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Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.S.	University of Connecticut	Chemistry
M.S.	Harvard School of Public Health	Industrial Hygiene
Sc.D.	Harvard School of Public Health	Occupational Epidemiology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	Harvard School of Public Health	Occupational Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Post-Doctoral National Research Service Award, Environmental Epidemiology	National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Best Poster by Young Investigator	19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health
19th Annual Conference Travel Scholarship Award	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Pre-Doctoral National Research Service Award, Occupational Epidemiology	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Student Poster Award at the ISEE/ISEA 18th Annual Conference	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
John F. and Virginia B. Taplin Fellowship	Harvard School of Public Health
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship	Harvard School of Public Health

Instructor, 2013- present
University of Connecticut Health Center
Occupational and Environmental Health: Exposures, Risks and Prevention
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

Instructor, 2008-present
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Epidemiology of Environmental & Occupational Health Regulations

Lecturer, 2011-2012
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Connecticut Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Board Member	External	State	2014
Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science: Occupational Health and Safety Core Interest Group	Professional/Scientific Organization	Leader	UConn Health	State	2013
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2011
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2011
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2010
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2010
X2009: Innovations in Exposure Assessment Conference	Advisory Committee	Planning Committee Member	External	National	2009
International Commission on Occupational Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2007
American Board of Industrial Hygienists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2007
International Commission on Occupational Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2007
American Board of Industrial Hygienists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2007
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	2006
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2006
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Intern	External	State	2004	2005
American Industrial Hygiene Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
American Industrial Hygiene Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
American Journal of Epidemiology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Annals of Occupational Hygiene	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Cancer Causes and Control	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Environmental Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Environmental Health Perspectives	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Environmental Research	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
European Journal of Epidemiology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	International
International Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	International
Journal of Breath Research	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	National
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	International
PLOS ONE	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad-hoc peer-reviewer	External	International

Dr. Cavallari uses her skills in exposure assessment and industrial hygiene to evaluate exposure pathways including inhalation and dermal exposure routes. She is also interested in the use of biomarkers both as measures of exposure and preclinical markers of disease, especially cardiovascular disease. She has taken an active role on numerous exposure and health studies, including characterizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures in asphalt paving and examining the cardiovascular health effects from occupational and environmental particulate matter exposures. Current research projects include evaluating exposure to diesel exhaust among truck terminal workers, identifying the cardiovascular responses to second hand smoke exposures among construction workers, exposure characterization and evaluating adoption process among custodians using green cleaning, and understanding the cardiovascular effects of noise exposures.

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Advancing health and well-being in the aging workforce.	Talk	ConnOSHA Breakfast Roundtable	2015	Wethersfield, CT
Motivators and Barriers to the Use of Personal Protective Equipment Among Custodians.	Lecture	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2015	Chicago, IL
Designing Healthy Workplaces: The CPH-NEW Healthy Workplace Participatory Program.	Lecture	Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference.	2015	Waterbury, CT
Time course of heart rate variability response to PM2.5 exposure from secondhand smoke	Lecture	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2015	Chicago, IL
Gender Disparities in Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Tasks Performed Amongst Custodians	Lecture	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2015	Chicago, IL
Factors associated with change in body mass index and body fat percentage in manufacturing workers across different age groups.	Lecture	The Obesity Society Annual Meeting	2015	los Angeles, CA
Designing Healthy Workplaces: The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace Participatory Program.	Lecture	The ASSE New England Chapter Professional Development Conference	2015	Falmouth, MA
Cleaning chemical exposures and respiratory, dermatological and musculoskeletal symptoms among custodians using traditional and green cleaners.	Talk	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2014	New Orleans, LA
Acute inflammatory response to secondhand smoke exposure among non-smoking construction workers: a repeated measures study.	Talk	24th EPICOH Conference	2014	Chicago, IL
Building partnerships for healthier Connecticut workers - A grassroots approach to collaborative research.	Talk	CPH-NEW Symposium	2014	Sturbridge, MA
An index to identify differences in custodians' exposure to cleaning chemicals.	Talk	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2014	New Orleans, LA
Cleaning tasks and respiratory, dermatological and musculoskeletal symptoms among custodians using traditional and green cleaners.	Talk	24th International EPICOH Conference	2014	Chicago, IL
Green Cleaning in your home and office	Talk	ConnectiCOSH Annual Convention	2014	Farmington, CT
Understanding and addressing the needs of the aging workforce	Talk	Connecticut River Valley Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Conference	2014
Effects of training on custodians' satisfaction and acceptance of environmentally preferable products.	Poster	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2014
Building Partnerships for Healthier Connecticut Workers: The Occupational Safety and Health Core Interest Group (OSH-CIG) of UConn Health	Poster	UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science 4th Annual Symposium	2014	Worchester, MA
Acute Effects of Second Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Inflammatory Cytokine and Adhesion Molecule Levels in Construction Workers	Poster	Flight Attendant's Medical Research Institute Symposium	2014	Miami, FL
An evaluation of the design and implementation of a green cleaning professional development program using community based participatory research.	Talk	American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting	2013	Washington, DC
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among custodians using green cleaners.	Talk	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2013	Boston, MA
Biologically relevant exposure assessment: Panel studies among construction workers	Talk	Yale University, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic	2013
Toenail metals as a biomarker for metal exposures in welders.	Poster	Conference of ISEE, ISES and ISIAQ	2013	Basel, Switzerland
Effects of second hand tobacco smoke exposure on heart rate variability and inflammation among construction workers.	Poster	23rd Conference on Epidemiology on Occupational Health EPICOH	2013	Utrecht, Netherlands
Exposure Assessment in the Harvard Trucking Studies	Talk	Drexel University	2012	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Biologically Relevant Exposure Assessment: Panel Studies Among Construction Workers	Talk	University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Community Medicine	2012	Farmington, Connecticut
Cardiovascular Autonomic Responses to Welding Fume Exposures Among Boilermaker Construction Workers and HRV Responses to Short-Term, Controlled Noise Exposures in Healthy Volunteers	Talk	Workshop 2012: Heart Rate Variability and Noise - Methodological Challenges	2012	University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Inflammatory Effects of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Non-Smoking Construction Workers.	Talk	Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute, Tenth Scientific Symposium	2012	Miami, Florida
Biologically Relevant Exposure Assessment: Panel Studies Among Construction Workers	Talk	Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health	2012	Boston, Massachusetts
Panel Studies Among Construction Workers: Biomarkers for Environmental Epidemiology.	Talk	University of Massachusetts	2012	Lowell, Massachusetts
Toenail Metals as a Biomarker for Cumulative PM Metal Exposures in Welders.	Other	X2012: 7th International Conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment	2012	Edinburgh, Scotland
Characterization and Evaluation of Variability in Current Exposure Levels in the US Trucking Industry.	Other	X2012: 7th International Conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment	2012	Edinburgh, Scotland
Exposure Routes and Job Characteristics Associated With Biomarkers of Polycyclic Aromatic Compound Exposure Among Asphalt Paving Workers.	Other	X2012: 7th International Conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment	2012	Edinburgh, Scotland
Panel Studies Among Construction Workers: Biomarkers for Environmental Epidemiology	Talk	Brown University, Department of Epidemiology	2011	Providence, Rhode Island
Inflammatory Effects of Second Hand Tobacco Smoke and Welding Fume Exposures in Construction Workers.	Other	139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	2011	Washington D.C.
Predictors of Dermal Exposures to Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds Among Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Workers.	Other	5th International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Exposure of	2011	Toronto, Canada
Field Investigations of the Cardiovascular Effects of Metal-Rich Particle Exposures.	Talk	Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	2010	Providence, Rhode Island
Cardiovascular Responses to Welding Fume Exposures Among Boilermaker Construction Workers.	Talk	Boston University School of Public Health	2010	Boston, MA
Inhalation Exposure Monitoring of Asphalt Paving Workers: Preliminary Baseline Results with Emphasis on Polycyclic Aromatic Compound Content	Talk	International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	2009	Charleston, South Carolina
Polycyclic Aromatic Compound Metabolites in Urine of Asphalt Paving Workers; Preliminary Results of Baseline Conditions Only.	Other	International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	2009	Charleston, South Carolina
Dermal Monitoring of Asphalt Paving Workers: Preliminary Baseline Results.	Talk	International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	2009	Charleston, South Carolina
Pilot Study for the Investigation of Inhalation and Dermal Exposure Using Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PAC) and PAC Metabolites in the Urine of Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Workers.	Other	International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	2009	Charleston, South Carolina
Partnerships, Processes and Study Design to Investigate the Contribution of Inhalation and Dermal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and Related Metabolites in the Urine of Hot-Mix Asphalt Workers.	Other	International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	2009	Charleston, South Carolina
Characterization of Particle Mass and Number Concentrations During Welding	Poster	X2009: Innovations in Exposure Assessment Conference	2009	Boston, Massachusetts
Mexico City Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposures and Changes in Heart Rate Variability in a Young Population.	Other	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 20th International Con	2008	Pasadena, California
Ventricular Ectopic Beats in Boilermaker Construction Workers Exposed to Metal Rich Fine Particles.	Other	20th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICO	2008	Costa Rica
20th International Conference: Modification by Vascular Function of Particulate Associated Declines in Heart Rate Variability Among Welders	Other	Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health	2008	Costa Rica
19th International Conference: Ventricular Arrhythmia Events in Boilermaker Construction Workers Exposed to Metal Rich Fine Particles.	Other	Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health	2007	Banff, Canada
19th International Conference: Circadian Variation of Heart Rate Variability Following Metal-Rich Fine Particulate Exposures in Boilermaker Construction Workers.	Poster	Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health	2007	Banff, Canada
19th International Conference: The Time Course of Changes in Heart Rate Variability Subsequent to Metal-Rich Workday Particulate Exposures.	Poster	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	2007	Mexico City, Mexico
19th International Conference: Blood Markers of Endothelial Function and Occupational Exposure to Metal-Rich Particulate Matter	Poster	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	2007	Mexico City, Mexico
Fine Particulate Metal Exposures and Night Heart Rate Variability: Application of Energy Adjustment Methods.	Poster	Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Conference	2007	Boston, Massachusetts
Vascular Responses to Metal-Rich Particulate Matter: Acute Changes in Arterial Stiffness among Welders.	Poster	Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Conference	2007	Boston, Massachusetts
18th International Conference: Particulate Exposures and Heart Rate Variability during Sleep among Boilermaker Construction Workers	Poster	International Society for Environmental Epidemiology	2006	Paris, France
Cardiovascular Effects of Occupational and Environmental Particulate Exposures.	Poster	American Thoracic Society International Conference	2006	San Diego, California
Measurement of Indirect Personal Chemical Exposures in a Batch Chemical Manufacturing Facility	Poster	American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition	2004	Atlanta, Georgia
Industrial Hygiene Experiences of a Polaroid Intern.	Talk	New England Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association	2003	Natick, Massachusetts
131st Annual Meeting: Surveillance of Occupational Silicosis in California	Poster	American Public Health Association	2003	San Francisco, California
Construction Related Non-Fatal Falls in California	Poster	3rd Annual National Occupational Injury Research Symposium	2003	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania