Dr. Stacey M Benson is an epidemiologist with 20 years of experience conducting human subject and benchtop research. She focused her academic and consulting experience in the fields of physics, physiology, and environmental and occupational epidemiology. Her experience includes investigating the health effects associated with exposure to a variety of compounds, including asbestos, talc, diesel exhaust, PM2.5, ethylene oxide, heavy metals, and air pollution. More recently, her research has focused on understanding the public health impacts of reduced-harm nicotine products. Prior to consulting, Dr. Benson worked as an Associate Service Fellow for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. During her work with NIOSH, she applied 3-D anthropometric computer modeling to evaluate and improve respirator headform designs for civilian workers in the U.S. and China. In addition, Dr. Benson’s role also included recruiting hundreds of participants in several human subject research studies, preparing research proposals and IRB submissions. The focus of her work at NIOSH was evaluating respirator protection to understand the limitations of disposable respirators during a pandemic. Dr. Benson has dozens of publications on respiratory protection including evaluations of the physiological burden associated with donning PPE. She has conducted hundreds of quantitative and qualitative fit tests. Dr. Benson has published over 70 abstracts and peer-reviewed papers on various topics including occupational and environmental epidemiology and respiratory protection.

“My life motto is ‘never stop learning’. I am passionate about tackling complex scientific problems and working in interdisciplinary teams to provide unique solutions to clients.”

Areas of Expertise
• Epidemiology
• Behavioral science
• Clinical research

Topic Areas
• Particulate matter
• Asbestos
• Talc
• Heavy metals
• Nicotine
• Ethylene oxide
• Diesel exhaust
• Respiratory protection

Education and Certifications
• Ph.D. Environmental Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
• M.S. Exercise Physiology, University of Pittsburgh
• B.S. Physics, St. Lawrence University

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Contact Information
Phone (949) 989-4077 ext.105
Email [email protected]