Associated Departments

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Scholars@UK

Wetland Treatment Systems for Municipal Wastewater at a Bourbon Distillery and Potential Value of Incorporating Stillage for Water Treatment Enhancement

Ristola, K., Messer, T., Crofcheck, C., Barzee, T. & Sanderson, W., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. 3, 2, p. 88-99

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Identifying risk factors for adverse lung health outcomes among rural Appalachian women

Thompson, J. R., Walker, C. J., Flunker, J. C., Christian, W. J., Sanderson, W. T., Schoenberg, N. E. & Browning, S. R., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of Rural Health. 41, 2, e70035.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Respiratory Symptoms and Psychological Distress in Farmers Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Kham-ai, P., Li, P., Wheeler, P., Witt, C., Sanderson, W. & Heaton, K., Oct 2024, In: Workplace Health and Safety. 72, 10, p. 408-419 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Occurrence, transformation, and transport of PFAS entering, leaving, and flowing past wastewater treatment plants with diverse land uses

Sigler, K., Messer, T. L., Ford, W. & Sanderson, W., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 371, 123129.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Assessing the role of social determinants of health in health disparities: The need for data on work

Silver, S. R., Sweeney, M. H., Sanderson, W. T., Pana-Cryan, R., Steege, A. L., Quay, B., Carreón, T. & Flynn, M. A., Feb 2024, In: American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 67, 2, p. 129-142 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A Comparison of Devices for Race Day Characterization of North American Turfgrass Thoroughbred Racing Surfaces

Schmitt, P. R., Sanderson, W., Rogers, J., Barzee, T. J. & Peterson, M., Jan 2024, In: Animals. 14, 1, 38.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Risk factors of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales acquisition among adult intensive care unit patients at a Kentucky Academic Medical Center

Wilson, J. E., Sanderson, W., Westgate, P. M., Winter, K. & Forster, D., Dec 2023, In: Infection Prevention in Practice. 5, 4, 100310.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Environmental exposures and pulmonary function among adult residents of rural Appalachian Kentucky

Flunker, J. C., Sanderson, W. T., Christian, W. J., Mannino, D. M. & Browning, S. R., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 34, 6, p. 981-989 9 p., 82.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Maternal occupational exposure to selected organic and chlorinated solvents and delivery of small-for-gestational age or preterm infants

Van Buren, K. W., Rocheleau, C. M., Chen, I. C., Desrosiers, T. A., Sanderson, W. T., Politis, M. D. & Ailes, E. C., Oct 2023, In: American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 66, 10, p. 842-853 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Parental occupational exposure to solvents and autism spectrum disorder: An exploratory look at gene-environment interactions

McCanlies, E. C., Gu, J. K., Kashon, M., Yucesoy, B., Ma, C. C., Sanderson, W. T., Kim, K., Ludeña-Rodriguez, Y. J. & Hertz-Picciotto, I., Jul 1 2023, In: Environmental Research. 228, 115769.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Adult asthma associated with roadway density and housing in rural Appalachia: the Mountain Air Project (MAP)

Christian, W. J., Flunker, J., May, B., Westneat, S., Sanderson, W. T., Schoenberg, N. & Browning, S. R., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. 22, 1, 28.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Workers′ compensation reported injuries among distillery industry workers, 2010–2019

Mirzaian, M., Sanderson, W., Browning, S. & Bunn, T., Jun 2022, In: American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 65, 6, p. 483-491 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

What about the Rest of Them? Fatal Injuries Related to Production Agriculture Not Captured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)

Weichelt, B., Scott, E., Burke, R., Shutske, J., Gorucu, S., Sanderson, W., Madsen, M., Redmond, E., Murphy, D. J. & Rautiainen, R., 2022, In: Journal of Agromedicine. 27, 1, p. 35-40 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Testing and Validating Semi-automated Approaches to the Occupational Exposure Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Santiago-Colón, A., Rocheleau, C. M., Bertke, S., Christianson, A., Collins, D. T., Trester-Wilson, E., Sanderson, W., Waters, M. A. & Reefhuis, J., Jul 1 2021, In: Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 65, 6, p. 682-693 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Perceptions of opioid and other illicit drug exposure reported among first responders in the southeast, 2017 to 2018

Thompson, R. A., Sanderson, W. T., Westneat, S., Bunn, T., Lavender, A., Tran, A., Holsinger, C., Flammia, D., Zhang, L. & He, Y., Sep 2021, In: Health Science Reports. 4, 3, e335.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Effects of racing surface and turn radius on fatal limb fractures in thoroughbred racehorses

Peterson, M., Sanderson, W., Kussainov, N., Hobbs, S. J., Miles, P., Scollay, M. C. & Clayton, H. M., Jan 2 2021, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 13, 2, p. 1-16 16 p., 539.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Prevalence of alpha-gal sensitization among Kentucky timber harvesters and forestry and wildlife practitioners

Bellamy, P., Sanderson, W. T., Winter, K., Stringer, J. W., Kussainov, N. & Commins, S. P., May 2021, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 9, 5, p. 2113-2116 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Development of Job Exposure Matrices to Estimate Occupational Exposure to Solar and Artificial Ultraviolet Radiation

Boiano, J. M., Silver, S. R., Tsai, R. J., Sanderson, W. T., Liu, S. & Whitehead, L. W., Nov 1 2020, In: Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 64, 9, p. 936-943 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Evidence of nickel and other trace elements and their relationship to clinical findings in acute Mesoamerican Nephropathy: A case-control analysis

Fischer, R. S. B., Unrine, J. M., Vangala, C., Sanderson, W. T., Mandayam, S. & Murray, K. O., Nov 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 11 November, e0240988.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Estimating historical exposures of workers in a beryllium manufacturing plant

Sanderson, W. T., Petersen, M. R. & Ward, E. M., 2001, In: American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 39, 2, p. 145-157 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - EXPOSING SAFETY HAZARDS VR

Vincent, S. (PI) & Sanderson, W. (CoPI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/27

Project: Research project

Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Administrative Core

Haynes, E. (PI), Bauer, J. (CoI), Cassis, L. (CoI), Christian, J. (CoI), Cox, N. (CoI), Curry, T. (CoI), Dignan, M. (CoI), Evers, B. M. (CoI), Fan, W.-M. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI), Pearson, K. (CoI), Pennell, K. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Schoenberg, N. (CoI), Stanifer, S. (CoI), Stratton, T. (CoI), Swanson, H. (CoI), Talbert, J. (CoI), Unrine, J. (CoI), Hahn, E. (Former PI), Arnett, D. (Former CoI), DiPaola, R. (Former CoI), Heath, E. (Former CoI), Kern, P. (Former CoI), May, B. (Former CoI), Miller, J. (Former CoI), Richardson, K. (Former CoI), Stanley, S. (Former CoI) & Stromberg, A. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

6/3/23 → 4/30/25

Project: Research project

A University-Community Partnership to Reduce Exposure to Disinfection Byproducts in Appalachia

Unrine, J. (PI), Christian, J. (CoI), Ormsbee, L. (CoI), Pennell, K. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI) & Hoover, A. (CoPI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

1/1/21 → 10/31/26

Project: Research project

Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core

Bauer, J. (PI), Christian, J. (CoI), Haynes, E. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Swanson, H. (CoI), Talbert, J. (CoI), Hahn, E. (Former CoI) & Stromberg, A. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

6/3/23 → 4/30/25

Project: Research project

Household Air Pollution, Adiposity, and Cardiorenal Disease Risk in Children

Murphy, M. (PI), Bauer, J. (CoI), Kiessling, S. (CoI) & Sanderson, W. (CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

9/1/23 → 8/31/28

Project: Research project

CARERC Pilot: The Evaluation of Case Misclassification of Lyme Disease in Kentucky

Browning, S. (PI), Cipriani, M. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI) & Winter, K. (CoI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

7/1/19 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

UKRF - 24 Rural & Farm Youth Safety and Well Being Curriculum - Raising Hope

Sanderson, W. (PI) & Norrod, P. (Former PI)

KY Department of Agriculture

7/15/23 → 6/30/24

Project: Research project

Agriculture Safety & Health - Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42): Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center

Sanderson, W. (PI), Montross, M. (CoI), Peterson, M. (CoI), Vincent, S. (CoI), Winter, K. (CoI) & Mazur, J. (Former CoPI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

7/1/19 → 6/30/25

Project: Research project

Outreach - Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42): Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center

Sanderson, W. (PI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

7/1/19 → 6/30/25

Project: Research project

Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core

Bauer, J. (PI), Christian, J. (CoI), Haynes, E. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Swanson, H. (CoI), Talbert, J. (CoI), Hahn, E. (Former CoI) & Stromberg, A. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

6/3/23 → 4/30/24

Project: Research project

Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Administrative Core

Haynes, E. (PI), Arnett, D. (CoI), Bauer, J. (CoI), Cassis, L. (CoI), Christian, J. (CoI), Cox, N. (CoI), Curry, T. (CoI), DiPaola, R. (CoI), Dignan, M. (CoI), Evers, B. M. (CoI), Fan, W.-M. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI), Kern, P. (CoI), May, B. (CoI), Miller, J. (CoI), Pearson, K. (CoI), Pennell, K. (CoI), Richardson, K. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Schoenberg, N. (CoI), Stanifer, S. (CoI), Stratton, T. (CoI), Swanson, H. (CoI), Talbert, J. (CoI), Unrine, J. (CoI), Hahn, E. (Former PI), Heath, E. (Former CoI), Stanley, S. (Former CoI) & Stromberg, A. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

6/3/23 → 4/30/24

Project: Research project

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

Ickes, M. (PI), Fedewa, A. (Former PI), Sanderson, W. (Former PI) & Norrod, P. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/23

Project: Research project

SCAHIP Pilot - Cultivating Belongingness through Peer Mental Health Resource Development & Research

Sanderson, W. (PI) & Oldham, C. (Former PI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 3/31/24

Project: Research project

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - PILOT PROJECTS

Sanderson, W. (PI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/27

Project: Research project

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - VECTOR BORNE

Palli, S. (PI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Winter, K. (CoI) & Mazur, J. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/27

Project: Research project

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - OUTREACH

Vincent, S. (PI), Jones, K. (CoI) & Sanderson, W. (CoPI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/27

Project: Research project

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention

Sanderson, W. (PI), Browning, S. (CoI), Christian, J. (CoI), Jones, K. (CoI), McNeill, S. (CoI), Montross, M. (CoI), Palli, S. (CoI), Sampson, S. (CoI), Vincent, S. (CoI), Winter, K. (CoI) & Mazur, J. (Former CoI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

9/30/22 → 9/29/27

Project: Research project

Pilot: Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Conducting Initial Environmental Sampling and Analysis Following the Unprecedented Flooding in Southeastern Kentucky in the Summer of 2022

Unrine, J. (PI), Curry, T. (CoI), Hahn, E. (CoI), Haynes, E. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI) & Sanderson, W. (CoI)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

8/1/22 → 3/31/23

Project: Research project

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network-State Depts of Agriculture

Sanderson, W. (PI) & Mazur, J. (Former PI)

KY Department of Agriculture

9/30/21 → 8/31/23

Project: Research project

Academic Training Program: Occupational Epidemiology

Browning, S. (PI), Bunn, T. (CoI), Christian, J. (CoI), Johnson, N. (CoI) & Sanderson, W. (CoPI)

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

7/1/19 → 6/30/20

Project: Research project