Marc Schenker, MD, MPH

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Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH, is a Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine at UC Davis. He is Founding Director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and the Migration and Health Research Center. His work has focused on numerous agricultural populations, including farmworkers and their families and farm owners and managers. His work has also focused on diverse causes of illness and injury, including agricultural dusts, pesticides, and heat. Dr. Schenker has focused attention of occupational health researchers and epidemiologists on the global health disparities affecting immigrants, with particular attention to the occupational health outcomes among immigrant workers.

(Español)
Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH, es un eminente profesor de Ciencias de Salud Pública y Medicina en la Universidad de California en Davis. Él es director fundador del Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, del Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety y del Migration and Health Research Center. Su trabajo se ha enfocado en un sinnúmero de poblaciones agrícolas, incluyendo trabajadores agrícolas y sus familias, y propietarios y administradores de fincas. Su trabajo también se ha enfocado en diversas causas de enfermedades y lesiones, incluyendo polvos agrícolas, pesticidas y calor. El doctor Schenker ha llamado la atención de los investigadores de salud y epidemiólogos sobre las disparidades mundiales de la salud que afectan a los inmigrantes, prestando atención especial a los resultados de salud ocupacional de los trabajadores migrantes.