Dr. de Castro is Deputy Director of the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and Director of the Occupational Health Nursing Program. Prior to coming to UW, he served as Senior Staff for Occupational and Environmental Health at the American Nurses Association and also worked in the Office of Occupational Health Nursing at federal OSHA.
Dr. de Castro is Deputy Director of the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and Director of the Occupational Health Nursing Program. Prior to coming to UW, he served as Senior Staff for Occupational and Environmental Health at the American Nurses Association and also worked in the Office of Occupational Health Nursing at federal OSHA.
Primary research interests include occupational health issues among immigrant and minority worker populations with an emphasis on how psychosocial aspects of work (i.e., workplace discrimination, unfair working conditions, work organization, and occupational downgrading) affect physical and mental health, and workplace safety and health hazards encountered by health care workers.
Not available to mentor new students in autumn 2020.
Research Interests:
Primary research interests include occupational health issues among immigrant and minority worker populations with an emphasis on how psycho-social aspects of work (i.e., workplace discrimination, unfair working conditions, work organization, and occupational downgrading) affect physical and mental health, and workplace safety and health hazards encountered by health care workers.
Occupational Health Nursing; Work Stress and Health; Community/Public Health Nursing; Immigrant and Minority Health
