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Mary Kay O'Rourke

  • Professor Emeritus
Contact
  • (520) 626-6835
  • Roy P. Drachman Hall, Rm. 200
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • mkor@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

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)

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Interests

Research

Indoor Air Quality, Arsenic Exposure, Ingestion Exposures, Pesticide Exposure, Aerobiology

Teaching

Environmental Health Sciences

Courses

2023-24 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Spring 2022)
  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Thesis
    EHS 910 (Summer I 2021)
  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Spring 2021)
  • Dissertation
    EHS 920 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

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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 info
    I served as co-author for 5 research poster presentations presented by our physician trainees.

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