Dr. Marissa Baker is an Associate Professor in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS). She also serves as program director of the industrial hygiene training program at the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, housed at DEOHS. She is an affiliate faculty in the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at UW.

Research/Teaching Areas: Occupational environment, including novel methods of exposure assessment and analysis. Experiences of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding mental health outcomes in occupational populations. Characterizing experiences of underrepresented workers and vulnerable working populations.

Current Projects: Kerry L. Beckman*, Lily M. Monsey, Archer, Megan M, Errett, Nicole A, Bostrom A, and Marissa G. Baker. Health and safety risk perceptions and needs of app-based drivers during COVID-19. 2021. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 64 (11), 941-951.

Hannah Curtis, Lily Monsey, Hendrika Meischke, Marissa G. Baker, Sarah Laslett, Nancy Simcox and Noah Seixas. Working safely in the trades as women: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/f pubh.2021.781572. 2021.

Chan, Allen*, Pranav Srikanth*, Nicole A. Errett, and Marissa G. Baker. Characterizing observable covid- 19 controls in Pacific Northwest Grocery Stores. 2022, Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene. 19(5), 237-245,

Srikanth, Pranav*, Lily Monsey, Hendrika Meischke, Marissa G. Baker. Determinants of stress, depression, quality of life, and intent to leave in Washington State EMTs during COVID-19. 2022. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 64(8), 642.

Yassin, Ahmad*, June Spector, Luke Mease, Alice Shumate, Ryan Hill, Jennifer Lincoln and Marissa G. Baker. Exploring determinants of depression, stress, and anxiety in U.S. Mariners during the COVID-19 pandemic.” 2022. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(24), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416628

Monsey, Lily M., Kerry L. Beckman*, and Marissa G. Baker. How does gender and work location impact perceived worker stress during COVID-19? Findings from King County, WA. 2023. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 38, no. 1: 75-101.

Clonch, Allison*, Marcy Harrington, June Spector, Lily M. Monsey, and Marissa G. Baker. Exploring determinants of log truck accidents resulting in injury or fatality in the Northwest United States between 2015-2019 using Motor Carrier Management Information System data. 2023. International Journal of Forest Engineering: 1-7.

Stephan-Recaido, Shelley C., Trevor K. Peckham, Jérôme Lavoué, and Marissa G. Baker. Characterizing the Burden of Occupational Chemical Exposures by Sociodemographic Groups in the United States, 2021. American Journal of Public Health 114, no. 1 (2024): 57-67.

Meischke H, Lu D, Hatton K, Seixas N, Baker, Marissa G., Monsey, L. Occupational factors associated with burnout among a sample of 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators in Washington State. 2024. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10-1097. 

Stephan-Recaido, Shelley C., Trevor K. Peckham, Devan Hawkins, and Marissa G. Baker. Burden and social distribution of occupational psychosocial exposures in the United States workforce, 2022. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2024. Accepted 6 August 2024. 

Srikanth, Pranav*, Marissa G. Baker, Hendrika Meischke, Noah Seixas, and Christopher Zuidema. Factors associated with construction apprenticeship completion in the United States. The Economic and Labour Relations Review. Accepted 9/27/2024. 

Beaudreau, Marc, Pranav Srikanth*, Christopher Zuidema, Martin Cohen, Edmund Seto, Christopher Simpson, Marissa G. Baker. Assessing fentanyl and methamphetamine in air and on surfaces of transit vehicles. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. Accepted 12/2024. 

Monsey, Lily, Marcy Harrington, Allison Clonch*, June Spector, Emma Vignola**, Marissa G. Baker. Exploring barriers and facilitators to wellbeing among logging industry workers: a mixed methods study. International Journal of Forest Engineering. Accepted 5/52025.