CROET bids farewell to Dr. McCauley who is assuming a new position as the Professor & Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA in January 2004. New contact information for Dr. McCauley

Dr. McCauley received her doctoral degree in environmental health/epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati. She holds an adjunct appointment as Professor in the OHSU School of Nursing. Dr. McCauley has special expertise in the design of epidemiological investigations of occupational and environmental hazards. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in occupational and environmental health nursing.

My research interests are in the areas of occupational and environmental science and epidemiology. Current work includes a community-based intervention and research project targeted at reducing pesticide exposures among minority farmworkers. This work aims to identify culturally-appropriate interventions to decrease the pesticide exposures of farmworkers and their children. The epidemiological approach used in these investigations incorporates survey questionnaires on exposure, biomarkers of exposure to organophosphate pesticides and assessment of neurobehavioral function. A major goal of this research project is to disseminate the findings in ways that are understandable and meaningful to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. My research program in agricultural health also includes studies investigating pesticide exposures among adolescent migrant farmworkers that explored adolescent worker’s knowledge, beliefs and protective practices against pesticide exposure. We are currently testing several methods of pesticide education to determine more effective methods of informing these youth workers about the hazards they encounter in their work. (Information on Agricultural Occupational and Environmental Health studies in Oregon.)

Previous investigations have included epidemiological studies of unexplained illness among veterans of Gulf War and exposures to low levels of chemical warefare agents. I also provide epidemiological consultation on a number of issues of concern to the Oregon workforce. Most recently I have participated in reviews of cancer risks among fire fighters and Hepatitis B and C prevalence among public safety workers. New methods of surveillance of work-related injuries and illness is the focus of a current study being conducted in partnership with private insurer workers compensation databases and state public health personnel.

McCauley LA, Michaels S, Rothlein J, Muniz M, Lasarev M. (In press). Pesticide exposure and self-reported home hygiene practices in agricultural families. AAOHN Journal.

McCauley, L., Joos, S.K., Barkhuizen, A., Shuell, T., Tyree, W.A., Bourdette, D.N. (In press) Chronic fatigue in a population-based study of veterans of the Gulf War.: Archives of Environmental Health.

Napolitano M, McCauley L, Beltran M, Philips J. (In press) The Dynamic Process of Focus Groups with Migrant Farmworkers: The Oregon Experience. Journal of Immigrant Health.

Shapiro S, Lasarev M, McCauley L. (2002). Factor Analysis and Gulf War Illness: What Does it Add to Our Understanding of Possible Health Effects of Deployment? American Journal of Epidemiology. 156 (6):578-585. Abstract

Rischitelli DG, McCauley LA, Lambert WE, Lasarev M, Mahoney E. (2002) Hepatitis C in Urban and Rural Public Safety Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 44(6):568-73. Abstract

McCauley LA, Sticker D, Bryan C, Lasarev MR, Scherer JA. (2002) Pesticide knowledge and risk perception among adolescent Latino farmworkers. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 8(4): 397-409.

McCauley, L.A., Lasarev, M.R., Sticker, D., Rischitelli, D.G., Spencer, P.S. (2002) Illness experience of Gulf War veterans possibly exposed to chemical warfare agents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(3):200-206. Abstract

Rohlman DS, Anger WK, Tamulinas A, Phillips J, Bailey SR, McCauley L. (2001) Development of a Neurobehavioral Battery for Children Exposed to Neurotoxic Chemicals. NeuroToxicology, 22:657-665. Abstract

Rischitelli G, McCauley L, Lambert WE. (2002) Hepatitis C in Urban and Rural Public Safety Workers in Oregon. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 44:223-224. Abstract

Spencer PS, McCauley LA, Lapidus JA, Lasarev M, Joos SK, Storzbach D. (2001) Self-Reported Exposures and Their Association With Unexplained Illness In A Population-Based Case-Control Study Of Gulf War Veterans, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 43:1041-1056. Abstract

Bourdette DN, McCauley LA, Barkhuizen A, Johnston W, Wynn M, Joos SK, Storzbach D, Shuell T, Sticker D. (2001) Symptom factor analysis, clinical findings, and functional status in a population-based case control study of Gulf War unexplained illness. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.43:1026-1040. Abstract

McCauley, L., Lasarev, M.., Higgins, G., Rothlein, J., Muniz, J., Ebbert, C., Phillips, J. (2001). Work Characteristics and Pesticide Exposures among Migrant Agricultural Families: A Community-based Research Approach. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(5):533-538. Abstract

Higgins GM, Muniz J, and McCauley L. Monitoring acetylcholinesterase levels in migrant agricultural workers and their children using a portable test kit. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 7(1):35-49. Abstract

Rischitelli, G., Harris, J., McCauley, L., Gershon, R., Guidotti, T. (2001). The risk of acquiring hepatitis b or c among public safety workers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 20(4):299-305. Abstract

McCauley, L., Rischitelli, G., Lambert, W., Lasarev, M., Sticker, D. (2001) Symptoms of Gulf War Veterans Possibly Exposed to Organophosphate Chemical Warfare Agents at Khamisiyah, Iraq. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 7:79-89. Abstract

McCauley L., Beltran, M., Phillips, J., Lasarev, M., Sticker, D. (2001). The Oregon migrant farmworker community: an evolving model for participatory research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(Supplement 3):449-456. Abstract

Napolitano, M., Lasarev, M., Beltran, M., Philips, J., Bryan, C., McCauley, L. Un Lugar Seguro Para Sus Ninos: Development and Evaluation of a Pesticide Education Video. Journal of Immigrant Health, 4(1):35-45.

Rohlman DS, Bailey SR, Anger WK, and McCauley L. (2001) Assessment of Neurobehavioral Function with Computerized Tests in a Population of Hispanic Adolescents Working in Agriculture. Environmental Research, 85, 14-24. Abstract

Rohlman DS, Gimenes LS, Ebbert C, Anger WK, Bailey SR, & McCauley L. Smiling Faces and Other Rewards: Using the Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) with Unique Populations. Neurotoxicology, 21973-978. Abstract

Rohlman, D.S., Bailey, S.R., Brown, M., Blanock, M., Anger, K.W., & McCauley L. (2000). Establishing stable test performance in tests from the behavioral assessment and research system (BARS). Neurotoxicology, 21(5):715-724. Abstract

Arcury, T. Quandt, S. McCauley, L. (2000) Farmworkers and pesticides: community-based research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 108:787-792. Abstract

Storzbach, D., Campbell, K., Anger, W.K., Binder, L.M., Rohlman, D., McCauley, L. & members of the Portland Environmental Hazards Research Center. (2000). Psychological differences between veterans with and without Persian Gulf War unexplained symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62:726-735. Abstract

McCauley, L.A., Joos, S.K., Spencer, P.S., Lasarev, M., and Shuell, T. (1999) Strategies to assess validity of self-reported exposures during the Persian Gulf War. Environmental Research (A) 81,195-205. Abstract

McCauley, L.A., Joos, S.K., Lasarev, M.R., Storzbach, D., and Bourdette D. (1999) Gulf War unexplained illnesses: persistence and unexplained nature of self-reported symptoms. Environmental Research (A) 81, 215-223. Abstract

Anger, W.K., Storzbach, D., Binder, L.M., Campbell, K.A., Rohlman, D.S., McCauley, L.A., Kovera, C.A., and Davis, K.L. (1999) Neurobehavioral deficits in Persian Gulf Veterans: Evidence from a population-based study. Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society 5, 203-212. Abstract

Spencer, P.S., McCauley, L.A., Joos, S.K., Lasarev, M.R., Shuell, T., Bourdette, D.N., Barkhuizen, A., Johnston, W., Storzbach, D., Wynn, M., and Gewenow, R. (1998) US Gulf War veterans: service periods in theater, differential exposures, and persistent unexplained illness. Toxicology Letters 102, 515-521. Abstract

McCauley, L. (1998). Chemical mixtures in the workplace: research and practice. Journal of American Association of Occupational Health Nursing. AAOHN Journal 46, 29-40. Abstract

Greenman, S. B., Rutten, M.J., Fowler, W.M., Scheffler, L., Shortridge (now McCauley), L.A., Brown, B., Sheppard, B.C., Deveney, K.E., Deveney, C.W., & Trunkey, D.D. (1997). Herbicide/pesticide effects on intestinal epithelial growth. Environmental Research. 75, 85-93. Abstract

McCauley, L., Santana, J., and Napolitano, M.(1997). Community-Based Research to Reduce Pesticide Exposure in Minority Families. Communicating Nursing Research: Nursing: Changing the Environment, Portland, OR: Western Institute of Nursing, Volume 30, p229.

Shortridge, L., LeMasters, G., Hertzberg, V. and Valanis, B.(1995) Menstrual cycles in nurses handling antineoplastic drugs. Cancer Nursing 18(6):439-44. Abstract

Shortridge-McCauley, L. (1995). Reproductive Hazards: An overview of exposures to health care workers. Journal of American Association of Occupational Health Nursing, 43(12):614-621. Abstract

Martin, K., Shortridge (now McCauley), L.A., Eisenberg, C. (1994) Application of the Menninger Return-to-Work Scale among injured workers in a production plant. Journal of Rehabilitation. April/May/June.

Grady, M.M., Shortridge (now McCauley), L., Davis, S., Klinger, C. (1993). Occupational exposure to bloodborne diseases and universal precautions: Measurement of health care workers self-reported attitudes. Journal of American Association of Occupational Health Nursing, 41(11), 533-540. Abstract

Prows, C.A., Shortridge (now McCauley), L.A., Kenner, C., & Lemasters, G. (1993). Nature and prevalence of ribavirin aerosol administration in United States. Pediatric hospitals. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Vol. 8, No. 6. Abstract

Martin, K., Shortridge (now McCauley), L., Dyehouse, J., Migliozzi, N. (1993) Corporate perspective of the role of the occupational health nurse. Research in Nursing and Health, 16, 305-311.

Feldman, C., Olberding, L., Shortridge (now McCauley), L., Toole, K., Zappin, P. (1993). Decision making in case management of home healthcare clients. Journal of Nursing Administration. 23(1), 33-38. Abstract

Shortridge (now McCauley), L., and Valanis, B. (1992). Principles of Epidemiology in Stanhope & Lancaster (Eds.). Community Health Nursing: Process and Practice for Promoting Health, 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby.

Shortridge (now McCauley), L. (1992). Patterns in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. In B. Valanis, Epidemiology in Nursing and Health Care, 2nd Ed. Norwalk, Conn.: Appleton & Lange.