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Grace Sembajwe
Associate Professor
Degrees/Diplomas: Sc.D. in Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Department of Work Environment
Campus Affiliation: Hunter College
Research Interests: Exposure Assessment, Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Psychosocial stress
Phone: 212-396-7735

Selected Publications

Wahrendorf M, Sembajwe G, Zins M, Berkman L, Goldberg M, Siegrist J.
J Gerontol B. Long-term Effects of Psychosocial Work Stress in Midlife on Health Functioning After Labor Market Exit--Results From the GAZEL Study. Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2012 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Boden LI, Sembajwe G, Tveito TH, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Sorensen G.Occupational injuries among nurses and aides in a hospital setting. Am J Ind Med. 2012 Feb;55(2):117-26. doi: 10.1002/ajim.21018. Epub 2011 Oct 24.
 
Sembajwe G, Wahrendorf M, Siegrist J, Sitta R, Zins M, Goldberg M, Berkman L. Effects of job strain on fatigue: cross-sectional and prospective views of the Job Content Questionnaire and Effort Reward Imbalance in the GAZEL cohort. Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug 17 [Epub ahead of print].

Sembajwe G, Quinn M, Kriebel D, Stoddard A, Krieger N, Barbeau E. The influence of sociodemographic characteristics on agreement between self-reports and expert exposure assessments. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct; 53(10):1019-31

Sembajwe G, Cifuentes M, Tak SW, Gore R, Kriebel D, Punnett L. National income and global estimates of work-related respiratory disease from the WHO World Health Survey. Eur Respir J. 2010 Feb; 35(2):279-86. Epub 2009 Sep 9.

Kondo N, Sembajwe G, Kawachi I, van Dam RM, Subramanian SV, Yamagata Z. Income inequality, mortality, and self rated health: meta-analysis of multilevel studies. BMJ. 2009 Nov 10;339.

Quinn M, Sembajwe G, Stoddard A, Kriebel D, Barbeau E, Hartman C, Krieger N, Sorensen G, Naishadham D. Social Disparities in the Burden of Occupational Exposures. Am J Ind Med, 2007; 50:861-875.

Cifuentes M, Sembajwe G, Tak S, Gore R, Kriebel D, Punnett L. The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development index. Soc Sci Med. 2008;67(4):529-39.

Education

  • B.A in Natural Science Goshen College
  • M.S. in Industrial Hygiene Central Missouri State University (now called University of Central Missouri), Department of Safety Science and Technology
  • Sc.D. in Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Department of Work Environment