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Dr. Schnall directs the UCI COEH program in work organization and cardiovascular disease. He is a recognized expert on the role of occupational stress in causing hypertension and cardiovascular disease. His research includes designing and directing the Cornell University Work Site Ambulatory Blood Pressure Study, which demonstrated a significant association between psychosocial stress (i.e., job strain defined as jobs with high demands and low control) and ambulatory blood pressure and increased cardiac left ventricular mass. Recently, the study has documented a significant association between job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in a prospective cohort study of workingmen in multiple occupations. In addition, Dr. Schnall is the Director of a non-profit foundation, the Center for Social Epidemiology, based in Santa Monica, California. One of the principal activities of the Center for Social Epidemiology is the website "The Job Stress Network", located at www.workhealth.org, which has recently developed a section on Occupational Cardiology. Finally, Dr. Schnall and the Center for Social Epidemiology coordinate the California Work and Health Study Group. The CWHSG is a statewide network of researchers who have met nine times during the past three years to present and discuss research on workplace organization, job stress, and participatory research. Among the objectives of the CWHSG is for researchers to share their experiences and to identify new avenues of research to improve workplace organization in order to achieve a more healthful workplace.