Marc B. Schenker

Marc B. Schenker
Fields	Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Medicine
Institutions	University of California, Davis
Alma mater	University of California, San Francisco Harvard School of Public Health
Known for	Public Health Research
Notable awards	Fulbright Senior Scientist Foreign Scholarship Award, France (1993) George C. Griffith Scholarship, American College of Physicians (1982) UC Davis Distinguished Wellness Lecturer (1995)

Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH, is a professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of California, Davis and the director of the Migration and Health Research Center (MAHRC).

Experience

Schenker has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of occupational health, epidemiology and preventive medicine. He has published more than 150 scientific manuscripts and edited 5 textbooks.^[1]

Selected publications

• Weiss ST, Tager IB, Schenker M, Speizer FE. The health effects of involuntary smoking. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1983 Nov;128(5):933–42. PMID 6638684
• Schenker MB, Samet JM, Speizer FE. Risk factors for childhood respiratory disease. The effect of host factors and home environmental exposures. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1983 Dec;128(6):1038–43. PMID 6650977
• Hammond SK, Leaderer BP, Roche AC, Schenker M. Collection and analysis of nicotine as a marker for environmental tobacco smoke. Atmospheric Environment 1987;21:457−462.
• Garshick E, Schenker MB, Muñoz A, Segal M, Smith TJ, Woskie SR, Hammond SK, Speizer FE. A case-control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust exposure in railroad workers. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987 Jun;135(6):1242–8. PMID 3592400
• Vedal S, Schenker MB, Munoz A, Samet JM, Batterman S, Speizer FE. Daily air pollution effects on children's respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow. Am J Public Health. 1987 Jun;77(6):694–8. PMID 3495189
• Garshick E, Schenker MB, Muñoz A, Segal M, Smith TJ, Woskie SR, Hammond SK, Speizer FE. A retrospective cohort study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust exposure in railroad workers. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1988 Apr;137(4):820–5. PMID 3354987
• Woskie SR, Smith TJ, Hammond SK, Schenker MB, Garshick E, Speizer FE. Estimation of the diesel exhaust exposures of railroad workers: I. Current exposures. Am J Ind Med. 1988;13(3):381–94. PMID 3354586
• Enright PL, Kronmal RA, Higgins M, Schenker M, Haponik EF. Spirometry reference values for women and men 65 to 85 years of age. Cardiovascular Health Study. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993 Jan;147(1):125–33. PMID 8420405
• Higgins MW, Enright PL, Kronmal RA, Schenker MB, Anton-Culver H, Lyles M. Smoking and lung function in elderly men and women. The Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA. 1993 Jun 2;269(21):2741–8. PMID 8492399
• Enright PL, Kronmal RA, Manolio TA, Schenker MB, Hyatt RE. Respiratory muscle strength in the elderly. Correlates and reference values. Cardiovascular Health Study Research Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Feb;149(2 Pt 1):430–8. PMID 8306041
• Enright PL, Kronmal RA, Higgins MW, Schenker MB, Haponik EF. Prevalence and correlates of respiratory symptoms and disease in the elderly. Cardiovascular Health Study. Chest. 1994 Sep;106(3):827–34. PMID 8082366
• Schenker MB. Preventive medicine and health promotion are overdue in the agricultural workplace. J Public Health Policy. 1996;17(3):275–305. PMID 8918020
• Harber P, Schenker M, Balmes J. Occupational and environmental respiratory disease. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996. ISBN 0801677289
• Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Noderer KS, Schenker MB, Vallyathan V, Olenchock S. Personal exposure to dust, endotoxin and crystalline silica in California agriculture. Ann Occup Hyg. 1999 Jan;43(1):35–42. PMID 10028892
• Schenker M. Exposures and health effects from inorganic agricultural dusts. Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Aug;108 Suppl 4:661–4. PMID 10931784
• Leigh JP, Bowlus CL, Leistikow BN, Schenker M. Costs of hepatitis C. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Oct 8;161(18):2231–7. PMID 11575980
• Leigh JP, Romano PS, Schenker MB, Kreiss K. Costs of occupational COPD and asthma. Chest. 2002 Jan;121(1):264–72. PMID 11796461
• Bethel JW, Schenker MB. Acculturation and smoking patterns among Hispanics: a review. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Aug;29(2):143–8. PMID 16005811
• Pan XL, Day HW, Wang W, Beckett LA, Schenker MB. Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risk in California. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Oct 15;172(8):1019–25. PMID 15976368
• Amster E, Tiwary A, Schenker MB. Case report: potential arsenic toxicosis secondary to herbal kelp supplement. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Apr;115(4):606–8. PMID 17450231
• Schenker MB, Pinkerton KE, Mitchell D, Vallyathan V, Elvine-Kreis B, Green FH. Pneumoconiosis from agricultural dust exposure among young California farmworkers. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jun;117(6):988–94. PMID 19590695

See also

• Migration and Health Research Center
• Health Initiative of the Americas

External links

• Marc B. Schenker Information Page
• HIA Website
• COEH Website

References

1. ^ [1], Marc B. Schenker Bio Page.

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