Roger l. Wabeke
chemriskman@ameritech.net


Departmental Role

I have been an adjunct professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences , since 1987. I provide lectures and guidance to FMPHSand OEH residents, accompany them on site visits to local industries, and offer clinical guidance on work-relatedness of disease and health disorders.



Education

Wayne State University College of Science, 1967, Bachelor of Science in Biology
Wayne State University College of Science, 1969, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1975, Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene
Wayne State University College of Engineering, 1991, Graduate Certificate in Hazardous Materials Mgmt
Wayne State University College of Engineering, 1992, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering


Experience

Carpenter, roofer, truck driver, sign painter

Medical Corpsman, United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1959-1963

Internship in industrial hygiene, Detroit Bureau of Industrial Hygiene and Safety, 1965

Industrial Hygienist, Wyandotte Chemicals (BASF) Corporation, 1966-1971

Industrial Hygienist, Ford Motor Company, 1972-1977

Supervisor, Corporate Industrial Hygiene Section, Ford Motor Company, 1977-1987

President, Chemical Risk Management, 1987-present

Member of numerous professional technical committees, 1967-present


Certifications

Board Certified in the Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene, 1973

Board Certified in Hazardous Materials Management (Master Level), 1994

Registered Professional Engineer, 1995


Major Research Interests

Human hypo- and hyperthermia

Improving collaboration among industrial hygienists, physicians, nurses, and ergonomists

Co-toxicity of prescribed medications and occupational chemical exposures

Ventilation engineering; indoor air quality

Mathematical modeling to assess air contaminant exposures


Selected Publications

Air Contaminants and Industrial Hygiene Ventilation (book), Lewis Publishers

Industrial Hygiene Surveys of Three Plants Manufacturing Chlorine and Caustic Soda

Peripheral Vibratory Sense Deficit in Solvent-Exposed Painters, JOEM (co-author)

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Toxicity, ATSDR (co-author)

Carbon Monoxide Analysis (chapter in book)

Human Thermoregulatory Mechanisms, AIHA

Simulated Exposures of Hospital Emergency Personnel to Solvent Vapors and Respirable

Dust during Patient Decontamination, Emergency Medicine (co-author)

Indoor Air Quality: Building-Related Illness and Sick Building Syndrome – What Doctors

Need to Know, ACGIH