Carisa Harris, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Additionally, her team is developing a variety of exposure assessment devices (wearables) for primary and secondary prevention purposes and performs various intervention studies on occupational tasks with high risk of musculoskeletal injuries. The lab has a history of performing research in the construction, computer, medical, hotel and manufacturing sectors. From a global health perspective, Dr. Harris collaborates on research assessing the impact of heavy load carrying among women in developing countries (Nepal, Tanzania, Ethiopia) on associated morbidity.

• The Association Between Forceful Hand Exertions and Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck and Shoulder: A Prospective Cohort Study of US Manufacturing Workers.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2022 Zimbalist A, Rempel D, Feng L, Harris-Adamson C
• Postural strategies among office workers during a prolonged sitting bout.
  Applied ergonomics 2022 Arippa F, Nguyen A, Pau M, Harris-Adamson C
• Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2022 Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EA, Kapellusch J, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Meyers AR, Bao S, Gerr F, Krause N, Rempel D
• Endoscopist injury: shifting our focus to interventions.
  Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2021 Harris-Adamson C, Shergill AK
• Heavy Load Carrying and Symptoms of Pelvic Organ Prolapse among Women in Tanzania and Nepal: An Exploratory Study.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 Koyuncu A, Kadota JL, Mnyippembe A, Njau PF, Sijali TR, McCoy SI, Bates MN, Harris-Adamson C, Prata N
• Analysis of the external acoustic meatus for ergonomic design: part II - anthropometric variations of the external acoustic meatus by sex, age and side in Chinese population.
  Ergonomics 2021 Fan H, Yu S, Wang M, Li M, Zhao X, Ren Y, Zhang S, Chen D, Harris Adamson C
• Analysis of the external acoustic meatus for ergonomic design: part I - measurement of the external acoustic meatus using casting, scanning and rapid estimation approaches.
  Ergonomics 2021 Fan H, Yu S, Wang M, Li M, Chu J, Yan Y, Zhang S, Chen D, Harris-Adamson C
• Biomechanical risk factors associated with distal upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in endoscopists performing colonoscopy.
  Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2020 Shergill AK, Rempel D, Barr A, Lee D, Pereira A, Hsieh CM, McQuaid K, Harris-Adamson C
• The Impact of Heavy Load Carrying on Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Among Women in Shinyanga Region, Tanzania.
  Annals of global health 2020 Kadota JL, McCoy SI, Bates MN, Mnyippembe A, Njau PF, Prata N, Harris-Adamson C
• Modeling the Effect of the 2018 Revised ACGIH® Hand Activity Threshold Limit Value® (TLV) at Reducing Risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
  Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene 2019 Yung M, Dale AM, Kapellusch J, Bao S, Harris-Adamson C, Meyers AR, Hegmann KT, Rempel D, Evanoff BA
• The ergonomic impact of a mattress lift tool and bottom sheet type on hotel room cleaners while making beds.
  Applied ergonomics 2019 Harris-Adamson C, Lam E, Fathallah F, Tong AD, Hill S, Smith A
• Highlights from occupational safety and health continuing education needs assessment.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2019 Scott JG, Shore E, Brown C, Harris C, Rosen MA
• Design of finger gestures for locomotion in virtual reality
  Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware. 2019 Huang R, Harris Adamson C, Odell D, Rempel D.
• Experimental evaluation of shoulder-support exoskeleton for overhead work: Influences of peak torque, amplitude, tasks and tool mass
  IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors 2019 Van Engelhoven L, Poon N, Kazerooni H, Rempel D, Barr A, Harris-Adamson C.
• Modeling the Effect of the 2018 Revised ACGIH Hand Activity Threshold Limit Value (TLV) at Reducing Risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, 2001-2010
  Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 2019 Yung M, Dale AM, Kapellusch J, Bao S, Harris C, Meyers A, Hegmann KT, Rempel Dm, Evanoff B.
• Potential of exoskeleton technologies to enhance safety, health, and performance in construction: industry perspectives and future research directions
  IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors 2019 Kim, S., Moore, A., Srinivasan, D., Akanmu, A., Barr, A., Harris-Adamson, C., Rempel, D.M. and Nussbaum, M.A.
• The Design of Hand Gestures for Selecting Virtual Objects
  International Journal of Human Computer Interaction 2019 Lin J, Harris-Adamson C & Rempel D.
• The ergonomic impact of a mattress lift tool and bottom sheet type on hotel room cleaners while making beds
  Applied Ergonomics 2019 Harris-Adamson C, Lam E, Tong AD, Hill S, Smith A.
• Incident CTS in a large pooled cohort study: associations obtained by a Job Exposure Matrix versus associations obtained from observed exposures.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2018 Dale AM, Ekenga CC, Buckner-Petty S, Merlino L, Thiese MS, Bao S, Meyers AR, Harris-Adamson C, Kapellusch J, Eisen EA, Gerr F, Hegmann KT, Silverstein B, Garg A, Rempel D, Zeringue A, Evanoff BA
• Ergonomic rubber tapping knife relieves symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome among rubber tappers
  International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 2018 Pramchoo W, Geater AF, Harris Adamson C, Tantrakulwanich B.
• Occupational and Environmental Health In: Levy BS, Wegman DH, Baron SL, Sokas RK eds
  Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 Harris-Adamson C, Bao S, Evanoff B.
• Sit-stand workstations and impact on low back discomfort: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Ergonomics 2017 Agarwal S, Steinmaus C, Harris-Adamson C
• Measuring exertion time, duty cycle and hand activity level for industrial tasks using computer vision.
  Ergonomics 2017 Akkas O, Lee CH, Hu YH, Harris Adamson C, Rempel D, Radwin RG
• Ergonomic evaluation of an alternative tool for cake decorating
  International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 2017 Harris-Adamson C, Chen B, Janowitz I, Rempel D.
• Biomechanical and psychosocial exposures are independent risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: assessment of confounding using causal diagrams.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2016 Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EA, Neophytou A, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Bao S, Silverstein B, Gerr F, Burt S, Rempel D
• Ergonomic evaluation of standard and alternative pallet jack handles
  International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 2016 Harris-Adamson C, Mielke A, Xu X, Lin J
• Associations between workplace factors and carpal tunnel syndrome: A multi-site cross sectional study.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2015 Fan ZJ, Harris-Adamson C, Gerr F, Eisen EA, Hegmann KT, Bao S, Silverstein B, Evanoff B, Dale AM, Thiese MS, Garg A, Kapellusch J, Burt S, Merlino L, Rempel D
• General population job exposure matrix applied to a pooled study of prevalent carpal tunnel syndrome.
  American journal of epidemiology 2015 Dale AM, Zeringue A, Harris-Adamson C, Rempel D, Bao S, Thiese MS, Merlino L, Burt S, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Gerr F, Hegmann KT, Eisen EA, Evanoff B
• Personal and workplace factors and median nerve function in a pooled study of 2396 US workers.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2015 Rempel D, Gerr F, Harris-Adamson C, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Burt S, Bao S, Silverstein B, Merlino L, Dale AM, Evanoff B
• Developing a pooled job physical exposure data set from multiple independent studies: an example of a consortium study of carpal tunnel syndrome.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2014 Bao SS, Kapellusch JM, Garg A, Silverstein BA, Harris-Adamson C, Burt SE, Dale AM, Evanoff BA, Gerr FE, Hegmann KT, Merlino LA, Thiese MS, Rempel DM
• Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2014 Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EA, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Burt S, Bao S, Silverstein B, Merlino L, Gerr F, Rempel D
• Exposure-response relationships for the ACGIH threshold limit value for hand-activity level: results from a pooled data study of carpal tunnel syndrome.
  Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health 2014 Kapellusch JM, Gerr FE, Malloy EJ, Garg A, Harris-Adamson C, Bao SS, Burt SE, Dale AM, Eisen EA, Evanoff BA, Hegmann KT, Silverstein BA, Theise MS, Rempel DM
• Effects of varying case definition on carpal tunnel syndrome prevalence estimates in a pooled cohort.
  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2014 Thiese MS, Gerr F, Hegmann KT, Harris-Adamson C, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Eisen EA, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Burt S, Bao S, Silverstein B, Merlino L, Rempel D
• Personal and workplace psychosocial risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study cohort: author response.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2014 Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EC, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Kapellusch J, Garg A, Burt S, Silverstein B, Bao S, Merlino L, Gerr F, Rempel D
• The impact of posture on wrist tendinosis among blue-collar workers: the San Francisco study.
  Human factors 2014 Harris-Adamson C, You D, Eisen EA, Goldberg R, Rempel D
• Pooling job physical exposure data from multiple independent studies in a consortium study of carpal tunnel syndrome.
  Ergonomics 2013 Kapellusch JM, Garg A, Bao SS, Silverstein BA, Burt SE, Dale AM, Evanoff BA, Gerr FE, Harris-Adamson C, Hegmann KT, Merlino LA, Rempel DM
• Personal and workplace psychosocial risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study cohort.
  Occupational and environmental medicine 2013 Harris-Adamson C, Eisen EA, Dale AM, Evanoff B, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, Kapellusch JM, Garg A, Burt S, Bao S, Silverstein B, Gerr F, Merlino L, Rempel D
• Prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations: pooled analysis of six prospective studies.
  Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health 2013 Dale AM, Harris-Adamson C, Rempel D, Gerr F, Hegmann K, Silverstein B, Burt S, Garg A, Kapellusch J, Merlino L, Thiese MS, Eisen EA, Evanoff B
• Effect of handle design on pallet jack operations
  The quarterly of Human Factors Applications 2013 Harris-Adamson C. and Lin J.
• 1st place, PREMUS best paper competition: workplace and individual factors in wrist tendinosis among blue-collar workers--the San Francisco study.
  Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health 2011 Harris C, Eisen EA, Goldberg R, Krause N, Rempel D
• Correlation between different hand force assessment methods from an epidemiological study
  Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries 2011 Coelho D, Harris-Adamson C, Lima T, Janowitz I, and Rempel D.