Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH, is Dean of the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. Shawn has over a hundred articles in industrial hygiene and environmental exposure assessment, focusing on disrupting transmission of highly infectious diseases. He is a Member of USEPA Board of Scientific Counselors for Homeland Security. He was a U.S. Faculty Fulbright Scholar to Egypt and has been PI of three Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Programs (Egypt and Libya). His research has helped to determine national policies, procedure, and best practices for response to Ebola virus disease, COVID-19, and other highly infectious diseases. Shawn has held roles in organizations, such as National Ebola Training and Education Center, Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, NIOSH funded Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, and Director of Research for the CDC/DHHS funded Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Shawn is heavily involved in national worker training programs in Hazardous Materials Disaster Preparedness Training and Hazardous Waste Worker Training. He is a national leader in the research, training, and policy related to national and international responses to highly infectious disease outbreaks, including developing procedures for aeromedical evacuation isolation.
Academic Articles126
- Le, A. B., Figi, C. E., Herstein, J. J., Iwen, P. C., Buehler, S. A., Lowe, J. J., & Gibbs, S. G. (2024). Clinical laboratory equipment manufacturers' lack of guidance for high consequence pathogen response is a critical weakness.. 1-3.
- Donovan, S. K., Herstein, J. J., Le, A. B., Gibbs, S. G., Beam, E. L., Brown, C. K., ... Lawler, J. V. (2024). The cardinal rules: Principles of personal protective equipment for high-consequence infectious disease events.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1-3.
- Gibbs, S. G., Schwedhelm, M. M., Lowe, J. J., Tennill, P., Persson, C. C., Carrasco, S. V., & Biddinger, P. D. (2023). Category A Waste Processing and Disposal is a Critical Weakness in the United States Response Plans for Outbreaks of High Consequence Infectious Diseases.. American Journal of Infection Control. S0196-6553(23)00604-1.
- Figi, C. E., Herstein, J. J., Beam, E. L., Le, A. B., Hewlett, A. L., Lawler, J. V., Lowe, J. J., & Gibbs, S. G. (2023). Literature Review of Physiological Strain of Personal Protective Equipment on Personnel in the High-Consequence Infectious Disease Isolation Environment.. American Journal of Infection Control. S0196-6553(23)00363-2.
- Herstein, J. J., Figi, C. E., Le, A. B., Beam, E. L., Lawler, J. V., Schnaubelt, E. R., ... Gibbs, S. G. (2023). An Updated Review of Literature for Air Medical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.. Air Med. 42(3), 201-209.
Conference Papers5
- Beam, E., Kupzyk, K., Herstein, J., & Gibbs, S. (2020). Using a Critical Safety Behavior Scoring Tool for N95 Respirator Use to Evaluate Training Interventions. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41(S1), S425-S425.
- Hurd, W. W., Gibbs, S. G., & Rudinsky, K. A. (2008). Differential regulation of myometrial prostaglandin production by changes in length.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 198(2), 225.e1-225.e4.
- Mulla, Z. D., Gibbs, S. G., & Aronoff, D. M. (2007). Correlates of length of stay, cost of care, and mortality among patients hospitalized for necrotizing fasciitis.. Epidemiology and Infection. 135(5), 868-876.
- Gibbs, S. G., Sobieraj, J., Harris, M. D., Steele, H., Tarwater, P. M., & Ortiz, M. (2006). Comparison of nondeployable hearing profiles by Army component (Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve) and by gender.. Military Medicine. 171(10), 967-969.
- Mulla, Z. D., & Gibbs, S. G. (2005). Invasive group A streptococcal disease: Race, hypotension, and immunogenetics. Ethnicity and Disease. 15(4), S63-S66.
- Texas A&M chancellor encourages college students to get COVID-19 test before returning home for Thanksgiving The Dallas Morning News November 17, 2020