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Prof Andrew Watterson
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University of Stirling

Department of Nursing and Midwifery

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK

telephone Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 466283
fax Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466344
email Email: aew1@stir.ac.uk
web Web: www.nm.stir.ac.uk
Job Title:
Chair in Health Effectiveness
Departmental Responsibilities:

Director of Research

Lead of Improving Health Outcomes Research Programme

Member of Departmental Executive

Teaching:

I teach on public health and related courses.

Research:

Improving health outcomes

Public health

Health, Work and Environment

Publications:

Recent Publications:

  • O'Neill R, Pickvance S, Watterson A (2007) Burying the evidence: how Great Britain is prolonging the occupational cancer epidemic. IJOEH 13(4):428-36.
  • Bailar JC 3rd, Cicolella A, Harrison R, LaDou J, Levy BS, Rohm T, Teitelbaum DT, Wang YD, Watterson A, Yoshida F (2007). IBM, Elsevier Science, and academic freedom. IJOEH. 13(3):312-7.
  • Gilbertson M, Watterson AE (2007). Diversionary reframing of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. J Public Health Policy. 28(2):201-15.
  • Watterson A (2007) Global Construction Health and Safety: what works, what doesn’t and
    why. Editorial. IJOEH 13:1-4
  • Brophy, J, Keith M, Gorey K, Laukkanen E, Luginaah L, Hakam abu-zahra, Watterson A, Hellyer D, Reinhartz A, Park R Park R. (2007) Cancer and Construction: What Occupational Histories in a Canadian Community Reveal. IJOEH 13:468-474
  • Watterson, A. Regulation of occupational health and safety in the semiconductor industry: enforcement problems and solutions. IJOEH (2006). 12(1):72-80
  • Watterson, A; Gorman, T; Malcolm, C; Robinson, M; Beck, M (September 2006).  The economic costs of health service treatments for asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths   Annals New York Academy Science. 1076;871-881
  • Brophy, JT; Keith, M; Gorey, KM; Luginaah, I; Laukkanen, M; Hellyer, E; Reinhartz, A; Watterson, A; Abu-Zahra, H; Maticka-Tyndale, E; Schneider, M;Beck, M; Gilbertson, M (2006) Occupation and breast cancer: a Canadian case-control study. Annals New York Academy Science.1076:765-777
  • Ring, N; Coull, A; Howie, C; Murphy Black, T; Watterson, A (2006) Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence based nursing practice.  Int J Nurs Pract 12(3):254-8
  • Watterson, A; Thomson, P; Malcolm, C; Shepherd, A; McIntosh, C. Integrating environmental health into nursing and midwifery practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2005;49(6):1-10.
  • Ring, N; Malcolm, C; Coull, A; Murphy Black, T; Watterson, A (2005) Nursing best practice statements: an exploration of their implementation in clinical practice. Journal Clinical Nursing 14:1048-1058
  • Pennycook, F; Diamand, E; Watterson, A; Howard, CV (2004).  Modeling the Dietary Pesticide Exposures of Young Children. IJOEH July-August 2004; 10(3); pp304-309.
  • Gorman, T and Watterson, A (2004) Confronting the continuing problem of asbestos in Scotland: a public sector health initiative. New Solutions.  14(1): 77-98
  • Gorman, T; Johnston, R; McIvor, A; Watterson, A (2004) Asbestos in Scotland. IJOEH. 10(2): 183-92
  • Watterson, A and Ladou, J (2003) HSE inspection of UK semiconductor manufacturers. IJOEH 9(4):392-5
  • Agricultural Science and food policy for consumers and workers: recipes for public health successes or disasters? New Solutions: International journal of environmental and occupational health policy 2000(5):1-8

Edited Books:

  • Watterson A(ed) (2002) Public Health in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

Chapters in Edited Books:

  • Watterson A and Watterson J (2002) 'Implementing Pesticide Regulation: Gender Differences' in Silent Invaders: Pesticides, Livelihoods and Women's Health ed Jacobs M and Dinham B. Zed books, London pp230-36
  • Introduction Chapter One in Watterson A(ed) (2002) Public Health in Practice.  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke pp1-23
  • A.Watterson and J Watterson (2002). Public health research tools in Watterson A(ed) Public Health in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke pp 24-51
  • Occupational health in Watterson A(ed) (2002) Public Health in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke pp 210-235
  • Watterson, A; Gorman, T; McCourt, J; Dennis, M (2002) Conclusion. Watterson A(ed) Public Health in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke pp 257-260
  • 'Agriculture and Forestry' in Munkman on Employer's Liability edited by Hendy J and Ford M (2001) Butterworths, London. pp477-482

Edited peer-reviewed works: Book Chapters

  • Watterson A (2006) Out of the shadows and into the gloom: health and safety of workers in and around the    semiconductor plants of Central and Eastern Europe’ in Smith T et al (eds)   Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice  pp96-106. Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
  • Watterson A and Shenglin Chang (2006) Section Introduction pp 107-110 in Smith T et al (eds)   Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice.  Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
  • Watterson A (2006) ‘Agriculture and Forestry Health and Safety’ Chapter 11 pp647-654 in Munkman on Employer’s Liability edited by Hendy J and Ford M (2006 2nd edition) Butterworths, London.
  • Watterson A (2004) ‘Occupational Health’ in Forsyth, T (eds) Encyclopedia of International Development. Abington, Oxon, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group pp495-496
  • ‘Regulating Pesticides in the UK: a case study of risk management problems relating to the organophosphate diazinon’ in Leng G and Hadnagy W (eds) (1999) Health Aspects of Environmental and Occupational Pesticide Exposure. Amsterdam, Elsevier pp241-248
  • ‘Why we still have old epidemics and endemics in occupational health: policy and practice failures and some solutions’ in Daykin N and Doyal L (eds) (1999) Health and Work: Critical Perspectives. London, Macmillan pp107-126
  • ‘Toxicology in the working environment’ in Rose J. (ed) (1998) Environmental Toxicology: Current Developments. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp 225-252
  • ‘The Hazards of Organophosphates: UK Risk Assessments of Sheep Dips in Historical and Contemporary Context’ in Donham KJ, Rautianien R; Schuman SH and Lay JA (eds) (1997) Agricultural Health and Safety: Recent Advances. The Haworth Medical Press. New York. :157-167.

Peer Reviewed Papers

  • Brophy, JT; Keith, M; Gorey, K; Laukkanen, E; Hellyer, D; Watterson, A; Reinhartz, A; Gilbertson, M. (2002) Occupational Histories of Cancer patients in a Canadian Treatment center and the generated hypothesis regarding breast cancer and farming. IJOEH 8(4)346-353
  • Ashford, N; Castleman, B; Frank, A; Giannasi, F; Goldman, L; Greenberg, M; Huff, J; Joshi, T; LaDou, J; Lemen, R, Maltoni, C; O'Neill, R; Richter, E; Silbergeld, E; Teitelbaum, D, Thebaud-Mony, A; Tomatis, L; Watterson, A. (2002). International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and its Influence on International Organizations. IJOEH 8(2):156-62
  • Bailar, J; Greenberg, M; Harrison, R; LaDou, J; Richter, E; Watterson, A, Phase 2, SCCOSH, SVTC (2002) Cancer Risk in the Semiconductor Industry: A Call for Action. IJOEH 8(2):163-68
  • Beck, M; Robson, M; Watterson, A; Woolfson, C (2002) Exploring Health, Safety and Environment in Central and Eastern Europe. New Solutions 11(3):6-10
  • Pesticide Health and Safety and the Work and Impact of International Agencies: Partial Successes and Major Failures. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2001; 7(4):339-34
Membership of research groups or national committees etc:

Board Member of the International Cancer Prevention Campaign

Membership of Professional Organisations:

Chartered Fellow of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Fellow Collegium Ramazzin