Dr Tessa Keegel - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Tessa Keegel is a NHMRC post-doctoral research fellow located at the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Monash University and the McCaughey Centre, the University of Melbourne. She has qualifications in epidemiology and biostastics, as well as cultural theory. Most of her experience has been gained in universities or public health organisations. Tessa's research interests are in the field of work and health. She is particularly interested in the ways an individual's health and well-being are contextualised within workplaces, with respect to occupational exposures and disease. Tessa has a special interest in the ways that policy and legislation affect these interactions. Tessa has completed research evaluating policy interventions for the control of occupational disease, specifically the use of Material Safety Data Sheets as a means of hazard communication and exposure control. She has conducted extensive research on the psychosocial work environment and other hazardous occupational exposures including those leading to occupational contact dermatitis. Her previous roles have included Epidemiology Research Fellow at Melbourne's Skin and Cancer Foundation, where she has since been appointed an Honorary Research Fellow.  Tessa has a total of nineteen peer-reviewed journal articles as well as several non-peer-reviewed publications

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2009

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EPIDEMIOLOGY & BIOSTATISTICS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2002

MASTERS IN ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1996

BACHELOR OF ARTS (WITH HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1991

Publications

Book Chapters

LaMontagne, A., Keegel, T., 2008, Work Environments as a Determinant of Health, in Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach,2nd Ed, eds Helen Keleher, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 201-217.

LaMontagne, A., Keegel, T., 2008, Work as a Social Determinants of Health, in Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach, 2nd Ed, eds Helen Keleher, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 201-217.

Journal Articles

Boyle, T., Keegel, T.G., Bull, F., Heyworth, J., Fritschi, L., 2012, Physical activity and risks of proximal and distal colon cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of the National Cancer Institute [P], vol 104, issue 20, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 1548-1561.

Keegel, T.G., MacFarlane, E.M., Nixon, R., LaMontagne, A.D., 2012, Provision of control measures for exposure of the hands to wet-working conditions in Australian workplaces, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [P], vol 18, issue 4, Maney Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 312-319.

Keegel, T., Nixon, R., LaMontagne, A., 2011, Exposure to wet work in working Australians, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol E, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., USA, pp. 1-8.

LaMontagne, A., Keegel, T., Louie, A., Ostry, A., 2010, Job stress as a preventable upstream determinant of common mental disorders: a review for practitioners and policy-makers, Advances in Mental Health [E], vol 9, eContent Management Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 17-35.

Keegel, T., Ostry, A., LaMontagne, A., 2009, Job strain exposures vs. stress-related workers compensation claims in Victoria, Australia: Developing a public health response to job stress, Journal of Public Health Policy [P], vol 30, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, England, pp. 17-39.

Keegel, T., Moyle, M., Dharmage, S., Frowen, K., Nixon, R., 2009, The epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis (1990-2007): A systematic review, International Journal Of Dermatology [P], vol 48, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 571-578.

LaMontagne, A.D., Keegel, T., Vallance, D., Ostry, A.S., Wolfe, R.S.J., 2008, Job strain - Attributable depression in a sample of working Australians: Assessing the contribution to health inequalities, BMC Public Health, vol 8, issue 181, BioMed Central, Australia, pp. 1-9.

LaMontagne, A., Vallance, D., Keegel, T., 2008, Low paid work and exposure to occupational hazards in a sample of working Victorians, Australian Journal of Labour Economics [P], vol 11, issue 1, Curtin University, Australia, pp. 47-70.

Curr, N., Dharmage, S., Keegel, T., Lee, A., Saunders, H., Nixon, R., 2008, The validity and reliability of the occupational contact dermatitis disease severity index, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol 59, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, Denmark, pp. 157-164.

LaMontagne, A., Keegel, T., Louie, A., Ostry, A., Landsbergis, P., 2007, A systematic review of the job-stress intervention evaluation literature, 1990-2005, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [P], vol 13, issue 3, Hamilton Hardy Pub Inc, United States, pp. 268-280.

Keegel, T., Saunders, H., LaMontagne, A., Nixon, R., 2007, Are material safety data sheets (MSDS) useful in the diagnosis and management of occupational contact dermatitis?, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol 57, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell, Denmark, pp. 331-336.

Keegel, T., Erbas, B., Cahill, J., Noonan, A., Dharmage, S., Nixon, R., 2007, Occupational Contact Dermatitis in Australia: Diagnostic and Management Practices, and Severity of Worker Impairment, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol 56, issue 6, Wiley-Blackwell, Denmark, pp. 318-324.

LaMontagne, A., Keegel, T., Vallance, D., 2007, Protecting and promoting mental health in the workplace: Developing a systems approach to job stress, Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. [P], vol 18, issue 3, Australian Health Promotion Association, Australia, pp. 221-228.

Louie, A., Ostry, A., Quinlan, M., Keegel, T., Shoveller, J., LaMontagne, A., 2006, Empirical study of employment arrangements and precariousness in Australia, Industrial Relations [P], vol 61, issue 3, erudit, Canada, pp. 465-489.

Moyle, M., Keegel, T., Noonan, A., Nixon, R., 2006, Skin care in occupational contact dermatitis of the hands, Australasian Journal of Dermatology, vol 47, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 97-101.

Keegel, T., Cahill, J., Noonan, A., Dharmage, S., Saunders, H., Frowen, K., Nixon, R., 2005, Incidence and prevalence rates for occupational contact dermatitis in an Australian suburban area, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol 52, Wiley-Blackwell, Denmark, pp. 254-259.

Cahill, J., Keegel, T., Dharmage, S., Nugriaty, D., 2005, Prognosis of contact dermatitis in epoxy resin workers, Contact Dermatitis [P], vol 52, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell, Denmark, pp. 147-153.

Conference Proceedings

MacFarlane, E., Benke, K., Keegel, T., 2012, Chemical exposure and the provision of chemical exposure control measures in Australian workplaces, Chemical exposure and the provision of chemical exposure control measures in Australian workplaces, Safe work Australia, Australia, pp. 1-50.

Keegel, T., Erbas, B., Dharmage, S., LaMontagne, A., 2010, Are precariously employed workers less likely to participate in occupational health and safety, Are precariously employed workers less likely to participate in occupational health and safety, Brighton, UK.

Bearman, M.L., Hall, A., Kidd, M.R., Cesnik, B., Keegel, T., McPhee, W.A., 1998, Attitudes of Adolescents to Interactive Computer-Based Health Education, MEDINFO '98, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics, Seoul, Korea 18-22 Aug, 1998, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, p. 1338.

Bearman, M.L., Kidd, M.R., Hall, A., Sotiropolous, J., Burrows, C., Preece, S., Asner, A., Cesnik, B., Keegel, T., McPhee, W.A., 1997, Whats the Hype ?: Interactive Patient Education for Adolescents, Managing Information for Better Health Outcomes in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region, 11-13 August 1997, Health Informatics Society of Australia, Vic Australia, p. 41.

Other

Keegel, T., Nixon, R., LaMontagne, A., 2011, National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance: wet work exposure and the provision of wet work control measures in Australia workplaces, Safe Work Australia, Australia.

Thorpe, A., Dunstan, D., Clark, B., Gardiner, P., Healy, G., Keegel, T., Owen, N., Winkler, E., 2009, Stand up Australia: Sedentary behaviour in workers, medibank private, Australia.

LaMontagne, A., Louie, A., Keegel, T., Ostry, A., Shaw, A., 2006, Workplace stress in Victoria: Developing a systems approach, VicHealth, Victoria, pp. 1-152.