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Susan M. Duty, Sc.D., ANP-BC

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. University of Massachusetts, Boston
M.S. Simmons College
S.M. and Sc.D. Harvard School of Public Health
susan.duty@simmons.edu

Dr. Duty is an associate professor in the nursing program and director of the Occupational Nursing Core for the NIOSH Education and Research Center at Harvard School of Public Health. Her teaching responsibilities span the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. She is certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with specialization in occupational health. She obtained her doctoral degree in occupational epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2002 where she continues her research into the relationship between environmental exposures to phthalates and male reproductive outcomes and occupational exposures to phthalates among manicurists. Dr. Duty has presented her research both nationally and internationally and published one of the first studies on the human health effects of phthalates. Her current research is a collaboration with biology faculty to explore community acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization among persons, pets and household surfaces to determine the influence of the home environment on persistent colonization states.

Other research projects include: validation of a neonatal infant pain scale, initiation of a public health campaign to promote routine mammography screening and finally a study measuring bisphenol-A levels among premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. She is the nurse research scientist at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth and in the clinical setting, Dr. Duty is heavily involved in improving patient outcomes that are considered nurse sensitive indicators of quality care including pressure ulcer reduction and proper pain assessment and treatment. Dr. Duty is a member of the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Massachusettes Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau, Theta at Large Chapter.

Publications

  • Duty, Susan, SM, Silva, MJ, Barr, DB, Brock, JW, Ryan, L, Chen, Z, Herrick, RF, Christiani, D.C., and Hauser, R. The relationship between environmental exposure to phthalates and human semen parameters. Epidemiology 2003, 14(3), 269-277.
  • Duty, SM, Singh, NP, Silva, MJ, Barr, DB, Brock, JW, Ryan, L, Herrick, RF, Christiani, D.C., and Hauser, R. The relationship between environmental exposure to phthalates and DNA damage in human sperm. Environmental Health Perspectives 2003, 111(9): 1164-1169. (Advanced release published December 6, 2002; DOI 10.1289/ehp.5756).
  • Susan M. Duty, Antonia M. Calafat, Manori J. Silva, John W. Brock, Louise Ryan, Zuying Chen, James Overstreet, and Russ Hauser. The relationship between human environmental exposure to phthalates and computer aided sperm analysis motion parameters. Journal of Andrology, 2004, 25(2): 293-302.
  • Russ Hauser , Susan Duty, Linda Godfrey-Bailey, Antonia M. Calafat. Medications as a source of human exposure to phthalates: A case report. Environmental Health Perspectives 2004: 112 (6) 751-753.
  • Trisini, AT, Singh, NP, Duty, SM and Russ Hauser. The relationship between human semen parameters and DNA damage assessed by the neutral comet assay. Fertility and Sterility, 2004:82 (6):1623-1631.
  • Susan M. Duty, Antonia M. Calafat, Manori J. Silva, Louise Ryan, and Russ Hauser. Phthalate exposure and reproductive hormones in adult men. Human Reproduction, 2005 20(3) :604-610. (Advanced Access publication December 9, 2004, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh656).
  • Meeker JD, Singh NP, Ryan L, Duty SM, Barr DB, Herrick RF, Bennett DH, and Hauser R. Urinary levels of insecticide metabolites and DNA damage in human sperm. Human Reproduction 2004:19 (11): 2573-2580.
  • Duty SM, Ackerman RM, Calafat AM and Hauser R (2005) Personal care product use predicts urinary phthalate monoester concentrations. Environmental Health Perspective 113(11):1530-1535. (Advanced access Doi:10.1289/ehp.8083 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 18 July 2005])
  • Hauser R, Meeker JD, Duty S, Silva MJ, Calafat AM. Altered semen quality in relation to urinary concentrations of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites. Epidemiology 2006:17(6), 682-91
  • R. Hauser, J.D. Meeker, N.P. Singh, M.J. Silva, L. Ryan, S. Duty, and A.M. Calafat. DNA damage in human sperm is related to urinary levels of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites Hum. Reprod.2007: 22(3):688-695. (Advance Access published on November 7, 2006. doi:10.1093/humrep/del428)
  • Elizabeth Scott , Susan Duty , Maureen Callahan. A Pilot Study TO Isolate Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA from Environmental Surfaces in the Home. American Journal of Infection Control In Press
  • Rachel Kwapniewski, Sarah Kozaczka, Russ Hauser, Manori J. Silva, Antonia M. Calafat, Susan M. Duty. Occupational exposure to dibutyl phthalate among manicurists. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(6): 705-718.
  • Xibiao Ye, Frank H. Pierik, Russ Hauser, Susan Duty, Jürgen Angerer, Melissa M. Park, Alex Burdorf, Albert Hofman, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Johan P Mackenbach, Eric AP Steegers, Henning Tiemeier, Matthew P. Longnecker. Urinary metabolite concentrations of organophosphorous pesticides, bisphenol A, and phthalates among pregnant women in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: The Generation R Study. Environmental Research. In Press: under revisions.



Presentations

  • Susan M Duty, Antonia M Calafat & Russ Hauser. A pilot study: Characterizing phthalate exposure among nail salon workers". Oral presentation Session 4049.0, Nail Salon Workers: Hazards and Controls. American Public Health Association, 133rd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.
  • Scott Elizabeth & Duty Susan, Callahan Maureen, Clarke Julia, Delprato Julie, Bourque Kristen, Rabe Vivian, Guimond Martha and Simpson Kathleen. 'A Pilot Study to identify the distribution and determinants of indicator and pathogenic target bacteria in homes with healthcare workers, young children and pets' at the American Public Health Association Meeting in Boston, MA, 2006
  • Sarah Kozaczka, Rachel Kwapniewski, Russ Hauser, Antonia M. Calafat, Susan M. Duty. "A Pilot Study: Characterizing Occupational Phthalate Exposure Among Manicurists" Eastern Nursing Research Society: 19th Scientific Sessions, Providence RI, 2007
  • Jocelyn Loftus, Susan Duty, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz,, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste.. ‘The Utility of an Early Predictor of NCLEX Success'. Presented at The15th Annual Conference for Nurse Educators in Practice Settings & Schools of Nursing at the Wentworth-by-the-Sea, 2007
  • Jocelyn Loftus, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste, Susan Duty. Science grades, ethnicity and program track predict nursing course performance and NCLEX success. Presented at the 2007 American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Baccalaureate Education Conference in New Orleans, LA. 2007
  • Jocelyn Loftus, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste, Susan Duty. ‘Evidence-Based Policy Development can guide Admission and Academic Progression Decisions in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO. Poster Session, 2008
  • Susan Duty and Pam DeMoucell. ‘Combining education, awareness and technology to reduce hospital acquired pressure ulcers'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO., Oral Presentation, 2008

Awards

  • The Excellence in Clinical Practice Award in Primary Health Care Nursing, Occupational Health Concentration, Simmons College,1999.
  • The Scholarly Excellence Award, SHS, 2004.