Ph.D. Student Profile
Abas Shkembi, MS
- Doctoral Pre-Candidate
- Cognate: Environmental Health Sciences
Education
- BS Statistics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2020)
- MS Environmental Health Science, Subplan: Industrial Hygiene, University of Michigan (2023)
Research Interests & Projects
- Environmental justice
- Occupational and environmental epidemiology
- Spatial epidemiology
- Urban health
Selected Publications
Shkembi A, Le AB, Neitzel RL (2023). Associations between poorer mental health with work-related
effort, reward, and overcommitment among a sample of formal US solid waste workers.
Safety & Health at Work. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2023.01.004
Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL (2022). Linking environmental injustices in Detroit, MI to
institutional racial segregation through historical federal redlining. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00512-y
Shkembi A, Smith LM, Bregg S, Neitzel RL (2022). Evaluating occupational noise exposure as a contributor to injury risk among miners. Ann Work Exp Health. 66(9): 1151-1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac059
Roberts B, Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL (2022). Beware the Grizzlyman: A comparison of job and industry-based noise exposure estimates using manual coding and the NIOSH NIOCCS System. J Occ & Env Hygiene. 19(7): 437-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2022.2076860
Shkembi A and Neitzel R.L. (2022), Noise as a risk factor for COVID-19 transmission: Comment
on Zhang: “Estimation of differential occupational risk of COVID-19 by comparing risk
factors with case data by occupational group”. Am J Ind Med. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23349
Shkembi A, Nambunmee K, Jindaphong S, Parra-Giordano D, Yohannessen K, Ruiz-Rudolph P, Neitzel
RL, Arain A (2021). Work Task Association with Lead Urine and Blood Concentrations
in Informal Electronic Waste Recyclers in Thailand and Chile. Inter J Env Res & Public Health. 18(20): 10580. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010580