Currently working as an assistant professor in PHS at UTEP. Interests include environmental and occupational health, and ergonomics.

• Member-at_Large - International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (09/15/2022)
• College of Health Sciences Mentoring Award - Building Scholars - The University of Texas at El Paso (08/30/2022)
• Member-at-Large - American Society of Safety Professionals - Permian Basin Chapter (08/18/2022)
• Mentor for trainees or early stage investigators - Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) Region 3, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) program. (07/01/2022-07/31/2022)
• New Grant Award Recognition for outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX., U.S. (05/15/2022)
• New Grant Award Recognition for outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX., U.S. (05/15/2022)
• U.S. Co-leader for Environmental Health Education Task Force - U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Program - Environmental Protection Agency (10/01/2021-10/31/2021)
• New Grant Award Recognition for outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX., U.S. (09/01/2021-09/30/2021)
• Program Chair - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Safety Technical Group (09/16/2021)
• Vice-President - Consejo Mexicano de Profesionales en Ergonomia (COMPERGO) (01/01/2021-01/31/2021)
• Conference Committee Chair - International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (10/01/2020-10/31/2020)
• Past-president - Executive Committee Member - International Society for Occupational Health and Safety (09/01/2020-09/30/2020)
• Conference Committee Chair - International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (01/01/2020-01/31/2020)
• Program Chair - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Safety Technical Group (01/01/2020)
• Conference Committee Chair - International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (10/01/2019-10/31/2019)
• Capstone Project Judge - Department of The Army, Department Of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York (05/01/2019-05/31/2019)
• President - International Society for Occupational Health and Ergonomics (03/01/2019-03/31/2019)
• Professional Member - American Society of Safety Professional (ASSP) (09/01/2018-09/30/2018)
• Committee member - Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (11/01/2016)
• Faculty advisor - Collegiate Physicians and Researchers (11/01/2016)
• Treasurer - College of Health Sciences Faculty Organization (01/01/2016)
• Past-President - International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (06/07/2014)
• President - International Society for Occupational Health and Safety (06/07/2013)
• Editorial Committee Member - Ergonomics in Latin America - Industrial and System Engineering Review (09/01/2012-09/30/2012)
• President - College of Health Sciences Faculty Organization, University of Texas at El Paso (08/01/2012-08/31/2012)
• Professional Member - Human Factors and Ergonomics (03/01/1999-03/31/1999)

• Environmental Health, The University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
• Ph D in Environmental Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2005)
• MS in Ergonomics, Lulea Tekniska Universitet (1999)
• Occupational medicine, Secretaria de Educación Pública (1995)
• MD in General medicine and surgery, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (1986)

• Maximal Eccentric Cycling Metabolic Demand Based On True Negative Work Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise® (MSSE) 56 (in press), Manuel Gomez, Ramirez bailey, Daniel Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Alvaro Gurovich.
• Differences in pressure pain threshold, muscular activity, and strength between static and dynamic stretching of the distal upper extremity. Abstract Published in: "12th Annual World Conference of The Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering" 2023 (2023), Daniel Conde, Gomez Manuel, Cano Omar, Carolina Valencia, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Dynamic and Static Stretching on Pain Tolerance, Muscular Activation, and Isometric Strength Abstract Published in "The XXXVth Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference" 2023 (2023), Sanra Rivera, Gomez Manuel, Daniel Conde, Carolina Valencia, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Kidney Cancer Incidence and Occupation in Different Climate Zones in the United States Abstract Published at: "AAG Annual Meeting 2023" (in press), Benjamin D. Ojo, Thomas E. Gill, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Dynamic Stretching Improves Muscle Activation and Pain Pressure Threshold but not Isometric Hand Strength When Compared To Static Stretching Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2023), Gabriel IBARRA.
• Workplace and indoor air pollution exposures in women at immigrant refugee camps in northern Mexico. UCF MedPACt’s Global Health Conference XII 2023 NA (in press), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Marisela Salgado-Vargas.
• Open-plan offices: comparison of methods for measuring Psychoacoustic intelligibility parameters MDPI Applied Sciences -Acoustics and Vibrations Architectural Acoustics: From Theory to Application (2023), Maria P. Serrano-Ruz, Jesus A. Hernandez-Gomez, Jose A. Yarza-Acuna, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Associations Between Dust and Thunderstorm Exposures and Hospitalizations in Lubbock, Texas, USA AGU Fall Meeting 2022 2022 (2022), Thomas E. Gill, Estrella Herrera-Molina, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Soyoung Jeon.
• How to Measure the Effects of Open-Plan Intelligibility on Omnichannel Writing Activities? The Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering 2022 (2022), Maria P. Serrano-Ruiz, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Juan A. Yarza-Acuña.
• Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort is Highly Associated to Previous Injury in Hispanic Construction Workers from the El Paso Del Norte Region 2022 IASP World Congress on Pain 2022 (2022), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Johnatan Stacy, Itzel Torres, Carolina Valencia.
• Changes in Lactate After the Completion of Repetitive Cycle Exercises with and without Compression Arm Sleeves Springer - AHFE International 63 (2022), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Mental Health among College Students during the COVID -19 Pandemic at a Hispanic Serving Institution Health Promotion Practice (2022), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Mark W. Lusk, Emre Umucu.
• Disease burden by simultaneous exposure of Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp.ina public drinking water system in Costa Rica: Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment approach. Microbial Risk Analysis 21 (2022), Eric Morales, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Liliana Reyes, Kenia Barrantes, Rosario Achi, Luz Chacon.
• Risk Perception in Construction Industry: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation The Netherlands (2022), Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Changes in Lactate After the Completion of Repetitive Cycle Exercises With and Without Compression Arm Sleeves Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors 63 (2022), Amber Rohrer, Daniel Conde, Samuel Montalvo, Manuel Gomez, Jennica Juarez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• A Review of Risk Perception in Construction Industry The XXXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference 2021 (2021), Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Maria M. Vargas-Salgado, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Changes in Physiological Stress and Muscle Damage Biomarker Expression After the Completion of Repetitive Cycle Exercises with and without Compression Arm Sleeves The XXXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference 2021 (2021), Amber Rohrer, Daniel Conde, Samuel Montalvo, Jasmine Jenkins, Owen Salmon, Cory Smith, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Estimation of Moments in Simulated Dental Cleaning Task in Four Working Positions The XXXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference 2021 (2021), Juan C. Ortiz-Hughes, Carlos G. Adorno, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Influencia de la escolaridad sobre la espiritualidad en el trabajo (Influence of schooling level on workplace spirituality) Congreso Internacional de Investigación en Ciencias Administrativas 2021 (2021), Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Maria M. Vargas-Salgado, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Psychoacoustic Analysis of Reverberation in an Open-Plan Office to Identify Speech Volume Levels Based on ISO 3382-3 Proceedings of the 10th Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering 2021 (2021), Maria P. Serrano-Ruiz, Jose A. Yarza-Acuna, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Speech Intelligibility Parameters for Evaluating the Perception of Background Noise in Open-Plan Office Users: A Case Study The XXXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference 2021 (2021), Maria P. Serrano-Ruiz, Jose A. Yarza-Acuna, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Systematic Review of Alternative Interventions for Construction Workers to Manage Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort Proceeding of the 10th Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2021 SISE Virtual Conference 2021 (2021), Isaac Rodriguez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeannie B. Concha, Carolina Valencia.
• Heat stress risk exposure parameter for construction workers: Proposed methodology Memorias de Ciencia y Tecnología 1 2 (2021), Margarita Ortiz-Solis, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Predictive model of risk perception factors in construction industry workers Memorias de Ciencia y Tecnología 1 2 (2021), Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Salvador A. Noriega-Morales.
• Regression model to determine the cognitive performance of open-plan office workers using psychoacoustic parameters Memorias de Ciencia y Tecnología 1 2 (2021), Maria P. Serrano-Ruz, Jose A. Yarza-Acuna, Carlos Aceves-Gonzalez, Jesus A. Hernandez-Gomez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Dust storm events and hospitalization rates in El Paso CBS/FOX 14 (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Associations Between Dust Exposure and Hospitalizations in El Paso, Texas, USA Atmosphere 12 (2021), Estrella Herrera-Molina, Thomas E. Gill, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeon Soyoung.
• Associations between Dust Exposure and Hospitalizations in El Paso, Texas, USA. Atmosphere - MDPI 12 11 (2021), , , GABRIEL IBARRA, .
• Developing the spanish version of the spanish version of the of the quality of life in epilepsy-inventory for adolescents (QOLIE-AD-48) - 4239.0 APHA 2021 Annual Meeting & Expo 2021 2021 (2021), Perla M. Martinez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Matilde Ruiz, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Heart Rate Percentage as a Method for Inter-set Resting during a Post-Activation Potentiation Exercise to Increase Vertical Jump Performance Journal of Physical Education and Sport 21 5 (2021), Samuel Montalvo, Daniel Conde, Matthew Gonzalez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Sandor Dorgo.
• One-minute Of Dynamic Stretching Increases Forearm Pressure Pain Threshold but Not Muscular Function or Strength in Comparison to Static Stretching Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 53 8S (2021), Samuel Montalvo, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Ep: 004 S2 A conversation with Dr. Gabriel Ibarra Mejia & Dr. Mark W. Lusk. The CCE Podcast (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Ibarra-Mejia, G., Lusk. M., & Jeon, S. (2021). Stress, anxiety, and depression among Latinx university students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Development Issues, 43(1). Social Development Issues 43 1 (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Mark W. Lusk, Soyoung Jeong.
• Differences in Workplace Risk Perception between Foreign-born and First-generation Mexican American Construction Workers International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Karla G. Gomez-Bull, Maria M. Vargas-Salgado.
• Heart rate percentage as a method for determining intra-set resting during a post-activation performance enhancement exercise to increase vertical jump performance. Journal of Physical Education and Sport (in press), Samuel Montalvo, Daniel Conde, Matthew Gonzalez, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare AI Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Vaccinating a nation: Ten human factors and ergonomics principles Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (2021), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Antiviral, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties of Biosurfactants: Sustainable Use in Food and Pharmaceuticals John Wiley & Sons (2021), Kenia Barrantes, Araya J. Juan, Luz Chacon, Rolando Procupez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fernanda Lugo, Victor Soto.
• Land Use Regression of Long-Term Transportation Data on Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Low-income Communities Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-21-03060 (in press), Juan Aguilera, Soyoung Jeon, Chavez Mayra, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Leah Whigham, Gabriel Ibarra.
• Associations of Traffic and Air Pollution with Obesity and Fasting Glucose in Low-Income Populations Obesity: A Research Journal 28 S2 (2020), Juan Aguilera, Jeon Soyoung, Mayra Chavez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Wen-Whai Li, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Pain medication vs. preventative ergonomics intervention: a construction sector study proposal The XXXIInd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (2020), Todd S. Pierre, Priyadarshini Dasgupta, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Bongkyoo Choi, Sang D. Choi.
• Role of Physical Environment Factors in Semantic Memory and Cognitive Performance in Open-Plan Offices Users: A Systematic Literature Review Proceedings of the 9th Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering (2020), Maria P. Serrano-Ruiz, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Role of Physical Environment Factors in Semantic Memory and Cognitive Performance in Open-Plan Offices Users: A Systematic Literature Review Proceedings of the 9th Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering (2020), Maria P. Serrano, Ana L. Ramirez-Quintana, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Association of a Repetitive Manual Task on Inflammatory Biomarker Expression, Heart Rate Variability and Rating of Perceived Exertion ProQuest (2020), Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jacen S. Moore, Kevin L. Browne, Charlotte Vines.
• Effects of Velocity Based Training on Vertical Jump: A meta-analysis The Journal Strength & Conditioning Research 0 (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Association Between Pennation Angle of the Gastrocnemius and Reactive Strength Index National Strength and Conditioning Association 2020 Conference. 2020 (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Matthew Gonzalez, Sandra Rodriguez, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Associations of Traffic and Air Pollution with Obesity and Fasting Glucose in Low-Income Populations OBESITY 28 (2020), Juan A. Aguilera, Soyoung Jeon, Mayra Chavez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Joao F. Pinto, Wen-Whai Li, Leah Whigham.
• Effects of Antagonist Stretching on Isokinetic Strength: A Pilot Study National Strength and Conditioning Association 2020 Conference 2020 (2020), Devin Bastian, Samuel Montalvo, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Heart Rate Percentage as an Intra-Rest Modulator during Training with Post-Activation Potentiation Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Sandor Dorgo, Matthew Gonzalez, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Inflammatory Biomarker Gene Expression After a Repetitive Manual Task Proceedings of the The XXXIInd Annual Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference (2020), Daniel A. Conde, Mario Garcia, Amber Rohrer, Jacen M. Moore, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Injury Rates Among Elite Wushu Kung-fu Martial Artists and Access to Health Care Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Eric Tan, Daniel Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Injury Rates Among Elite Wushu Kung-fu Martial Artists and Access to Health Care Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Eric Tan, Daniel Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Letter from the President International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Spring 2020 (2020), Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Associations of Traffic and Air Pollution with Obesity and Fasting Glucose in Low-Income Populations Obesity: A Research Journal 27 S2 (2020), Juan A. Aguilera, Jacen S. Moore, Mary Lynn Chavez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Wen-Whai Li, Leah Whigham.
• HEART RATE % AS AN INTRA-REST MODULATOR DURING TRAINING WITH POSTACTIVATION POTENTIATION Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 34 1 (2020), Samuel Montalvo, Sandor Dorgo, Daniel A. Conde, Matthew Gonzalez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Injury Rates among Elite Wushu Kung-Fu Martial Artists and Access to Health Care American College of Sports Medicine 2020 Conference 2020 (2020), Samuel Montalvo, E Tan, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.

• Ergonomics (2023), Volume Juarez, MX, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• EFFECTS OF DUST ON HOSPITALIZATIONS IN EL PASO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS (2023), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Estrella Molina-Herrera, Thomas E. Gill, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeon Soyoung.
• The Use of ultural Paradigms to Understand Western Medicine Failures (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Richar Petri.
• Effects of Dust on Hospitalizations in El Paso and Lubbock, Texas, USA (2023), Volume San Diego, CA, Estrella Herrera, Thomas E. Gill, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeon Soyoung.
• Associations Between Dust and Thunderstorm Exposures and Hospitalizations in Lubbock, Texas, USA (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Thomas E. Gill, Estrella Herrera-Molina, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeon Soyoung.
• Ergonomics (2022), Volume Juarez, MX, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort is Highly Associated to Previous Injury in Hispanic Construction Workers from the El Paso Del Norte Region (2022), Volume Toronto, Canada, Carolina Valencia, Itzel Torres, Timothy .
• Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort is Highly Associated to Previous Injury in Hispanic Construction Workers from the El Paso Del Norte Region (2022), Volume El Paso, Itzel Torres, Carolina Valencia, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Johnathan Stacy.
• Associations Between Exposure to Air Pollution After a Dust Event and Hospitalizations (2022), Volume Phoenix, Arizona (online), Estrella H. Herrera-Molina, Thomas E. Gill, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeon Soyoung.
• One-minute of Dynamic Stretching Increases Forearm Pressure Pain Threshold But Not Muscular Function or Strength in Comparison To Static Stretching (2021), Volume Online, Samuel Montalvo, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Can My Work Make My Children Sick? Occupational Exposures and Children’s Health (2021), Volume El Paso TX, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Inflammatory Biomarker Gene Expression After a Repetitive Manual Task (2020), Volume Online, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Pain medication vs. preventative ergonomics intervention: a construction sector study proposal. (2020), Volume Online, T D. Pierre, Priyadarshini Dasgupta, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Role of Physical Environment Factors in Semantic Memory and Cognitive Performance in Open-Plan Offices Users: A Systematic Literature Review. (2020), Volume Online, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Effects of Antagonist Stretching on Isokinetic Strength: A Pilot Study (2020), Volume Online, Devin astian, Samuel Montalvo, Alondra Gonzalez, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Association Between Pennation Angle of the Gastrocnemius and Reactive Strength Index (2020), Volume Online, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia.
• Effects of antagonist static stretching and dynamic stretching on vertical jump performance: A pilot study. (2020), Volume Las Vegas NV, Samuel Montalvo, Matthew Gonzalez, Martin Dietze-Hermosa, Nicholas Cubillos, Rosalba Trevizo, S Rodriguez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Injury Rates Among Elite Wushu Kung-fu Martial Artists And Access To Health Care (2020), Volume Online, Samuel Montalvo, Erick Tan, Daniel A. Conde, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Sandor Dorgo.
• Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia Biosketch (2020), Volume El Paso, Gabriel Ibarra.
• Social situation of the elderly population of Los Guido Desamparados, San Jose, Costa Rica (2020), Volume El Paso Texas, Melissa Gutierrez, Gabriel Ibarra.

• Importance of targeted stretch exercises for preventing work-related low back pain and discomfort in construction workers
• Determining the Trends and Association of Renal Cell Cancer with Chronic Kidney Disease in a predominantly Hispanic Community from 2011-2021
• Trends In Renal Cell Carcinoma Incidence and Mortality By Occupation And U.S. Climate Region From 1975-2018.
• Trends in renal cell carcinoma incidence and mortality by occupation and US climate region from 1975-2018
• Workplace And Indoor Air Pollution Exposures in Women At Immigrant Refugee Camps In Northern Mexico
• Stress and muscle activity biomarker expression associated with cycle ergometry exercises and the use of compressive arm sleeves
• Association Between the Expression Of Inflammation Biomarkers, Physiological Parameters, And Perceived Parameters Of Exertion And Pain During A Simula