Ketki Patel

PhD Student

Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Previous Educational Institutions and Degrees Earned

• University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
  • Degree earned: Master of Public Health (Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health), August 2012.
• University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
  • Degree earned: Certificate of Public Health, May 2011.
• Vitebsk State Medical University, Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus
  • Degree earned: MD (physician), June 2008. 

Previous Work and Research Experience

• Project Assistant (2008-2009)
• Medical Intern (2009-2010)
• Field Researcher (2010)

Organization: Central Research Services, Charutar Arogya Mandal, Shree Krishna Hospital & Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India

• Project 1:  Silicosis-related mortality, morbidity and nutritional status among agate industry workers in Cambay, Gujarat, India
• Project 2: Anthropometric survey among patients of fitness center-based health clinic at a tertiary care hospital, Karamsad, Gujarat, India
• Project 3: (Principal Investigator): Nutritional status among school children aged 5-15 years in rural, Jhagadia using new WHO growth standards: A cross sectional study
• Project 4: Hypertension in rural population of Gujarat – a longitudinal study
• Field Assignment: Verbal Autopsy of missing cohort due to death in 10 years (2000-2010)

Research Assistant (2011-2012)

• Organization: Center for Global Health and Development, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE
• Project 1: Characterization of temporal acquisition of upper and lower gastrointestinal flora in preterm low birth weight neonates in neonatal intensive care unit
• Project 2: Bacterial diversity in bioaerosols from two petting zoos

MPH Capstone research (2012)

• Organization: Central States- Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, and Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE\
• Project Title: Perceived hazards, safety information needs, and prevention practices of non-traditional farming community
• Supervisory Committee: Risto Rautiainen, PhD (Chair), Ellen Duysen, MPH, Dana Loomis, PhD, Todd Wyatt, PhD, and Pinaki Panigrahi, MD, PhD.

Current Dissertation Work/Other research (if known)

• Graduate Research Assistant (2012-present)
  • Department of Epidemiology & Central States- Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, College of Public Health, UNMC
  • Dissertation Research:  Occupational injury epidemiology
    • Evaluate hazard perception, prevention practices, and preferred communication methods of farm families for farm safety education in the Central States (IA, KS, MN, MO,  NE, ND, SD) region.
    • Assess risk factors for agricultural injuries in the Central States region. identify methodological and analytical challenges and solutions to survey-based occupational injury surveillance.