2007 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science, magna cum laude

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1 EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health 450 Brookline Ave, LW711, Boston, MA (o) ; (m) EDUCATION 2015 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA Doctor of Science in Environmental Health Dissertation: Improving Health and Safety in Construction: The Intersection of Programs and Policies, Work Organization, and Safety Climate Doctoral advisor: Jack Dennerlein 2011 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA Master of Science in Environmental Health Concentration in Occupational Hygiene 2007 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science, magna cum laude RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 9/2015 present Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 6/2010 6/2015 Research Assistant to Jack Dennerlein, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 6/ /2015 Research Assistant to Angela Laramie and Letitia Davis, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Boston, MA 6/2006 5/2007 Research Assistant to Martin Stute, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College, New York, NY OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 8/2007 7/2009 Associate Engineer, ENVIRON International Corporation, Arlington, VA and Newark, NJ MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

2 RESEARCH GRANTS 2015 Assessing Ambient Exposures Firefighters Encounter while at the Fire Station: A Feasibility Study Faculty Principal Investigator: Glorian Sorensen. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Education and Research Center (ERC) Pilot Program. $4,994. Role: Co-Investigator (Student lead) The relationship between musculoskeletal pain and length of time spent working on commercial construction sites -- the workers' experience. Faculty Principal Investigator: Jack Dennerlein. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Education and Research Center (ERC) Pilot Program. $6,100. Role: Co- Investigator (Student lead) Determining effective strategies for integrated health promotion and health protection programs in small to medium sized subcontractors. Faculty Principal Investigator: Jack Dennerlein. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Center for Work, Health, and Wellbeing Pilot Program. $4,575. Role: Co- Investigator (Student lead) Development and Validation of an Ergonomic Survey Instrument among New England Construction Workers. Faculty Principal Investigator: Jack Dennerlein. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Education and Research Center (ERC) Pilot Program: $5,500. Role: Co-Investigator (Student lead). ACADEMIC FUNDING National Cancer Institute s Cancer Prevention Fellowship: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Appointment Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and McGraw/Patterson Center for Population Sciences, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Clinical Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Education and Training Program: T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Traineeship Award Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health Department of Environmental Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

3 HONORS AND AWARDS 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award Harvard Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency Program Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2015 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) Liberty Mutual Student Travel Award 2013 Harvard Graduate Student Leadership Institute: Fall 2013 Fellow Harvard University 2013 Best Presentation, New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Student Conference 2007 Henry Sharp Prize in Environmental Science Barnard College, Columbia University 2006 Howard Hughes Medical Institute s Science Pipeline Project Research Internship in Environmental Science Barnard College, Columbia University TEACHING EXPERIENCE Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health EH241: Occupational Safety and Injury Prevention Instructor: Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant: Spring 2013 and Spring 2014 (course taught by Professor Jack Dennerlein) EH236: Epidemiology of Environmental & Occupational Health Regulations Teaching Assistant: Spring 2015 (course taught by Professors Gregory Wagner, David Wegman, and Amar Mehta) EH243: Ergonomics and Human Factors Instructor: Fall 2016 Teaching Assistant: Fall 2012 (course taught by Professor Jack Dennerlein) ID263: Practice of Occupational Health Teaching Assistant: Spring 2012 (course taught by Professors Robert Herrick and Tom Smith) MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

4 Harvard Kennedy School MLD304: Science of Behavior Change: Judgment and Decision Making Course Assistant: Fall 2012 (course taught by Professor Todd Rogers) Teaching Fellow: Fall 2013 (course taught by Professor Todd Rogers) PUBLICATIONS 1. Sparer EH, Catalano PJ, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2016]. Improving safety climate through a communication and recognition program for construction: a mixed methods study. Scand J Work Environ Health, Online first. 2. Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2015]. Length of time spent working on a commercial construction site and the relationship with musculoskeletal pain. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 58(9): Sparer EH, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2015]. Development of a Safety Communication and Recognition Program for Construction. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 25(1): Zhang M, Sparer EH, Murphy LA, Dennerlein JT, Fang D, Katz JN, Caban-Martinez AJ [2015]. Development and Validation of a Fatigue Assessment Scale for New England Construction Workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 58(2): Sparer EH, Murphy LA, Taylor KM, and Dennerlein JT [2013]. Correlation between Safety Climate and Contractor Safety Assessment Programs in Construction. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 56(12): Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2013]. Determining safety inspection thresholds for employee incentives programs on construction sites. Safety Science, 51(1), Goldwasser M, Sparer EH, Dennerlein JT [2013] Testing a Better Recognition Tool. Occupational Health and Safety, 82(3). Under Review 8. Manjourides J, Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT. A simulation study to investigate biases introduced in worksite health and safety interventions on mobile workforces [Under review]. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environmental, & Health. 9. Padula R, Comper MLC, Sparer EH, Dennerlein JT. Job Rotation Designed to Musculoskeletal Risk Control and Disorders in Manufacturing Industries: A Systematic Review [under review]. Applied Ergonomics. MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

5 PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS 1. Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Patterns of Site-Employment of Commercial Construction Workers and the Relationship with Musculoskeletal Pain (Oral Presentation). 1 st International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health. Bethesda, MD. October Sparer EH, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Improving Safety Awareness and Teambuilding through a Safety Recognition and Communication Program (Poster). 1 st International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health. Bethesda, MD. October Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Patterns of Site-Employment of Construction Workers On and Off Commercial Construction Sites in New England and the Relationship to Musculoskeletal Pain (Oral Presentation). 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. Chicago, IL. June Sparer EH, Goldwasser MR, Lowe KA, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Qualitative findings from a safety communication and recognition program on safety awareness and team building in construction (Poster). 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. Chicago, IL. June Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Patterns of Site-Employment of Commercial Construction Workers and the Relationship with Musculoskeletal Pain (Oral Presentation). New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Student Conference. Cambridge, Massachusetts. April Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2014]. Patterns of Site-Employment of Commercial Construction Workers and the Relationship with Musculoskeletal Pain (Oral Presentation). Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Center Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts. March Sparer EH, Goldwasser MR, Lowe KA, Herrick RF, Dennerlein JT [2013]. Qualitative findings from a safety communication and recognition program on safety awareness and team building in construction (Poster). American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Boston, MA. November Murphy LA, Robertson M, Caban-Martinez, Sparer EH, Dennerlein JT [2013]. Investigating Safety Climate and Ergonomics Climate in Relation to Self-Reported Pain as a Health Outcome (Poster). American Psychological Association: Work, Stress, and Health. Los Angeles, CA. May Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2013]. The Dynamic Construction Workforce: Methodological Implications on Worksite-Based Interventions (Oral Presentation). New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Student Conference. Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 12. MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

6 10. Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2013]. The Dynamic Construction Workforce and its Implication for Worksite-Based Intervention Effectiveness Studies (Oral Presentation). Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Center Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts. March Sparer EH, Lowe KA, and Dennerlein JT [2012]. A method to capture survey data from construction workers pre and post exposure to a worksite intervention (Poster). American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, California. October Sparer EH, Lowe KA, Herrick RF and Dennerlein JT [2012]. Case Study: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Leading Indicator-Based Safety Incentive Program on a Construction Worksite (Poster). XXXth International Symposium of the Construction Section of the International Social Security Association (ISSA-C). October Boston, Massachusetts. 13. Taylor KM, Sparer EH, Murphy LA, Dennerlein JT [2012]. Do Contractor Safety Assessment Programs Capture Safety Climate? (Poster) XXXth International Symposium of the Construction Section of the International Social Security Association (ISSA-C). October Boston, Massachusetts. 14. Sparer EH [2012]. Implementation of a Leading Indicator Based Safety Incentives Program in Construction (Oral Presentation). Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Center Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts. April Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2011]. Lessons Learned from a Two-Month Leading Indicator- Based Employee Safety Incentive Program (Oral Presentation). Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Preventing Falls in Construction. June Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2011]. Lessons Learned from Testing a Leading Indicator-Based Safety Incentive Program (Poster). American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition. Poster. Portland, Oregon. May Sparer EH and Dennerlein JT [2011]. Implementation of a Leading Indicator Based Safety Incentives Program in Construction (Oral Presentation). Northeast Regional Occupational Health Surveillance Conference. Farmington, Connecticut. May Sparer EH [2011]. Lessons Learned from Testing a Leading Indicator-Based Safety Incentive Program (Oral Presentation). Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Center Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts. April 29. JOURNAL REVIEWER 2015 Present American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015 Present Human Relations MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD

7 MEMBERSHIPS 2011 Present American Industrial Hygiene Association 2012 Present American Public Health Association RESEARCH SKILLS Statistical software (SAS, Stata), Qualitative software: NVivo, Atlas(ti) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) MAY EMILY H. SPARER, MS, ScD