consequence of occupational injury: Longitudinal analyses using Marginal Structural Models. Oral paper presented at the Work, Stress and Health Conference, Atlanta, GA. 4. Okechukwu, C. (March, 2015). Balancing opportunities and coercion: Labor, workers' rights and NCD. Framing Non-Communicable Diseases for action: Insight and innovation from the next generation of public health leaders (Invited Panelist). World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 5. Okechukwu, C. (March, 2015). Integrated Interventions for Tobacco Cessation- Practical Considerations (Invited Expert). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Total Worker Health Webinar Series. Available from 6. Okechukwu, C. (November, 2014). Who will care for us: Addressing health, productivity and turnover in long-term care. National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program: Seminar Series. Baltimore, MD. 7. Okechukwu, C. (October, 2014). Using creative and strategic partnership for TWH interventions in complex organizational structures. Oral paper presented at the First International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health. Bethesda, MD. Page 6

7 8. Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Herrick RF, Katz JN, Dennerlein JT. (June, 2014). Patterns of site-employment of construction workers on and off commercial construction sites in New England and the relationship to musculoskeletal pain. Oral Paper presented at the 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health, Chicago, IL. 9. Okechukwu, C. (June, 2014). Connecting theories, methods and research findings: integrating work-family exposures and health promotion. (Symposium). Oral paper presented at the Work & Family Researchers Network Conference. New York, NY. 10. Okechukwu, C. (March, 2014). They really do come a close second : How managers balance familyresponsiveness and care quality in long-term care. Oral paper presented at the Industrial and Labor Relations Review Journal conference, special issue on Employment Relations in Healthcare. New Brunswick, NJ. 11. Kelly, E., Moen, P., Oakes, MJ, Okechukwu, C., Davis, K., Kossek, E., Hanson, G., Mierzwa, F., Casper, LM. (April, 2013). Changing work and work-family conflict in an information technology workplace: Evidence from the Work, Family and Health Network. Plenary paper presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 12. Okechukwu, C. (March, 2013). Understanding workplace determinants of health. Oral paper presented at the Association of Health Care Journalists meeting, Boston, MA. 13. Dutra, L.M. Okechukwu, CA. (March 2012). Household and workplace influences on smoking among U.S. workers. Oral Paper presented at the 15 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore. 14. Okechukwu, C., Souza, K., Davis, K., De Castro, B. (September, 2011). Discrimination, harassment, abuse and bullying in the workplace: Contribution of workplace injustice to occupational health disparities. Plenary paper presented at the First National Conference on Elimination Health and Safety Disparities at Work, Chicago, IL. 15. Okechukwu, C., Kelly, E., Sembajwe, G., Berkman, L. (May 2011). Decoupling as a management strategy: The case of work-family stress in nursing homes. Paper presented at the Work, Stress and Health conference, Orlando, FL. 16. Okechukwu, C., Kelly, E., Sembajwe, G., Berkman, L. (November 2009). That s not our role: A qualitative study of family-responsive workplace policies for staff in nursing homes. Oral presentation , Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Low-Income Care Providers: Disparities in Work Organization and Health. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Okechukwu, C., Krieger, N., Li, Y., Barbeau, E. (March 2009). Apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for blue-collar workers in the United States. Paper presented at the 14 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai, India. 18. Okechukwu, C., Sorensen, G., Punnett, L., Brockhaus, A., Borwegan, B., Wagner, G. (November 2007). Paradigm shift or struggle: Integrating health promotion and health protection. Occupational Health and Safety session and panel, designed and coordinated by Okechukwu C. Oral paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC 19. Okechukwu, C., Krieger, N., Sorensen, G., Li, Y., Barbeau, E. (September 2007). Exposure to hazards and smoking behaviors in a multiethnic working class population. Paper presented at the Worklife 2007 National Symposium: Protecting and Promoting Worker Health. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Washington DC. Page 7

8 20. Okechukwu, C., Ertel K., Buxton, O., Sorensen, G., Berkman, L. (August, 2007). The health impact of work/family demands among low wage employees in long-term care industry. Paper presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 21. McPhaul, K., Okechukwu, C., Lipscomb, J. (November,2003). Intertwining advocacy and scholarship in occupational health. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 22. Okechukwu, C., Langlie, N. (November 2003). An art based program to increase the social network of young adults living with HIV. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. BIBLIOGRAPHY (Underline denotes pre/post-doctoral mentored author) Peer-Reviewed Research Publications 1. McPhaul, K., Rosen, J., Bobb, S., Okechukwu, C.A., Geiger-Brown, J., Kauffman, K., Johnson, J., Lipscomb, J. An exploratory study of mandated safety measures for home visiting case managers. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 2007; 39: Bennett, G., Wolin, K., Okechukwu, C.A, Arthur, C., Askew, S., Sorensen, G., Emmons, K. Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income Blacks: Results from the Healthy Directions study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2008; 10: Drake, B.A., Lathan, C., Okechukwu, C.A., Bennett, G. Prostate cancer screening, family history and race. Annals of Epidemiology 2008; 18: Patel, P., Okechukwu, C.A., Collin, J., Hughes B. Bringing light, life and happiness : British American Tobacco and music sponsorship in sub-saharan Africa. Third World Quarterly 2009; 30: Okechukwu, C.A, Krieger, N., Sorensen, G., Li, Y., Barbeau, E. MassBUILT: Effectiveness of an apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for unionized building trades workers. Cancer Causes and Control 2009; 20: Lathan, C.A., Okechukwu, C.A, Fisher-Drake, B., Bennett, G. Racial differences in the perception of lung cancer: Data from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Cancer 2010; 116: Okechukwu, C.A., Krieger, N., Chen, J., Sorensen, G., Li, Y., Barbeau, E. The association of hazards in the work environment and smoking in a US multi-ethnic working class population: The United for Health Study. Public Health Reports 2010; 125: Berkman, L., Ertel, K., Buxton, O., Okechukwu, C.A. Managers practices related to work-family balance predict employee cardiovascular risk and sleep duration in extended care settings. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2010; 15: Okechukwu, C.A., Krieger, N., Sorensen, G., Li, Y., Barbeau, E. Testing hypothesized psychosocial mediators: Lessons learned in the MassBUILT study. Health Education and Behavior 2011; 38: Okechukwu, C.A., Nguyen, K., Hickman, N. Partner smoking characteristics: Association with smoking and quitting among blue-collar workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2011; 53: Chin, D., Hong, O., Bates, M., Gillen, M., Okechukwu, C.A. Cigarette smoking in building trades workers: The impact of work environment. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2012; 55: Okechukwu C.A., El Ayadi, A., Tamers, S., Sabbath, E., Berkman, L. Household food insufficiency, financial strain, work-family strain, and depressive symptoms in the working class: Results from the Work Family and Health study. American Journal of Public Health 2012; 102: Page 8

9 13. Okechukwu, C.A, Bacic, J., Cheng, K., Catalano, R. Smoking among construction workers: The nonlinear influence of labor marker shock, cigarette prices, and antismoking sentiment. Social Science & Medicine 2012; 75: Chin, D., Hong, O., Bates, M., Gillen, M., Okechukwu, C.A. Occupational factors and smoking cessation among unionized building trades workers. Workplace Health & Safety 2012; 60: Buxton, O., Okechukwu, C.A. Authors' Response: Predictive Ability of Sleep Duration for the Feeling of Being Refreshed by Sleep. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2012; 54: Chin, D., Hong, O., Bates, M., Gillen, M., & Okechukwu, C.A. Heavy and light/moderate smoking among building trades construction workers. Public Health Nursing 2013; 30: Tamers, S., Okechukwu, C., Allen, J., Yang, Stoddard, A., Tucker-Seeley, R., Sorensen, G. Are social relationships a healthy influence on obesogenic behaviors among racially/ethnically diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged residents? Preventive Medicine 2013, 56: Okechukwu, C.A, Dutra, L.M., Bacic, J., El Ayadi, A., Emmons, K.M. Home matters: Work and household predictors of smoking and cessation among blue-collar workers. Preventive Medicine : Sorensen, G., McLellan, D., Dennerlein, J., Pronk, N., Allen, J., Boden, L., Okechukwu, C., Hashimoto, D., Stoddard, A., Wagner, G. Integration of health protection and health promotion: Rationale, indicators, and metrics. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2013; 55: ps12-s Kim, S., Perry, M., Okechukwu, C.A. Association between union connection and upper body musculoskeletal pains among unionized construction apprentices. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2013; 56: Kim, S., Okechukwu, C.A., Buxton, O., Dennerlein, J., Boden, L., Hashimoto, D., Sorensen, G. Association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2013; 56: Cheng, K., Okechukwu, C. A., McMillen, R., Glantz, S.A. Association between clean indoor air laws and voluntary smoke free rules in homes and cars. Tobacco Control, 2013; 0: Kim, S., Okechukwu, C.A., Dennerlein, J., Boden, L., Hopcia, K., Hashimoto, D.M., Sorensen, G. Association between perceived inadequate staffing and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2014; 87: Kim, S., Dutra, L.M, Okechukwu, C.A. Contractor-, steward-, and coworker-safety practice: Associations with musculoskeletal pain and injury-related absence among construction apprentices. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2014; 87: Tamers, S., Okechukwu, C.A., Bohl, AA, Guéguen, A., Goldberg, M., Zins, M. The impact of stressful life events on excessive alcohol consumption in the French population: Findings from the GAZEL cohort study. PloS One; 2014; DOI: /journal.pone Sabbath, EL, Hurtado, DA, Okechukwu, CA, Tamers, SL, Nelson, CC, Kim, SS, Wagner, GR, Sorensen, G. Exposure to workplace verbal abuse and risk of injury among health care workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine; 2014; 57(2): Kelly, E., Moen, P., Oakes, MJ, Okechukwu, C., Davis, K., Kossek, E., Hanson, G., Mierzwa, F., Casper, LM. Changing work and work-family conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network. American Sociological Review; 2014; 79(3): Sabbath, E., Gutierrez, L., Okechukwu, C.A., Singh-Manoux, A., Amieva, H., Goldberg, M., Zins, M., Berr, C. Time may not fully attenuate solvent-associated cognitive deficits in highly-exposed workers. Neurology; 2014;82(19) Page 9

10 29. Dutra, LM, Williams, DR, Gupta, J., Kawachi, I., Okechukwu, C.A. Human rights violations and smoking status among South African adults enrolled in the South Africa Stress and Health (SASH) study. Social Science and Medicine; 2014;105: Dutra, L.M., Williams, DR, Kawachi, I., Okechukwu, C.A. Worksite safety climate, smoking, and the use of protective equipment by blue collar building workers enrolled in the MassBUILT smoking cessation trial. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 2014; 56(10): Dutra, L.M., Williams, DR, Kawachi, I., Okechukwu, C.A. Racial and nonracial discrimination and smoking status among South African adults ten years after apartheid. Tobacco Control; 2014; 23(e2):e Okechukwu, C.A, Souza, K., Davis, K., & De Castro, B. Discrimination, harassment, abuse and bullying in the workplace: Contribution of workplace injustice to occupational health disparities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2014; 57(5): Lee RM, Emmons KM, Okechukwu CA, Barrett JL, Kenney EL, Cradock AL, Giles CM, de Blois ME, Gortmaker SL. Validity of a practitioner-administered observational tool to measure physical activity, nutrition, and screen time in school-age programs. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2014;11(1): Lee, R. M., Okechukwu, C.A., Emmons, K.M., Gortmaker, S. Impact of Implementation Factors on Children s Water Consumption in the Out-of-School Nutrition and Physical Activity Group Randomized Trial. New Directions for Youth Development (143): Arias, O.E., Caban-Martinez, A.J., Umukoro, A.J., Okechukwu, C.A., Dennerlein, J.T. Physical activity levels at work and outside of work among Commercial Construction Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;57(1): Davis, K., Lawson, KM, Almeida, D., Kelly, E., King, R.B., Hammer, L., Casper, LM., Okechukwu, C.A., Hanson, G., & McHale, SM. Parents Daily Time with Their Children: A Workplace Intervention. Pediatrics; 2015;5: Tamers, S. Okechukwu, C.A., Marino, Guéguen, A., Goldberg, M., Zins, M. Effect of stressful life events on changes in smoking among the French: Longitudinal findings from GAZEL. European Journal of Public Health; 2015;25(4): McClellan, D., Okechukwu, C.A., Sorensen, G. Occupational Exposures and Tobacco-related Health Disparities. In Cubbin, C. Hayward, M., eds. A Social Ecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco Related Health Disparities (Monograph No. tbn). Bethesda: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, (In press). 39. Hurtado, D., Berkman, LF, Buxton, O., Okechukwu, C.A. Schedule control and nursing home quality: exploratory evidence of a psychosocial predictor of resident care. Journal of Applied Gerontology; (In Press); DOI: / Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Herrick RF, Katz JN, Dennerlein JT. Length of time spent working on a commercial construction site and the associations with worker characteristics. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. (In Press). doi: /ajim Bailey, Z. Okechukwu, C.A, Kawachi, I., & Williams, D.. Incarceration and current tobacco smoking in African American and Afro-Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Public Health. (Accepted). 42. McHale, S. Davis, K., Greene, K., Casper, L. Kan, ML, Kelly, EL, King, RB. Okechukwu, CA. Effects of a Workplace Intervention on Parent-Child Relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, (Accepted). Page 10

11 Editorials 43. Okechukwu, C.A. Long working hours are linked to risky alcohol consumption. [Editorial] The BMJ 2015: 350:g Buxton, OM Okechukwu, CA. Long working hours can be toxic. [Commentary]. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2015; 3:1: 3-4 Book Chapters 45. Okechukwu, C.A, Lipscomb, J. A. Immigrant workers in nursing home and home health care. In Barron, S., eds. Special Populations at Risk /Immigrant Workers. NIOSH/CDC, Lipscomb, J. A., Okechukwu, C.A. Workplace violence: An occupational hazard, not part of the job. In Fitzpatrick, J.J., Wallace, M., eds. Encyclopedia for Nursing Research (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company, Lipscomb, J. A., Okechukwu, C.A. Workplace violence. In In Fitzpatrick, J.J., Wallace-Kazer, M., eds. Encyclopedia for Nursing Research (3rd ed.) New York: Springer Publishing Company, Okechukwu, C., Davison, K., & Emmons, K. Changing health behaviors in a social context. In L. Berkman, I. Kawachi & M. M. Glymour (Eds.), Social epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, Kossek, E. E., Moen, P., Wipfli B., Hammer, L., Kelly, E., Anger, K., Olson, R., Thompson, R., Okechukwu, C., Burke, L., Karuntzos, G., Brockwood. K. The Work, Family & Health Network Intervention: Core Elements and Customization for Diverse Occupational Health Contexts. In Leong, F., Eggerth, D., Chang, D., Flynn, M., Ford, K., & Martinez, R. eds. Occupational Health Disparities among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Formulating Research Needs and Directions, Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association Press, (In press). Non-Academic Publications 50. Okechukwu, C.A. (2013, March 14). Balancing work, family and health disparities. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog. Available at Buxton, O.M, Okechukwu, C.A. (2012, September 5). Sleep problems and poverty: How socioeconomics impact our sleep and health. Huffington Post. Available at Okechukwu, C.A. (2009, August 18). To catch and cook the meat: journey up the social and economic ladder from Nigeria to US. KQED-National Public Radio Perspective. Available at Okechukwu, C & McLellan, D. (2005). Tobacco Free Nurses. Organized Labor and Tobacco Control Network newsletter. Available online at Lipscomb, J. A., McPhaul, K., & Okechukwu, C. (July 31, 2003). Proposed Standard for Safety and Security in the Public Sector throughout New York State (testimony). New York State Occupational Safety & Health Hazard Abatement Board, New York Department of Labor Page 11