Abas Shkembi

Abas Shkembi, MS
PhD Candidate

M6020 SPH II
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor MI 48109

ashkembi@umich.edu

Education

PhD Candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI. 2023 – Present
MS in Environmental Health Science – Industrial Hygiene, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI. 2021-2023
- Thesis Title: “Cumulative Occupational and Environmental Injustices in Michigan”
BS in Statistics (minor in Environmental Science), Ann Arbor, MI. 2017-2020

Selected Publications

Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL (2023). Linking environmental injustices in Detroit, MI to institutional racial segregation through historical federal redlining. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00512-y
Shkembi A, Le AB, Neitzel RL (2023). Associations between poorer mental health with work-related effort, reward, and overcommitment among a sample of formal US solid waste workers. Safety & Health at Work. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2023.01.004
Shkembi A, Smith LM, Bregg S, Neitzel RL (2022). Evaluating occupational noise exposure as a contributor to injury risk among miners. Ann Work Exp Health. 66(9): 1151- 1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac059
Shkembi A, Nambunmee K, Jindaphong S, Parra-Giordano D, Yohannessen K, Ruiz- Rudolph P, Neitzel RL, Arain A (2021). Work Task Association with Lead Urine and Blood Concentrations in Informal Electronic Waste Recyclers in Thailand and Chile. Inter J Env Res & Public Health. 18(20): 10580. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010580

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