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Martie Van Tongeren is a Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care (L5). She leads research in occupational and environmental health epidemiology, with a focus on exposure assessment, risk analysis, and disease prevention. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to public health and environmental sustainability.
She is a key member of interdisciplinary research initiatives such as the Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research and the THOR network, which tracks occupational and work-related health conditions. Her projects include studies on respiratory health outcomes, heat stress in agriculture, and the impact of occupational exposures like styrene and man-made vitreous fibers.
Van Tongeren collaborates internationally on topics such as pandemic-related occupational risks (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 transmission in essential sectors) and mental health interventions for frontline workers. She holds memberships in prominent organizations like the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits and has contributed to policy guidance on workplace safety and public transport during the pandemic.
Her research spans over 300 publications, with recent focus on long-COVID’s occupational impacts, pesticide exposure in agriculture, and the development of job-exposure matrices for infectious disease risk assessment.