Simmons College

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

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

About

Dr. Susan Duty is an associate professor in the nursing program at Simmons College for the past 9 years. She was Program Director for the Harvard/Simmons NIOSH Education and Research Center's Occupational Health Nursing Core Programs from 2002-2009. She is certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with specialization in Occupational Health.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities at Simmons, Susan works clinically at South Shore Hospital as a Nurse Research Scientist. Susan obtained her doctoral degree in occupational epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2002 and has a well established research agenda exploring environmental exposures to plasticizers and male reproductive outcomes. She has published many papers on her research studies and has presented her work regionally, nationally and internationally. She has more recently extended her research into occupational groups (ie manicurist) and in neonatal intensive care unit settings.

Grant funding has been secured from highly competitive National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, the National Institute for Environmental Health and Safety, as well as from the Simmons College President's Fund and from private foundations like the Passport Foundation and the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association.

Dr. Duty is a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives Research Council. Dr. Duty serves as a research reviewer for the Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology, the journal Embryo Talk, the Journal of Women's Health, the EPA Children's Health Peer Review Panel and the NIOSH-funded Harvard ERC Pilot Projects Research Training Program.

Dr. Duty received The Theresa LaPlante Award for Excellence in Administration from Sigma Theta Tau and served as Vice President of the Theta-at-large Chapter at Simmons College of Sigma Theta Tau International.

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Education

• BSN University of Massachusetts, Boston
• MS Simmons College
• SM and ScD Harvard University School of Public Health

Publications

• Elizabeth Scott, Susan Duty, Maureen Callahan. A Pilot Study: Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA from Environmental Surfaces in the Home. American Journal of Infection Control. 2008: 36(6), 458-460
• 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, Jrgen Angerer, Melissa M. Park, Alex Burdorf, Albert Hofman, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Johan P Mackenbach, Eric AP Steegers, Henning Tiemeier, Matthew P. Longnecker. 2008. Urinary metabolite concentrations of organophosphorous pesticides, bisphenol A, and phthalates among pregnant women in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: The Generation R Study. Environmental Research. 108:260-267. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2008.07.014
• Scott E, Duty SM, McCue K. 2008. A critical evaluation of MRSA and other target bacteria on commonly touched household surfaces in relation to household demographics. American Journal of Infection Control. 37(6):447-53. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.001
• 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)

Presentations

• 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 November 7, 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 April 12-14, 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. May 22, 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 November 28, 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 October 16-18, 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 October 16-18, 2008
• Susan Duty. ‘The usefulness of personal response systems (‘clickers') in developing critical thinking skills among nursing students'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO. Poster Session October 16-18, 2008
• Jocelyn Loftus and Susan Duty, "Barriers to success in nursing and implications for minority students." Hawaii International Conference on Education, Oahu Hawaii
  January 2010.
• Leslie Leveille and Susan Duty. ‘Mammogram Submission Compliance And Its Effect On Diagnostic Interventions. Women's Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress. Poster session March 26-27, 2010.

Awards

• The Excellence in Clinical Practice Award in Primary Health Care Nursing, Occupational Health Concentration, Simmons College, May 1999.
• The Scholarly Excellence Award, awarded by the School for Health Studies, Simmons College September, 2004
• The Theresa LaPlante Award , awarded by the Theta-at-large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. May 2010

Editorial Review Boards

• Peer Reviewer, EPA Children's Health Panel, 2010- present
• Member and Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives, Research Council Poster Session Review Panel, 2009-present
• Peer Reviewer, Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology
• Peer Reviewer: the journal Embryo Talk • Peer Reviewer: the Journal of Women's Health
• Peer Reviewer: the NIOSH-funded Harvard ERC Pilot Projects Research Training Program.

Grants/Gifts Received

• Harvard-NIOSH ERC Pilot Project Grant T42 CCT 122961 "Characterizing Phthalate Exposure Among Nail Salon Workers" $7,500 October 2003.
• Harvard NIEHS Environmental Health Center Pilot Project Grant "Phthalate exposure and developmental endpoints in mother-infant pairs in the Netherlands"  $20,000 December 2003.
• Simmons Fund for Research Grant FFR455, "Characterizing Phthalate Exposure Among Nail Salon Workers", supplemental funding for Vietnamese translations and recruitment. $1,500 March 2004
• Harvard-NIOSH-Occupational Health Grant (AY2006-7) subcontract with Harvard School of Public Health $60,290 direct and $1,146 indirect costs.
• Harvard-NIOSH-Occupational Health Grant (AY2007-8) subcontract with Harvard School of Public Health $60,049 direct and $1075 indirect costs.
• Harvard-NIOSH-Occupational Health Grant (AY2008-9) subcontract with Harvard School of Public Health $40,521 direct and $510 indirect costs.
• Simmons Fund for Research Grant #05-060: The Utility of an Early Predictor of NCLEX Success. (With Jocelyn Loftus, Simmons College, Dept of Nursing as Principal Investigator). Funded for $2,000.
• Simmons College Diversity Action Plan Funding Award in the amount of $9,732 to identify barriers to success for minority students in the Nursing Program to improve academic success and minority student retention. (CoInvestigator) with Jocelyn Loftus
• Passport Foundation Grant "Determination of sources of bisphenol A exposure among infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" $18,960 April, 2009
• Simmons College President's Fund, "A Pilot Study to Explore the Strain Relatedness of Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (MRSA) Between Humans, Contact Survaces and Pets. $15,000 September, 2009