Mary Kay O'Rourke
- Professor Emeritus
Contact
- (520) 626-6835
- Roy P. Drachman Hall, Rm. 200
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- mkor@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Geosciences
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- The implications of atmospheric pollen rain for fossil pollen profiles in the arid Southwest.
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2015 - Ongoing)
Awards
- n/a
- n/a, Spring 2012
Licensure & Certification
- Conflict of Interest Statement filed 6/13/2016, The University of Arizona (2016)
- Citi Certification #13513281 expires 2/25/2019, The University of Arizona (2014)
- Biosafety Laboratory Compliance expires 12/22/17, The University of Arizona (2016)
- General Laboratory Compliance expires 12/22/2017, The University of Arizona (2016)
Interests
Research
Indoor Air Quality, Arsenic Exposure, Ingestion Exposures, Pesticide Exposure, Aerobiology
Teaching
Environmental Health Sciences
Courses
2023-24 Courses
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Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Dissertation
EHS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
EHS 920 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Thesis
EHS 910 (Summer I 2021) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
EHS 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
EHS 699 (Spring 2020) -
Directed Research
PSIO 492 (Fall 2019) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
EHS 699 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
PSIO 399 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Directed Research
PSIO 492 (Summer I 2019) -
Independent Study
EHS 499 (Summer I 2019) -
Thesis
EHS 910 (Summer I 2019) -
Directed Research
PSIO 492 (Spring 2019) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
EHS 498H (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
EHS 599 (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
EHS 909 (Spring 2019) -
Research
EHS 900 (Spring 2019) -
Dissertation
EHS 920 (Fall 2018) -
Honors Thesis
EHS 498H (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
EHS 699 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Intro to Environ & Occu Health
EHS 375 (Summer I 2018) -
Master's Report
EHS 909 (Summer I 2018) -
Research
EHS 900 (Summer I 2018) -
Environ+Occup Hlth
EHS 575 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
EHS 498H (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
PSIO 498H (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
EHS 599 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
EHS 699 (Spring 2018) -
Intro to Environ & Occu Health
EHS 375 (Spring 2018) -
Master's Report
EHS 909 (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
EHS 491 (Spring 2018) -
Research
EHS 900 (Spring 2018) -
Special Topics Public Health
HPS 559 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
EHS 498H (Fall 2017) -
Honors Thesis
PSIO 498H (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
EHS 699 (Fall 2017) -
Master's Report
EHS 909 (Fall 2017) -
Research
EHS 900 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Intro to Environ & Occu Health
CPH 375 (Summer I 2017) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Summer I 2017) -
Research
CPH 900 (Summer I 2017) -
Independent Study
CPH 599 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
CPH 699 (Spring 2017) -
Intro to Environ & Occu Health
CPH 375 (Spring 2017) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Spring 2017) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Master's Report
CPH 909 (Summer I 2016) -
Env+Occupatnl Hlth Smr
CPH 696R (Spring 2016) -
Environ, Occup+Inj Epi
CPH 680 (Spring 2016) -
Environ, Occup+Inj Epi
EPID 680 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
CPH 599 (Spring 2016) -
Intro to Environ & Occu Health
CPH 375 (Spring 2016) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Spring 2016) -
Preceptorship
CPH 491 (Spring 2016) -
Research
CPH 900 (Spring 2016) -
Thesis
CPH 910 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Kurzius-Spencer, M., da Silva, V., Huang, S., Hartz, V., Thomson, C. A., Hsu, C., Burgess, J. L., O'Rourke, M. K., & Harris, R. B. (2016). Modeling the relation of dietary arsenic intake (total and inorganic) and one-carbon metabolism on urinary arsenic methylation in a nationally representative population (NHANES 2003-04). Environmental Health Perspectives.
- O'Rourke PhD, M. K. (2017). Kurzius-Spencer, M., Da Silva, V. Thomson, CA. Hartz, V. Hsu, CH. Burgess, JL., O’Rourke, MK., Harris, RB. Nutrients in one-carbon metabolism and urinary arsenic methylation in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004. Environmental Health Perspectives. (submitted. Environmental Health Perspectives.
- Burgess, J. L., Harris, R. B., Hartz, V., Hsu, C., O'Rourke, M. K., & Kurzius-Spencer, M. (2013). Measured versus modeled dietary arsenic and relation to urinary arsenic excretion and total exposure. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 23(4), 442-449.
- Harris, R. B., Gutiérrez-Millán, L. E., Meza-Montenegro, M. M., Roberge, J. L., Littau, S. R., O'Rourke, M. K., Kurzius-Spencer, M., & Burgess, J. L. (2013). Environmental arsenic exposure and serum matrix metalloproteinase-9. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 23(2), 163-169.
- O'Rourke, M. K., Cebrián Garcia, M. E., Burgess, J. L., & Hysong, T. A. (2003). House dust and inorganic urinary arsenic in two Arizona mining towns. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 13(3), 211-218.
Presentations
- O'Rourke PhD, M. K. (2016, June). Harris, RB. and O’Rourke, MK. Cumulative Exposure Effects: Expanding Research with the Hopi Tribe. Tribal Environmental Health Conference, June 20-21, Flagstaff, AZ.. Tribal Environmental Health Conference. Flagstaff: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
- O'Rourke PhD, M. K. (2016, Spring). Al Abdulwahab, A., O'Rourke, MK., Harber, P. Abugad, H., Al-Otaibi Physical Risk Factors of CTDS In Aluminum Works In Saudi Arabia. American Occupational Health Conference. Chicago April 15-18.. American Occupational Health Conference. Chicago: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- O'Rourke PhD, M. K. (2017, October). O’Rourke, MK., Harris, RB, Honanie, GS., Joshweseoma, L. Burgess, J. Cumulative Exposure Effects: Expanding Research with the Hopi Tribe. ISES, October 9-13, Utrecht, The Netherlands.. International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Utrecht, Netherlands: International Society of Exposure Science.
- O'Rourke PhD, M. K. (2017, Spring). Al-Salameen, A., O'Rourke, MK., Harber, P., Abugad, H., Al-Otaibi, S. Low Back Pain (LBP) Among Workers in a Saudi Paint Factory. American Occupational Health Conference. Chicago April 15-18.. American Occupational Health Conference. Chicago: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Poster Presentations
- Trainees, P., Harber, P. I., & O'Rourke, M. K. (2016, Spring). 5 research abstracts/posters (co-author). American conference on occupational health ( ACOEM). Chicago: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.More infoI served as co-author for 5 research poster presentations presented by our physician trainees.
