Dr Sue Reed

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Publications
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Biography

Dr Sue Reed is a certified Occupational Hygienist, in both Australia and USA, with over 28 years experience as both a researcher and an practitioner.

As specialist lecturer in occupational hygiene Sue has taught a number of units at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level which included occupational hygiene, noise assessment, air quality management, hazardous chemical management and occupational health management over the last 20 years.

Sue has authored or co-authored over 40 papers and conference presentations and more recently a chapter of a book. Sue has supervised over 200 coursework masters level projects over the last 15 years in occupational health and safety and currently supervises 3 research students in the field of occupational hygiene. In recent years, Sue has undertaken a number of research projects investigating the exposure of people in the work place to a range of airborne chemical and biological hazards and ambient air quality in respect to wood smoke and vehicle emissions.

In addition, Sue oversees a new air and noise quality laboratory at UWS, which has the facilities to monitor a range of air quality parameters and provides a variety of occupational hygiene services to industry.   

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Occupational Hygiene Assessment, Air Quality (particle measurement), Indoor Air quality, Noise Assessment

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Grants / Current Projects

Pilot Air Quality Study on Fine Airborne Particulates (PM2.5) Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) (2008).

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Awards and Recognition

VC Professional Development Award (2009)

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Publications

Book Chapter
Banhazi, T.M., Currie, E., Reed, S.G., Lee, I.B., and Aarnink, A.J.A., (2009), ‘Controlling the concentrations of airborne pollutants in piggery buildings’, in A. Aland and F. Madec (ed), Sustainable animal production: The challenges and potential developments for professional farming, Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Refereed Journals
Kift, R.L., Reed, S.G., Mulley, R.C., and Davidson, M.E., (2007), Comparing shearing shed dust and bioaerosol concentrations over a three-year period, J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ, Vol 23; No 3, pp. 219-224.

Ellacott, M., and Reed, S.G., (1999), The development of Robust Indoor Air Quality Models for the Estimation for Volatile Organic Compounds Concentrations in Buildings, Indoor + Built Environment, Vol. 8, No.6 pp. 345-360.


Major Research Reports
Reed, S.G., and Hedges, K., (2008) Benchmarking of Exposures in Selected Australian Workplaces, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Office of the Australian Safety & Compensation Council (ASCC). (in press)

Reed, S.G., Quartararo, M., Kift, R.L., Davidson, M.E., and Mulley, R.C., (2006) Review of literature to determine the major causes of respiratory illnesses in the rural industry – Animal Handling Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Canprint, Canberra.

Non-refereed Journals
Kift, R.L., Reed, S.G., and Mulley, R.C. (2002) Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Dust from Handling Deer, Australian Deer Farming, 12, 19-23.

Kift, R.L., Mulley, R.C., and Reed, S.G. (2004) Potential health effects of exposure to dust from handling deer, Aust Deer Farming, Winter, pp 17-22.

Refereed Papers Presented at Conferences
Davidson, M.E., and Reed, S.G. (2006) Preliminary Assessment of Real-Time Air Quality Instruments for Monitoring Environmental Tobacco Smoke, AIOH 24th Annual Conference Proceedings, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Kift, R.L., Reed, S.G, Mulley R.C., Davidson, M.E., and Cusbert, S.C. (2005) Comparison of indoor and outdoor bioaerosol concentrations in sheep shearing sheds in Eastern NSW, IOHA2005, North West Province, South Africa, pp D3:1–10.

Reed, S.G. (2001) Occupational Heath And Safety Research In Asia, AIOH 2001 Annual Conference, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists, Wollongong, NSW.

Reed, S.G., & Cook, D. (2001) Skin Exposure To Chemicals, AIOH 2001 Annual Conference, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists, Wollongong, NSW.

Reed, S.G., and Poon, S.K. (2000) Double Marking of Coursework Masters Research Projects, ANZAOHSE, Hong Kong.

Reed, S.G., Campbell, M.J., and Tranter, M. (1999) The Problems Of Ageing: An Investigation Of Indoor Air Quality In A 20-Year Multilevel Building, AIOH 1999 Annual Conference, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists, Coolum, Qld.

Papers Presented at Conferences
Reed, S.G. (2009) Inhalable Exposure Assessment in a Web Offset Printing Facility: A case study from Australia, BOHS 2009 Conference, Eastbourne UK.

Hedges, K., Reed, S.G., and Djukic, F. (2008) Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica in Queensland quarries, exploration sites and small mines. Queensland Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference, Townsville.

Hedges, K., Reed, S.G., and Djukic, F. (2008) Airborne crystalline silica (RCS) in Queensland quarries, small mines and exploration sites. AIOH 26th , Annual Conference Proceedings, Perth WA., Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Hedges, K., Reed, S.G., and Djukic, F. (2007) Airborne crystalline silica (RCS) in Queensland quarrying processes, particle size and potency. AIOH 25th, Annual Conference Proceedings, Melbourne Vic., Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists

Davidson, M.E., Reed, S.G., Markham, J., and Langhorne, M. (2007) Do Smoking Bans In Enclosed Public Places Improve Air Quality?, AIOH 25th, Annual Conference Proceedings, Melbourne Vic., Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Reed, S.G., Kift, R.L., Davidson, M.E., and Mulley R.C. (2006) A Comparison of Australian and Overseas Agricultural Workers Exposure to Dusts and Bioaerosols, 16th International Congress of Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health, Building New Tools For Health Promotion in Rural Areas Lodi, Italy.

Reed, S.G., and Moodie-Bain, D. (2006) Development of a Risk Management Tool for the Hairdressers, ICOH2006, Milan Italy.

Kift, R.L, Reed, S.G., Mulley, R.C., and Davidson, M.E. (2006) The Assessment of Bioaerosol Inhalation Exposure for Workers While Handling Sheep and Wool in Eastern Australia, ICOH2006, Milan Italy.

Kift, R.L., Reed, S.G., Mulley, R.C., and Davidson, M.E. (2006) The Assessment of Dust Inhalation Exposure for Workers while Handling Sheep and Wool in Eastern Australia, AIHce2006 Conference, Chicago, USA.

Reed, S.G., Kift, R.L., Davidson, M.E., Mulley, R.C., and Quartararo, M. (2005) ‘Dust and Bioaerosol Exposure of Australian Agricultural Workers’, AIOH 23rd Annual Conference Proceedings, Terrigal NSW , Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Davidson, M.E., Reed, S.G., Markham, J., and Kift, R.J. (2005) Guide to Environmental Endotoxin Sampling, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Conference Proceedings 2005, Conference Proceedings, Terrigal, NSW, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Davidson, M.E., Reed, S.G., Markham, J. and Kift, R.J. (2004) Filter Performance in Endotoxin Sampling and Quantification in the Australian Agricultural Environment, AIOH 22nd Annual Conference Proceedings, Fremantle WA, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Gardner, J., Reed, S.G., and Dingsdag, D.P. (2004) Respirator Program Implementation in Industry Improves Over Five Years, AIOH 22nd Annual Conference Proceedings, Fremantle WA., Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.

Reed, S. G., Kift, R. L., and Mulley, R. C. (2003) Exposure of Dairy Workers to Dusts and Bioaerosols, Safety2003, Hong Kong, (March 2003) [Web Address: http://www.oshc.org.hk/b5/paper/accessed 5/6/03]

Reed, S. G., Kift, R. L., and Mulley, R. C. (2003) Exposure of Horse Handlers to Dusts and Bioaerosols, Safety2003, Hong Kong, (March 2003)

Reed, S.G., and Poon, S. K. (2003) Offshore Teaching in Occupational Health and Safety, Safety In Action 2003, SIA (Vic) 2003 Conference, Melbourne April 2003.

Kift, R. L., Reed, S. G., and Mulley, R. C. (2002) Inhalation exposure to dusts and bioaerosols of workers handling deer, AIOH2002 Conference, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 136-143

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Optional

Consulting
Sue provides an occupational hygiene consulting service to industry in relation to the monitoring of noise and airborne pollutants.

Professional Activites
Currently Sue is on the organising committee of the AIOH2009 Conference to be held in Canberra, 5 to 9 December 2009. In this role she is looking after the scientific program. If you are interested in more information go to www.aioh.org.au.

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