Jack Dennerlein
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Professor, Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Contact
- j.dennerlein@northeastern.edu
- 308F Robinson Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 617.373.5428
Research Focus
musculoskeletal disorders; work place injury prevention and health; occupational biomechanics; biomechanics of human movement
Education
- PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1996
- MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BS: State University of New York at Buffalo
Professional Affiliations
- Co-PI HSPH Center for Work, Health, and Wellbeing, a NIOSH Total Worker HealthCenter of Excellence
- Consortium Member: Center for Construction Research and Training(CPWR).
- Faculty Mentor: Injury Prevention Research Training Program, NIOSH Harvard Education and Research Center.
- Faculty Mentor Clinical Orthopedic Musculoskeletal Education and Training Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Advisory Board Member, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Research Overview
musculoskeletal disorders; work place injury prevention and health; occupational biomechanics; biomechanics of human movement
Selected Research Projects
- Cervical Biomechanics associated with Headmounted Displays
- – Principal Investigator Office Ergonomics Research Committee
- Development and evaluation of a Total Worker Health® Intervention for Construction Subcontractors
- – Principal Investigator, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Selected Publications
- J.T.Dennerlein, L. Burke, E.L.Sabbath, J.A.R Williams, S.E. Peters, L. Wallace, M. Karapanos, G. Sorensen An Integrative Total Worker Health Framework for Keeping Workers Safe and Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hum Factors, 62(5), 2020, 689-696
- S.E. Peters, H.D. Trieu, J. Manjourides, J.N. Katz, J.T. Dennerlein, Designing a Participatory Total Worker Health® Organizational Intervention for Commercial Construction Subcontractors to Improve Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The “ARM for Subs” Trial, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 17(14), 2020, E5093
- G.S.Faber, I. Kingma, C.C. Chang, J.T. Dennerlein, J.H. van Dieën, Validation Of A Wearable System For 3D Ambulatory L5/S1 Moment Assessment During Manual Lifting Using Instrumented Shoes And An Inertial Sensor Suit, J. Biomechanics, 102, 2020, 109671
- J.H. Kim, L.S. Marin, J.T. Dennerlein, Evaluation of Commercially Available Seat Suspensions to Reduce Whole Body Vibration Exposures in Mining Heavy Equipment Vehicle Operators, Applied Ergonomics, 71, 2018, 78-86
- D.S. Asakawa, J.T. Dennerlein, D.L. Jundrich, Index Finger and Thumb Kinematics and Performance Measurements for Common Touchscreen Gestures, Applied Ergonomics, 58, 2017, 176-181
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]
Apr 09, 2019
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Mar 22, 2016
FY17 TIER 1 Award Recipients
23 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY17 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing over $600K dollars of investment in research.