Faculty of the International Program

Tony Cantrell, PhD, CoCOH

Anthony C. Cantrell recently retired as Head of Information Services at the National Institute for Occupational Health in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now practices as a consultant in occupational hygiene and toxicology.

He trained as a biochemist and was awarded his PhD in 1980 for a study on the mechanism by which quartz dust initiates silicosis in exposed mineworkers. He also holds the Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene of the BIOH, one of the first group in the country to undergo formal training in Occupational Hygiene, under the aegis of the WHO.

He is currently Visiting Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he co-ordinates the postgraduate medical Diploma in Occupational Health. He has been invited to participate in training workshops in Brazil, India, Namibia and SE Asia.

Professor Cantrell was a founding member of the Toxicology Society of SA and of the Scientific Committee for Biological Monitoring of the SA Society for Occupational Medicine.

Danielle C. Landis, PhD, MPH

Danielle C. Landis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Her primary role is as Deputy Director of the Center for Leadership in Public Health Practice, which includes the Florida Center for Public Health Practice (FCPHP), a CDC-funded public health emergency and disaster preparedness training center. Dr. Landis has worked with the Center since 2001 and currently serves as Deputy Director, overseeing training of the Florida public health workforce in the areas of Crisis Leadership, Epidemiologic Surge Capacity and Disaster Behavioral Health. Dr. Landis also serves as the Co-Director of the Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida (PHLIF), an annual leadership development program that provides leadership education, training and development opportunities to public health workers throughout the state of Florida. Dr. Landis has been active in the area of international public health, providing in country public health systems consultation and leadership, evaluation, and social marketing training to institutions and agencies in Central Asia, the former Soviet Republic Caucuses of Eastern Europe, India and Latin America.

Terry McDonald, MSc, FFOH, CMIOSH

Terry McDonald is a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene, a Chartered Safety Practitioner and a Member of the UK Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. He has been a practicing occupational hygienist for more than 30 years and is currently Principal Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety at the University of Greenwich in the UK. In his current role he has extensive experience of running both BSc and MSc international distance learning programmes in both occupational health and safety and occupational hygiene.

He is also the British Occupational Hygiene Association (BOHS) Chief Examiner, a member of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene Board and one of the founder Directors of the Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA). He is currently a member of the OHTA Leadership Group and the OHTA Qualifications Group. Before moving into occupational hygiene he worked as an applied chemist in the chemical and nuclear industries. He has post graduate qualifications in occupational hygiene and ergonomics. His areas of research include chemical safety, ergonomics and the thermal environment.

Johanna Stranzinger, MD, PhD

Johanna Stranzinger is a medical doctor with German board certifications in general medicine, occupational medicine, travel medicine and psychotherapy. She graduated in medicine at the University in Vienna, Austria and took her board exams in Hamburg, Germany. After working in general family practice, obstetrics & gynaecology, she started working in occupational medicine in 1995. There, she works as company doctor mainly for educational institutions for handicapped children, vocational and commercial colleges and high schools. She is with the Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Human Resources, Federal State of Hamburg, Germany. Her focus is on prevention of infectious diseases, stress-related disorders and disability, rehabilitation and return-to-work programs. She has published articles in occupational health, genetics, endocrinology and public health.

Norbert Wagner, MD, PhD

Norbert Wagner is a medical doctor with board certifications in occupational medicine, aviation medicine and emergency medicine in Germany. He worked as a company doctor for biomedical companies, public entities and research institutions in Germany. From 2002 until 2006, he taught in academic programs using distance education tools at Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai/India, a WHO Collaborating Center in Occupational Health. He developed and directed the Certificate Program in Occupational Health, a blended course for company doctors. He earned his PhD from the University of Hamburg, Germany in epidemiology and occupational medicine in 2005.

He is an active consultant and OSHAS 18001 auditor in occupational safety and health management for enterprises around the world, mostly for oil & gas industries. He also consults for development agencies in integrating environmental and occupational health into development assistance projects. His work takes him regularly to Asia and into French-speaking Africa.

He is currently Research Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Tampa (click here for his faculty website) and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His work and publications focuses on implementing OSH programs under conditions of poor-resource countries, quality control in occupational health and corporate social responsibility.

Dr. Wagner is the program director of the International Program in Occupational Health Practice.

David M. Zalk, PhD, CIH

David Zalk is a Past President of the International Occupational Hygiene Association and currently serves as their envoy to the WHO and ILO. Leading numerous national and international committees over the last two decades, he is currently the Vice President of the Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety.

David is recognized worldwide as an expert on Control Banding and qualitative risk assessment strategies and is a PhD candidate at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. David is the EHS Lead at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300 experimental test site, an award-winning industrial hygienist, and remains actively involved in research and development within the greater occupational health and safety sciences. Authoring numerous journal articles and book chapters, his research includes: nanomaterial sciences, metals capture and analysis, biological and toxicological decontamination agents, occupational biomechanics, and the development of occupational risk management and health and safety management systems.