Timothy F. Morse PhD, CPE
- Professor
- Certified Professional Ergonomist
- ErgoCenter and Occupational and Environmental Health Center
Degrees, Universities Attended
- Ph.D., University of Connecticut (Social Science and Health)
Brief Chronology of Professional Career
Dr. Morse was just promoted to full Professor (July 2009) in the Department of Community Medicine and Division of Public Health and Population Sciences. Dr. Morse coordinates training programs for workers, companies, and unions in ergonomics and occupational health and safety. He has over 25 years of worker education experience, beginning with his role as Associate Director of one of the original OSHA-funded New Directions Programs in Worker Education at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 1978-1984.
He has directed and conducted hundreds of worker training programs and conferences on virtually every aspect of occupational health and safety. These include programs and training materials on ergonomics in the office, health care, and manufacturing settings, setting up occupational safety and health programs and committees, hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, TB, solvents, cutting oils, noise, OSHA standards and OSHA procedures, use of the internet for occupational health, indoor air quality, fibrous glass, confined space, and worker epidemiology. He was also Educational Coordinator for the Division of Worker Education of the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission, as well as a Senior Research Analyst in the Statistical Division. He develops an annual report on Occupational Disease for the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission as part of the occupational disease surveillance system. He has researched musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among musicians, and the role of unions in the reporting of MSD.
Dr. Morse is currently working on several new federal grants, including a study on characteristics of effective health and safety committees (on which he is Principal Investigator) and a study on aging and musculoskeletal health in workers with Dr. Martin Cherniack. He is co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. John Meyer) on a brand new study on the introduction of green cleaners among custodians.
He was recently elected (August 2009) the Chair of the American Public Health Association’s Section of Occupational Health and Safety.
This is the primary national professional organization for public-health oriented occupational health professionals. His term as Chair will be 2010-2011. He also serves on a NIOSH expert panel on the ergonomics of hand tools.
Main responsibilities at the UConn Health Center
Research, teaching in the MPH program and medical school, and community health education on occupational health and ergonomics. Dr. Morse is the chair of the MPH Admissions Committee.
Courses Taught in MPH Program
Major Research Interests
Social and economic costs of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, health effects of vibration, ergonomics of hand tools, epidemiology of occupational diseases, and training methods in health and safety.
Current Grants
Organizations, Work Environment, and Quality of Care, Warren PI, Morse co-investigator (20%), Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality (R01). Study of relationship of social organization, occupational health, and medical errors. 2001-2004.
Exposure Response Relationship in Hand Arm Vibration, NIOSH R01, (Cherniack PI, Morse co-PI and Study Manager). Epidemiological study of the musculoskeletal effects of exposure to vibration in 4 cohorts (Electric Boat and Dental Hygienists (CT), Volvo (Sweden), and forestry workers (Finland)), 2000-2005.
Occupational Disease Surveillance, Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission, Morse PI. Epidemiological analysis of occupational disease data for Connecticut, coordination with CT Depts. Of Labor and Public Health, and training of medical professionals in reporting of occupational diseases. 1993-2004.
Curriculum Vitae
Available in Portable Document Format (PDF):
Recent Publications
- TF Morse, C Dillon, N Warren, C Levenstein, and A Warren, "The Economic and Social Consequences of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders", International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 4:4, Oct-Dec 1998, 209-216.
- Morse, T, Dillon, C, Kenta-Bibi, E, Weber, J, Diva, U, Warren, N, and Grey M. Trends in Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Reports by Year, Type and Industrial Sector: A Capture-Recapture Analysis, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 48:1, July, 2005, 40-49.
- Morse, T, Meyer, J, St. Louis, T, and Storey, E. Occupational Disease in Connecticut: 2002, Connecticut Medicine, 69:6, 2005, 329-334.
- Sanders, M and Morse, T, The Ergonomics of Caring for Children: An Exploratory Study, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59:3, May/June 2005.
- Cherniack, M, Morse TF, Brammer, AJ, Lundstrom, R, Meyer J, Nilsson, T, Peterson D, Toppila, E, Warren N, Fu, R, Bruneau, H, Croteau, M, Vibration Exposure and Disease in a Shipyard: A 13-year revisit, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 45, 2004, 500-512.
- Morse TF, Dillon C, Weber J, Warren N, Bruneau H, and Fu R, The Prevalence & Reporting of Occupational Illness by Company Size: Population Trends & Regulatory Implications, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 45:4, 2004, 361–370.
- Morse TF, Michalak-Turcotte C, Atwood-Sanders M, Warren N, Peterson DR, Bruneau H, and Cherniack M, A Pilot Study of Hand and Arm Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dental Hygiene Students, Journal of Dental Hygiene, 77:3, Summer, 2003.
- TF Morse, L Punnett, N Warren, C Dillon, and A Warren, The Relationship of Unions to Prevalence and Claim Filing for Work-related Upper-extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 44:1, 2003, 83-93.
- N Warren, C Dillon, TF Morse, A Warren, C Hall, "The Connecticut Upper Extremity Disorder Surveillance Project (CUSP) : Biomechanical, Psychosocial and Organizational Risk Factors for WRMSD; Population-Based Estimates", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5:1, January 2000.
- K Cooper-Arnold, T Morse, M Hodgson, C Pettigrew, R Wallace, J Clive, and J Gasecki, "Occupational Tuberculosis Among Deputy Sheriffs: A Risk Model Of Transmission", Applied Industrial Hygiene, 14:11, 1999.
- T Morse, N Warren, M Cherniack, F Fletcher, D Peterson, "The Use of Ergonomic Data Sheets for Hazard Communication of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders", Applied Ergonomics, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, July, 2001.
- T Morse, "Surveillance and the Problems of Assessing Office Related Injury", in Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Office Ergonomics, M Cherniack, ed., 14:1, Jan-Mar 1999, 73-80.
- T Morse and E Storey, "Fatalities from Occupational Disease in Connecticut", Connecticut Medicine, 63:8, Aug 1999.
- T Morse, J Ro, M Cherniack, and SR Pelletier, "A Pilot Population Study of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Musicians", Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 15:2, June, 2000, 81-85.
- T Morse, C Dillon, N Warren, C Hall, and D Hovey, "Capture-Recapture Estimation of Unreported Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Connecticut", American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 39: 636-642, 2001.
- T Morse, C Dillon, N Warren, "Reporting of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) to Workers' Compensation", New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 10:3, 2000, 281-292.
- T Morse and E Storey, "Occupational Disease in Connecticut, 2000", Connecticut Medicine 64:12, December, 2000, 715-720.
Reports and Manuscripts Available for Download
Contact Information
Timothy F. Morse, PhD, CPE
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 6210
Farmington, CT 06030-6210
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