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PH 220C Health Risk Assessment, Regulation, and Policy [description]
 
PH 267B Characterization of Airborne Chemicals [description]
 

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Dr. Hammond's research interests are exposure to airborne materials and their health effects including:

• Exposure of construction workers to lead and relationship to blood lead levels.
• Environmental tobacco smoke exposures.
• Measurement of urinary solvent metabolites and the relationship to other exposure assessment parameters.

Dr. Hammond's early work focused on the pulmonary effects of exposures to silicon carbide in manufacturing, the carcinogenic potential of diesel exhaust exposures in railroad workers, the effects of exposure to solvents among boat builders, and the effect of exposure to machining fluids in the automobile industry. One of her continuing interests has been that of quantifying exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). She developed one of the first methods for measuring such exposure quantitatively as well as the first passive monitor for ETS exposure. Her work on two major studies of ETS exposure on commercial airlines led to the banning of cigarette smoking on domestic flights. The measuring techniques she has developed have been adapted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its nationwide study of exposures. Dr. Hammond directed the exposure assessment strategy for the large and complex study of spontaneous abortion among women in the semiconductor industry. The study sought to learn if there was an excess risk of miscarriages among women working in fabrication facilities and, if so, what the cause might be. Ultimately, the study showed that fabrication employees did have an increased incidence of spontaneous abortion, and Dr. Hammond's exposure assessment procedures enabled the team to identify positive photo resists and a product called "buffered oxide etch" as being associated with particularly elevated risks. Dr. Hammond plans to continue developing innovative methods of exposure assessment for environmental and occupational health.
 

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Wilson MP, Hammond SK, Nicas M, Hubbard AE. Worker exposure to volatile organic compounds in the vehicle repair industry. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2007 May;4(5):301-10. PMID: 17454499 [abstract]
 
Solomon GM, Hjelmroos-Koski M, Rotkin-Ellman M, Hammond SK. Airborne mold and endotoxin concentrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, after flooding, October through November 2005. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Sep;114(9):1381-6. PMID: 16966092 [abstract]
 
Hjelmroos-Koski MK, Macher JM, Hammond SK, Tager I. Considerations in the grouping of plant and fungal taxa for an epidemiologic study. Grana. 2006 Dec;45(4):261-87. [abstract]
 
Mulcahy M, Evans DS, Hammond SK, Repace JL, Byrne M. Secondhand smoke exposure and risk following the Irish smoking ban: an assessment of salivary cotinine concentrations in hotel workers and air nicotine levels in bars. Tob Control. 2005 Dec;14(6):384-8. [abstract]
 
Hammond SK, Gold E, Baker R, Quinlan P, Smith W, Pandya R, Balmes J. Respiratory health effects related to occupational spray painting and welding. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Jul;47(7):728-39. PMID: 16010199 [abstract]
 
Hammond SK, Emmons KM. Inmate exposure to secondhand smoke in correctional facilities and the impact of smoking restrictions. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2005 May;15(3):205-11. PMID: 15187988 [abstract]