Specification Sheet

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ERGONOMIC STUDY FALL 2010
BEN AMICK, PH.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON
Dr. Amick is an internationally recognized leader in building healthy workplaces and developing new
outcome-based measures of people’s ability to enjoy their life and work. He received his Ph.D. from
The Johns Hopkins University in 1986. From 1992 to 1999, Ben served as a research scientist at The
Health Institute at Boston’s New England Medical Center, world-renowned for its research on health
outcomes. He was also a faculty member at both the Harvard School of Public Health and Tufts
School of Medicine. Ben has also worked in the private sector as an ergonomics consultant and in
management consulting with The Hay Group.
Currently, Ben is a Professor at the University of Texas in Houston, School of Public Health.
www.benamick.com
KELLY DERANGO, PH.D.,
W.E. UPJOHN INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH
Dr. DeRango works with health and productivity issues, combining that with an economic under-
standing. He worked as a research fellow at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
As an economist with the Upjohn Institute, Kelly was responsible for data analysis, instrument
design, and program evaluation for projects sponsored by The Department of Labor, The Social
Security Administration, and Health and Work Outcomes. Kelly received a Ph.D. in economics from
the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2000. He earned an MBA from the University of Michigan in
1992, where he received a Ford Scholarship.
Currently he has a consulting business focused on health and productivity issues.
269.720.3785 | [e-mail]
Resources
CREDITS
The University of Texas School of Public Health
7000 Fannin, Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77030
713.500.9496 | www.uth.tmc.edu
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
300 South Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
269.343.5541 | www.upjohninst.org
Health and Work Outcomes
47 Rossmore Road
Brunswick, Maine 04011
207.729.4929 | www.healthandwork.com
REFERENCES
Amick, BC; Robertson, MM; Bazzani, L; DeRango K;
Rooney, T; Moore, A; Harrist, Ron. “Effects of an Ofce
Ergonomic Intervention on Reducing Musculoskeletal
Symptoms.” Spine 2003; 28(24): 2706-11.
DeRango, Kelly; Amick III, Benjamin C; Robertson,
Michelle M; Rooney, Ted; Moore, Anne; Bazzani, Lianna.
“The Productivity Consequences of Two Ergonomic
Interventions.” Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper
No. WP03-95, May 2003, available at: www.upjohninst.org.
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