Laura Punnett, Sc.D.
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Expertise: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders; socioeconomic and gender disparities in working conditions and health
Educational Background
B.A. Hampshire College; M.Sc. and Sc.D. (Occupational Health; Epidemiology), Harvard School of Public Health; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Ergonomics & Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, University of Michigan
Bio Sketch
Dr. Punnett is an occupational epidemiologist and ergonomist with expertise in the epidemiology of work-related musculo¬skeletal disorders; the role of working conditions in health disparities; and the effectiveness of workplace ergonomics programs and joint labor/management health and safety committees. She has also studied the effect of ergonomic stressors on acute injury and other health outcomes; and methods for workplace measurement of ergonomic exposures, including the validity of worker self-assessments. She participated in the development of the proposal for a Hand Activity Level TLV® by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in 1999.
Dr. Punnett is Visiting Lecturer in Occupational Health at the Harvard School of Public Health (Boston MA); a member of the Advisory Board for the Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston MA); and Visiting Professor, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle (Gävle, Sweden). In 1996-97 she was Visiting Scientist, Division of Ergonomics, Swedish National Institute of Working Life (Solna, Sweden) and in 2002-03 she held an Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment as Epidemiologist in the Industry-wide Studies Branch of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.