Dr. Mark Schenker is a Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine. Dr. Schenker’s research focuses on occupational and environmental diseases. Most recently, he has studied the health hazards of immigrant workers.

Positions at UC Davis

• Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine
• Founding Director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and the Migration and Health Research Center

Areas of Expertise

• Occupational and environmental health
• Epidemiology
• Immigration

Major Research Papers

Langer CE, Armitage TL, Beckman S, Tancredi DJ, Mitchell DC, Schenker MB. How Does Environmental Temperature Affect Farmworkers' Work Rates in the California Heat Illness Prevention Study? J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Jul 1;65(7):e458-e464. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002853. Epub 2023 Apr 6. PMID: 37026741; PMCID: PMC10332655.

Schenker MB, Beckman S. Cannabis Industry Worker Health and Safety: Time for Action. J Agromedicine. 2023 Jan;28(1):14-17. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2148031. PMID: 36370094.

Matias SL, French CD, Gomez-Lara A, Schenker MB. Chronic disease burden among Latino farmworkers in California. Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 2;10:1024083. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1024083. PMID: 36530711; PMCID: PMC9755602.

Beckman S, Castañeda X, Rivas L, Schenker MB. California cannabis cultivation and processing workers: A qualitative analysis of physiological exposures and health effects. Am J Ind Med. 2023 Jan;66(1):75-84. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23442. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36398400.

Beckman S, Eastman Langer C, Schenker MB. A Pilot Study of Respiratory and Dermal Symptoms in California Cannabis Cultivation Workers. J Agromedicine. 2023 Jan;28(1):28-35. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2141407. Epub 2022 Nov 1. PMID: 36305193.