Natalie Brouillette is an Research Associate on the Safe Home Care and Hospitals Research Team at UMass Lowell.

Natalie Brouillette, Sc.D.

Research Associate

Department
Safe Home Care and Hospitals Research Team
Office
Wannalancit Mills - 520
Email
Natalie_Brouillette@uml.edu

Research Interests

Public health; Occupational safety and health (OSH); Quantitative methods; Qualitative methods; Occupational and environmental exposure assessment; Industrial hygiene; Microbiological sampling; OSH in the home care industry; OSH in healthcare; Sharps injuries; Effectiveness of cleaning and disinfection products.

Education

  • Sc.D. Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, (2016), University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Infection Risks in Home Healthcare
  • MS Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, (2010), University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Capstone Title: Hospital-acquired infections: Clipboards and pens as vectors for cross-contamination
  • BS Biology, (2007), University of Massachusetts Amherst, cum laude

Biosketch

Natalie Brouillette, Sc.D. is a research scientist in the Department of Public Health. Currently, she is a research team member with the Safe Home Care Project funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Brouillette's career in science spans nearly 15 years with a wide range of research efforts, including infectious disease vaccine development and quality control, cleaning and disinfection effectiveness, and occupational safety and health of home care and healthcare workers. Her research incorporates qualitative and quantitative methods to characterize and assess occupational and public health exposures.

Selected Publications

  • Markkanen P, Brouillette N, Quinn M, Galligan C, Sama S, Lindberg J, Karlsson N. (2021). "It changed everything": The Safe Home Care qualitative study of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on home care aides, clients, and managers. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1):1055. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07076-x.
  • Brouillette NM, Quinn MM, Kriebel D, Markkanen PK, Galligan CJ, Sama SR, Gore RJ, Laramie AK, Davis L. (2017). Risk of sharps injuries among home care aides: Results of the Safe Home Care survey. American Journal of Infection Control, 1;45(4):377-383. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.11.018.
  • Brouillette NM, Quinn MM, Kriebel D. Risk of Sharps Injuries to Home Care Nurses and Aides: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2017). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(11):1072-1077. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001160.
  • Markkanen P, Quinn MM, Galligan C, Sama S, Gore R, Sun C, Okyere D, Brouillette N. (2016). P6-3 Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods to assess occupational exposures and interventions among homecare aides. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73(Suppl 1) A94-A94.
  • Quinn M, Markkanen P, Galligan C, Sama S, Gore R, Goodyear N, Brouillette N, Kriebel D, Lindberg J, Parker Vega A, Sheikh N, Karlsson N. (2016). O16-4 An integrated approach to infection and respiratory illness prevention in home healthcare: preliminary results of the safe home care cleaning and disinfecting study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73:A30.
  • Quinn MM, Markkanen PK, Galligan CJ, Sama SR, Kriebel D, Gore RJ, Brouillette NM, Okyere D, Sun C, Punnett L, Laramie AK, Davis L. (2016). Occupational health of home care aides: results of the safe home care survey. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73(4):237-45. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103031.
  • Goodyear N, Brouillette N, Tenaglia K, Gore R, Marshall J. (2015). The effectiveness of three home products in cleaning and disinfection of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli on home environmental surfaces. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 119(5):1245-52. doi: 10.1111/jam.12935.
  • Quinn MM, Markkanen P, Galligan C, Sama S, Kriebel D, Gore R, Punnett L, Davis L, Laramie A, Brouillette N, et al. (2014). Quantifying Hazardous Occupational Exposures and Injuries in Home Care: Results from the Safe Home Care Survey. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 71(Suppl 1) A39-A39.
  • Kriebel D, Brouillette N, Markkanen P, Galligan C, Sama S, Gore R, Laramie A, Okyere D, Sun C, Davis L, Quinn M. (2014). 0289 Preventing needlesticks and other sharps injuries to home care aides: results of a survey to identify hazards during home visits. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 71(Suppl 1) A36-A37.
  • Markkanen P, Quinn M, Galligan C, Sama S, Brouillette N, Okyere D. (2014). Characterizing the nature of home care work and occupational hazards: a developmental intervention study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 57(4):445-57. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22287.

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Co-instructor, PUBH5510 Work Environment Policy and Practice course, present - 2020
  • Collaboration with the UMASS Lowell Work Environment Training Program Grant, various activities, present-2020
  • Collaboration with the SEIU775 Benefits Groups, Washington, to evaluate home care worker training materials and other research activities, 2020
  • SHE Grant recipient for pilot study on exposure and effectiveness of cleaning and disinfection formula variations, 2014
  • American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Norm LaMontangne Scholarship award recipient, 2009