David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Ph.D.

Research

David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, M.Sc., Ph.D., is Professor within the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health (UTSPH) in San Antonio. He is also Director of the Occupational Epidemiology Doctoral Training Program, part of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center at the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH). Dr. Gimeno is a trained psychologist (Universitat de Barcelona [UB], 1997) and social and occupational epidemiologist with a Ph.D. in Public Health (Universitat Pompeu Fabra [UPF], 2003) and a Master in Occupational Hazards Prevention (UPF and UB, 1999). Dr. Gimeno’s research focuses on the impact of work on a range of health outcomes, particularly workplace injuries, work-related lost productivity, sickness absence, and return-to-work. Dr. Gimeno is the Principal Investigator of the II Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health and of a grant studying the associations between occupational exposures and asthma among Texas healthcare workers. In addition, Dr. Gimeno is also involved in research on physiological workloads related to musculoskeletal injuries among workers performing milking tasks and other research regarding the relationship of safety management and leadership with injuries and fatalities among logging workers.

Related Diseases: Asthma, musculoskeletal diseases, mental disorders, occupational injuries, and illnesses

Techniques: Statistical models applied to public health and in comparative epidemiological studies, working with large complex databases and with prospective longitudinal cohort data.

• Research & Grants

  David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, MSc, Ph.D, is Professor within the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences at UT Health San Antonio. He is also Director of the Occupational Epidemiology Doctoral Training Program, part of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center at the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH). Dr. Gimeno is a trained psychologist (Universitat de Barcelona [UB], 1997) and social and occupational epidemiologist with a PhD in Public Health (Universitat Pompeu Fabra [UPF], 2003) and a Master in Occupational Hazards Prevention (UPF and UB, 1999). Dr. Gimeno’s research focuses on the impact of work on a range of health outcomes, particularly workplace injuries, work-related lost productivity, sickness absence and return-to-work. Dr. Gimeno is the Principal Investigator of the II Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health and of a grant studying the associations between occupational exposures and asthma among Texas healthcare workers. In addition, Dr. Gimeno is also involved in research on physiological workloads related to musculoskeletal injuries among workers performing milking tasks and other research regarding the relationship of safety management and leadership with injuries and fatalities among logging workers.

• Publications

  Mullola S, Hakulinen C, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Presseau J, Jokela M, Vänskä J, Paunio T, Elovainio M. Medical Specialty Choice and Well-Being at Work: Physician's Personality as a Moderator. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2018 (In press).

  Hernandez AM*, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Marko D, Whitworth KW. The Association between PM2.5 and Ozone and the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in the United States, 2002-2008. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 (In press).

  Douphrate DI, Fethke NB, Nonnenmann MW, Rodriguez A, Hagevoort R, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D. Effect of a novel teat preparation system on upper extremity muscle activity among U.S. large-herd dairy parlor workers. Int J Ind Ergon. 2017 (In press).

  Basto-Abreu AC*, Barrientos-Gutiérrez T, Zepeda-Tello R, Camacho V, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Hernández-Ávila M. The relationship of socioeconomic status with body mass index depends on the socioeconomic measure used. Obesity. 2018;26(1):176-184. PMID: 29152913.

  Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Rojas Garbanzo M*, Aragón A, Carmenate-Milián A, Benavides FG. Effect of informal employment on the relationship between psychosocial work risk factors and musculoskeletal pain in Central American workers. Occup Environ Med. 2017;74(9):645-651. PMID: 28442543.

  Conway SH*, Pompeii LA, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D, Follis JL, Roberts RE. The Identification of a Long Work Hours Threshold for Predicting Elevated Risks of Adverse Health Outcomes. Am J Epidemiol. 2017;186(2):173-183. PMID: 28459945.

  Douphrate DI, Fethke NB, Nonnenman MW, Rodriguez A*, Hagevoort R, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D. Full-shift and task-specific exposure measurement of muscle activity among U.S. large-herd dairy parlor workers. Ergonomics. 2017; 60(8): 1042-1054. PMID: 27854562.

  Coggon D, Ntani G, Walker-Bone K, Palmer KT, Felli VE, Harari R, Barrero LH, Felknor SA, Gimeno D, Cattrell A, Vargas-Prada S, Bonzini M, Solidaki E, Merisalu E, Habib RR, Sadeghian F, Masood Kadir M, Warnakulasuriya SSP, Matsudaira K, Nyantumbu B, Sim MR, Harcombe H, Cox H, Sarquis LM, Marziale MH, Harari F, Freire R, Harari N, Monroy MV, Quintana LA, Rojas M, Salazar Vega EJ, Clare Harris E, Serra C, Martinez JM, Delclos G, Benavides FG, Carugno M, Ferrario MM, Pesatori AC, Chatzi L, Bitsios P, Kogevinas M, Oha K, Sirk T, Sadeghian T, Peiris-John RJ, Sathiakumar N, Wickremasinghe AR, Yoshimura N, Kelsall HL, Hoe VCW, Urquhart DM, Derrett S, McBride D, Herbison P, Gray A. Epidemiological differences between localised and non-localised low back pain. Spine. 2017; 42(10):740-747. PMID: 27820794.

  Campos-Fumero A*, Delclos GL, Douphrate DI, Felknor SA, Vargas-Prada S, Serra C, Coggon D, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D. Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish speaking-countries: findings from the CUPID study. Inj Prev. 2017;23(3):158-164. PMID: 27585564.

  Ubalde-Lopez M*, Arends I, Almansa J, Delclos GL, Gimeno D, Bültmann U. Beyond return to work: the effect of multimorbidity on work functioning trajectories after sick leave due to common mental disorders. J Occup Rehab. 2017; 27(2), 210-217. PMID: 27250634.

  Ubalde-Lopez M*, Delclos GL, Benavides FG, Calvo-Bonacho E, Gimeno D. The effect of multimorbidity on sickness absence by specific diagnoses. Occup Med (Lond). 2017; 67(2):93-100. PMID: 27496547.