Mary Kay O'Rourke, PhD, is a professor emeritus of public health research at The University of Arizona in the Department of Community, Environment, and Policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health where she taught environmental and occupational health.

Education: 

• Comparison of Perceived and Observed Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers in MERS-CoV Endemic Regions.  Alshammari M, Reynolds KA, Verhougstraete M, O'Rourke MK.  Healthcare (Basel). 2018 Oct 7;6(4). pii: E122. doi: 10.3390/healthcare6040122.  PMID:  30301272
• Nutrients in one-carbon metabolism and urinary arsenic methylation in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004.  Kurzius-Spencer M, da Silva V, Thomson CA, Hartz V, Hsu CH, Burgess JL, O'Rourke MK, Harris  RB.  Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 31;607-608:381-390. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.019. Epub 2017 Jul 27.  PMID:  28697391