Priscah Mujuru, Ph.D.
	Assistant Professor of Community Medicine Graduate Training: University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
	Office: 3852-HSN PO Box 9190 Morgantown, WV 26506	Email: pmujuru@hsc.wvu.edu Phone: 304-293-1447 Fax: 304-293-2629

Research Interests:

Dr. Priscah Mujuru is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine. She has a Doctor of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in Public Health from Boston University. Dr. Mujuru has a B.Sc. in Occupational Hygiene from the University of the South Bank, London, England, and a Bachelor of Nursing Sciences from West Virginia University. She is a licensed Registered Nurse and a Board Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist. She is also certified in Occupational Hearing Conservation by the CAOHC and has certification in Spirometry from NIOSH.

Dr. Mujuru’s research interest is in environmental and occupational health that focuses on special populations that includes children and the elderly. She collaborates on research projects aimed at addressing health disparities that include respiratory disease (asthma and obesity; asthma phenotype-genotype), environmental exposures and autoimmune diseases, unintentional injuries and fatalities through the application of epidemiological principles and techniques. Dr. Mujuru is also interested in international health research, education and training projects.

Dr. Mujuru teaches Introduction to Public Health Epidemiology and Advanced Epidemiology.  

Selected Publications:

Mujuru P., Helmkamp J., Mutambudzi M., Hu W., Bell J. Evaluating the impact of an intervention to reduce injuries among loggers in West Virginia, 1999-2007. Journal of Agriculture, Safety and health: JASH-07199-2007. Accepted.

Herold R., Mujuru P., Bardwell G. (2007). Walk for Life –Changing behaviors through a web-based educational program for at risk high school students. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society; 3(5);  3 (5):125-132.

Mujuru P., Mutambudzi M. (2007). Injuries and Seasonal Risks among Young Workers in West Virginia: A Ten year Retrospective Descriptive Analysis.  AAOHN Journal; 55(9):381-387.

Bardwell J., Mujuru P., Fitch C., Seidel G., Hu W. Sogodogo K., Chester A. (2007). Engaging Youth to Examine Lifestyle Behaviors through International Research with University Partnerships. International Electronic Journal of Health Education; 10:95-103.

Mujuru P., Osei-Yeboah C. (2007). Use of Technology to Bridge the Gap in Science Education: An Educational Outreach Initiative. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society; 3 (3): 53-58.

Mujuru P., Frisbee SJ., Dey RD. Relationship between Lung Function, Obesity, and Systemic Inflammation in a Rural Community Cohort. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol 175, pp.A40, Abstracts Issue, April 2007.

Frisbee SJ., Mujuru P., Dey RD. Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Lung Function in a Rural Community Cohort. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol 175, pp.A228, Abstracts Issue, April 2007.

Mujuru P., Helmkamp J., Singla L. (June 1, 2006). Assessing the Impact of Various Interventions to Reduce Injuries among West Virginia Loggers. American Journal of Epidemiology. 163 (11).

Mujuru P., Singla L., Helmkamp J., Bell J., Hu W. (2006). Evaluation of the Burden of Logging Injuries Using West Virginia Workers' Compensation Claims Data from 1996 to 2001. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:1039-1045.

Mujuru P., Niezen C. Evaluation of an Environmental Health Education Program. AAOHN Journal. 52(10). October 2004: 436-441.

Islam SI., Edla SR., Mujuru P., Doyle EJ., Ducatman AM. (2003). Risk Factors for Physical Assault: State - Managed Workers’ Compensation Experience. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 25 (1): 31-37.

Simoyi P., Frederick L., Niezen C. (2001). Teenagers’ Experience with Occupational Health and Safety Issues in West Virginia. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 7(7): 1945-56.

Bardwell G., Hyde J., Lewis J., Morton-McSwain, C, Simoyi P., Rye J. (2001).Teens take a healthy interest in their communities. ENC Focus 8 (1): 40-42.

McKendall S., Simoyi P., Chester A., Rye J. (2000). The Health Sciences and Technology Academy: Utilizing Pre-college Enrichment Programming to Minimize Post-secondary Education Barriers for Under-served Youth.  Academic Medicine.  75:10, S121-S123.

Simoyi P., Islam S., Haquae A., Meyer J., Doyle E., Ducatman A. (1998). “Evaluation of Occupational Injuries among Young Workers in West Virginia”, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 4(6) pp. 1405-1415.

Bennett C., Chase V., Emery M., Haught K., Lipscombe J., Mujuru-Simoyi P., Nailer E. (January – March 1998).  “Book Review: Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Line, by Suzanne Gordon, 1997, Little, Brown and Company”, WVNA Journal, 2:1.

Emmett M., Emmett D., Simoyi P., Ducatman A. (1996). “The Changing Shape of Public Health Education,” in Advances in Health Care Research, Madison, WI: Omni Press, Ruwe and Joby (Eds).