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Aaron Yoder, PhD

Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
Research Director, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UNMC
Associate Professor, UNL Department of Biological Systems Engineering

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Aaron Yoder, PhD, joined UNMC in 2013, and serves as an associate professor in the Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health in the College of Public Health. He also is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

In addition, Dr. Yoder serves as research director on feedyard worker safety for the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UNMC.

Previously, Dr. Yoder was an instructor i the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, where he also had held a position as a graduate research assistant. He also was a graduate research assistant in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Education

2002, PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
1999, MS, Environmental Pollution Control, The Pennsylvania State University
1997, BS, Agricultural Systems Management, The Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

Dr. Yoder's overall research interest is to improve the health of workers in agriculture and related industries through science based research, product development and outreach. His specific interests are in the research and development of sound ergonomic and human factors principles and technologies that will lead to healthier and safer workers in agriculture and related industries through the reduction of hazards associated with these types of injuries.

Selected Publications

Chasek C, Watanabe-Galloway S, Rutt R, Olson A, Yoder A. A cross-sectional study of alcohol, opioid use, and anxiety in agriculturally based occupations. J Rural Health. 2023;1-8.
Watanabe-Galloway S, Chasek TC, Yoder AM, Bell JE. Substance use disorders in the farming population: scoping review. J Rural Health. 2022; 38:129–150.
Jenna L. Gibbs, Carolyn E. Sheridan, Aaron Yoder, Cheryl Beseler & Risto Rautiainen (2023) Self- reported Quad Bike Use, Safety Behaviors, and Safety Awareness among Young Adults in U.S. and Canadian Agriculture, Journal of Agromedicine, 28:1, 18-27, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2141408
Ramos, A. K., Adhikari, S., Rautiainen, R., & Yoder, A. (2022). Protecting cattle feedyard workers in the Central States region: Exploring state, regional, and national data on fatal and nonfatal injuries in agriculture and the beef production sector. The Journal of Extension, 60(3), Article 13. https://doi.org/ 10.34068/joe.60.03.13
Olowogbon, T.S.; Babatunde, R.O.; Asiedu, E.; Yoder, A.M. Prevalence and Exposure to Ergonomic Risk Factors among Crop Farmers in Nigeria. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 11989.

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
eXtension.org – Farm and Ranch eXtension in Safety and Health
International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health
NCERA 197 – USDA Multistate committee on extension and research activities