Extended - Call for Papers - NOHC 2012

INVITATION TO SUBMIT

REGIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY
STUDENT RESEARCH FORUM

THE 2012 NORTHWEST OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

                             Bellingham, WA – October 10-12, 2012

The Northwest Occupational Health Conference (NOHC) is held yearly in the fall by the Industrial Hygiene (IH), Occupational Medicine (OM), and Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) communities.  NOHC is among the largest and most successful regional multidisciplinary conferences, attracting 250-300 attendees from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and British Columbia.

The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety (NWCOHS), in collaboration with the NOHC, will host a “Student Research/Scholarly Project Forum” open to graduate students and recent alumni of the northwest regional institutions and within the professional categories of IH, OM, OHN, OS and other related disciplines such as epidemiology, engineering, occupational health psychology, policy, health physics, and management. Graduate students and recent alumni are invited to submit research papers for presentation at the conference. Three exceptional papers will be chosen to receive an award and scholarship to attend and present their work at the conference. All submissions will be judged by a panel of OH&S professionals.

Awards and Scholarships

·         A premier award of $500 will be given for the overall best paper

·         Two $250 awards will be given for papers receiving honorable mentions

·         Plus! Awardees will be reimbursed for conference costs up to $500 (registration,         
          hotel, food, etc.) 

To be eligible for the Student Research/Scholarly Project Forum, you must be: 
·         A current student/recent alumnus in the Northwest region as defined above
·         Submit a paper based on work done as a student within two years of completion 
·         Available to present your paper at the conference 

To apply, submit your paper by COB, Friday Sept. 28, 2012
Your submission should include: 
1.    A minimum of two authors: you as the author & your research mentor 
2.    The title of the research paper
3.    A 250 word abstract

Submit your materials via email to:
 Bill Pickert - pickertw@uw.edu
Questions? Call 206-543-2837          

2011 NOHC Student Research Forum Winners

(Pictured Above from left to right: Marie-Anne Sanon, Janessa Graves, Allison Crollard, Caitlin Demsky)
NWCOHS is pleased to announce the 2011 NOHC Student Research Forum Winners!

Premier Award
Graves, Janessa M. University of Washington
Co-authors: Fulton-Kehoe, D., Jarvik, J. G., Franklin, GM. "Washington
State workers with low back pain: one-year health and disability outcomes associated with early imaging".

Honorable Mentions
Sanon, Marie Anne. University of Washington
Co-author: de Castro, A. B.
"Nurses take home exposure: what can their scrubs tell us to help prevent the spread of infection into communities?"

Crollard, Allison. University of Washington
Co-authors: de Castro, A. B., and Tang, J.
"Occupational downgrading among immigrant workers"

Travel Award
Demsky, Caitlin. Portland State University
Co-authors: Ellis, A., and Fritz, C.
"The big five as moderators of the relationship between work-family
conflict and life satisfaction"

About the NOHC Student Research Forum
The Northwest Occupational Health Conference (NOHC) is held yearly in the fall by the Industrial Hygiene (IH), Occupational Medicine (OM), and Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) communities. An event organized by PNSAIHA, the NOHC is among the largest and most successful regional multidisciplinary conferences, attracting 250-300 attendees from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and British Columbia.

Each Year, the Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety (NWCOHS), in collaboration with the NOHC, hosts a 'Student Research Forum' open to graduate students and recent alumni of the northwest regional institutions and within the professional categories of IH, OM, OHN, OS and other related disciplines such as epidemiology, engineering, occupational health psychology, policy, and management. Graduate students and recent alumni are invited to submit research papers for presentation at the conference. Three exceptional papers are chosen to receive an award and scholarship to attend and present their work at the conference. All submissions are judged by a panel of OH&S professionals.

2010 NOHC Student Research Forum Winners

(Pictured Above from left to right: Wenqi Gan, Dan Sarkany, Jenna Armstrong)

NWCOHS is pleased to announce the 2010 NOHC Student Research Forum Winners!

Premier Award
Wenqi Gan, School of Environmental Health, UBC
Gan, W. Q., H. W. Davies, and P. A. Demers. “Exposure to occupational noise and cardiovascular disease in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004”.

Honorable Mentions
Dan Sarkany, School of Environmental Health, UBC
Sarkany, D., C. McLeod, H. W. Davies, K. C. Lyons, and M. Koehoorn. “Injury rates and British Columbia Faller Training Standard”.

Jenna Armstrong, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, UW
Armstrong, J. L. and R. A. Fenske. “Presence of organophosphorus pesticide oxygen analogs in air samples”.

About the NOHC Student Research Forum
The Northwest Occupational Health Conference (NOHC) is held yearly in the fall by the Industrial Hygiene (IH), Occupational Medicine (OM), and Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) communities. An event organized by PNSAIHA, the NOHC is among the largest and most successful regional multidisciplinary conferences, attracting 250-300 attendees from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and British Columbia.

Each Year, the Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety (NWCOHS), in collaboration with the NOHC, hosts a 'Student Research Forum' open to graduate students and recent alumni of the northwest regional institutions and within the professional categories of IH, OM, OHN, OS and other related disciplines such as epidemiology, engineering, occupational health psychology, policy, and management. Graduate students and recent alumni are invited to submit research papers for presentation at the conference. Three exceptional papers are chosen to receive an award and scholarship to attend and present their work at the conference. All submissions are judged by a panel of OH&S professionals.

NOHC Travel Scholarship Winners

Winners the 2009 PNAISH NOHC Travel Scholarships. Left to right: June Spector (UW), Serena Siow (UBC), Jeanne Spears (UW), Diana Ceballos (UW), Mussarat Nahid (UBC).

Presentations:
Ceballos, D. Developing best glove practices for car painters.

Nahid, M. Occupational noise induced hearing loss and engineered noise control: knowledge and perception in the food products manufacturing insustry in British Columbia (S. Kennedy, A. Nicol, T. Knight, H. Davies).

Sears. J. Nurse practitioners as attending providers for injured workers: evaluating the effect of role expansion on disability and costs. (T. M. Wickizer, G. M. Franklin, A. D. Cheadle, B. B. Berkowitz).

Siow, S. Targeting prevention programs for young and new healthcare workers: what is the association of age and job tenure with occupational injury in healthcare? (J. Guzman).

Spector, J. Associations of blood lead with glomerular filtration rate estimated with serum creatinine and cystatin C-based equations (V. Weaver).