Palmer, Keith T - University of Southampton

个人简介

Professor Keith Palmer studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and the John Radcliffe Hospital. A former GP and Employment Medical Adviser with the HSE, he completed his specialist training in Occupational Medicine in 1994 and has since held a tenured research post at consultant grade in occupational epidemiology with the MRC Epidemiology Lifecourse Unit in Southampton, as well as being an honorary consultant with the Southampton University NHS Trust and holding a Chair in Occupational Medicine with the University of Southampton. Additionally, he chairs the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (a statutory body that advises the Secretary of State at the DWP on state-funded compensation to workers suffering recognised occupational diseases and injuries); he served as Editor of the BMJ Publishing Group journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine between 2003 and 2009; and he was Academic Dean at the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London from 2007 - 2013. His research is focused on the epidemiology of occupational diseases, and the clinical management and prevention of work-associated illnesses. He is a joint leader of an MRC funded research programme on work and health.

研究领域

The Work and Health research programme applies epidemiological methods to inform the management of health risks related to employment. It embraces the identification of hazards, quantification of risks, and evaluation of controls to reduce risk. The output often has practical applications, addressing problems relevant to Government policy and/or to clinical and regulatory decisions in occupational health care. For example: We have discovered a novel occupational risk of lobar pneumonia in workers exposed to metal fume. The evidence, which applies to mortality and hospital care for pneumonia, has led the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to recommend pneumococcal vaccination for welders and other workers exposed to metal fume. Our research on osteoarthritis (OA) and occupational physical workload has supported state compensation for farmers (hip OA) and coal miners (knee OA). Our studies on pesticides have led to tighter controls over storage. An analysis of mortality by occupation covering 2.76 million men from England and Wales during 1979-2000 has tracked time trends in occupational mortality, and identified contemporary targets for prevention by safety authorities. Other studies have concerned arm pain, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, occupational Raynaud’s phenomenon, cancers caused by work, the health problems of pregnant workers, and the extent of deafness in Britain caused by noise at work.

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Frailty, prefrailty and employment outcomes in Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) Study - Palmer, Keith, D'angelo, Stefania, Harris, Clare, Linaker, Catherine, Gale, Catharine, Evandrou, Maria, Syddall, Holly, van Staa, Tjeerd, Cooper, Cyrus, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Coggon, David and Walker-Bone, Karen Published:2017Publication:Occupational and Environmental MedicinePage Range:1-8doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-104103PMID:28062832 Sleep disturbance and the older worker: findings from the Health and Employment after Fifty study - Palmer, Keith, D'angelo, Stefania, Harris, Clare, Linaker, Catherine, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Gale, Catharine, Evandrou, Maria, van Staa, Tjeerd, Cooper, Cyrus and Coggon, D. Published:2017Publication:Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthPage Range:1-10doi:10.5271/sjweh.3618PMID:28052164 Job dissatisfaction and the older worker: baseline findings from the Health and Employment After Fifty study - D'angelo, Stefania, Coggon, David, Harris, Clare, Linaker, Catherine, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Gale, Catharine, Evandrou, Maria, van Staa, Tjeerd, Cooper, Cyrus, Walker-Bone, Karen and Palmer, Keith Published:2016Publication:Occupational and Environmental MedicineVolume:73Page Range:512-519doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-103591PMID:27152012 Are welders more at risk of respiratory infections? - Coggon, D. and Palmer, Keith Published:2016Publication:ThoraxVolume:71, (7)Page Range:581-582doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208464PMID:27103350 Trends in mortality from occupational hazards among men in England and Wales during 1979-2010 - Harris, E.C., Palmer, K.T., Cox, V., Darnton, A., Osman, J. and Coggon, D. Published:2016Publication:Occupational and Environmental MedicinePage Range:1-10doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-103336PMID:26976946 Heavy manual work throughout the working lifetime and muscle strength among men at retirement age - Walker-Bone, K., D'Angelo, S., Syddall, H., Palmer, K.T., Cooper, C., Coggon, D. and Aihie Sayer, A. Published:2016Publication:Occupational and Environmental MedicineVolume:73, (4)Page Range:284-286doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-103293PMID:26896253