Title(s): Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department:
Office: S349 CPHB

Dr. Gibbs is a doctoral level industrial hygienist and instructor at the University of Iowa. She currently serves as director of operations for the Ag Health and Safety Alliance™, an international nonprofit organization focused on training the next generation of agriculture. Dr. Gibbs has previously worked for the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health and the NIOSH Respiratory Health Division.  In 2016, she worked in Africa to respond to the Ebola outbreak and has substantial training experience on personal protective equipment (PPE). In 2023, she worked for the Pesticides Educational Resources Collaborative to build a guide for EPA Worker Protection Standard inspectors. 

Dr. Gibbs received her MPH from the University of Iowa and doctoral degree from the University of Washington. She spent more than a decade working as an industrial hygienist and performing outreach on agricultural safety and health topics. Her family moved back to Iowa to maintain a small family farm and conservation land. Her mission is to improve the health and safety of farmers and surrounding agricultural communities in Iowa, the U.S., and abroad.  

Most of her academic publications have focused on agricultural safety, indoor air quality (particularly in livestock production buildings), respiratory protection, pesticide safety/engineering controls, pesticide drift reduction, evaluation of health and safety education programs, farmer mental health, and proper use of personal protective equipment.