Matthew C. Keifer

Matthew C. Keifer 2012

Matthew C. Keifer (born 1954) is the director of the National Farm Medicine Center,[1][2][3] a co-director of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center,[4] and a project PI within the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety.[5] He is an occupational physician and internist who practices occupational medicine at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin.[6] He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was on the active faculty and served as founding co-director of the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center until 2010. His research areas include pesticide health effects, injuries and illness in agriculture, and clinical occupational injury management.[7]

Early life and education

Keifer grew up in the Chicago area, spending summers working on the family-owned farm in Edgewood, Iowa. He majored in anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and completed his medical degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign after studying medicine for two years in the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. ↑ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Staff". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Matt Keifer to serve as Director of the National Farm Medicine Center". www.migrantclinician.org. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  3. ↑ "National Farm Medicine Center director travels to Ghana as part of President's Malaria Initiative". Hub City Times. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. ↑ Archibald, Joy. "Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center – Researchers and Staff". umash.umn.edu. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ↑ "Doctors". www.marshfieldclinic.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation". www.marshfieldresearch.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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