Wilfred (Wil) Agbenyikey, Sc.D, MPH

Director & Principal Investigator
Dr. Agbenyikey has been teaching and doing research since 2006 on environmental epidemiology and risk assessment, surgery epidemiology, and health quality indicators. He’s also a longtime advocate and activist on behavioral health issues.
For the past 8 years, as a policy advisor, his research interest has concentrated on health care and public health predictive analytics and trends to counsel policymakers on the indicators that are deleterious, benign or protective on health and wellbeing.

Selected Publications and Presentations

  1. Agbenyikey W, Li J, Cho S, McLinton S, Dollard M, Formazin M, Choi B, Houtman I, Karasek R. (2019). International comparative reliability and concurrent validity assessment of the multi-level Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 2.0 (in press)
  2. Formazin M, Choi B, Dollard M, Li J, Agbenyikey W, Cho S, Houtman I, Karasek R. (2019). The structure of demand, control, and stability-support underlying the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 2.0. (in press)
  3. Formazin M, Dollard M, Choi B, Li J, Agbenyikey W, Cho S, Houtman I, Karasek R. (2019). International empirical validation and value added of the multilevel Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 2.0 (in press)
  4. Agbenyikey W, Karasek, R., Fuentes, M., Wolf, P. A., Seshadri, S., Taylor, J. A., .Au, R. (2015). Job strain and cognitive decline: A prospective study of the Framingham offspring cohort. International Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine, 6, 79-94
  5. Agbenyikey W et al. Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in selected public places (PM2.5 and air nicotine) and non-smoking employees (hair nicotine) in Ghana. Tobacco Control doi:10.1136/tc.2010.036012
  6. Shahrir S, Wipfli H, Agbenyikey W, et al. Tobacco sales and promotion in bars, cafes and nightclubs from large cities around the world. Tobacco Control doi:10.1136/tc.2010.040220
  7. Jones MR , Agbenyikey W, Navas-Acien A, et al. Secondhand Tobacco Smoke: An Occupational Hazard for Smoking and Non-Smoking Bar and Nightclub Employees. Tob Control doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-05020
  8. Agbenyikey W, Karasek R, Dollard M. et al. Cross-cultural concurrent validity of the JCQ 2.0 items and the external-level job strain scales. Oral session: Job demand-control-support model. International Commission for Occupational Health: Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors (ICOH-WOPS) 2014 Congress, September 2014. Adelaide Australia.
  9. Agbenyikey W, Karasek R, Au R. Job Strain, Cognitive Decline, and Apoe4 Genotype: A Prospective Study of the Framingham Offspring Cohort. Oral Session. 11th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. 2014. London.
  10. Agbenyikey W, Karasek R, Economic Globalization Trends and the Global Distribution of Awareness of Psychosocial Workplace Stressors: Policy Implications and Recommendation for Least Developed Countries. Oral Session. 11th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. 2014. London.
  11. Agbenyikey W, Karasek R, Au R. Prospective Association between Job Strain and Its Components with Cognitive Decline: A 20-Year Follow-Up of the Framingham Offspring Study. Work, Stress and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health. May 2013. Los Angeles
  12. Agbenyikey W, Karasek R, Dollard M, Formazin M., Psychometric Comparisons across 4 JCQ 2.0 Pilots. Work, Stress and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health. May 2013. Los Angeles
  13. Dollard M, Agbenyikey W. Karasek R et al. Macro-Level Shift in Modelling Work Stress. Work, Stress and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health. May 2013. Los Angeles
  14. Formazin M, Agbenyikey W. Karasek R et al. Psychometric and Predictive Validity: The German JCQ 2.0 Pilot. Work, Stress and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health. May 2013. Los Angeles
  15. Agbenyikey W., Karasek R., Dollard M., Predictive Validity of the JCQ 2.0 Items in Germany, Australia, China and South Korea. 6th ICOH International Conference on Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2013. Tokyo Japan
  16. Agbenyikey W., Wellington E., Navas-Acien A., et al. Secondhand tobacco Smoke Exposure in Ghana. 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH). 2012. Singapore
  17. Agbenyikey W., Wellington E., Navas-Acien A., et al. Hospitality Employees Exposure to Nicotine and Particulate Matter. International Commission for Occupational Health (ICOH)- Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, Accra, Ghana. 2011
  18. Agbenyikey W., Risk Assessment and Measurements of Job Stress. International Commission for Occupational Health (ICOH) – Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, Accra, Ghana. 2011
  19. Agbenyikey W., Karasek R., Criteria for deciding on the new JCQ 2.0 scales/items: Psychometric and non-psychometric. International Commission for Occupational Health: Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors (ICOH-WOPS) 2014 Congress, June 2010.Amsterdam.
  20. Agbenyikey W., Wellington E., Navas-Acien A., et al. Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in selected public places (PM2.5 and air nicotine) and non-smoking employees (hair nicotine) in Ghana. 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH). 2009. Mumbai. India.
  21. Agbenyikey W., Assessing Tobacco Smoke Exposure. New England Science Symposium. Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2008