Boston University School of Public Health

Les Boden

Professor, Environmental Health
Environmental Health

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD

Office:	Talbot, T444W
Phone:	(617) 638-4635
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Biography:

Les Boden is an economist, and much of his research has focused on finding ways to highlight the economic and human consequences of injuries and illnesses and to identify ways of minimizing those consequences. Over the past several years, Dr. Boden has published studies measuring the income lost by injured workers and the adequacy of workers’ compensation benefits. With BUSPH colleague Lee Strunin, he has also published several studies of the post-injury experiences of injured workers and their families. Recently, Dr. Boden has been working on a study that estimates underreporting of workplace injuries. He has also written on occupational safety and health regulation, medical screening, gender inequality, and the legal and public health use of scientific information. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Boden served on the Mine Health Research Advisory Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services, which he chaired for six years. In 2001-2002, he was a member of the Worker Advocacy Advisory Group, which advised the Department of Energy on occupational disease compensation. He has also co-chaired a group advising the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on its research agenda on the social and economic consequences of workplace illness and injury.

Recent Publications:

Boden LI, Ozonoff A. Capture-Recapture Estimates of Nonfatal Workplace Injuries and Illnesses. Ann Epidemiol. 2008.18:500-506. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.11.003

Boden LI and Ozonoff D. Litigation-generated science: why should we care? Environ Health Perspect. 2008. 161(1):117-122. http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/9987/9987.html

Boden LI. Running on empty: Families, time, and disabling conditions. Am J Pub Health 95:1894-1897. 2005. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.062232

Boden LI, RT Reville, J Biddle. The adequacy of workers' compensation cash benefits. Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation: Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason. John Burton, Karen Roberts, and Matthew Bodah, eds. Kalamazoo: W.E. Upjohn. 37-68. 2005.

Strunin L, LI Boden. Family Consequences of Chronic Back Pain Soc Sci & Med 58: 1385-1393. 2004. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00333-2

Strunin L, LI Boden. The Workers’ Compensation System: Worker Friend or Foe? Am J Industrial Med 45 338-345. 2004. doi:10.1002/ajim.10356

Boden LI, M Galizzi. Income Losses of Women and Men Injured At Work. J Human Resources 38(3):722-757. 2003.

Galizzi M, LI Boden. The Return to Work of Injured Workers: New Evidence from Matched Unemployment Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Data. Labour Economics 10(3) 311-337. 2003. doi:10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00014-9

Boden LI, J Ruser. Choice of Medical Care Provider, Workers' Compensation "Reforms," and Workplace Injuries. Rev Econ Stat, 85(4): 923-929. 2003. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/003465303772815826