Education

• Ph.D., Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University
• M.S., Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University
• M.S., Biology, Morehead State University
• B.S., Environmental Science, Morehead State University

Research & Academic Interests

• Waterborne disease prevention and water quality
• Antimicrobial resistance in the environment
• Environmental and occupational epidemiology
• Practical methods for assessing water, sanitation and hygiene

Publications

• C. Boggs*, K. Shiferawe*, E. Karsten*, J. Hamlet*, S.T. Altheide, and J.W. Marion. 2023. Evaluation of a tetracycline-resistant E. coli method for correctly classifying E. coli in environmental waters in Kentucky, USA. Pathogens 12(9):1090. *Student authors
• J. Lee, S. Lee, C. Hu, and J.W. Marion. 2023. Beyond cyanotoxins: Increased Legionella, antibiotic resistance genes in Western Lake Erie water and disinfection-byproducts in their finished water. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1233327.
• S.A. Hayworth*, D.G. Brown, and J.W. Marion. 2023. Sunburn frequency and sun protection attitudes among ocean lifeguards at Florida Beaches. Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology 16(6): 46-49
• J.W. Marion, A. Strand*, and E. Baldridge*. 2021. Changes in student behaviors and policy opinion regarding E-cigarettes at a Kentucky University. Preventive Medicine Reports 22:101364.
• A. Kosgey*, A. Shitandi and J.W. Marion. 2018. Antibiotic residues in milk from three popular Kenyan milk vending machines. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 98(5):1520-1522.
• J.W. Marion, F. Zhang, and J. Lee. 2017. Associations between county-level land cover classes and cyanobacteria blooms in the United States. Ecological Engineering 108B:556-563.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

• National Environmental Health Association
• American Association of University Professors
• Kentucky Environmental Health Association
• American Public Health Association

• Eastern Scientific, LLC

Awards & Accolades

• Outstanding Research Poster Award in Environmental/Occupational Epidemiology - Council on
• State and Territorial Epidemiologist Annual Conference (2023)
• Global Health Innovation Prize from the Global Health Innovation Conference (2021)