Steven Frank Hecker, MSPH
About
Steve Hecker is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. His specialty interests include industrial hygiene and labor education.
Education
- MSPH, University of Washington
- BA, Yale University
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new PhD and Master's students in autumn 2020.
Research
Research Interests:
Diffusing ergonomic interventions. Construction sub-grant. Workers' rights. Construction cooperative agreement application. Community health models. Identifying successful strategies.Tools, equipment, material, work practice innovations, improvements in ergonomics.
Projects:
Cabin Air Quality Incident Monitoring and Reporting
Feasibility study of conducting in-flight air sampling and baseline and follow-up health surveys of flight attendants to determine potential exposures and health effects of bleed air contamination incidents aboard commercial flights. Aging workforce
Worker Health and Safety Cooperative Agreement
Subcontract from UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health program to provide hazardous waste worker training and port security training to workers in Region X under the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program.
Diffusing Ergonomic Interventions in Construction
Sub-grant under Center to Protect Workers' Rights Construction Center Cooperative Agreement. Application of community health model to identify successful strategies for diffusion of tool, equipment, material, and work practice innovations to improve ergonomics in construction.