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Risto Rautiainen, PhD

Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health
Director, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UNMC

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Risto Rautiainen, PhD, joined UNMC in 2009 and is a professor in the Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health of the UNMC College of Public Health. He is director of the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UNMC.

Previously, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational & Environmental Health at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where he also was deputy director of the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health.

He also served as a farm safety consultant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and as head of the Occupational Safety Department of the Farmers Social Insurance Institution in Espoo, Finland, where he also was a safety agronomist.

Education

2002, PhD Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Iowa
1994, Certificate Occupational Health & Safety, University of Manitoba
1986, MS Agriculture, University of Helsinki

Research Interest & Projects

Dr. Rautiainen's research interests include the following: agricultural and occupational health and safety; intervention effectiveness research; injury epidemiology; agricultural safety engineering; health and safety training, education, and outreach; economics of occupational health and safety; and risk management.

Selected Publications

DeRoo LA, Rautiainen RH. A systematic review of farm safety interventions. Am J Prev Med 18 4Suppl:51-62, May 2000.
Rautiainen RH, Reynolds SJ. Mortality and morbidity in agriculture in the United States. J Agric Saf Health 8(3):259-276, Aug. 2002.
Rautiainen RH, Lange JL, Hodne CJ, Schneiders S, Donham KJ. Injuries in the Iowa Certified Safe Farm Study. J Agric Saf Health 10(1):51-63, Jan. 2004.
Rautiainen RH, Ledolter J, Sprince NL, Donham KJ, Burmeister LF, Ohsfeldt R, Reynolds SJ, Phillips K, Zwerling C. Effects of premium discount on workers’ compensation claims in agriculture in Finland. Am J Ind Med 48(2):100-9, Aug 2005.
Choi SW, Peek-Asa C, Sprince NL, Rautiainen RH, Flamme GA, Whitten PS, Zwerling C. Sleep quantity and quality as a predictor of injuries in a rural population. Am J. Emerg Med. 24(2):189-96, Mar 2006.

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
International Association for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH)