Prof. Laurel Kincl is a professor and an associate dean for academic and faculty affairs at the College of Health, Oregon State University. She received a M.S. in Industrial Hygiene in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics in 2002 from the University of Cincinnati. Before joining Oregon State University in 2011, she
was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology
(CREAL) in Barcelona, Spain, for two years and a Research Associate at the
Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon from 2003–2009.
She is a member of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals
(ASSP), and a member of the Pacific Northwest Section, American Industrial
Hygiene Association (PNS AIHA). She is the principal or co-investigator on
several NIH and CDC-funded grants, and has completed research in a variety of
high-risk industries. Her research focuses on quantifying, communicating, and
controlling occupational and environmental exposures to health and safety
hazards with the goal of reducing adverse health outcomes.
