UC Berkeley Bioengineering
Bio-sketch
Dr. Rempel is a Professor of Medicine at the University
of California, San Francisco in the Division of Occupational Medicine
as well as an Associate Professor of
Bioengineering at the University
of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American College
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a Fellow in the American College
of Physicians, and a Certified Professional Ergonomist.
Dr. Rempel has conducted
studies of
carpal tunnel syndrome among postal workers, VDT operators,
grocery workers and plumbers. He is currently studying
musculoskeletal disorders associated with keyboard and computer
mice usage. He was an ergonomics consultant to Cal/OSHA from 1988
to 1990 and a member of Cal/OSHA's Ergonomics Expert
Subcommittee. He is a member of the ANSI Z365 Committee (Control
of Cumulative Trauma Disorders), the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, and the Institute for Industrial Engineers.