Education Supriya Lahiri Ph. D. Professor, Department of Economics University of Massachusetts Lowell FA 302D,1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854 tel: 978-934-2789 email: supriya_lahiri@uml.edu University of Calcutta, Presidency College, Calcutta. India, Maj: Economics, Min: Math, B.A. (Hon) University of Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India, Economics, M.A. University of Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India, Economics, Ph.D. Harvard University, Center for Population Studies, Postdoctoral Training, Economics of Natural Resources Appointments University of Massachusetts Lowell, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Professor (1997 - ); Associate Professor (1990-1997); Assistant Professor (1985-1989) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Technology Adaptation Program, Research Associate (1979-1985) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Laboratory, Visiting Scientist/Research Associate (1977-78, 1987-2000) Harvard University, Center for Population Studies, Fellow (1976-1977) Selected Refereed Publications Lahiri S and Faghri P. Cost-Effectiveness of a Workplace-Based Incentivized Weight Loss Program Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2012;54(3) 371-377 Lahiri S. Low C. Barry M. A Business Case Evaluation of Workplace Engineering Noise Control: A Net-Cost Model. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011; 53: 329-337. Cherniack M, Lahiri S. Barriers to Implementation of Workplace Health Interventions: An Economic Perspective. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2010; 52: 934-942. Moure-Eraso R, Flum M, Lahiri S, Tilly C, Massawe E. Employment Conditions as Social Determinants of Health, Part II: The Internal Domain New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Vol. 16(4) 429-448, 2006 1
Lahiri S. Moure-Eraso R, Flum M, Tilly C, Karasek R, Massawe E. Employment Conditions as Social Determinants of Health, Part 1:The External Domain New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Part I, Vol. 16(3) 267-288, 2006. Lahiri S. Gold J. Levenstein C. Estimation of Net-Costs for Prevention of Occupational Low Back Pain: Three Case Studies from the US, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 48:530-541; 2005. o Also was translated and published in Revista Brasileira de Saude Occupacional, Vol. 31 N0. 113, 2006. Lahiri S. Gold J. Levenstein C. Net Cost model for Workplace interventions Journal of Safety Research 36:241-255:2005 http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/lahiri.pdf Lahiri S. Levenstein C. Nelson D. Rosenberg B. The Cost Effectiveness of Occupational Health Interventions: Prevention of Silicosis, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 48:503-514; 2005. Lahiri S. Markkanen P. Levenstein C. The Cost-effectiveness of Occupational Health Interventions to Prevent Occupational Back Pain American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 48:515-529; 2005. Lahiri S. Babiker M., Eckaus R. S. The Burden of Emissions Restrictions, New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Volume 13:283-293, Number 3, 2003. http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/mitjpspgc_rpt64.pdf Blitzer CR, Eckaus R.S., Lahiri S. and Meeraus A "Growth and Welfare Losses from Carbon Emission Restrictions: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Egypt" Energy Journal, Vol. XIV, No.1: 57-81,1993. http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/wdscontentserver/wdsp/ib/1992/08/01/00000926 5_3961003065308/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf Blitzer C.R., Eckaus R.S. Lahiri S. Meeraus A "An Economy Wide Energy Policy Model For Egypt", Economic Systems Research, Journal of the International Input- Output Assocition, Vol. 1, No. 1: pp185-203 June 1990. N. Choucri. S. Lahiri "Short-Run Energy Economy Interactions in Egypt", World Development, Vol. XII, No. 8, 799-820,1984 o Reproduced in Structuralist Computable General Equilibrium Models: 2
Socially Relevant Policy Analysis for the Developing World, edited by Lance Taylor, Chapter : 177-196 MIT Press, 1990. Lahiri S. "A Redefinition of Necessities, Luxuries and Engel Goods - An Analysis of Egyptian Household Budget Data", The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. XXV, No. 1, October 1990. Lahiri S. "On Certain aspects of Energy Pricing Issues and Policies in Egypt, Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. XIII, No. II, 1988. Lahiri S, Lahiri S. and Koundiniya R. "A Generalized Approach to Project Evaluation: An Analytical Framework" Journal of Management in Practice, Vol. I, No. II, Fall 1989. Sinha B. and Bhatia R. Lahiri S. "Systems Planning for the Subernerekha River Systems" (with), Sadhana, Vol VIII, No. 3, 1985. Lahiri S. "Investment Planning for the Power Industry in Northern India: A Spatial Programming Approach", Indian Economic Review, Vol XII, No. 1, 1977. Current manuscript under Review for Journal Publication: Lahiri S, Latif S, Punnett L. Is there a Business Case for a Safe Resident Handling Program in Nursing Homes? submitted to American Journal of Industrial Medicine Latif S, Lahiri S and O Brien A. The Total Economic Value of a Small Urban Wetland: Evidence from a New England City has been accepted for publication in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, forthcoming Research Projects Principal Investigator, US side: (2009/10-2012) [US Department of HHS (CDC) and India s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]. University of Massachusetts Lowell s proposal on Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Manual Material Handling Injuries in the Informal Labor Sector in collaboration with the University of Calcutta (PI: Somnath Gangopadhyay, India side) is a project approved by the Joint Working Group between India s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the US Department of Health and Human Services (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). The objective is to collaborate in developing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates economic analysis (net-cost model) with health effectiveness analysis for evaluating 3
intervention strategies in manual material handling in developing countries; to develop and estimate economic models to assess cost-effectiveness of interventions. Co-Investigator (2006-2011) Head of the Economic Analysis Team. (CPH-NEW): The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace which was supported by Grant Number 1 U19 OH008857 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. PI: Laura Punnett (2006-2011). Co-Investigator (2011-2016) on the next 5-year renewal project at The Center for Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce (CPH-NEW). To perform Econometric Models to Explain Inter Facility Variability in Cost Effectiveness Ratios of Interventions Project entitled: Promoting Physical and Mental Health of Caregivers through Trans-disciplinary Intervention (ProCare) II. Laura Punnett, Principal Investigator Co-investigator: 2010-2011 Goal: To examine the effect of a motivationally enhanced behavioral education program with and without economic incentives on weight loss on overweight individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes, Conducted Cost Effectiveness of A Incentivized Weight Loss Program and applied The Net-Cost Model; University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC); Sponsor CDC. PI: Pouran Fhaghri Consultant and Collaborator (2008-2010): Adaptation and Automation of the Net- Cost Model for Evaluating Interventions in the Construction Sector, CPWR, Silver Spring, Maryland Collaborator: The Government of Singapore used the UML Net-Cost Model cited above for noise control in the engineering industry 2006-2007. Consultant and Collaborator; Adaptation and Automation of the Net-Cost Model for Evaluating Interventions in the Construction Sector, CPWR, Silver Spring, Maryland 2008-2009. External Collaborator & Consultant (2001-2002), WHO Choice Initiative Project. (2002). Evaluated the cost-effectiveness of specific interventions in two different studies for the prevention of occupationally induced i)back pain and ii) silicosis, using the simulation models based on the generalized cost effectiveness analysis (GCEA) developed by the WHO-Choice initiative for several of the WHO defined subregions of the world(who, 2002). Prepared Commissioned Background papers for the Box 5.5, pp130 in chapter 5, The World Health Report 2002, World Health Organization Principal Investigator: (2003-2004). (Sponsor WHO) Cost Effectiveness Study on Occupational and Environmental Health WHO Task Force 14.Acted as project director and supervised the work in a joint project by three WHO Collaborating Centers in Occupational Health, University of Massachusetts at Lowell in the United States, TNO Work and Employment in The Netherlands, the National Institute of Occupational Health in India and an NGO the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India. Developed and 4
estimated an economic model (UML Net-Cost Model)at the facility level that can estimate the net economic costs of workplace interventions by incorporating not only the costs of investment of equipment and labor, but also by taking into account the avoided costs of lost work time, medical care costs, and productivity improvements. Visiting Scientist/Research Associate (1987-2000) (MIT) Extended the MIT Emission Prediction and Policy Analysis Model (EPPA) as a team member in the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change by incorporating the Effects of Changing Consumption Patterns on the Costs of Emission Restrictions; http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/mitjpspgc_rpt64.pdf ; As member of a research team at MIT produced Commissioned Background Papers for Chapter 8, Box8.6: pp.164 World Development Report 1992: Development and the Environment, Published for the World Bank, Oxford University Press, 1992 http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/wdscontentserver/iw3p/ib/1992/09/01/00000926 5_3961003082326/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf.Worked on several other Computable and Applied General Equilibrium Models to study the energy, economy and environmental interactions. Selected Recent Conference Presentations: Lahiri S. and Welch L. Economic Evaluation Of Interventions To Reduce Ergonomic Injuries In Construction; forthcoming presentation at PREMUS 2010: Seventh International Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, August 29th September 3rd, 2010, Angers, France. Lahiri S, Punnett L, Latif S, Zajac H, Nobrega S, CPH-NEW Team. Net costs of a No- Lift Intervention Program in a large chain of nursing homes. APHA 137th Annual meeting; 2009 November 7-11; Philadelphia, PA. Lahiri S. Cost-Effectiveness Studies: Making the Business Case for Personal Protective Equipment across Occupations: Supriya Lahiri at The Institute of Medicine Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health Meeting, The Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington DC, October, 27 th 2008 Lahiri S. and Cherniack M. Cost Utility Models for Supporting Prevention through New Reimbursement Methods: Supriya Lahiri and Martin Cherniack in the Panel on Prevention and Health Care Insurance: New Paradigm for Reimbursement; Protecting and Promoting Worker Health Symposium, NIOSH WorkLife2007, Bethesda, Maryland, September 10, 2007 Lahiri S. Economic Evaluation of Workplace Interventions to Reduce Low Back Pain and MSD s: PREMUS 2007, Harvard University, Boston, MA, August 2007 Lahiri S. Role of Economic Analysis in Occupational Health and Safety,Supriya Lahiri USONORA, Hermosillo, January 2006 5
Moure-Eraso R. and Lahiri S. Knowledge Network Hub on Employment Conditions: Reviewing Evidence and Promoting Action:, Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization; Ahmedabad, India September, 2005 Lahiri S. and Eraso R. Knowledge Network Hub on Employment Conditions Structural and Intermediate Determinants: Opportunities for Action, Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization New Delhi, India, September 15, 2005 Lahiri S. and Levenstein C. Cost-Effectiveness of Health Interventions on Workers Health: FUNDACENTRO, São Paulo Brazil, March 2004 Other Experience and Professional Recognition Adviser, WHO Meeting on cost-effectiveness and low back pain, New Delhi, July 9-10, 2003 Keynote Speaker in a conference entitled Economic Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety at the Company level organized by NIOSH & WHO, Nov.3-5, 2004, Washington DC Scientist Reviewer, NIOSH NORA Peer Review, Practice and Surveillance, 2008 Invited Participant and Presenter, Institute of Medicines Committee on Personal Protective Equipment in the Workplace, Keck Center of the National Academies, 2008 Invited synthesizer and participant New Research Directions in Chronic Disease Prevention in Working Adults through Interventions, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, NIH, NIOSH and NILBI., 2009 Nominated Member, WHO Project Team on Global Practice Guidance for OSHprofessionals, 2010 2010 Departmental Teaching Award 6