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CURRICULUM VITAE
SHARON P. COOPER, PH.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Address: The University of Texas School of Public Health-Houston
San Antonio Regional Campus
7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100
San Antonio, TX 78229
Telephone: (210) 276-9008
EDUCATION:
1978-1982 Ph.D. University of Texas at Houston
Epidemiology
1975-1976 M.S. Harvard School of Public Health
Biostatistics/Epidemiology
1973-1975 M.S. University of Oklahoma
Quantitative Psychology
1970-1973 B.A. University of Texas at Austin
Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
5/14 – present Professor
Jane Dale Owen Professorship in Environmental Protection
University of Texas School of Public Health Houston
San Antonio Regional Campus
7/07 – 5/14 Professor and Regional Dean
Jane Dale Owen Professorship in Environmental Protection
University of Texas School of Public Health Houston
San Antonio Regional Campus
10/08 – present Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Department of Family and Community Medicine
School of Medicine, UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
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3/08 – 8/10 Adjunct Professor
Commonwealth Medical College
7/07 – 7/09 Adjunct Professor
Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health
7/02 – 6/07 Professor and Head
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health
9/95 – 6/02 Associate Professor of Epidemiology with Tenure
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
School of Public Health
10/99—12/01 Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
School of Public Health
2000 – 2002 Adjunct Associate Professor,
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
A&M School of Rural Public Health
7/90 - 8/95 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
University of Texas-Houston
School of Public Health
4/92 - 3/93 Visiting Scholar
University of Houston
Health Law and Policy Institute
9/88 - 7/90 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
University of Texas (non-tenure track)
School of Public Health
2/85 - 9/88 Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas
School of Public Health
Epidemiology Research Unit
7/76 - 2/85 Faculty Associate
University of Texas
School of Public Health
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Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
Epidemiology Research Unit
6/75-8/75 Research Assistant, New England Life Insurance Company
Medical Research Department
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
1998 - present International Society of Environmental Epidemiology
1980 - present Society for Epidemiologic Research
1976 - present American Public Health Association
2008 – 2010, 2013 Texas Public Health Association
1988 - 1992 National Drowning Prevention Network
1986 - 1987 Houston-Galveston Area Health Promotion Consortium
1978 - 1987 American Statistical Association
1979 - 1990 Society for Clinical Trials
HONORS AND CERTIFICATION:
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Texas (1973)
USPHS Traineeship, Harvard School of Public Health (1975-76)
USPHS Traineeship, University of Texas (1981-82)
Notable Women in Texas (1984-85)
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest (1986-87; 1995-96; 1997-98; 1998-99)
Strathmore’s Who’s Who (1998-99, 2000-01)
Marquis Who’s Who (1999-2000)
Harriet Cunningham Citation for Meritorious Scientific Writing and Harriet Cunningham Award of
Excellence for:
"Cancer update: lung cancer trends and prospects for prevention: Texas and United States"
Texas Medicine (1988)
"Childhood injury deaths in Texas: a major public health problem." Texas Medicine (1989)
American Men and Women in Science (1995, 1997)
Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care (1996)
Finalist, Outstanding Teacher Award (1996)
Member, American College of Epidemiology (1983 - 1996)
Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (1996-present)
Dean’s Excellence Award (1992, 1995)
Peer Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship (1996-2001)
University of Texas Health Science Center
Nominee, The President’s Award for Mentoring Women
The Committee on the Status of Women (2000)
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Joseph P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award (2001)
Selected for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Fellow’s Program (2003)
Faculty Recognition Award for Commitment to Students (2004-2007)
Elected to Alpha Tau Chapter, Delta Omega Honor Society, (Public Health) (2005)
Fellow, Texas A&M Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (2005-2008)
South Central AHEC Partner Award recipient, 2009
TEACHING AND ADVISING:
Summer 2008-2012 Occupational Epidemiology – online (master’s and doctoral sections)
Spring 2012, 2013 Co-instructor, online MPH Capstone Course
Fall 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, PH2998—Occupational Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)
2004, 2006, 2007 PHEB623 (distance ed)
Fall 1995, 1996 Seminar on Workplace Safety
Spring 1995, 1996 PH2610--Introduction to Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)
Summer 1997, 1999-2001 (primary every other summer)
Spring 1996 Spring Institute: Southwest Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health. Working Teens: Health and Safety Issues
(Primary Instructor)
Fall 1993, 1994, 1996 PH2998--Injury Epidemiology (Primary Instructor)
Spring 1999 University of Texas
Spring 1986, 1990, PH2998--Occupational and Environmental
1991, 1992, Epidemiology (Primary Instructor since 1992)
1993, 1994 University of Texas
Guest Lectures PHEB600—Fundamentals of Epidemiology
VAPH432—Public Health Practices
PH2165--Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis
PH2998--Cancer Epidemiology
PH3998—Medical Outcomes Assessment
PH6680--Clinical Occupational Medicine
PH6998--Occupational Medicine Seminar
PH 3998--Environmental Toxic Torts
Occupational Health Survey Course (UTSPH-SA)
Occupational Safety and Health Law (U. of Houston Law)
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Cancer Epidemiology/Occupational Health (Texas A&M SRPH)
Fundamentals of Epidemiology (PHEB 600—SRPH)
Public Health Practice (VAPH 489--SRPH)
PH2998—Public Health Seminar
1/89, 1/90 Instructor, Course on Occupational Epidemiology, Midwinter Institute,
University of Texas
10/88, 4/89, 4/90 Instructor, Basic Curriculum in Occupational Medicine: Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, American College of Occupational Medicine--San
Antonio, Texas (1988), Boston, Massachusetts (1989) and Houston,
Texas (1990)
10/86 - 12/86 PH311--Introduction to Epidemiology, University of Texas
3/79 - 6/79 Teaching Assistant for Statistical Epidemiology, University of Texas
8/77 - 3/78 Teaching Assistant for Biometry, University of Texas
8/75 - 6/76 Lab Instructor for Biostatistics, Harvard University
5/74 - 5/75 Teaching Assistant for Graduate Psychology
Teaching Assistant for Graduate Statistics
University of Oklahoma
Thesis/Dissertation Supervisor for:
1. Christina Socias, DrPH (2013)
“The meaningful use of incorporating occupation and industry in an electronic health record (HER)
database for epidemiologic research”
2. Kathleen Urbansky, M.P.H. (2010)
“A Su Salud injury prevention expansion: Analysis of injury prevention perceptions in a Hispanic
Community”
3. Trisha Anest, M.P.H. (2009)
“US Medical Students knowledge of obstetric fistula in developing countries”
4. Eva Shipp, Ph.D. (2005)
“Back pain in migrant farmworker families and farmworker high school students from Starr
County, Texas”
5. Matthew Mireles, Ph.D. (2004)
“A comparative epidemiologic and diagnostic study of ocular trauma associated with occupational
facial injury”
6. Sharon Silver, M.S. (2001)
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“Effect of Follow-up Time on Risk Estimates: A Longitudinal Examination of The Relative Risks
of Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in A Rubber Hydrochloride Cohort”
7. Eva Shipp, M.S. (2000)
“Occupational injuries and substance use among high school students in south Texas, 1995”
8. Fatih Okcu, M.D., M.S. (2000)
“Childhood Cancer and birthweight”
9. Angela Garzon, M.S. (1998)
“Cancer trends in Texas”
10. Lucina Suarez, Ph.D. (1998)
“Neural tube defects in Mexican Americans living on the US-Mexico border: the effects of folic,
acid and dietary folate”
11. Daniel Fu, M.P.H. (1998)
“Texas teenage motor vehicle crashes : implications for licensing policies”
12. Tracy Robison, M.S. (1997)
“A cross-sectional examination of an association between low birth weight and nonfatal injuries in
children less than six years.”
13. Jim Davis, D.V.M., Dr.P.H. (1996)
“A prospective cohort study evaluating the state of medical readiness in the U.S. Air Force and risk
factors to improve the medical readiness posture”
14. Matthew Mireles, MPH (196)
“Accidents in the News: The Impact of Media Coverage on Pilots' Tales of Risk and Lessons
Learned”
15. Jim Davis, D.V.M., M.P.H. (1994)
"A retrospective study of a 1992 subcohort of Air Force personnel exposed to hazardous noise by
Air Force skill code."
16. Alice Sigurdson, M.S., M.S. (1994)
"Testicular cancer incidence in the United States, 1973-1987"
17. Lara Simpson, M.S. (1992)
"Testicular cancer in Texas, 1976-1985"
18. Carla Warneke, M.S. (1992)
"Child and adolescent drownings in Harris County, Texas, 1983-1990"
19. Patti Robbins-Furman, M.P.H. (1987)
"A study of the safety of chorionic villus sampling"
SERVICE:
Reviewer for Journals
Co-editor, Special Issue on Child Labor, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Health, 2008-10
Academic Pediatrics
American Journal of Epidemiology
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine
American Journal of Public Health
Annals of Epidemiology
Environmental Health Perspectives
Human & Ecological Risk Assessment
International Journal of Cancer
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
Journal of Agromedicine
Journal of Cancer Education
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology
Journal of Immigrant Health
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Journal of Women’s Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Public Health Reports
Social Science Quarterly
Southern Medical Journal
Grant and Other Reviews
2012 Reviewer, R13 grants, National Institute for Environmental Health
Sciences, 10/25/12
2011 - present Member, Data Safety Monitoring Board, U. of Alabama Birmingham
School of Public Health
2011 - present Member, Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee,
US Air Force
2009-2011 Grant reviewer, WorkSafe British Columbia
2009-2011 Reviewer, Pilot Grants, Southwest Center for Occupational and
Environmental Health, UTSPH
2007 – present Member, Internal Advisory Board, UT Health Center, Tyler
NIOSH-funded Agricultural Health and Safety Center
2008-2009 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council, Ontario Workplace Safety and
Insurance Board, Toronto, Canada
2009 Grant reviewer, Louisiana Board of Regents
2009 UTHSCSA Reviewer Pilot Projects, CTSA
2009 Grant reviewer, Texas A&M University Collaborative Grant Program
2009 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Education and Research Center
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 10/20/09-10/21/09
2008 – 2010 Co-editor, Special Issue on Child Labor
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International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
2006 External Reviewer, Institute of Medicine’s draft report,
“Gulf War and Health: Review of the Medical Literature Relative to
Gulf War Veterans Health”
2006 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Education and Research Center
University of North Carolina, 2/24/06-2/25/06
2006 Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), Education and Research Centers,
NIOSH 3/23-24/06, Alexandria, VA
2005 Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), Education and Research Centers,
NIOSH 3/38/05, Alexandria, VA
2004 Panel Member: Disease, Disability and Injury Prevention and Control
Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): State-Based Occupational Safety and
Health Surveillance
12/1-12/3/04, Alexandria, VA
2004 Expert Consultant, NIOSH Training Grant Special Emphasis Panel
February 24, 2004
2003 Reviewer, WHO Health of Migrants
2002-2006 Core Leader, Research Core
UT Tyler
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, University of Texas, Tyler
2002-2004 Site Visitor/program reviewer, Epidemiology Core Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Education and Research Center
2002-2003 External Advisory Committee for CDC-funded study, “Cancer
Incidence of an Occupational Cohort”
Louisiana Tumor Registry New Orleans
2002-2003 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council, Ontario Workplace Safety and
Insurance Board, Toronto, Canada
2002 Reviewer, Feasibility Studies
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, University of Texas, Tyler
2001 Member, Special Emphasis Panel
Traumatic Occupational Injury Research, 6/11/01
2000 Chair, Review Committee, Epidemiology Core Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Education and Research Center
2000 Member, NIOSH Special Emphasis Panel for Cooperative Agreement
for Surveillance. Washington, D. C. July 10-11, 2000
1999 – 2008 Member, Injury Working Group, A Community-based Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent Health, Centers for Disease Control and CHPPR
1999 - 2000 Reviewer, Research Advisory Council
Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
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1999 Member, Special Emphasis Panel
Research on Young Worker Safety and Health Risks in Construction
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1999 Reviewer, Surveillance Strategic Plan
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1998, 2000 Reviewer, Cancer Research Program, Epidemiology Study Section
State of California
1998 Member, Special Emphasis Panel
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1998 Reviewer for Aspen Publishers for textbook draft on injury prevention
1997 Alice Hamilton Award Committee
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1997 Reviewer, National Center for Health Statistics
“Women, Work and Health”
1997 Member, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Educational Resource Center Site Visit Teams
1997 Grant reviewer, Environmental Protection Agency
1997 NIOSH Consultation: Quality of Life Measures Among Workers
1996 NIOSH Consultation: Substance Abuse among Construction Workers
1995 National Cancer Institute Scientific Review Committee
1995 National Cancer Institute Migrant Farmworker Planning Meeting
1993, 1994 Reviewer, Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center
(A Critical Review of Asthma and Air Toxics)
1991, 1993 Review of astronaut cohort study proposal for Krug Life Sciences
(NASA contractor)
1989 - 1991 Member, Publications Committee--Hypertension Detection and
Follow-Up Program, NHLBI
Professional Organizations:
2008 Organizer, Special Session on Migrant Health, Epidemiology Section,
APHA
1999 Planning Committee, Research Track, National Center for Farmworker
Health
1999 Co-Presider/Discussant. American Public Health Association (Migrant
Farm Workers)
1997 - 1998 Nominating Committee, Epidemiology Section, American Public
Health Association
1996 - 1998 Awards Committee, American College of Epidemiology
1995 - 1997 Secretary, Epidemiology Section, American Public Health Association
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University:
2011 - present Deputy Director, NIOSH Education and Research Center
2011 - present Scholar, Center for Research to Advance Community Health
2009 - present Member, Executive Committee, UTSPH
2008 – 2012 Coordinator, Public Health Grand Rounds
Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
2008 - present Member, CTSA/PhD Task Force, UTHSCSA
2008 - present Member, CTSA Council of Deans, UTHSCSA
2008 - present Member, Council of Deans, UTHSCSA
2007 – present Member, MD/MPH Coordinating Committee
2010 – present Member, MBA/MPH Coordinating Committee
2009 Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee, UTSPH
2009 Member, Occupational Medicine Search Committee, UTSPH
2009 Member, Diversity Sub-committee, UTHSCSA
2008 Member, Steering Committee for Ethiopia Student Experience,
UTHSCSA
2008 Chair, Faculty Search Committee (2 positions)
UTSPH, San Antonio Regional Campus
2008 Member, Faculty Council Subcommittee on Peer-Review, UTSPH
2008 Member, Research Council, UTSPH
2008-2009 Member, Planning Committee, Cancer Updates in Texas Conference,
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
2008 Member, Community Service Learning Program, UTHSCSA
2002-2007 Member, Executive Management Team, Academic Council, Executive
Committee, SRPH
2005 Mentor, UTHSC Grants 102 Seminar
2005 Member, Strategic Planning Task Force
Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Texas A&M Health Science Center.
2004 - 2007 Member, Graduate Faculty, Texas A&M University
2004 - 2007 Member, Advisory Council
Center for Transportation Safety, Texas Transportation Institute
2004 Member, Social and Behavioral Health Department Head Search
Committee, SRPH
2004 Member, Assistant Dean Search Committee, SRPH
2002-2003 Member, South Texas Assistant Dean Search Committee, SRPH
2002 Member, Social and Behavioral Health Department Head Search
Committee, TAMU SRPH
2001 Member, Epidemiology Faculty Search Committee (El Paso)
Member, Director of Student Affairs Search Committee
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2000-2001 Member, Subcommittee on UTMS/MDA/UTSPH clinical scientist
program
2000 Member, Six-Year Review Committee
1999 - 2002 Program Faculty, NIOSH Southwest Center Regional Research
Training Coordination Core
1999- 2002 Core Faculty, Fogarty International Research Training Program in
Occupational and Environmental Health
1999 - 2001 Member, Imaging Committee UTHSC
1995 – 1997, 1999 – 2001 Member, Academic Affairs Committee
1999 Chair, Admissions Committee
1998 – 1999 UTSPH Representative, Awards Committee (elected), UTSPH
1996 - 1998 Member, Houston Department of Health and Human Services/UTSPH
Collaborative Brown Bag Subcommittee
1995 - 1997 Convener, Occupational Health Module
1995 - 1997 Member, Dean’s Advisory Council
1996 - 1997 Presenter, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
1995 - 1996 Director, Program on Workplace Safety
1995 - 1996 Steering Committee, Southwest Center for Occupational Safety and
Health
1995 - 1997 UTSPH Representative, Nominating Committee (elected)
UTHSC (Chair, 1996-1997)
1994 Member, Quantitative Behavioral Science Search Committee
1994, 1997 Presenter, Assessing Health Effects from Occupational Exposures,
Opportunities in Biostatistics and Public Health for Science Majors
1992 Member, Faculty Committee for Review of Community Health
Program
1990 - 1991 Member, UTHSC Committee for the Prevention of Injury and
Violence
1989 - 1990 Member, UTHSC Community Advisory Group on Injury and
Violence
1986 - 1988 Member-University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Nursing
Research Liaison Committee
Community:
2011 – present Member, Community Advisory Board, Scientific Integrity in
Community Based Participatory Research, Wake Forest University
2012 - present Member, Planning Committee, Emergency Preparedness Conference
2011-12 Planning Committee, One Community One Book
2011 Member, Search Committee for Director, San Antonio Metropolitan
Health District
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2008-2012 Policy Committee, Alamo Area Community Information System
(Treasurer, 2010-2011)
2009-2010 Board member, NowCastSA (for San Antonio Area Foundation grant)
2007-2008 Expert Panel Review, Kelly Liver Cancer Study, San Antonio
Metropolitan Health District
2006 Member, Planning Committee, Texas Public Health Training Center
Summer Institute, Environmental and Occupational Health
2003-5 Texas Training Initiative for Public Health: An Introduction to
Epidemiology
2001 UTSPH Faculty Liaison, Texas Transportation Institute
2000 - 2002 Alternate Representative, Texas Cancer Registry Working Group
2000 Workshop on Epidemiologic Foundations of Public Health: Focus on
Behavioral and Occupational Health, University of Houston
1998, 1999 UTSPH Liaison, Houston Shaken Baby Alliance
1997 Member, Health Objectives 2000 Occupational Safety & Health
City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services
1996 – 1997 Member, Advisory Board
Family Violence and the Health Care System in Texas
University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute
1994 - 1996 Faculty representative to UTSPH Community Health Advisory Board
1994 - 1996 Member, Human Health Risk Work Group, Houston Area
Risk Assessment Project
Houston Area Research Center
1993-1996 Member, Human Health Risk Work Group, State of Texas
Environmental Priorities Project
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1991-1994 Presenter, Chemicals and Epidemiology, Institute for Science Teachers,
University of Houston
1989 - 1991 Chair, Research Committee
Assistant Coordinator
Greater Houston Coalition for Safe Kids
1987 - 1988 Scientific Advisory Committee-Texas Department of Health-
"Data-based interventions for cancer control in Texas"
1986 - 1988 Contributing Editor - TWINS Magazine
RESEARCH
FUNDED RESEARCH:
Principal Investigator (10%), Texas Department of State Health Services. Cancer Record Occupation
and Industry Coding Project, 2012-2013. $294,550.
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Principal Investigator (25%), Subcontract, Geneva Foundation (Department of Defense) Clinical
Investigation of Hearing Injuries, Noise Exposures, and Cost Burden In Active Duty US Military
Service Members 2012-2013. $714,060; renewed for 2013-2014 for additional $714,060.
Principal Investigator (15%), Community-Academic Linkages to Build a National Network for
Farmworker Research, $891,666 NIEHS 7/1/10-6/30/13 (Multiple PI with Roberta Ryder and Ed
Hendrikson, Ph.D., P.A.)
Principal Investigator (25%), Subcontract, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler NIOSH
Agricultural Center, Migrant Adolescent Health Research Study. 2006-2012. $875,000.
Deputy Director (15%). NIOSH Education and Research Center. Director, Training Grant for
Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/11 – 6/30/15, $1,161,662 (National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health) (PI: Elaine Symanski, Ph.D.)
Co-Principal Investigator (10% donated), Prostate Cancer Incidence in The USAF: Implications for
Screening And Treatment, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, CTSA pilot project.
$125,000 9/1/09 – 8/31/11. (PI: Douglas Boyd, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator (10% donated), Alamo Area Community Information System. 11/1/08 – 12/31/09.
$81,118.
Director (7%). Training Grant for Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/08 –
6/30/10, $78,761 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Principal Investigator (20%), Subcontract, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler NIOSH
Agricultural Center, A Study of Work Injuries in Farmworker Children. 2001-2006. $723,974.
Co-investigator (5%), Translational Research Planning Grant. Texas A&M Health Science Center.
9/1/06-6/30/07, $228,371 (NIH), PI: Christopher Colenda, MD, MPH.
Co-investigator (5%) Texas Cancer Registry Project in South Texas, 11/1/05-10/31/06. $140,609
(Texas Cancer Registry, Department of State Health Services), PI: Susan Carozza, Ph.D.
Co-investigator (5%). Risk of Childhood Cancers Associated with Agricultural Pesticide Use,
9/30/01 – 9/29/06. $975,000 (National Cancer Institute), PI: Susan Carozza, Ph.D.
Co-Director (5%). Training Grant in Rural Public Health. 7/1/03-6/30/06. $33,000 (HRSA), PI:
K.C. Donnelly, Ph.D.
Co-investigator. Back Symptoms and Work among Farmworker Adolescents from Starr County,
Texas. 9/05-2/06. $13,000 (Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC) at Texas
A&M University) PI: Eva Shipp, Ph.D.
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Co-Investigator/mentor. Use of Dust Wipe Samples to Assess Pesticide Exposure in Farmworkers
While Migrating. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health through The University of
Texas Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, $10,000 Oct 2002- Sept 2003,
PI: Eva Shipp, M.S.
Director (5%). Training Grant for Doctoral Program in Occupational Epidemiology. 7/1/00 – 6/30/02,
$64,006 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Principal Investigator (20%), Injury and Illness Surveillance Among Migrant Farmworkers, 1999-
2003. $744,000 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Co-investigator (5%), Passages: A Cohort Study of Adolescent Health (SIP-27), 1999-2003.
$336,435 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), PI: Guy Parcel, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator (10%), On-the-job Injury in South Texas Middle School Children. 1998-2000,
$72,770 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Co-Investigator (10%), Reproductive Health, Serum Dioxin and P450 Genes in Vietnam Veterans.
1998-2000. $874,195 (Environmental Protection Agency), PI: Anne Sweeney, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator (10%), Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides. 1997-1998, $24,936 (National Cancer
Institute)
Principal Investigator (5%), Assessment of Exposures to Migrant Farmworker Children. 1997-98,
$24,934 (National Cancer Institute)
Co-Investigator (5%), Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. 1995-2000,
$4,465,380 (CDC: National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health), PI: George
Delclos, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator (10%), Work-Related Injuries in Texas Adolescents. 1996-97, $31,620
(University of Texas Health Science Center Seed and Collaborative Grant Award)
Principal Investigator (5%), Migrant Farmworker Questionnaire Pretest, 1996, $3,713 (National
Cancer Institute)
Principal Investigator (5%), Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. 1995-1996,
$24,998 (National Cancer Institute)
Co-Investigator (10%), Availability, Accessibility, and Adequacy of Health Care Provided to USAF
Active Duty Women in Theater During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1994-1995. $54,861
(U.S. Air Force), PI: John Herbold, DVM, PhD
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Principal Investigator, A Critical Review of Cancer in Texas with Emphasis on Environmental and
Occupational Exposures, 1993-94, $82,000. (Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical
Technology, Inc.)
Co-investigator, Asbestos in Stillborn Infants, 1992-1994. $30,673 (National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences), PI: Abida Haque, MD
Co-Investigator, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, 1990-1995,
$2,567,644 (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), PI: Larry Whitehead, PhD, CIH
Co-Principal Investigator, Occupational Injury and Illness Study in the State of Texas, 1992-1993,
$290,000. (State of Texas Legislature), PI: Mark Rothstein, JD
Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, A Study to Assess the Prevalence of Keratoses in
an Industrial Population, 1990-1992, $483,845. (ICI Americas, Inc.)
Co-Principal Investigator, A Feasibility Study of the Prevalence of Keratoses in an Industrial
Population, 1990, $120,674. (ICI Americas, Inc.) PI: Patricia Buffler, PhD
Co-investigator, Reduction of Injury Hazards in Family Day Care Homes, 1989-1990. $456,000
(Centers for Disease Control), PI: Susan Brinks, PhD
Co-investigator, Extended Analyses of the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program: Benefits
and Risks, 1989-1991. $283,732 (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), PI: C. Morton Hawkins,
Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Occupation, Disease, and Injury from 1980 National Health Interview Survey,
1987-1988. $8,500 (National Center for Health Statistics)
PUBLICATIONS:
A. REFEREED JOURNALS
1. COOPER SP, Alamgir AH, Whitworth KW, Gorrell NS, Betancourt JA, Cornell JE, Delclos
G, Douphrate DI, Gimeno D, Marko D, Kim SY, Sagiraju HR, Tucker DL, Whitehead LW,
Wong NJ, Hammill TL, Senchak AJ, Packer MD. The Department of Defense Epidemiologic
and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss Study. In press, Military Medicine, 2014
2. Alamgir H, Martinez-Pachon G, COOPER SP, Levin JL. The Critical Need for Improved
Enumeration and Surveillance of the Logging Workforce. In press, Agromed, 2014.
3. Serrano A, Pinion C, Read TD, Jing S, Yoon J, St. John J, COOPER SP. Description of
injuries and illnesses in the transportation and warehouse sector in Texas and the United States,
2005-2009. Texas Public Health Journal 2013;65:24-28.
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4. Cook ML, Kowalkowski MA, Collins R, Mathews C, Prosperie SL, Socias C, COOPER SP.
Trends in occupation-related musculoskeletal disorders in Texas and the United States (2003-
2009). Texas Public Health Journal 2013;65:11-15.
5. Alamgir H, COOPER SP, Delclos GL. Garments Fire: History repeats itself. Commentary.
Am J Ind Med 2013; 56:1113-1115.
6. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco D, Cooper CJ, Whitworth RE. Acute occupational injury
among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas. Injury Prevention 2013;19:264–270.
7. Ramirez AG, Weiss NS, Holden AE, Suarez L, COOPER SP, Munoz E, Naylor SL. Incidence
and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in Texas Latinos: implications for prevention
research. PLoS ONE 2012; 7:e355373.
8. Rogers D, Boyd DD, Fox EE, COOPER SP, Goldhagen M, Shen Y, del Junco DJ. Prostate
cancer incidence in Air Force aviators compared with non-aviators. Aviat Space Environ Med
2011;82:1067-1070.
9. Del Junco DJ, Fox E, COOPER S, Goldhagen M, Koda E, Rogers D, Canby-Hagino E, Kim J,
Pettaway C, Boyd DD. Increasing rates of low-risk prostate cancer incidence in USAF
servicemen and selection of treatments. J Urol 2011;185:2137-42. PMCID: PMC3171171
10. Schwebel DC, Roth DL, Elliott MN, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Low B, COOPER S, Schuster
MA. The association of activity level, parent mental distress, and parental involvement and
monitoring with unintentional injury risk in fifth graders. Accid Anal Prev 2011; 43:848-852.
11. COOPER SP, McCormick J, Chappell C, Clare N, Vela L, Walker T, Smith MA, Heilbrun L,
Stark D, Schoenly R, Urrutia-Rojas X, Miller CS. Texas needs physicians trained in public
health: a new four-year integrated MD/MPH degree program. Texas Medicine. 2010; 106
(online).
12. Whitworth K*, Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Del Junco DJ. A pilot study of symptoms of
neurotoxicity and injury among adolescent farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. International
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2010; 6:138-44.
13. Shah D*, Shipp E, COOPER, S, Huber J, del Junco D, Rene A, Moore, J. Hand problems in
migrant farmworkers. J Ag Saf Health 2009;15:157-69.
14. Ramchand R, Elliott MN, Mrug S, Grunbaum JA, Windle M, Chandra A, Peskin MF,
COOPER SP, Schuster M. Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs.
Am J Prev Med 2009; 36:297-303.
15. Shipp EM*, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GD, Burau KD, Tortolero SR, Whitworth
RE*. Chronic back pain and associated work and non-work variables among migrant
farmworker families from Starr County, Texas. Journal of Agromedicine. 2009; 14:22-32.
16. Carozza SE, Li B, Wang Q, Horel S, COOPER S. Agricultural pesticides and risk of childhood
cancers. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2009; 212:186-195. (PMC2659586)
17. Zinn-Souza LC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRO, Roberts R, COOPER, SP, Fischer FM.
Factors associated with depression symptoms in high school students of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Revista de Saude Publica 2008; 42; 34-40.
18. Santana V, Almeida-Filho N, Roberts R, COOPER S. Skin color, perception of racism and
depression among adolescents in urban Brazil. Child Adolescent Mental Health 2007; 12:125-
31.
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19. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Bolin JN, Whitworth RE, Cooper CJ. Pesticide safety
training among farmworker adolescents from Starr County, Texas. J Ag Safety Health 2007;
13:311-321.
20. Shipp EM*, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos GD, Burau KD, Tortolero SR. 2007. Severe
back pain among farmworker high school students from Starr County, Texas: baseline results.
Ann Epidemiol. 2007; 17:132-41.
21. Walker KM*, Carozza S, COOPER S, Elgethun K. Childhood cancer in Texas counties with
moderate to intense agricultural activity. J Ag Safety Health 2007; 13:9-24.
22. Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Donnelly KC, Nalbone T. A feasibility study of the use of dust wipe
samples to assess pesticide exposures in migrant farmworker families working in the United
States. J Agromedicine 2007; 11:83-93.
23. Vela Acosta MS, Sanderson M, Cooper SP, Perez A, Robert R Health risk behaviors and
work injury among Hispanic adolescents and farmworkers. J Ag Safety Health 2007; 13:117-
36.
24. COOPER SP, Burau KE, Frankowski R, Shipp EM*, del Junco DJ, Whitworth RE, Sweeney
AM, MacNaughton N, Weller NF, Hanis CL. A cohort study of injuries in migrant
farmworker families in South Texas. Ann Epidemiol 2006; 16:313-20.
25. Burau KD, Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Frankowski R, McKinnon S, Walker K. Assessing the
strategy of using mothers as proxy respondents for collecting occupational hazard, illness
symptom, and injury data on migrant farmworker families. J Agromedicine 2006; 11:17-26.
26. Cooper CJ, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Shipp EM, Whitworth RE, Cooper SR. Web data
collection: detailed methods of a questionnaire and data gathering tool. Epidemiol Perspect
Innov 2006; 3:1.
27. COOPER SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR, Shipp EM. Comparative description of
migrant farmworkers vs. other students attending south Texas schools: demographic,
employment, and health indicators. Texas Medicine 2005; 101:58-62.
28. Vela Acosta MS, Reding D, COOPER SP, Gunderson P. Lessons learned: geographic
information systems and farmworkers in the Lake States. J Ag Saf Health 2005; 11:85-97.
29. Cooper, SR, COOPER, SP, Felknor S, Santana V, Fischer F, Shipp EM, Vela-Acosta SM.
Commentary: non-traditional work factors in farmworker adolescent populations: implications
for health research and interventions. Pub Health Rep 2005; 120:622-629.
30. Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Lombardi Junior M, Latorre MRDO,
COOPER SP. Job control, job demands, social support at work and health among adolescent
workers. Revista de Saude Publica (Journal of Public Health) 2005; 39:245-253.
31. Shipp, EM, COOPER, SP, Burau, KD, Bolin, JN. Pesticide safety training and field
sanitation in migrant farmworker mothers from Starr County, TX. J. Agric Saf Health
2005;11:51-60.
32. Shipp EM*, Tortolero SR, COOPER SP, Weller NF, Baumler EG. Substance use and
occupational injuries among high school students in South Texas. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
2005; 31:253-265.
33. COOPER SP, Weller NF, Fox EE, Cooper SR. Comparative description of migrant
farmworkers vs. other students attending South Texas schools: substance use, work and
injuries. J Rural Health 2005;21:361-366.
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34. Santana V, COOPER SP, Roberts RE, Araujo-Filho J. Student adolescents who work:
gender differences in school behavior and self-perceived health. Int J Occ Environ Health
2005; 11:294-301.
35. COOPER SP, Heitman EH, Fox EE*, Quill B, Knudson P, Zahm SH, MacNaugton N, Ryder
R. Ethical issues in conducting migrant farmworker studies. J Immigrant Health 2004;
6:29-39.
36. Weller NF*, Basen-Engquist K, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Tortolero SR, Hassan S. School-
year employment among middle school students in South Texas: prevalence and patterns.
Journal of Children’s Health 2004; 2:87-102.
37. Weller NF*, Tortolero SR, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Hassan S. School-year employment
among South Texas middle school students: effects on academic, social, and physical
functioning. Journal of Children’s Health 2004;2:103-117.
38. Weller NF*, Kelder SH, COOPER SP, Basen-Engquist K, Tortolero SR. The effect of
school-year employment on academic, social, and physical functioning among high school
students in South Texas. Adolescence 2004; 38:441-458.
39. Weller NF*, Basen-Engquist, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Tortolero SR. School-year
employment among Hispanic high school students in rural south Texas: prevalence and
patterns. Texas J Rural Health 2003; 21:57-71.
40. Weller NF*, COOPER SP, Kelder SH, Basen-Engquist K, Tortolero S. Work-related injury
among South Texas Middle School Students: prevalence and patterns. South Med J 2003;
96: 1213-1220.
41. Fischer FM, Martins IS, Oliveria DC, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRDO, COOPER SP.
Occupational accidents among middle and high school students of the state of Sao Paulo
State, Brazil. Revista de Saude Publica (Journal of Public Health) 2003; 37:351-356.
42. Santana V, Itaparica M, de Amorim AM, Araújo-Filho JB, Araújo G, Oliveira M, COOPER
S. Non-fatal work-related injuries among adolescents. Reports in Public Health (Brazil)
2003; 19:407-420.
43. Weller NF*, COOPER SP, Basen-Engquist K, Kelder SH, Tortolero S. The prevalence and
patterns of occupational injury among south Texas high school students. Tex Med. 2003;
99:52-7.
44. Benavides FG, Delclos GL, COOPER SP, Benach J. Comparison of fatal occupational
injury surveillance systems between the European Union and the United States. Am J Ind
Med 2003; 44:385-391.
45. Gorham, RA, Emery, RJ, Ford, CE, COOPER, SP. Statistical validation of a commonly used
method for personnel dosimetry issuance determinations. Health Physics Journal 2003; 84:
260-265.
46. Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. Effect of follow-up time on risk
estimates: a longitudinal examination of the relative risks of leukemia and multiple
myeloma in a rubber hydrochloride cohort. Am J Ind Med 2002; 42:481-489.
47. Okcu MF*, Goodman KJ, Carozza SE, Weiss NS, Burau KD, Bleyer WA, COOPER SP.
Birth weight, ethnicity and occurrence of cancer in children: a population-based, incident
case-control study in the State of Texas. Cancer Causes and Control. 2002; 13:595-602.
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48. COOPER SP, Burau K, Sweeney, AM, Smith MA, Robison T*, Symanski E, Laseter J,
Zahm SH. Prenatal exposure to pesticides: a feasibility study among migrant and seasonal
farmworkers. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:578-585.
49. COOPER SP, Darragh AR, Vernon SW, Stallones L, MacNaughton N, Robison T*, Hanis
C, Zahm SH. Ascertainment of pesticide exposures of migrant and seasonal farmworker
children: findings from focus groups. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:531-537.
50. COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Henry J, MacNaughton N, Robison T, Smith MA,
Sweeney A, Vernon SW, Zahm SH. Tracing migrant farmworkers in Starr County, Texas.
Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:586-591.
51. Zahm SH, Colt JS, Engel LS, Keifer MC, Alvarado AJ, Burau K, Butterfield P, Caldera S,
COOPER SP, Garcia D, Hanis C Hendrikson E, Heyer N, Hunt LM, Krauska M,
MacNaughton N, McDonnell, Mills PK, Mull D, Nordstrom DL, Outterson B, Slesinger DP,
Smith MA, Stallones L, Stephens C, Sweeney A, Sweitzer K, Vernon SW, Blair A.
Development of a life events/icon calendar questionnaire to ascertain occupational histories
and other characteristics of migrant farmworkers. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:490-501.
52. Garzon A*, Weiss N, COOPER SP. The burden of cancer in Texas: scope of the problem. J
Tex Pharm Assoc. Spring 2001:5-7.
53. Suarez L, Hendricks KA, COOPER SP, Sweeney AM, Hardy RJ, Larsen RD. 2000. Neural
tube defects in Mexican Americans living on the US-Mexico border: the effects of folic acid
and dietary folate. Am J Epidemiol 152:1017-23.
54. Emery R, Delclos G, COOPER SP, Hardy R, Castro G. 1999 Evaluating the relative status of
health and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions. Applied Industrial
Hygiene Association Journal 59:882-888.
55. COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TR*, Richardson S, Schnitzer PG, Fraser JJ. 1999.
Adolescent occupational injuries: Texas, 1990-1996. American Journal of Industrial Medicine
35:45-50.
56. Emery RJ, COOPER SP. 1998. Prudent management of minors with occupational exposures
to hazardous agents: the radiation protection “standard of care”. Injury Prevention 4:232-235.
57. COOPER SP, Labarthe D, Downs T, Burau K, Whitehead L, Vernon S, Spitz M, New B,
Sigurdson A*. 1998. Assessing the burden of cancer in Texas using vital statistics data.
Southern Medical Journal 91:173-181.
58. Zahm SH, Blair A, Farmworker Epidemiology Research Group (20 institutions nationwide:
COOPER SP, PI at University of Texas). 1997. Cancer feasibility studies among migrant
farmworkers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 32:301-302.
59. Soliman A, Smith MA, COOPER SP, Ismail K, Khaled H, Ismail S, McPherson RS, Seifeldin
IA, Bondy M. 1997. Serum organochlorine pesticide levels in patients with colorectal cancer
in Egypt. Archives of Environmental Health 52:409-415.
60. Lawrence LW, Delclos GL, Felknor SA, Johnson PC, Frankowski R, COOPER SP, Davidson
A. 1997. The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous connection system: an assessment by
injury rate and user satisfaction. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 18:175-182.
61. COOPER SP, Labarthe D, Downs T, Burau, K, Whitehead L,Vernon S, Spitz M, New B.
1997. Cancer mortality among petroleum refinery and chemical manufacturing workers in
Texas. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology, and Oncology 16:1-14.
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62. Haque AK, Vrazel DM, Burau KD, COOPER SP, Downs T. 1996. Is there transplacental
transfer of asbestos? A study of 40 stillborn infants. Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine 16:877-892.
63. Canfield MA*, Annegers JF, Brender JD, COOPER SP, Greenberg F. 1996. Hispanic origin
and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas, I. descriptive epidemiology.
American Journal of Epidemiology 143:1-11.
64. Canfield MA*, Annegers JF, Brender JD, COOPER SP, Greenberg F. 1996. Hispanic origin
and neural tube defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas, II. risk factors. American Journal of
Epidemiology 143:12-24.
65. COOPER SP, Rothstein MA. 1995. Health hazards among working children in Texas.
Southern Medical Journal 88:550-554.
66. Sigurdson AJ, COOPER SP, Burau KD, Spitz MR. 1994. Testicular cancer in the U.S.: the
increase continues. Cancer Bulletin 46:452-455. (invited article)
67. Warneke C*, COOPER SP. 1994. Child and adolescent drowning in Harris County, Texas
1983-1990. American Journal of Public Health 84:593-598.
68. COOPER SP, Downs T, Burau K, Buffler PA, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Wood S, Delclos G,
Huang B, Davidson T, Key M. 1994. A survey of actinic keratoses among paraquat
production workers and a nonexposed friend reference group. American Journal of Industrial
Medicine 25:335-347.
69. COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Lee ES, Cooper CJ. 1993. Health characteristics by longest held
occupation and industry of employment: United States, 1980. American Journal of Industrial
Medicine 24:25-39.
70. COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Wagener DK. 1993. Gender differences in health indicators by
longest occupation and industry of employment. Annals of Epidemiology 3:367-374.
71. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA. 1992. Carcinoma of the lung: changing
sex distribution and histopathologic cell types. Progress in Surgical Pathology, pp. 129-149.
72. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Rowland LP, Langston C. 1992. Transbronchial
lung biopsy: histopathologic and morphometric assessment of diagnostic utility. Chest
102:748-752.
73. Vernon SW, COOPER SP, Morris RD, Buffler PA, Key MM, Bradley BL. 1991. Physician
management of health effects related to industrial exposures: two case reports. Texas
Medicine 87:83-87.
74. Hardy RJ, Schroder G, COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Prichard HM, Crane M. 1990. A
surveillance system for assessing health effects from hazardous exposures. American Journal
of Epidemiology 132, Suppl 1; S32-S42.
75. Lewis RJ*, COOPER SP. 1989. Alcohol, other drugs, and fatal work-related injuries. Journal
of Occupational Medicine 31:23-28.
76. COOPER SP. 1989. Childhood injury deaths in Texas: a major public health problem. Texas
Medicine 85:29-33 (received Harriet Cunningham Award of Excellence).
77. COOPER SP, Fraire AE, Buffler PA, Greenberg SD, Langston C. 1989. Epidemiologic
aspects of childhood mesothelioma. Pathology and Immunopathology Research 8:276-286.
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78. Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA, Langston C. 1988. Mesothelioma of
childhood. Cancer 62:838-847 (included as an outstanding article in the Year Book of
Pathology and Clinical Pathology, 1990).
79. Buffler PA, COOPER SP, Stinnett S, Contant C, Shirts S, Hardy RJ, Agu V, Gehan B, Burau
K. 1988. Air pollution and lung cancer mortality in Harris County, Texas 1979-1981.
American Journal of Epidemiology 128:683-699.
80. Buffler PA, COOPER SP, Carr DT. 1988. Cancer update: lung cancer trends and prospects for
prevention: Texas and United States. Texas Medicine 84:48-50.
81. COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM, Smith EO, Blaufox MD, Cooper CJ,
Entwisle G, Maxwell M. 1988. The relation between degree of blood pressure reduction and
mortality among hypertensives in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program.
American Journal of Epidemiology 127:387-403.
82. Harlan LC, Polk BF, COOPER S, Blaszkowski TP, Ignatius-Smith J, Stromer M, Mull H.
1986. Effects of labeling and treatment of hypertension on perceived health. American Journal
of Preventive Medicine 2:256-261.
83. Polk BF, Harlan LC, COOPER SP, Stromer M, Ignatius J, Mull H, Blaszkowski TP. 1984.
Disability days associated with detection and treatment in a hypertension control program.
American Journal of Epidemiology 119:44-53.
84. Curb JD, Labarthe DR, COOPER SP, Cutter GR, Hawkins CM. 1983. Training and
certification of blood pressure observers. Hypertension 5(4):610-614.
85. POIZNER (COOPER) S, Nicewander A, Gettys C. 1978. Alternative response and scoring
methods for multiple-choice items: an empirical study of probabilistic and ordinal response
modes. Applied Psychological Measurement 2:83-96.
B. SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS
Shipp EM, Cooper SP, Cooper CJ, del Junco DJ, Ross J, Mahajan A, Socias C. Lessons learned from
screening Hispanic adolescents for elevated blood pressure in an epidemiologic cohort study.
Submitted, J Immigrant and Minority Health
Socias CM, Shipp EM, Cooper SP. Assessing the impact of loss to follow-up in a cohort study of
South Texas adolescent farmworkers: implications for designing prospective research. Manuscript
submitted, Public Health Reports.
Reynolds RJ, Delclos GL, Cooper SP, Rahbar MH. Radiation dosimetry in space: a systematic review.
Submitted, Radiat Res.
Alamgir H, Cooper SP, Levin JL. Identification and characterization of data sources for logger injuries
and fatalities. Submitted, Agromedicine.
C. BOOK CHAPTERS, PROCEEDINGS, AND MONOGRAPHS
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Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Lombardi M, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRDO, COOPER SP. Work
of Adolescents: The Role of Psychological Job Demands and Health Consequences. Proceedings of
the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 7th
Joint Conference
of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society. Seoul, Korea. August 24-29, 2003. ISBN
89-90838-10-x.
Fischer FM, Teixeira LR, Oliveira DS, Martins IS, Latorre MRD, COOPER SP, Marinho SP,
Perestrelo JPP, Costa LAR. Accidents at work: Health risks for adolescents of two small towns of
Sao Paulo State, Brazil. 2003. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Youth and Work.
Espoo, Finland. 20-22 November 2002. ISBN 951-802-539-8
Human Health Workgroup (COOPER SP among 22 members). State of Texas Environmental
Priorities Project. Volume 3: Human Health Workgroup Report. Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission. June 1997.
Robison BC, Byrd M, Christen M, Connor TH, COOPER S et al. Seeking Environmental
Improvement. Human Health Subpanel. Report of the Houston Environmental Foresight Committee.
Houston Advanced Research Center, January 1996.
COOPER SP, Whitehead L, Labarthe D et al. A Critical Review of Cancer in Texas with Emphasis
on Environmental and Occupational Exposures. Final Report, 1994.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1993. Cluster 3.1 Software system for
epidemiologic analysis. Atlanta: ATSDR. (adapted from Hardy RJ, Schroder G, COOPER SP et al.,
1990)
Rothstein MA, COOPER SP et al. Occupational Injury and Illness in Texas. A Report to the
Legislature. March 1993.
COOPER S, Downs T, Burau K, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Delclos G, Key M, Huang B, Davidson T,
Buffler P. A survey of keratoses among paraquat workers and a nonexposed friend reference group.
Proceedings from conference: Epidemiology and Occupational Health. International Commission on
Occupational Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. September 23-25, 1992. USGPO.
COOPER SP, Buffler PA, Cooper CJ. 1989. Health characteristics by occupation and industry of
longest employment. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Stat. 10(168):1-105.
Buffler PA, Contant CF, Pickle LW, Burau K, COOPER SP, Mason TJ. 1987. Environmental
associations with lung cancer in Texas coastal counties. pp. 27-34 in Clinical Conference on Cancer,
Series #28, Lung Cancer: Current Status and Prospects for the Future. C.F. Mountain, D.T. Carr (eds).
Austin: University of Texas Press.
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Hardy RJ, Buffler PA, Prichard HM, Schroder GD, COOPER S, Crane M, Doak C. 1983. Monitoring
for health effects of low-level radioactive waste disposal - a feasibility study. Report submitted to the
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority (TLRWDA), Texas Department of Health,
October 1983 (printed and distributed by TLRWDA).
Labarthe DR, POIZNER (COOPER) SB, Cutter GR, Casey B. 1981. Measurement of blood pressure:
a manual for training and certification of observers. Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program.
Bethesda, MD: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
D. LETTERS
Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. 2004. Re: Effect of follow-up time on
risk estimates: a longitudinal examination of the relative risks of leukemia and multiple myeloma in a
rubber hydrochloride cohort. Am J Ind Med 45:224-225.
Rothstein M, COOPER S. 1993. Review of occupational health study clarified. Texas Medicine
89:8.
COOPER SP, Ford CE, Hardy RJ, Davis BR, Hawkins CM, Labarthe DR. 1990. Re: Goals of
antihypertensive therapy: is there a point beyond which pressure reduction is dangerous. American
Journal of Hypertension 3:733-734.
Buffler PA, COOPER SP. 1989. Selected reviews from the literature. Journal of Occupational
Medicine 31:505.
COOPER SP, Griffith J. 1989. Re: Drowning mortality in Los Angeles County (letter). JAMA
261:1154.
PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS:
Alamgir H, Betancourt J, Douphrate D, COOPER S, Whitworth K, Gorrell N, Marko D, Tucker D,
Hammill T, Packer M, Senchak A. The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden
of Hearing Loss Study: Preliminary results on Economic Burden American Industrial Hygiene
Conference and Exposition (AIHce) San Antonio, TX June 3, 2014.
Alamgir H, Whitworth K, COOPER S, Gorrell N, Gimeno D, Whitehead LW, Betancourt J, Cornell J,
Douphrate D, Delclos G, Marko D, Marko, Sagiraju H, Tucker D, Senchak A, Hammill T, Packer M.
The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss Study: Preliminary
results on Economic Burden. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) San
Antonio, TX June 4, 2014.
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Reynolds RJ, Delclos GL, Rahbar MH, Cooper SP. Ionizing radiation from extraterrestrial
environments and the risk of death from cancer and all natural causes among US astronauts, 1959-
2011. Poster at the 47th Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) annual meeting (June 24, 2014).
Reynolds RJ, Rahbar MH, Delclos GL, Cooper SP. Construction of a Location-Exposure Matrix for
Ionizing Radiation in Low Earth Orbit. Poster at the 47th Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
annual meeting (June 24, 2014).
Ryder ER, Hendrikson E, COOPER SP, Heyer N, Shipp ES, del Junco DJ, Partida S, Valerio M,
Socias C, Henry N, Zottarelli J, Samuels S. (2013) Developing a Research Oasis for Farmworkers:
The Community Based Research Network (CBRN). NIEHS Environmental Health Disparities &
Environmental Justice Conference. Raleigh, North Carolina. July 29. (poster presentation). Also
presented to Western Occupational Network. Golden, CO. September 26, 2013.
Weiss N, COOPER S, Hakenewerth A, Socias C, Williams, M. Industry and Occupation Coding of
Cancer Records. (2013) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
Conference. Austin, Texas. June 13.
Socias CM, COOPER SP, Liang Y, Delclos G, Graves J, Hendrikson E. (2013) Using an electronic
health records (EHR) database for occupational epidemiology research of Migrant Farmworkers.
Texas Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. March 20. (poster presentation)
Shipp EM, Hendrikson E, COOPER SP, Ryder R, Heyer N, Partida S, Zotterelli, J. (2011) Using
Electronic Medical Records to Improve Farmworker Health: Building the Infrastructure. 2011 NCFH
Midwestern Stream Forum. Albuquerque, NM. November 11. (oral presentation)
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Socias C. (2011) The Migrant
Adolescent WorkLife Study. 2011 NCFH Midwestern Stream Forum. Albuquerque, NM. November
10. (poster presentation)
Cooper SP, Ryder R, Hendrikson E, Heyer N, Partida S, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Felknor S, Zottarelli
J. (2011) Community-Academic Linkages to Build a National Network for Farmworker Research.
Western Occupational Network (WestON). Denver, CO, September 18. (oral presentation)
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ. (2011) Chronic Back Pain among Adolescent
Farmworkers. CDC/NIOSH: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Symposium 2011:
Achieving Impact through Research and Partnerships. Cincinnati, OH. July 12-13. (oral & poster
presentation)
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Socias C. (2011) The Migrant
Adolescent WorkLife Study. CDC/NIOSH: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
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Symposium 2011: Achieving Impact through Research and Partnerships. Cincinnati, OH. July 12-13.
(oral & poster presentation)
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Back Pain among Adolescents:
Examining Farm Work Exposures. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration: National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety. Houston, TX. April 14.
(poster presentation)
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Chronic Back Pain among
Adolescents: Examining Farm Work Exposures. ASHCA/NIOSH Be Safe Be Profitable: Protecting
Workers in Agriculture. Dallas, TX. January 27-28. (poster presentation)
Shipp EM, COOPER S, del Junco DJ, Cooper C, Heilbrun L. (2010) Chronic low back pain among
adolescents: examining farm work exposures. Poster. ASHCA-NIOSH Conference - Be Safe, Be
Profitable: Protecting Workers in Agriculture, Dallas, TX. Jan 27. Journal of Agromedicine 2010;
15:317.
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Heilbrun L. (2010) Back pain among adolescents:
examining farm work exposures. Poster. USDOL / OSHA National Action Summit for Latino Worker
Health and Safety. Houston, TX. April 14.
Byrne JJ, Shipp EM, COOPER SP. (2009). Sleep quality and quantity and associated factors among
high school students from south Texas. Presentation, 137th
APHA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Nov 10.
Felknor S, Byrd T, COOPER S, Reininger B. (2009) Research Translation for Immigrant Workers –
Creating Replicable Models. Invited keynote. El Paso, TX. Oct. 7.
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S (2009). Migrant
adolescent worklife study. (poster) NIOSH Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing Conference. Cincinnati,
Aug. 11.
Shipp, EM, COOPER, SP, del Junco, DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S. (2008). r2p
activities from the Migrant Adolescent WorkLife Study. NIOSH r2p Workshop. Moving research to
practice: It's all about the customer. Chapel Hill, NC. Oct 9-10. (oral presentation)
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S.
(2008). The Migrant Adolescent WorkLife Study. (Poster) Health and Safety in Western Agriculture
Conference. Cle Elum, WA, November 11-13.
COOPER SP. (2008) Public health educational and research collaboration opportunities at the
UTSPH, San Antonio Regional Campus. Alamo Section of the American Industrial Hygiene
Association. April 17.
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COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S. 2007. Migrant
Adolescent WorkLife Study. (Poster) Work Life 2007: Protecting and Promoting Worker Health: a
national symposium. Bethesda, MD, September 10-11.
Walker KM, Carozza S, COOPER S. 2006. Childhood cancer in Texas counties with moderate to
intense agricultural activity. (Poster) APHA 134th
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. November 8.
del Junco DJ, COOPER SP, Shipp EM, Cooper CJ. 2006. Injuries in South Texas Farmworker
Adolescents. (Poster) 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology. Seattle, Washington. June 23.
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Delclos DG, Burau KD, Tortolero S. 2006. Severe Back Pain
Among Farmworker High School Students from Starr County, Texas. (Poster) 2nd North American
Congress of Epidemiology. Seattle, Washington. June 23.
Benavides F., Delclos G, COOPER S, Benach J. Comparing CFOI to Data from the European Union
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2006 Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Programs National
Conference. March 7, 2006
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ.A Study of Injuries in Farmworker Adolescents.
2005. National Center for Farmworker Health South Padre Island, Texas. Nov. 12.
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, del Junco DJ, Burau K. 2005. Back Pain in Migrant Farmworker Families
from Starr Co., TX. Texas Public Health Association 80th Educational Conference. Odessa, TX.
April 24.
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ. Health Studies of Farmworkers in Starr County, TX.
Community Presentation. Starr County Library. Sept. 21, 2005.
COOPER SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Whitworth RE, Cooper CJ. 2004. Work Injuries among
Adolescent Farmworkers. 2004 National Symposium on Agricultural Health and Safety, Keystone,
CO. June 20-24.
Vela Acosta MS, Reding D, COOPER S, Gunderson. 2004. A Multi-Agency Approach Assessing
Occupational Health and Safety Needs for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the “Lake Region”
(poster). 2004 National Symposium on Agricultural Health and Safety, Keystone, CO. June 20-24.
Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Nagai R, Teixeira LR, Lombardi-Junior M, Latorre MR, COOPER SP.
2004. Work Injuries among High School Students from a Public School of Sao Paulo, Brasil
(poster). International Symposium on Occupational Health. Melborne, Australia. October 14-16.
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Santana V, COOPER S, Roberts R. 2003. School and Work: Adolescent Double Work-shift,
School Performance and Self-Perceived Health in Urban Brazil. 131st Annual Meeting of APHA.
San Francisco, CA. November 15-19.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, Oliphant D, Sweeney AM, del Junco D,
Whitworth R. 2003. Injuries in Farmworker Families: An Elusive Concept. Future of Rural
Peoples: Rural economy, healthy people, environment, rural communities. Fifth International
Symposium. Saskatoon, Canada. October 19-23.
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R. Pesticide Safety Training in Migrant
Farmworker Mothers and Children from Starr County. 2003. Future of Rural Peoples: Rural
economy, healthy people, environment, rural communities. Fifth International Symposium.
Saskatoon, Canada. October 19-23.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, MacNaughton N, Hanis C, Sweeney AM,
Freimanis L, Oliphant D, Weller N. 2003. Health Studies of Migrant Farmworkers in Texas. Texas
Education Agency—Migrant Education Conference. Austin, TX July 24.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Shipp EM, Frankowski R, MacNaughton N, Hanis C, Sweeney AM,
Freimanis L, Oliphant D, Weller N. 2003. Injuries in Migrant Farmworker Families. National
Occupational Research Agenda Symposium. Crystal City, Arlington, VA June 23-24.
COOPER SP. 2003. Ethical issues in migrant farmworker research. Exploring Cultural Currents:
Domestic and International Issues in Research with Human Subjects. The University of Texas
Health Science Center and Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. Houston, TX. April
25-26.
Cooper SP. 2003. Special Considerations in Working with Migrant Communities. Workshop on
Environmental Exposures Among Migrant Farm Worker Children: Research Needs. Sponsored by
USEPA and CDC—National Center for Environmental Health. Stone Mountain, GA. Feb 25-26.
Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi M, Latorre MRDO, COOPER S. 2003.
Adolescents at Work and Multiple Health Risks. International Congress on Occupational Health.
Iguassau Falls, Brazil. Feb. 23-28.
Silver SR, Rinsky RA, COOPER SP, Hornung RW, Lai D. 2003. Choice of Follow-up Time and
Risk Estimates for Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in a Rubber Hydrochloride Cohort. (poster)
International Congress on Occupational Health. Iguassau Falls, Brazil. Feb. 23-28.
Fischer FM, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi MI, Latorre MRDO, COOPER, S,
Roberts R. Trabalho de adolescents e factoreds de risco a saude. 2002. International Union for
Health Promotion and Education. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nov. 10-13 (won first place poster)
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Fischer FM, Oliveria DC, Teixeira LR, Nagai R, Lombardi M, Teixeira MC, Amaral MA, Latorre
M, Roberts R, COOPER S. 2002. Teens at Work and Health Effects. Second Conference on
Occupational and Environmental Health – Integrating the Americas. Salvador, Brazil. June 17-20.
Fischer FM, Santana V, COOPER SP, Oliveira DC, Teixeira LR, Martins IS. 2002. Injuries among
working Youth in Brazil (presented by SP COOPER). 130th
Annual Meeting of APHA.
Philadelphia, PA. November 11.
Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R. 2002. Pesticide Safety Training in Migrant
Farmworker Mothers from Starr County, Texas. (poster presentation) Agromedine 15th Annual
Meeting. San Diego, CA. Nov. 18-19.
Fischer FM, Teixeira LR, Latorre MRD, Oliveira DS, COOPER SP, Martins IS, Costa LAR,
Marinho SP, Perestrelo JPP. 2002. Work injuries among middle and high school students in two
rural areas of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. International Symposium of Youth at Work. Espoo, Finland.
Nov. 20-22.
Freimanis L, Shapiro C, COOPER SP, Shipp EM. 2002. Assessing occupational injuries in
farmworkers: rapid assessment techniques in injury epidemiology. Midwest Farmworker Stream
Forum. New Orleans, LA. Nov. 22..
Teixeira LR, Fischer FM, Latorre MR, Martins IS, Oilveira DC, Costa LA Perestrelo JP, Marinho SP,
COOPER S. 2001. Sleep duration of adolescents who work and don’t work and consequences to
some of their activities: education and work. VI Latin American Symposium of Chronobiology,
Natal-RN, Brazil. May 9-13.
Fischer FM, Liliane RT, Latorre MRD; Martins IS, Oliveira DC, Costa L, Perestrelo J, Marinho S,
COOPER S. 2000. Sleep duration of adolescents who work and don’t work and consequences to
some of their activities. VIII Latin American Sleep Congress. Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 18.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Frankowski R, Sweeney A, Shipp E, Weller N, MacNaughton N, Freimanis
L, Jimenez R, Baum G, Hanis C. 2000. Work Injury and Illness Surveillance of Starr County
Migrant Farmworker Families. UT-Houston Research Day. October 6, 2000, Houston, Texas and
Annual UTSPH Faculty Research Symposium. November 10, 2000, Houston, Texas.
Dinh-Zarr TB, De La Zerda S, Zarr R, Griffin L, COOPER SP. 2000. Impact of motor vehicle
crashes on Texas children: fatalities and injuries 1993-1997. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting
of American Public Health Association, 2000, Boston, MA. November.
Weller NF, COOPER SP, Tortolero SR, Hassan S, Kelder S. 2000. The Prevalence and Patterns of
Occupational Injury in South Texas Middle School Students, National Occupational Injury Research
Symposium, NIOSH, Pittsburgh, October 18.
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Garzon A, Weiss N, COOPER S, Carozza S. 2000. Cancer Trends in Texas. Texas Public Health
Association Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas. April.
COOPER SP. 2000. Injury and Illness Surveillance in Migrant Farmworkers. University of Sao
Paulo School of Public Health. Sao Paulo, Brazil. March.
COOPER SP. 2000. Ethical Issues in Migrant Farmworker Studies. Conference on Privacy and
Confidentiality. Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects. February 9.
Garzon A, Weiss, N, COOPER S, Carozza S. 2000. Cancer Trends in Texas. 7th
Biennial
Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer. Washington, D.C. February.
COOPER SP. Co-Presider/Discussant. 1999. American Public Health Association, Epidemiology
Section, “Challenges of Conducting Occupational Health Surveillance on a Special Population:
Migrant Farm Workers” Chicago, Illinois. November 9.
COOPER SP, Weller NF, Tortolero S, Kelder SH, Hassan SS. 1999. A Comparative Description
of Migrant Farmworker vs. Other Students Attending South Texas Schools: Demographic,
Academic, Employment and Health Indicators. Midwest Stream Forum. National Center for
Farmworker Health. Austin, Texas. December 3.
Weller NF, COOPER SP, Tortolero SR, Kelder SH, Hassan SS. 1999. The Prevalence and patterns
of occupational injury in South Texas middle school students. UTSPH Faculty Research
Symposium. November 12.
COOPER SP. 1999. Ethical Issues in Occupational Health Research: Migrant Studies. Houston,
TX. October 29.
Kim YJ, Sweeney AM, COOPER SP, Humphrey HEB, Lee ES, Smith MA. 1999. Serum
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)-concentrations and breast cancer. American College of
Epidemiology , Bethesda, MD. October 2-4..
Fraser JJ, COOPER SP, Burau KB, Robison T. 1999. Work-related injuries in Texas adolescents.
Annual Meeting of the Texas Pediatric Society. Houston, TX (poster). September 23-26..
COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Smith MA, Sweeney A, Vernon S, Wun CC, Henry J, MacNaughton
N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1998. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX Special Session
on Feasibility of Epidemiologic Research on Cancer Among Migrant Farmworkers. Annual Meeting
of the American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C. Nov 18.
COOPER SP, Zahm SH. 1998. Feasibility of Epidemiologic Research on Cancer Among Migrant
Farmworkers in Texas. Midwest Farmworker Stream Forum. National Center for Farmworker
Health. November 7.
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Fraser JJ, COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TB. 1998. Work-related Injuries in Texas Adolescents.
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. San Francisco, CA. Oct 18.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Smith MA, Sweeney A, Vernon S, Wun CC, Henry J, MacNaughton
N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1998. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. 5th
Biennial
University of Texas System Texas-Mexico Border Health Symposium. South Padre Island, Texas.
Oct 30.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Smith MA, Sweeney A, Vernon S, Wun CC, Henry J, MacNaughton
N, Robison T, Zahm SH. 1997. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX Annual Meeting
of the American Public Health Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. Nov 10.
COOPER SP, Burau KD, Robison TR, Fraser JJ, Schnitzer P, Richardson S. 1997. Injuries to
Working Adolescents in Texas. 1990-1996. National Occupational Injury Research Symposium.
National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety. Morgantown, West Virginia. Oct 16.
COOPER SP, Burau K, Hanis C, Smith MA, Sweeney A, Vernon S, Wun CC, Henry J, MacNaughton
N, Robison T. 1997. Tracing Migrant Farmworkers in Starr County, TX. Society for Epidemiologic
Research. Edmonton, Canada. June 13.
Emery R, COOPER S. 1997. Radiation Protection: A Prototype for Controlling Exposures of
Children. Poster: Faculty Research Day. UT School of Public Health. Houston, TX. Nov 21.
Emery R, COOPER S. 1997. Radiation Protection: A Prototype for Controlling Exposures of
Children. Poster: Third Annual UT-Houston Research Day. Houston, TX. Oct 3.
Emery R, COOPER S. 1997. Radiation Protection: A Prototype for Controlling Exposures of
Children. Poster: Children’s Environmental Health Network. Washington, D.C., Feb 21-23.
Emery R, Delclos G, COOPER SP, Hardy R, Castro G. 1997. Evaluating the relative status of health
and safety programs for minority academic and research institutions. Annual Meeting of the National
Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Washington, D.C., April.
Hoque A, Annegers JF, Spitz MR, Strom SS, COOPER SP, Ford CE, Andreef M. 1997.
Epidemiology of secondary leukemia with reference to chromosomal abnormalities. Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. New Orleans, LA. March.
Soliman A, Smith MA, COOPER SP, Ismail K, Khaled H, Ismail S, McPherson RS, Seifeldin IA,
Bondy M. 1997. Serum organochlorine pesticide levels in patients with colorectal cancer in Egypt.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. New Orleans, LA. March.
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COOPER S. 1996. Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention—Serving the Community: A Look at
Public Health. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. Houston, TX. June 26.
COOPER S, Sigurdson A, Whitehead L, Labarthe D, Downs T, Vernon S, Spitz M, Sigurdson A, New
B, Burau K. 1995. A critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on environmental and
occupational exposures. Poster Presentation—University of Texas School of Public Health Faculty
Research Symposium. Houston, TX. October 20.
COOPER S, Sigurdson A, Whitehead L, Labarthe D, Downs T, Vernon S, Spitz M, Sigurdson A, New
B, Burau K. 1995. A critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on environmental and
occupational exposures. Poster Presentation—University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Research Day. Houston, TX. October 13.
COOPER SP, Rothstein MA. 1995. Health hazards among working children in Texas. Capsules and
comments in pediatric nursing. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. September.
Haque AK, Vrazel D, Downs T, COOPER S, Burau KD. 1995. Asbestos in stillborn infant’s organs
and placentas: transplacental transfer or artifact? Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian
Academy of Pathology, Toronto, Canada. March 13-16.
Pack R, Annegers JF, Bondy M, Amos C, von Eschenbach A, Babaian R, COOPER S, Ford C. Spitz
M. 1994. Incidence of breast and prostate cancer in first-degree relatives of men with newly
diagnosed prostate cancer. American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference in Cancer
Research. Rancho Mirage, CA. December 8-12.
COOPER SP, Whitehead LW. 1994. A critical review of cancer in Texas. Annual Meeting of the
East Harris County Medical Society. Baytown, Texas. December 6.
Peterson LE, Schull W, Davis B, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1994. Information bias and lifetime
mortality rates of radiation-induced cancer. Annual Meeting of Health Physics Society, San Francisco,
CA. June 26-30.
Peterson LE, Schull W, Davis B, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1994. Information bias and lifetime
mortality rates of radiation-induced cancer. Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society.
Nashville, TN. April 26-May 4.
Pack R, Annegers JF, Bondy M, Amos C, von Eschenbach A, Babaian R, COOPER S, Ford C, Spitz
M. 1994. Incidence of breast and prostate cancer in first-degree relatives of men with newly
diagnosed prostate cancer. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology.
Houston, TX. March 8-11.
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COOPER SP. 1993. Review of epidemiology and biostatistics. Strategic review for the American
Boards in Preventive Medicine. Annual Meeting of the American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, Dallas, Texas, October 25.
COOPER SP. 1993. Occupational cancer--assessing the evidence. Presentation at Annual Meeting of
Texas Medical Association. May 14.
COOPER SP. 1993. Research plans for a critical review of cancer in Texas with emphasis on
environmental and occupational cancer. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Texas Institute for the
Advancement of Chemical Technology, College Station, TX, February 23.
COOPER SP, Downs T, Burau K, Tucker S, Whitehead L, Delclos G, Key M, Huang B, Davidson T,
Buffler P. 1992. A survey of keratoses among paraquat workers and a non-exposed friend reference
group. Presentation at conference: Epidemiology and Occupational Health. International Conference
on Occupational Health. Cincinnati, Ohio, September 24.
Fraire AE, COOPER SP, Greenberg SD, Page LM, Langston C. 1990. Morphometric/histopathologic
assessment of transbronchial biopsies: diagnostic utility. Presentation at American College of Chest
Physicians, 56th Annual Scientific Assembly. Toronto, Canada, October 23.
COOPER SP. 1990. Pediatric injuries: a major public health problem. Presentation at Pediatric
Grand Rounds, University of Texas Medical School, October 16.
Brink S, O'Hara N, Frankowski R, COOPER S, Parcel G. 1990. Injury hazard reduction program for
Family Child Care Homes: theoretical framework for intervention and evaluation. Presentation at
Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, New York, New York, October 3.
COOPER SP. 1990. The automobile as an exposure to injury in adolescence: policy implications of
withholding a driver's license. Invited discussant at Annual Meeting of American College of
Epidemiology, Los Angeles, CA, August 2.
COOPER SP. 1990. Fundamentals of Occupational and Respiratory Epidemiology. Presentation at
American College of Occupational Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 30.
Griffith J, COOPER SP, Pepe P, Bonnin M. 1989. Near-drowning in Houston: Emergency Medical
Service Response, 1988. Presentation at Texas Pediatric Society, San Antonio, Texas, September.
Fraire AE, Greenberg SD, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1989. The changing faces of carcinoma of the
lung 1967-1987. Presentation at conference on The Pathology of Occupational Lung Disease: An
Update. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May 19.
COOPER SP. 1989. Childhood Injuries: The view from Harris County. Presentation at Greater
Houston Coalition for Safe Kids Symposium, Houston, Texas, May 15.
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Fraire AE, Greenberg SD, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1989. Carcinoma of the lung: changing
histopathologic cell types. Presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, San
Francisco, California, March 5-10.
COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Buffler PA, Schroder GD, Prichard HM, Crane M. 1989. A surveillance
system for assessing health effects from hazardous exposures. Presentation at National Conference on
Clustering of Health Events. Atlanta, Georgia, February 16-17.
Lewis RJ, COOPER SP. 1988. Alcohol, other drugs, and fatal work-related injuries. Presentation at
Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 13-17.
COOPER SP. 1988. The relationship between degree of diastolic blood pressure reduction and
mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program. Selected for digesting and
publication in Digests of Choice, Swiss Medidea.
Fraire AE, COOPER S, Buffler P, Greenberg SD, Langston C. 1988. Mesothelioma of childhood: an
epidemiologic study. Presentation at Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken, Switzerland,
August 28.
Fraire AE, COOPER S, Greenberg SD, Buffler PA, Langston C. 1987. Mesothelioma of Childhood.
Presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, March.
Whitehead LW, Beckner JF, COOPER SP, Buffler PA. 1987. Retrospective qualitative metals
exposure estimation for an epidemiological study. Presentation at American Industrial Hygiene
Conference, Akron, Ohio.
COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM. 1986. The relationship between degree of
diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up
Program. Presentation at Society for Epidemiologic Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 18.
COOPER SP, Hardy RJ, Labarthe DR, Hawkins CM. 1985. The relationship between degree of
diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up
Program. Presentation at American Heart Association, Washington, D.C., November 12.
Curb JD, Labarthe DR, Cutter, G, POIZNER S, Hawkins CM. 1981. Training and certification of
blood pressure observers in a clinical trial. Presentation at Society for Clinical Trials, San Francisco,
California.
POIZNER (COOPER) S and the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program Cooperative Group.
1980. Disability days associated with detection and treatment in the Hypertension Detection and
Follow-Up Program; Presentation at National Conference on High Blood Pressure Control. Houston,
Texas, March 25. Abstract A-13 in Preventive Medicine, May 1980.
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POIZNER (COOPER) S. 1979. Epidemiological study of microwave usage in the United States Air
Force. Presentation at meeting of South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Austin, Texas,
August 25.