Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH

Director
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
National Farm Medicine Center
1000 N Oak Ave ML1
Marshfield, WI
USA 54449

Biographical Sketch: Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH is a first occupant of the Dean Emanuel Endowed Chair in Agricultural Medicine at the Marshfield Research Foundation in Wisconsin. He is a Senior Scientist with the National Farm Medicine Center and remains an Affiliate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. He was formerly Co-Director of the NIOSH-funded Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center where he directed numerous research projects investigating safety, injury and illness in Northwest agriculture. He also conducted community-based research projects that largely focused on farmworker health. Dr Keifer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine. His clinical practice is conducted at the Occupational Medicine Clinic at the Marshfield Clinic. Prior to joining the faculty at Washington he was the regional pesticide epidemiologist in Leon, Nicaragua, from 1989-1991 supported by CARE International. In his new position he will head up the Dairy Health and Safety initiative intended to improve occupational health and safety for the vast dairy industry in Wisconsin.

Papers:
3059.0 Sustaining a risk reduction and safety practices intervention model: A randomized control study Examining the effects of transferring the community health worker model to an occupational agricultural setting 3059.0 An earthquake in the midwest: OSHA enforcement reveals faults in the world of agricultural safety 3059.0 A local perspective on a global challenge: Health and safety perceptions and practices of immigrant workers in Wisconsin's dairy industry 3405.0 Farm mapping to assist, protect and prepare emergency responders: The farm mapper project