Dr. Glenn Pransky is director of the Center for Disability Research at Liberty Mutual Research Institute and a principle author and investigator with numerous publications on the topic of the aging workforce. He also directs a large NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) funded prospective cohort study of outcomes in work-related injuries and illnesses in older workers, several other studies of disability prevention and rehabilitation effectiveness in work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and an investigation to measure the work performance effects of work-related and other conditions that do not result in full disability. He is the author of over 60 scientific articles on disability, measures of workrelated outcomes in occupational injuries and illnesses, treatment interventions, and screening for occupational disease. He will discuss some of the investigations he has performed relating to outcomes in work-related injuries and trends. |