Education:

• Ph.D. (Epidemiology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• M.S. (Epidemiology), University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Courses Taught:
EPI 604 Cancer Epidemiology
EPI 697 Advanced Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
EPI 613 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
EPI 501 Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
EPI 697 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology
EPi 602 Masters Seminar in Epidemiology

Research intrests
Environmental and occupational epidemiology, environmental exposures and their relation to adverse reproductive outcomes and cancer, agricultural health, the use of geographical techniques for environmental exposure assessment

Selected Publications:

Earle-Richardson G, Jenkins PL, Strogatz D, Bell EM, May JJ. Development and initial assessment of objective fatigue measures for apple harvest work. Applied Ergonomics, 2006: Nov; 37(6):719-27.

Bell EM, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR. High Pesticide Exposure Events among Farmers and Spouses Enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 2006; 12(2):101-116.

Rosamond WD, Chambless LE, Sorlie PD, Bell EM, Weitzman S, Clinton Smith JC, Folsom AR. Trends in the Sensitivity, Positive Predictive Value, False-Positive Rate, and Comparability Ratio of Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Codes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Four United States Communities, 1987 to 2000. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004 Dec 15;160(12):1137-46.

Jenkins PL, Earle-Richardson G, Bell EM, May JJ, Green A. Chronic Disease Risk in Central New York Dairy Farmers: Results From a Large Health Survey 1989-1999. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2005 Jan;47(1):20-6.

Bell EM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. Response to A Case-Cohort Analysis of Agricultural Pesticide Applications near Maternal Residence and Selected Causes of Fetal Death. American Journal of Epidemiology(letter) 2002; 155(8):780.

Bell EM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. Response to Pesticides and Fetal Death due to Congenital Anomalies. Epidemiology(letter) 2001; 12:593-594.

Bell EM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. Pesticides and Fetal Death due to Congenital Anomalies: Implications of an Erratum. Epidemiology(letter) 2001; 12:595.

Bell EM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. A Case-Cohort Analysis of Agricultural Pesticide Applications Near Maternal Residence and Fetal Death. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2001; 154 (8):702-10.

Bell EM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. A Case-Control Study of Pesticides and Fetal Death Due to Congenital Anomalies. Epidemiology 2001; 12:148-156.