Lezah Brown, Phd, Msph, Chsp Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Function as the VP of Safety and chair the Environment of Care committee, managing the health and safety of employees in 2hospitals, 15 community-based ambulatory clinics, and all facilities. Oversee and direct a.
• ️ Implemented OSHA-compliant Respiratory Protection Program, fit-testing 8000+ staff without transmission during thepandemic. Addressed supply chain issues by acquiring additional respirators from 2 companies.
• ️ Executed a relocation plan for multiple departments vacating newly sold buildings, ensuring efficient space management onthe healthcare system's main campus.
• ️ Restored and safeguarded a previously abandoned ambulance bay, upgrading the entrance, lighting, fire suppression, and EDrooms, ultimately increasing inpatient population by 100% and revenue system utilization in 1.
• ️ Prepared for and maintained regulatory compliance, resulting in less than 25 non-serious citations for a large hospital and asuccessful Joint Commission survey for a smaller hospital.
• ️ Monitored 6 capital project contracts, ensuring project completion was timely and budget compliant in multiple sitessimultaneously.

Chicago, IL

✰ Oversaw occupational health program that shielded thousands of individuals, including 7K staff, 4K patients, and visitors, from potential harm caused by biological, chemical, and physical hazards. Ensured hospital compliance with federal regulations and consensus standards, including OSHA, EPA, DOT, and NFPA. Increased oversight from 1 hospital to 2.

✰ Hired to ensure the safety of visitors and 122 employees and sub-contractors across various departments at the Albuquerque site, which included 2 plants and an airport hangar. Managed a multimillion-dollar operating budget and a multi-faceted Health, Safety, and Environmental Engineering team with 9 direct and 40 indirect reports supporting the.

Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL

✰ Managed 13+ employees, unifying 2 hospitals, 20+ clinics, and 7,000+ staff under one health and safety program. Maintained reports for government agencies.

Teach Occupational Safety and Health issues comprised of governmental policy, company policy development/research. Design and present curriculum on OSHA, EPA, DOT and other federal regulations, as well as on performing investigations and risk assessments. Additional topics include Safety Technology, Hazardous Materials Regulations, Safety in Society, and.

• The Illinois Public Health Research Fellowship Program (IPHRFP). Projects included:
• Testified at the NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda hearings about the impact of occupational psychosocial issues on occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Organized, managed and performed daily tasks for research project designed to address the effectiveness of six commercially available thoracic size selective samplers.
• Collected and maintained research data for a research project designed to train Latino day workers and data on peer-delivered OSHA training in Latino construction workers.
• Submitted funding grants for research to National Institutes of Health as well as the local Educational Research Center.
• Coordinated and collected data on the effectiveness of OSHA training delivered by Labor Unions, funded by the Center for Construction Research and Training.

The Illinois Public Health Research Fellowship Program: Completed dissertation, "Psychosocial Issues as Predictors of Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Assaults." Used SPSS to perform statistical analyses on a nationally-representative database of working individuals. Prepared three manuscripts for peer review publication. Prepared four poster and.

Epidemiologic Study of Recreational Use of the Chicago Area Waterways Participated on research team which collected water samples in the waterways in and around ChicagoRecruited and interviewed study participants for the study whereas personal data was collected as well as information pertaining to health and recreational waterway usageTransported water.

Took research and training sabbatical to obtain Masters and Doctorate degrees in Public Health. Simultaneously served as Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Pre-Doctoral Fellow and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois. In addition, trained construction workers on proper use of personal protective equipment; researched effectiveness of.

Led health & safety program for regional hospital with 10,000+ employees in three states. Performed routine audits and reporting results. Achieved zero penalties following federal / jurisdictional compliance inspections during tenure. Prepared staff for two JCAHO cycles at main campus and 3 satellite clinics. Led three staff and $300K budget.

Phd, Environmental, Occupational, Health & Safety

Ph.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ms, Environmental And Occupational Health Sciences

Thesis: Investigation on Sampling Performance of Thoracic Size-Selective Sampling Devices. Thesis Chair: Serap Erdal, PhD

B.S., Environmental Health Sciences / Indutrial Hygiene

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Jahari Dance Troupe