JEFFREY L. LEVIN, MD, MSPH, DrPH, FACOEM, FACP is Professor, Department of Occupational
and Environmental Health Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Tyler. He is a graduate of the UT Medical School at San Antonio. He completed
his internal medicine training at the University of Missouri and postgraduate training
in occupational medicine at the University of Kentucky. He is board certified in both
internal medicine and occupational medicine.
He serves on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
He is past-President of the Texas Occupational Medical Association. He holds the Jesse
H. Jones Distinguished Professorship of Occupational Health Sciences and the Houston
Endowment Inc. Professorship in Environmental Science. He has been Center Director
for the NIOSH Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
since 2002. He is the 2013 and 2018 recipient of the Marcus Key Award from the Texas
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Dr. Levin is Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. He has been Dean
of the School of Community Health and Health Professions as well as Center Director
for the UT Health Northeast Center for Rural Community Health. He is Medical Director
of the Texas Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (TIOSH®). He is past-Chair
of the Texas Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health, Responsible
Official for the Public Health Laboratory of East Texas, and Local Health Authority
for Smith County. As a native Texan having spent many formative years along the U.S.-Mexico
border and in Central Mexico, he is fluent in Spanish.
Education & Training
Texas A&M University
DrPH, Public Health, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, 2018
University of Kentucky,
Residency, Occupational Medicine, 1988
University of Kentucky
MSPH, Public Health, 1988
University of Missouri
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1986
University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
MD, Medicine, 1983
Austin College
BA, Biology, 1979
Courses Taught
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences in MPH Program
Occupational Medicine Residency
Research Interests
Publication Highlights
Levin J, Rouk A, Shepherd S, Hurst G, McLarty, J. Tyler asbestos workers: A mortality
update in a cohort exposed to amosite. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health,
Part B Critical Reviews. 19(5-6): 190-200. Published online: October 5, 2016. PubMed
PMID: 27705550.
Levin J, Rountree P: Core curriculum for practicing physicians related to asbestos
in Dodson R, Hammar S, (eds): Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health
Effects, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis Group, 2011, pp. 593-616.
Levin J, Gilmore K, Wickman A, Shepherd S, Shipp E, Nonnenmann M, Carruth A. Workplace
safety interventions for commercial fishermen of the Gulf. Journal of Agromedicine.
22(2): 178-189, 2016. PubMed PMID: 26788841.
Levin J, Bowling J, Wickman A, Harris M. A brief report describing the union of medical
training and agricultural health. Journal of Agromedicine. 21(1): 123-126, 2016.
PubMed PMID: 26479683.
Levin J, Curry W, Shepherd S, Nalbone J, Nonnenmann M. Hearing loss and noise exposure
among commercial fishermen in the gulf coast. Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine. 58(3): 306-313, 2016. PubMed PMID: 26949882.
Levin JL, Philips BU. 2018. Improving health in hard-to-reach communities. Texas
Medicine.
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