Faculty/Staff Detail

James  Blando, PhD, MHS
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Primary Affil: NJ Dept of Health and Senior Services-Occupational Health Service
SPH Department: Environmental and Occupational Health
Units: N/A
Campus: Piscataway/New Brunswick
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Phone: 609.777.3039
Fax: 609.292.5677
Email: james.blando@doh.state.nj.us

Degrees/Certifications:

PhD, 1999, Rutgers University
MHS, 1995, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health

 

Global Public Health Experience:

No

Research Interests:

Occupational and Environmental Health

Community Service/Community Research Projects:

Professional Service:

Chairman, New Jersey Clean Air Council, Trenton, NJ. (2006 – 2008)
Representative, USEPA Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA),
Washington, D.C. (2006 - present)
Vice-Chairman, New Jersey Clean Air Council, Trenton, NJ. (2004 – 2006)
Chairman, Interagency Risk Assessment Committee (IRAC), Trenton, NJ (2001– present)
Chairman, Air Pollution Education and Research Grant Committee (APERG)
(2000 – present)
Representative, New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute, Trenton, NJ
(2002)
Representative, New Jersey Clean Air Council, Trenton, NJ (2001 –present)
Representative, USEPA Federal, State, and Tribal Risk Assessment Committee (FSTRAC), Washington, D.C. (2001 - 2003)

Publications/Links:

Blando, J.; Lefkowitz, D.; Valiante, D.; Gerwel, B.; Bresnitz, E. Survey
of current lead use, handling, hygiene, and contaminant controls among New
Jersey Industries. In press, Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Hygiene (August 2007).

Blando, J; Robertson, C.; Bresnitz, E. Evaluation of KI Prophylaxis
Knowledge and Nuclear Emergency Preparedness — New Jersey, 2005, In press, American Journal of Public Health (April 2007)

Blando, J; Robertson, C; Pearl, K; Dixon, C; Valcin, M; Bresnitz, E.
(2007). Assessment of potassium iodide (KI) distribution program among
communities within the emergency planning zones (EPZ) of two nuclear power
plants. Health Physics. Operational Radiation Safety. 92(2) Suppl 1:S18-S26.

Blando, J; Cohn, P. (2004) Exposure and Health Risk from swimming in
outdoor pools contaminated by trichlorethylene. Human and Ecological Risk
Assessment 10 (4): 717 – 731.

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