Joe Tabor

Experience

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  USDA

  Jan 1976 - Jan 1981

  Soil Scientist

  Developed large and small-scale maps of agricultural, urban, and forest lands for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Conducted natural resource inventories for the national inventory and monitoring program. Trained soil mappers, advised citizens, political officials, and engineers. Designed, surveyed, and supervised construction of dams, drainage, and erosion control structures. Designed sustainable farm plans to maximize long-term animal, woodland, and crop production.

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  Peace Corps

  Nov 1983 - Mar 1986

  Peace Corps Volunteer

  Designed simple water harvesting and agroforestry techniques that make drought-stricken and degraded land economically productive. Results published in a refereed journal. Developed planning maps for agriculture, range, forestry, and wildlife management based on landscapes, soils, and vegetation communities by using satellite images, aerial photographs, and on-site investigations throughout Niger. Provided technical assistance and training to CARE, Lutheran World Relief, Africare, Peace Corps, and the government of Niger. Show less

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  Independent Consultant

  Apr 1986 - now

  Natural Resource Management Public Health Consultant

  Conduct environmental and public health assessments, project monitoring and evaluation, natural resource mapping, climate adaptation, project identification and design, research, training, teaching, and management. Selected consultancies listed below. Direct experience with environmental and infectious disease epidemiology, GIS, aerial videography, satellite image processing, on-site wastewater treatment, water harvesting (consulting results published in a refereed journal article), irrigation management, ethnoecology (consulting results published in a refereed journal article and chapters in three books), rapid rural appraisals, food security, household surveys, and disaster assessments (experience includes book editor and chapter author). Clients and funding agencies include CARE, Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services, City of Malibu California, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USAID, USDOJ, USDA, WFP, IFAD, UNDP, and Universities of Arizona and Missouri. Show less

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  RTI International

  Oct 1987 - Feb 1988

  Agronomy and Soils Consultant

  Formerly Energy / Development International, then International Resources Group. Conducted USAID's natural resources assessment study of the Sahel. Evaluated political, managerial, and technical forms of successful interventions that affect natural resource management in four Sahelian countries. Interviewed households, community leaders, development project personnel, government officials, and personnel in USAID, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and other international organizations. Show less

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  URS Corporation, An AECOM Company

  Mar 1989 - Jul 1990

  Director of Soil Survey

  Formerly Dames and Moore Ltd. Designed and directed 1:50,000 and 1:20,000 scale reconnaissance soil and land-use surveys for the Upper Senegal River Valley's master plan in Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania. Trained and supervised four teams of Senegalese soil scientists. Combined conventional survey methods with an ethnoscientific approach that allowed close integration with other natural resource and socioeconomic aspects of the master plan. Wrote sections of the master plan that concerned soil, water, and agriculture. The results of this work were published in two books and refereed journal article. Show less

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  AGRIDEC

  Apr 1995 - May 1995

  Agroforester

  Conducted a mid-term evaluation of the USAID Guinea Natural Resources Management Project. Assessed the overall soundness of the project's approach and effectiveness to promote soil, water, and forest conservation and utilization. Interviewed households, community leaders, development project personnel, government officials, and personnel in USAID and other donor organizations. Recommended steps for improvement.

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  KPMG

  Aug 1995 - Sept 1995

  Agricultural Production Specialist

  Formerly Barents Group of KPMG Peat Marwick. Assessed existing and potential agricultural production in Niger as part of USAID's financial sector assessment. Interviewed households, community leaders, development project personnel, government officials, and personnel in USAID and other donor organizations. Proposed ways that USAID can support sustainable economic growth and natural resource conservation in Niger.

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  University of Arizona

  Sept 2004 - Jun 2008

  Project Coordinator

  Coordinated and managed a NIH Fogarty grant that trained researchers and supported occupational health and safety research for mine workers in Zambia and Zimbabwe

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  TANGO International Inc.

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2005

  Proposal Development Consultant

  Principal author of the technical section of $8 million funded proposal to USAID-Ethiopia for CARE on improving the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods in an environment of recurrent droughts for the Afar and Oromia Regions of Ethiopia. USAID reviewers especially liked the proposal’s collaborative approach between NGOs and the government.

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  DAI

  Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Environmental Impact Assessment Consultant

  Organized and developed the environmental management plans for two US-Millennium Challenge Corporation funded projects to rehabilitate a road and develop a 16,000 ha irrigation scheme in the Office du Niger region of Mali. Wrote contractual requirements for the requests for tender and for the implementing contractors to assure public health and protection of the environment in the affected communities. The engineering and administrative requirements included governmental and private sector responsibilities for the monitoring and surveillance of occupational injuries, vector borne and communicable diseases. Helped conduct the environmental impact assessments of the two projects. Show less

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  California Join Powers Insurance Authority

  Apr 2009 - Apr 2009

  Epidemiologist Outbreak Investigator

  Conducted a disease outbreak investigation and sampled soils at potential Coccidioides immitis exposure sites for City of Port Hueneme workers’ compensation cases due to valley fever (coccidioidomycosis).

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  School of Natural Resources and the Environment

  Feb 2010 - Mar 2019

  Adjunct Faculty

  College of Agriculture and Life SciencesResearch, teaching and service. Climate change adaptation and mitigation, ecology and epidemiology of valley fever.http://tabor.faculty.arizona.edu

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  University of Arizona

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2016

  Assistant Professor Public Health

  Research, Teaching, Service.Conducted epidemiological and health care workforce research. Led the monitoring and evaluation of health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and financial viability of hospitals in Arizona. Reported findings though publications, public presentations, and interviews for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Submitted and granted research proposals for external funding. Taught environmental health policy. Advised students. Established and maintained collaborations with local and state public officials, community representatives and private sector partners. Show less

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  TANGO International Inc.

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2010

  Team Leader Disaster Assessment

  Organized and directed a multisectoral rapid assessment of the earthquakes impacts on resident and displaced households in the Artibonite Department for Save-the-Children (SC). The assessment focused on public health, education, food security, livelihoods and child protection. Designed survey, trained local SC staff how to conduct key informant, focus group and household interviews, and recommended activities for SC relief efforts.

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  TANGO International Inc.

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2011

  Team Leader Food Security Evaluation

  Designed and lead a quantitative, qualitative household survey and final evaluation of the impacts and management compliance of a USAID funded program in Niger that provided rural household training and support in public health, literacy, agricultural and livestock production, and governance. Trained enumerators to conduct a quantitative survey of households using PDAs, scales, and height measurement boards. Made recommendations for appropriate corrective action needed for phase two of the program. Show less

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  Pima County

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2024

  Provide data collection, management and analysis, reporting and review on public health data within a general field of epidemiological interest (e.g. environmental health, substance abuse, social determinants of health, chronic disease). Communicate and coordinate with county departments and outside agencies on issues related to public health data, epidemiology and related functional areas. Develop, expand or maintain data collection, storage and analysis systems across the department. Participate in and support strategic planning, policy development and program improvement activities. COVID-19 Testing Management Team Supervisor December 2020 to September 2021. Lead environmental epidemiologist December 2021-present collaborating across departments and jurisdictions on climate adaptation (extreme heat and air pollution) and toxin mitigation (PFOS and EtO). Show less

  • Epidemiologist

    Nov 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Environmental Health Specialist

    Apr 2019 - Nov 2020