NIOSH Center for Workers' Compensation Studies (CWCS)

CWCS Staff Profiles

Steve Wurzelbacher

Steve Wurzelbacher is the Director of the Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In this role, he coordinates workers’ compensation claim analyses, exposure assessment research, and safety/health intervention effectiveness studies with public and private sector partners. Steve has worked for over 19 years in the safety and health field, as both a researcher at NIOSH and as a risk control practitioner for a workers’ compensation insurer. Steve earned a PhD in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics from the University of Cincinnati, a BS in Chemical Science from Xavier University, is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), and holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation.

Email: srw3@cdc.gov

Alysha R. Meyers

Alysha R. Meyers, PhD, CPE is an epidemiologist and ergonomist dedicated to promoting musculoskeletal health. Since 2010, Dr. Meyers has been an epidemiologist in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. Dr. Meyers has been working with the NIOSH Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies since its inception. Her main research interests are using workers’ compensation data for occupational safety and health, preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and Total Worker Health®.  Alysha earned a PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Iowa and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE).

Email: itm4@cdc.gov

Chih-Yu Tseng

 Chih-Yu has worked for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since 1998 and has been involved in NIOSH Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) projects since 2013. She became a full-time member of the CWCS team in 2015. She earned her Master of Science degree in Statistics from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining NIOSH, she was a Research Data Analyst at the University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division. As an IT Specialist, Chih-Yu provides programming, database and data visualization support to research projects. She enjoys working with the team members of CWCS and hopes to continually learn new computer skills in order to fulfill the needs of the growing center.

Email: cft8@cdc.gov

Libby Moore

Libby Moore is a Health Scientist in the Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).  As a researcher, Libby is involved in collaborative studies with workers’ compensation insurers to understand risk control processes and identify evidence-based illness and injury prevention strategies.  Prior to joining NIOSH, Libby worked as a risk control practitioner in the field of workers’ compensation for more than 17 years.  This included providing ergonomics consultation and leading a team of property and casualty engineers providing risk control services to commercial insurance policyholders in the Midwest US.  Libby received a PhD and MA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, and a BA in Psychology from Wittenberg University.

Email:  LMoore5@cdc.gov

Steve Bertke

Steve Bertke is a Mathematical Statistician for the Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In this role, he helps plan, performs and provides advice for any statistical analysis methods used in the various studies associated with the institute. Steve has worked for 8 years in the safety and health field as a statistician at NIOSH. Steve earned a PhD in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics from the University of Cincinnati.

Email: inh4@cdc.gov

Xiangyi Duan

Xiangyi Duan is a Health Analytics Fellow at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Her main role with the Center for Workers’ Compensation Studies (CWCS) is to promote better data interpretation by providing data visualization, web design, and geospatial analysis support to internal and external research projects and events. Xiangyi earned her MPH (Master of Public Health) in Environmental & Occupational Health from Drexel University, and a BS from China Pharmaceutical University in Pharmaceutical Administration.

Email: nnk6@cdc.gov