Laura Linnan, ScD
About
Laura Linnan in the Gillings News
- Laura Linnan: Influential public health scholar and leader in Total Worker Health® research
- UNC-Chapel Hill named NIOSH Center of Excellence for Total Worker Health®
- Groundbreaking study on staff wellness in child care centers named Paper of the Year
- Gillings School drops GRE requirement for 8 graduate degrees
- Linnan honored with paper of the year award for research on workplace health in America
Research Activities
Occupational safety and health
Worker health
Chronic disease prevention and control
Community based participatory research
Key Publications
Comprehensive approach to planning public health programs and policies. In Boulton, M : Maxcy-Rosenau-Last. (Eds.), Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 16th Edition. Linnan, L. and Leff, M. (2019). Mc-Graw-Hill Inc..
The Health and Working Conditions of Women Employed in Child Care. L Linnan, G Arandia, L Bateman, A Vaughn, N Smith, D Ward (2017). International journal of environmental research and public health, 14(3).
Fidelity and its’ relationship to implementation, adaptation, and dissemination. In: Brownson R., Colditz G., and E.Proctor. (Eds). Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science into Practice, 2nd edition. Dacey-Allen, J., Shelton, R., Emmons, K. and Linnan, L. (2017). Oxford University Press.
Education
- ScD, Public Health, Harvard University, 1999
- MSEd, Public Health, University of Toledo, 1983
- BS, Health Education, Indiana State University, 1981