Dr. Sprince's research interests focus on occupational lung disease and injury prevention and control. Her work has included epidemiologic studies of workers exposed to asbestos, beryllium, cobalt, and metal-working fluids. She has also assessed relationships between clinical status and immunologic parameters in asbestos-exposed workers. She has investigated exposure-response relationships in workers exposed to cobalt. Her current research includes assessment of risk factors for farm work-related injuries, assessment of occupational diseases in munitions workers, and assessment of hearing loss as a risk factor for occupational injury. and assessment of asthma in veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 2003
• Director, Association of University Programs in Occupational Health and Safety
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine in Occupational Medicine
• Membership Committee, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Contributing Editor, American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society
• Board of Governors, Central States Occupational Medicine Association
• Director, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety

Medical School:
Boston University

Graduate School:
Harvard School of Public Health

Residency:
Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Fellowship:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School