Grant Tao, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Research Director, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, JHSOM

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Contact for Research Inquiries

2024 E. Monument Street
Suite 1-300
Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone: (410) 614-5242
Fax: (410) 614-2995
xtao1@jhmi.edu

Research Interests

Clinical Trials, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Nosocomial Infections, Research Using Cancer Registry Data, Systematic Literature Review, Workers' Compensation and Injuries

Lab Website

Grant (Xuguang) Tao Lab

• Research in the Grant (Xuguang) Tao Lab explores environmental and occupational epidemiology topics, including workers' compensation and injuries, and nosocomial infections. We conduct research through clinical trials and systematic literature reviews, and also use cancer registry data and GIS applications in environmental epidemiological research. Our recent studies have explored topics such as the effectiveness of lumbar epidural steroid injections following lumbar surgery, the effect of physician-dispensed medication on workers' compensation claim outcomes and how the use of opioid and psychotropic medications for workers' compensation claims impacts lost work time.

Selected Publications

• Bernacki EJ, Hunt DL, Yuspeh L, Lavin RA, Kalia N, Leung N, Tsourmas NF, Williams L, *Tao XG: What Industrial Categories Are Workers at Excess Risk of Filing a COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claim? A Study Conducted in 11 Midwestern US States. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021, 63(5):374-380.

• Bernacki EJ, Leung N, Yuspeh L, Kalia N, Lavin, R., Tsourmas, N, *Tao, XG. Increasing Physical Therapy Visits As a Marker for Time Lost from Work and High Workers' Compensation Claim Costs. J Occup Environ Med 2020, 62(7):e328-e333.

• Bernacki, E. J., N. Kalia, S. Soistman, S. A. Minor, J. Barry, R. A. Lavin and *Tao, XG. Prevention, Medical Management, and Adjudication of Workplace Injuries: A Thirty-Two Year Follow-up of an Integrated Workers' Compensation Program. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(10):828-838.

• Kalia N, Moraga JA, Manzanares M, Friede V, Kusti M, Bernacki EJ, *Tao, XG: Use of Vinegar and Water to Identify COVID-19 Cases During a Workplace Entrance Screening Protocol. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021, 63(4):e184-e186.

• Liu C, Lavin RA, Yuspeh L, Leung N, Kalia N, Tsourmas NF, Williams L, Bernacki EJ, *Tao, XG: Gabapentinoid and Opioid Utilization and Cost Trends Among Injured Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2021, 63(2):e46-e52. 

Courses & Syllabi

Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 340.68, 1/1/11

Honors

• AMTRA Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Fellowship of the International Agency on Research on Cancer, 9/1/93
• National Excellent Teacher, China Education Committee and Personnel Ministry, 1/1/93
• Eastern Prize, School of Graduate Studies, 1/1/93
• Excellent Paper Prize, China Preventive Medicine Association, 1/1/92
• Excellent Paper Prize, China Environmental Science Association, 1/1/91
• Excellent Ph.D. Degree Awardees, Shanghai Medical University, 1/1/91

Lectures & Presentations

Work-Related Lost-Time Injuries Sustained Early in Employment Predict Multiple Lost-Time Injuries throughout Employment, Oral, Online Conference., AOHC 2021, ACOEM, 5/2/21

Memberships

• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Member
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Research Fellowship, Fellow
• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Member
• National Cancer Registrars Association, Member
• Society of Epidemiologic Research (SER),

  Member

• WHO Global Environmental Epidemiological Network (GEENET), Member
• WHO Global Environmental Technique Network (GETNET), Member

Additional Training

Postdoctoral/Fellowship: Epidemiology, Epidemiology Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD (1996)