{"id":43213,"date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/29\/meet-unmc-distinguished-scientist-risto-rautiainen-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:34:51","slug":"meet-unmc-distinguished-scientist-risto-rautiainen-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/04\/29\/meet-unmc-distinguished-scientist-risto-rautiainen-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet UNMC Distinguished Scientist Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><I>NOTE: This profile is part of a series to highlight the 16 researchers who will be honored April 30 at a ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s 2012 Scientist Laureate, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/i> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D.\n<li><b>Title:<\/b>  Associate professor, director of Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health\n<li><b>Joined UNMC: <\/b> September 2009\n<li><b>Hometown: <\/b> Born in Lavia, Finland\n<\/ul>\n<p><B>Describe your research briefly in layman&#8217;s terms.<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nMy main research interest is health and safety in agriculture. Having grown up on a farm and seeing hazards that farmers deal with in their daily work, I got interested in research and prevention of injuries and health conditions among farmers and agricultural workers. My main focus is on injury prevention; learning how the injuries happen and using this information for prevention, mainly through education and outreach.<\/p>\n<p><b>How does your research contribute to science and\/or health care? <\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nThrough many intervention studies and systematic reviews of the literature, I can contribute to the understanding of what works and what does not in prevention of agricultural injury and disease. A lot more progress needs to be made, and through UNMC&#8217;s Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, which I direct, we have a talented group of investigators and educators contributing to better health and safety among farmers in Nebraska and the region.<\/p>\n<p><b>What is the best piece of advice anyone ever gave you, professional or personal? <\/b><br \/>\n&#8220;You are a young man; you need experiences.&#8221; This was a comment from a farm organization leader in a meeting where I was recommending some fairly strong policy actions. 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