Timothy Ryan
Timothy Ryan, PhD, CIH, CSP
Ohio University
Professor and Industrial Hygiene Program Coordinator
Department of Social and Public Health
Contact Information
W357 Grover Center
Department of Social and Public Health
Ohio University
Athens OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2134
Fax: 740.593.0555
Email: ryant@ohio.edu
University of Texas School of Public Health, PhD
University of Minnesota, MS
Biography
Tim Ryan is the Program Coordinator of the B.S.H. program at Ohio University, where he teaches 8+ courses in industrial hygiene and environmental health. He has worked in research, higher education and the private sector, and has served as an elected officer and committee chair for American Industrial Hygiene Association committees. Ryan has published numerous scientific studies and book chapters, an industrial hygiene virtual laboratory CD-ROM, and a variety of general health and safety articles.
Research Interests
Public Safety in communities, especially the US housing infrastructure as it concerns carbon monoxide monitoring and fatality protection.
Methicillin Resistant S. Aureus: prevalence in sporting industries and sports
Pedagogy related to distance- and autonomous-education, especially when conveyed by electronic communication allowing for virtual reality simulation of health and safety laboratory exercises
Examination of micro environmental factors resulting in the production of allergenic or toxigenic substances in non-industrial occupational indoor settings, especially microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs)
Practice Interests
Indoor air and environmental quality
Ambient and community noise assessment and control
International occupational hygiene evolution
Mold and associated by-products in indoor environments as related to MVOC production
Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Involvement
Faculty appointment
Continuing Education Committee member
Capstone or Practicum Areas of Expertise
Projects with OSHA, ergonomic, safety, chemical or environmental stressor recognition, evaluation, or control
Healthcare safety and biosafety issues
History of public health and medicine
Global public health, especially
Europe and Indoor environmental issues
Formaldehyde exposures in health care setting
Healthcare safety and biosafety issues