Mike holds a PhD in Public Health from Oregon State University and is a Certified Safety Professional. He is a member of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Prevention through Design and Construction Sector Research Councils. In 2011, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Greenery & Ecology, Singapore evaluating safe design guidelines for urban greenery systems. Before returning to school full-time at Oregon State, Mike worked for 11 years as an occupational safety and health professional for Lenox China and Saint-Gobain Corporation. His research interests include safety through design, safety management, and incident causality.