Sara Namazi
Assistant Professor
JWU Faculty Since 2023
Sara Namazi, MS, Ph.D., has been teaching and doing research in the field of public health since she started her master's degree at the University of Guam. As a former resident of the island of Guam, she worked on public health projects with the Guam Department of Public Health and Guam Environmental Protection Agency.
After finishing her master's degree, Namazi was accepted as a doctoral student in the Public Health Program at the University of Connecticut. As a doctoral student, Namazi was trained in the field of occupational and environmental health. She also completed a graduate certificate training in the field of Occupational Health Psychology. Namazi's primary research focuses on addressing work and non-work conditions that impact employee health, safety, and well-being. Her research interests focus on work-life conflict, total worker health, community-based participatory research, the aging workforce, and correctional worker health.
Namazi uses her background in public health and research to design courses that help students master course content and develop public health skills and competencies that can be applied in various occupational settings and real-world situations.
Education
- Ph.D., Public Health (Occupational & Environmental Health), University of Connecticut
- M.S., Environmental Science, University of Guam
- B.A., Biology, University of Guam
Teaching Interests
Foundations of Public Health, Occupational Health, Social Determinants of Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Work as a Social Determinant of Health, Occupational Health Psychology, Aging and Work, Research Methodology
Scholarly Interests
Occupational health psychology
Work-life conflict
Aging Workforce
Community-based participatory action research
Courses
- HSC5080: Health & Health Care
- HSC5120: Health Trends
- HSC5150: Chronic Disease Prevention & Control
- HSC5180: Discrimination & Health
Professional Affiliations
Delta Omega Beta Rho Member: Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society
(2023 – present)
Occupational Health Research Working Group
(2014-2020)
American Public Health Association
(2013-present)
Connecticut Public Health Association
(2014-present)
National Corrections Collaborative
(2014-present)
Publications
- Namazi S, Dugan AG, Cavallari JM, Rinker RD, Preston JC, Steele VL, El Ghaziri M, & Cherniack MG. (2022). Participatory design of a sleep intervention with correctional supervisors using a root causes approach. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23452. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36537998.
- Dugan, A. G., Decker, R. E., Zhang, Y., Lombardi, C. M., Garza, J. L., Laguerre, R. A., Suleiman, A. O., Namazi, S., & Cavallari, J. M. (2022). Precarious Work Schedules and Sleep: A Study of Unionized Full-Time Workers. Occupational Health Science, 1-31.
- Dugan, A. G., Namazi, S., Cavallari, J. M., El Ghaziri, M., Rinker, R. D., Preston, J. C., & Cherniack, M. G. (2022). Participatory assessment and selection of workforce health intervention priorities for correctional supervisors. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(7), 578. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002525
- Cavallari, J. M., Suleiman, A. O., Garza, J. L., Namazi, S., Dugan, A. G., Henning, R. A., & Punnett, L. (2021). Evaluation of the HearWell Pilot Program: A Participatory Total Worker Health® Approach to Hearing Conservation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), 9529.
- Namazi, S., Dugan, A. G., Fortinsky, R. H., El Ghaziri, M., Barnes-Farrell, J. L., Noel, J., & Cherniack, M. G. (2021). Traumatic Incidents at Work, Work-to-Family Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms Among Correctional Supervisors: The Moderating Role of Social Support. Occupational Health Science, 5(4), 493-517
- Namazi, S., Kotejoshyer, R., Farr, D., Henning, R. A., Tubbs, D. C., Dugan, A. G., & Cherniack, M. (2021). Development and Implementation of a Total Worker Health® Mentoring Program in a Correctional Workforce. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8712