EDUCATION: 

Post-doctoral Training- Epidemic Intelligence Service - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 2001-2003 

PhD - Epidemiology and Environmental/Occupational Health - University of Illinois School of Public Health - 2001

MS - Chemical Engineering - Vanderbilt University - 1996

BS - Chemical Engineering - Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1994                         

RESEARCH:  

I am an environmental and occupational epidemiologist who focuses on children's health outcomes.  Currently, my interests include: work-related injuries in children and teens, issues in prevention and improvement in childhood lead poisoning, and neurotoxin exposure and developmental disorders.                                                   

CURRENT RESEARCH FUNDING:

Title: Safety and Injury Among Teens Enrolled in School-To-Work Apprentice Programs.

Agency:  HHS/CDC/NIOSH – RO3 OH008957-O1

Principal Investigator:  Kristina M. Zierold      Total Costs: $148,000            09/2008 – 08/2010

Title: Evaluation of Safety Training, Supervision, and Injury Among Working Teenagers.

Agency: HHS/CDC/NIOSH- R21 OH008934-01

Principal Investigator:  Kristina M. Zierold       Total Costs:  $407,000         08/2009 – 07/2011

PUBLICATIONS:

Zierold KM, Havlena J, Anderson H. Exposure to lead and length of time needed to make homes lead-safe for young children. Am J Public Health. 2007 Feb;97(2):267-70.

Zierold KM, Anderson HA. Racial and ethnic disparities in work-related injuries among teenagers. J Adolesc Health. 2006 Sep;39(3):422-6.

Knobeloch LM, Zierold KM, Anderson HA. Association of arsenic-contaminated drinking-water with prevalence of skin cancer in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley. J Health Popul Nutr. 2006 Jun;24(2):206-13.

Zierold KM, Anderson HA. Severe injury and the need for improved safety training among working teens. Am J Health Behav. 2006 Sep-Oct;30(5):525-32.

Zierold KM, Anderson H. The relationship between work permits, injury, and safety training among working teenagers. Am J Ind Med. 2006 May;49(5):360-6.

Zierold KM, Garman S, Anderson HA. A comparison of school performance and behaviors among working and nonworking high school students. Fam Community Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;28(3):214-24.

Zierold KM, Knobeloch L, Anderson H. Prevalence of chronic diseases in adults exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Am J Public Health. 2004 Nov;94(11):1936-7.

Zierold KM, Anderson H. Trends in blood lead levels among children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children from 1996 to 2000. Am J Public Health. 2004 Sep;94(9):1513-5.

Zierold KM, Garman S, Anderson H. Summer work and injury among middle school students, aged 10-14 years. Occup Environ Med. 2004 Jun;61(6):518-22.

Lipton RB, Zierold KM, Drum ML, Klein-Gitelman M, Kohrman AF. Re-hospitalization after diagnosis of diabetes varies by gender and socioeconomic status in urban African-American and Latino young people. Pediatr Diabetes. 2002 Mar;3(1):16-22

COURSES TAUGHT:                                        

Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

Field Epidemiology 

Emerging Issues In Epidemiology