Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Occupational Medicine Faculty
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
Nancy L. Sprince, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
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
Recent Publications
- Sprince, N.L., Park, H., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.S., Thu, K., Burmeister, L.F., Gillette, P.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. Risk factors for animal-related injury among Iowa livestock farmers: A case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. J Rural Health. 19(2):165-73, 2003
- Zwerling, C., Whitten, P.S., Sprince, N.L., Davis, C.S., Wallace, R.B., Blanck, P., Heeringa, S.G. Workplace Accommodations for People with Disabilities: National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement, 1994-95. J Occup Environ Med 45(5):517-525, 2003.
- Sprince, N.L., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.S., Thu, K., Logsden-Sackett, N., Burmeister, L.F., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. Risk Factors for Agricultural Injury: A Case-Control Analysis of Iowa Farmers in the Agricultural Health Study . J Agric Saf Health, 9 (1): 5-18, 2003.
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