Scholars@UK
Spatial and seasonal variation in disinfection byproducts concentrations in a rural public drinking water system: A case study of Martin County, Kentucky, USA
Unrine, J. M., McCoy, N., Christian, W. J., Gautam, Y., Ormsbee, L., Sanderson, W., Draper, R., Mooney, M., Cromer, M., Pennell, K. & Hoover, A. G., 2024, In: PLOS Water. 3, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Implications of Nutrient Fate and Transport Following Nanopesticide Applications in Agricultural Field Plots in Central Kentucky
Rud, W., Montaño, M. D., Miller, D. N., Sanderson, W., Agouridis, C., Benner, B. F. & Messer, T. L., Sep 2025, In: Toxics. 13, 9, 758.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Maternal occupational exposure to noise: prevalence, maternal effects and infant outcomes in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011
National Birth Defects Prevention Study, May 1 2025, In: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 82, 5, p. 222-229 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effects of parental occupational exposures on autism spectrum disorder severity and skills in cognitive and adaptive domains in children with autism spectrum disorder
McCanlies, E. C., Gu, J. K., Ma, C. C., Sanderson, W. T., Ludeña-Rodriguez, Y. J. & Hertz-Picciotto, I., Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 268, 114613.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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. 88-99Research 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
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - OUTREACH
Sanderson, W. (PI) & Jones, K. (CoI)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
9/30/22 → 9/29/27
Project: Research project
Program Income: 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), Hannon, P. (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
5/1/17 → 4/30/28
Project: Research project
Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences: Translational Core
Bauer, J. (PI), Christian, J. (CoI), Haynes, E. (CoI), Hoover, A. (CoI), Sanderson, W. (CoI), Swanson, H. (CoI) & Talbert, J. (CoI)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5/1/17 → 4/30/28
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), Hannon, P. (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
5/1/17 → 4/30/28
Project: Research project
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention - EXPOSING SAFETY HAZARDS VR
Sprayberry, S. (PI), Sanderson, W. (CoPI) & Vincent, S. (Former PI)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
9/30/22 → 9/29/25
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)
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), Winter, K. (CoI), Mazur, J. (Former CoPI) & Vincent, S. (Former CoI)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
7/1/19 → 6/30/26
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 → 4/30/24
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 → 9/29/25
Project: Research project
Education
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1997
- M.S., Industrial Hygiene, Central Missouri State University, 1978
- B.A., Biology, University of Missouri, 1976
Associated Departments
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention