Associate ProfessorMedicine Associate ProfessorEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences Related Links: Occupational and Environmental Medicine ResidencyFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MDYale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT2001–2005 Internship and Residency in Internal MedicineHospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA2005–2008 MPHJohns Hopkins University, School of Public HealthBaltimore, MD2008–2009 Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University2001 Harvard College Scholarship2001 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship2001 Endocrine Society Summer Research Fellowship2002 Graduated Cum Laude from Yale University2005 Farr Scholar Award2005 Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award2005 American Society of Nephrology Resident Travel Grant2006 Housestaff Quality Improvement Project Award2007 Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund Award2008–2010 Randall Bass Award2009 Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society2009 Scholarly Project Forum Winner, Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety2009 Contact Email: spectj@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Clinical Interests: Occupational and environmental medicineOccupational heat-related illnessWork-related musculoskeletal disorder prevention and managementContingent and immigrant worker safety and healthOccupational health services and outcomesFocal dystonia in musicians Publications Publications: Spector J, Kahn S, Jones M, Jayakumar M, Dalal D, Nazarian S. Migraine headache and ischemic stroke risk: An updated meta-analysis. American Journal of Medicine 2010;123(7):612–24. Spector JT, Adams D, Silverstein B. Burden of work-related knee disorders in Washington State, 1999 to 2007. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011;53(5):537–47. Spector J, Navas-Acien A, Fadrowski J, Guallar E, Jaar B, Weaver V. Associations of blood lead with estimated glomerular filtration rate using MDRD, CKD-EPI and serum cystatin C-based equations. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2011;26:2786–2792. Spector JT, Turner JA, Fulton-Kehoe D, Franklin GM. Pre-surgery disability compensation predicts long-term disability among workers with carpal tunnel syndrome. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2012;55(9):816–32. Lam M, Krenz J, Perla M, Negrete M, Palmandez P, Spector JT. Identification of barriers to the prevention and treatment of heat-related illness in Latino farmworkers using activity-oriented, participatory rural appraisal focus group methods. BMC Public Health 2013(13):1004.
