Robyn Gershon
Professor
Health Care
Columbia University
Australia
Biography
Dr. Robyn Gershon is an occupational and environmental health and safety researcher with over 15 years of experience in conducting complex interdisciplinary public health research studies. She has her primary appointment in the Mailman School of Public Health, with a joint appointment at the Columbia University School of Nursing. Prior to her doctoral training, Dr. Gershon served for several years as the director of Biological Safety at Yale University. Her research interests are generally focused on high risk, high stress, work populations.
Research Interest
She has conducted a number of applied research studies, including risk assessment studies as well as intervention studies. Her current research projects include the following topics: subway noise exposure, occupational health hazards associated with home health care delivery, emergency preparedness for emergency medical services, avian influenza preparedness, and willingness of essential personnel to report to duty during a pandemic. Dr. Gershon recently completed a project entitled, the World Trade Center Evacuation Study, that identified the individual, organizational, and structural factors associated with the evacuation from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. She is the Course Director for the Social and Policy Implications of Bioterrorism and other Weapons of Mass Destruction course, taught in the fall, and Co-director for the University Seminar in Occupational Health.
