Anne L. Bracker MPH, CIH
- Industrial Hygienist
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Degrees, Universities Attended
- MPH, University of California at Berkeley (Industrial Hygiene)
- BA, Yale University (History)
Brief Chronology of Professional Career
Anne Bracker, MPH, CIH has been the industrial hygienist for the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (DOEM) at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT since 1990. As a clinic industrial hygienist she provides consultation and training for the Division's physicians as well as area employers and labor unions. Ms. Bracker has a faculty appointment (lecturer) in the Department of Community Medicine.
Ms. Bracker received her MPH in Industrial Hygiene from the University of California at Berkeley and her BA from Yale University. She has been certified in the Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene since 1991. Before joining the DOEM, Ms. Bracker worked for Federal OSHA in Hartford, CT and the Labor Occupational Health Program in Berkeley, CA. Ms. Bracker is an active member of the ACGIH, the APHA and the AIHA.
Courses Taught in MPH Program
- Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
Major Research Interests
Control Banding, Intervention Effectiveness, Metalworking Fluids, Agricultural Workers' Health and Safety
Recent Publications
- Storey E, Dangman KH, Schenck P, DeBernardo RL, Yang C, Bracker A, Hodgson MJ. Guidance for Clinicians on the Recognition and Management of Health Effects Related to Mold Exposure and Moisture Indoors, http://oehc.uchc.edu/clinser/MOLD%20GUIDE.pdf at http://oehc.uchc.edu/clinser/indoor.htm Prepared in Cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division, 2004.
- Dangman, K. Bracker, A and Storey, E. (2005) “Work-Related Asthma in Teachers in Connecticut: Association with Chronic Water Damage and Fungal Growth in Schools”. Connecticut Medicine. 69(1): 9-19.
- Trap?-Cardoso, M. Bracker, A. Dauser, D. Oncken, C. Barrera, LV. Gould, B. Grey, MR. (2005) “Cotinine Levels and Green Tobacco Sickness among Shade-Tobacco Workers”. Journal of Agromedicine. 10(2): 27-37.
- Trapé-Cardoso, M., Bracker, A., Grey, M., Kaliszewski, M., Onken, C., Ohannessian, C., Barrera, L.V., and Gould, B. (2003) "Shade Tobacco Farmworkers and Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) in Connecticut: A Retrospective Review". Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Bracker, A, Storey, E, Yang, C, Hodgson, M (2003) "An Outbreak of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis at a Metalworking Plant: A Longitudinal Assessment of Intervention Effectiveness" Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 18(2): 96-108.
- Bracker, A and Storey, E (2002) "Assessing Occupational and Environmental Exposures that Cause Lung Disease" Clinics in Chest Medicine. 23(4): 695-705.
- Hodgson, MJ, Bracker, A, Yang, C, Storey, E, Jarvis, BJ, Milton, D, Lummus, Z, Bernstein, D, Cole, S (2001) "Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in a Metalworking Environment" American Journal of Industrial Medicine (39) 616-628.
- Bracker, A., Blumberg, J., Hodgson, M., Storey, E. (1999) "Industrial Hygiene Recommendations as Interventions: A Collaborative Model within Occupational Medicine" Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (14) 85-96.
Contact Information
Anne L. Bracker, MPH, CIH
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 6210
Farmington, CT 06030-6210
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