Margaret L. Phillips, PhD, CIH

Phone: (405) 271-8001, x46764

Office: Hudson College of Public Health

801 Northeast 13th Street, Room 413B

Post Office Box 26901

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126-0901

Email: Margaret-Phillips@ouhsc.edu

Dr. Phillips is Professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. As Industrial Hygiene Program Director, she oversees the department’s ABET-accredited Master of Science program in Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences and its training grant funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Before joining the faculty at the Hudson College of Public Health in 1996, Dr. Phillips worked as an industrial hygienist in private industry. Her experience as a practitioner informs her approach to teaching, where she emphasizes applying skills and knowledge to real-life scenarios and effectively communicating scientific information to professional peers, management, workers, and the public. Her research interests include exposure assessment in occupational and community settings. She is an active member and former chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Nonionizing Radiation Committee. She has been a Certified Industrial Hygienist since 1993.

Education:

• MHS, Industrial Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health, 1989
• PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1987
• MS, Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1982
• AB, Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1980

Appointments:

• Department Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 2020–present
• Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 2019–present
• Interim Department Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 2004–2005
• Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 2002–2019
• Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Hudson College of Public Health, OUHSC, 1996–2002
• Environmental Health and Safety Advisor, Mobil Technology Company, 1995–1996
• Industrial Hygienist, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, 1991–1995
• Project Manager/Senior Industrial Hygienist, Kaselaan & D'Angelo Associates, 1991
• Staff Supervisor-Industrial Hygienist, USS Division of USX Corporation, 1989–1991

Teaching:

• OEH 5013 Environmental Health
• OEH 5734 Noise /Radiation Hazards
• OEH 5801 Basic Ergonomics
• OEH 5940 Field Practice
• OEH 5960 Directed Readings
• OEH 5973 Communication & Ethics in OEH
• OEH 5980 Research for Master’s Thesis
• OEH 6473 Risk Assessment

Research Interests:

• Occupational and environmental hazard exposure assessment
• Determinants of exposure

Link to Dr. Phillips current publications

Select publications:

1. Johnson, David; Phillips, Margaret; Qi, Chaolong; Van, Anthony; Hawley, Danielle. Experimental evaluation of respirable dust and crystalline silica controls during simulated performance of stone countertop fabrication tasks with powered hand tools. Ann Work Expo Health. 2017;61(6):711-723. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxx040
2. Sy, Oumy; Phillips, Margaret. Musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors among african hair braiders”, J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016;13(6):434-441. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1130226
3. Cooper, Jared; Johnson, David; Phillips, Margaret. Respirable silica dust suppression during artificial stone countertop cutting. Ann Occup Hyg. 2015;59(1):122-126. doi:10.1093/annhyg/meu083
4. Phillips, Margaret; Johnson, David; Johnson, Andrew. Determinants of respirable silica exposure in stone countertop fabrication: a preliminary study. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013;10(7):368-373. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2013.789706
5. Phillips, Margaret; Johnson, Andrew; Johnson, David. Prevalence of dry methods in granite countertop fabrication in Oklahoma”, J Occup Environ Hyg.  2012;9(7):437-442. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2012.684549