Martin A. Cohen

Martin A. Cohen

Teaching Professor and Assistant Chair

Email: mcohen@uw.edu

Phone: 206-616-1905

Office: Suite 100, Roosevelt One Building

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Chemical hazards, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Policy, Risk Assessment, Service, Wildfires

ScD, SM, CIH, CSP

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About

Dr. Cohen is Teaching Professor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Assistant Chair for Stakeholder Engagement and Director of the Field Research and Consultation Group. He is a certified industrial hygienist and certified safety professional.

Education

ScD, Harvard University
SM, Harvard University
BS, Purdue University

ScD, SM, CIH, CSP

Principal Lecturer and Assistant Chair

Dr. Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Assistant Chair for Stakeholder Engagement and Director of the Field Research and Consultation Group. He is a certified industrial hygienist and certified safety professional.

Research Interests

Exposure assessment methodologies utilizing direct reading instrumentation and video exposure monitoring. Hazards in industry. Applied industrial hygiene. Exposure sciences.

Mentorship

Available to mentor new Master's students in autumn 2023. Please follow the instructions on the How To Apply page.

DEOHS Students Mentored

Process Safety Management Internship Project Regarding State Regulations

Kassie Olin | MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH) | 2021 | View

Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure In Stone Countertop Fabrication Workers

James Scukas | MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH) | 2021 | View

Video exposure monitoring as a consultative tool in industrial hygiene

Zakary Reimann | MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH) | 2019 | View

Evaluating controls for paint chip reduction during broadcast tower restoration work

Rami Atallah | MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH) | 2018 | View

Assessment of silica exposures in the investment casting foundry environment: Sampling, analysis and design criteria for controlling exposures

Robert Vannice | MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH) | 2018 | View

Safer alternatives in dry cleaning in King County, Washington

Rachel Shaffer | MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) | 2018 | View

Research

Interests: Exposure assessment methodologies utilizing direct reading instrumentation and video exposure monitoring. Hazards in industry. Applied industrial hygiene. Exposure sciences.

Projects

Fit Factor

Demonstrating the Fit Factor of Healthcare N95 Respirators Using Video Exposure Monitoring.

Publications

Recent publications

See publications list

Projects

Demonstrating the Fit Factor of Healthcare N95 Respirators Using Video Exposure Monitoring.

In the news

Our most-read stories of 2021

December 15, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Karen Levy, Elena Austin, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson, Kristie L. Ebi, Jeremy J Hess, Coralynn Sack, Howard Hu, Marissa Baker, Martin A. Cohen, John Meschke, Esther Min, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Nicole Errett, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Elizabeth Gribble (Walker) | View

Warehouse operators turn to wearable technology to solve workplace strains

June 29, 2021 | Wall Street Journal | Featured: Martin A. Cohen | View

Celebs endorse the WELL Health-Safety seal, but does the science hold up?

May 4, 2021 | MedPage Today | Featured: Martin A. Cohen | View

89% of King County residents are wearing masks in public, UW study finds

March 29, 2021 | KING-5 News | Featured: Martin A. Cohen, Marissa Baker | View

King County gets high marks for masking

March 25, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Marissa Baker, Martin A. Cohen | View

UW researchers surveying mask wearing in King County

February 4, 2021 | UW Daily | Featured: Martin A. Cohen | View

Navigating a safe return to work

January 31, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Martin A. Cohen, Marissa Baker, Nancy Simcox | View

Experts share which masks are most effective against new COVID-19 strain

January 21, 2021 | New York Post | Featured: Martin A. Cohen | View

Field trips get a pandemic makeover

December 17, 2020 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Martin A. Cohen, Elena Austin | View

How widespread is mask-wearing in Washington? UW study aims to find out, starting in King County

November 28, 2020 | Seattle Times | Featured: Martin A. Cohen, Marissa Baker | View

See publications on Pubmed

Education

ScD (Harvard University), SM (Harvard University)

More Information

Teaching Interests

Recognition of hazards in industry, applied industrial hygiene, mentoring exposure sciences students.

Contact information

mcohen@uw.edu

Tel

206-616-1905

Institution

University of Washington

PO Box

354695

4225 Roosevelt Way NE

Suite 100

Seattle

98105-6099