Marcio Luis Bezerra, Ph.D.

Marcio Luis Bezerra, Ph.D., retired from the Brazilian Army in 2015 at the rank of Major, following 22 years of service. He worked as a graduate assistant during his Ph.D. program, and as an industrial hygiene associate for two years before joining the UCO faculty as an assistant professor in the fall of 2021.

Part of his army career was spent as an instructor at ROTC and Captain's Career School. He also spent a portion of my career as an officer at the Airborne Brigade, in Rio de Janeiro. His experiences in the army, as well as his seek for knowledge enhanced his appreciation for the "occupational health and safety" field. This experience also supported his pursuit of a doctoral degree in occupational and environmental health / industrial hygiene from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, which he successfully completed in December of 2020.

• Ph.D. – Occupational and Environmental Health-Industrial Hygiene/University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC)
• M.S. – Occupational and Environmental Health/Brazilian National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ)
• M..S – Military Sciences/Brazilian Army Captain's Career School (EsAO)
• B.S. – Physical Activity/Brazilian Army Physical Education School (EsEFEx)
• B.S. – Military Sciences/Brazilian Army Military Academy (AMAN)

Ergonomics, Introduction to OSHA, Safety Education, Industrial Hygiene 1.

1.    Su, WC., Chen, Y., Bezerra, M., Wang, J. (2019). Respiratory Deposition of Ultrafine Welding Fume Particles. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2019 Aug 28:1-13.

2.    Zhao, J., Feng, Y., Bezerra, M., Wang, J., Sperry, T. (2019). Numerical Simulation of Welding Fume Lung Dosimetry. Journal of Aerosol Science. 135, 113-129.

3.    Wang, J., Li, H., Bezerra, M. (2017). Assessment of shooter's task-based exposure to airborne lead and acidic gas at indoor and outdoor ranges. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety. 24(4): 14-21.

4.    Moreira, MF., Bezerra, M., Gomes, RA., Baptista, F., Neves, EB. (2012). Lead contamination in policemen shot by firearms. Toxicology Letters, v. 211, p. S147.

5.    Lima, DR., Bezerra, M., Neves, EB., Moreira, FR. (2011). Impact of ammunition and military explosives on human health and the environment. Reviews on Environmental Health, 26(2):101-10.

6.    Bezerra, M., Neves, EB. (2010). Perfil da produção científica em saúde do trabalhador [Profile of scientific production in worker health] (Portuguese). Saúde e Sociedade (USP. Impresso), v.19 (2): 384-394.

7.    Bezerra, M., Neves, EB. (2009). Aplicação da Norma Regulamentadora nº 17 em serviços privados de reabilitação fisioterápica dos municípios do Rio de Janeiro e Niterói [Application of Regulatory Norm #17 in private physiotherapeutic rehabilitation services of the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói] (Portuguese). Cadernos Saúde Coletiva (UFRJ), 17 (4): 923 – 937.

8.    Bezerra, M. (2007). Emprego do Sistema Genesis utilizando-se dos meios de comunicação rádio existentes nas unidades de artilharia de campanha do Exército Brasileiro [Employment of the Genesis System using the existing radio media in the Brazilian Army's field artillery units] (Portuguese). Revista do Exército Brasileiro (Brazilian Army Journal), v.147, 20-29.

9.    Da Cunha, RSP., Silva, RF., Bezerra, M., La Porta Jr, MAM., Fernandes Filho, J. (2003). Treinamento Físico Militar - Uma visão social da prática da atividade física para o indivíduo adulto [Military Physical Training - A social view of the practice of physical activity for the adult individual] (Portuguese). Rio Claro, SP: Divisa Editora, 2003 [Revista Motriz (Revista de Educação Física – UNESP) – v. 9, Nr 1, Supl., Jan/April 2003].

10.    Bezerra, M., Da Cunha, RSP., Leal, LFT., Firmino, S., De Assis, IU., Dos Santos, IP., Garcia, RS., Mattos, RB., Medina, MF., Fernandes Filho, J. (2003). Correlação entre Variáveis da Composição Corporal e o VO2max em Militares do Exército Brasileiro [Correlation Between Body Composition Variables and VO2max in Brazilian Army Military Personnel] (Portuguese). In: 18º Congresso Internacional de Educação Física - FIEP, 2003, Foz do Iguaçu. FIEP Bulletin - Journal of the International Federation of Physical Education, 2003. v. 73.

1.    Azimi Family Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2020).

2.    Sooner Heritage Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2020).

3.    Poster and Oral Presentations at the 37th American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) Annual Conference (Portland, OR, 2019).

4.    ConocoPhillips OEH Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2019).

5.    American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) Student and Early Career Professional Member Sponsorship (Minneapolis, MN, 2019).

6.    Oral Presentation at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) (Minneapolis, MN, 2019).

7.    Glen R. Williamson Memorial Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the Oklahoma Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association – OKAIHA (Oklahoma City, OK, 2019).

8.    ASSP-Region III Scholarship ($1,000) awardee from the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation (Park Ridge, IL, 2019).

9.    Poster and Oral Presentation at the 10th International Aerosol Conference (IAC) (Saint Louis, MO, 2018)

10.    ConocoPhillips OEH Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2018).

11.    Sooner Heritage Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2018).

12.    American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) student travel grant awardee (Philadelphia, PA, 2018).

13.    American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) 1st place student poster award (Philadelphia, PA, 2018).

14.    Poster presentation at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) (Philadelphia, PA, 2018).

15.    Rick and Carol Fulwiler Scholarship ($1,000) awardee from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (Falls Church, VA, 2018).

16.    Poster presentation at the Graduate Research Education and Technology Symposium (GREAT Symposium) (Oklahoma City, OK, 2018).

17.    NIOSH ERC Pilot Project Research Training Program ($10,000) awardee from the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Houston, TX, 2018).

18.    Johnson’s Family Scholarship (Inaugural) ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2017).

19.    Glen R. Williamson Memorial Scholarship ($500) awardee from the Oklahoma Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association – OKAIHA (Oklahoma City, OK, 2017).

20.    Oral presentation at the 36th AAAR Annual Conference (Raleigh, NC, 2017)

21.    Sooner Heritage Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2016).

22.    Ronald L. Coleman Scholarship ($2,500) awardee from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health (Oklahoma City, OK, 2016).

23.    Oral presentation at the 35th AAAR Annual Conference (Portland, OR, 2016).

24.    Poster presentation at the Stephenson Cancer Center Research Symposium (Oklahoma City, OK, 2016).

25.    34th AAAR Annual Conference student travel grant awardee (Minneapolis, MN, 2015).

26.    Poster and Oral presentations at the 34th AAAR Annual Conference (Minneapolis, MN, 2015).

27.    Oklahoma Shared Clinical & Translational Resources Summer Training Program ($10,000) awardee (Oklahoma City, OK, 2015).

28.    Brazilian Ministry of Education (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES – equivalent of US NSF) “Science without Borders” Fellowship (PhD OEH/IH at OUHSC Fully funded ($200,000 – tuition, fees, health insurance, monthly stipend) awardee (Brazil, 2015).

29.    Poster presentation at the 2º Congresso de Ciências Militares: Defesa Nacional e o Mundo Contemporâneo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009).

30.    Oral presentation at the IX Brazilian Congress on Collective Health (ABRASCO) (Recife, Brazil, 2009).

31.    Poster presentation at the II Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Public Health Week (Semana de Saúde Coletiva da UFRJ) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008).

32.    Poster presentation at the XXIV Sports Science International Symposium (XXIV Simpósio Internacional de Ciências do Esporte – CELAFISCS) (São Paulo, Brazil, 2001).

33.    Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (Brazilian Army Military Academy) honors graduation; 2nd place at the Artillery Course (2nd place among 64 cadets, and 9th overall place among all the 487 cadets) (Resende, RJ, Brazil, 1997).