Puget Sound OEM Grand Rounds | 3/11/10 | Dr. Michael Wilson & Dr. Megan R. Schwarzman

Read their article in Science, New Science for Chemicals Policy.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

"Unintended Occupational Health Consequences of Environmental Health Policies: Making the Case for Systems Thinking"

Michael P. Wilson, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist
Program in Green Chemistry and Chemicals Policy
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

Megan R. Schwarzman, MD, MPH
Research Scientist
Program in Green Chemistry and Chemicals Policy
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

Schedule
6:00pm | Networking
6:45pm | Dinner
7:30pm | Presentation

Location
The UW Club
E Stevens Way, University of Washington Seattle Campus
directions

Registration

$50 - Please register by the Friday before
$25 - Lecture only

Special: Bring a friend who has never been to a Grand Rounds event and you both get in for $45

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This series of evening dinner and lecture sessions focuses on issues encountered by occupational and environmental health physicians and their colleagues in local, regional, national and international settings. It provides the framework for education and networking with peers as we gather, learn, and share information on current, state-of-the art topics in the field. Join us as we explore:

New developments in occupational and environmental medicine practice, including application of scientific discoveries in genetics, molecular biology and epidemiology

Best practices and means for evaluating best practices in occupational and environmental medicine

Current trends in evolving occupational and environmental medicine practice, including personnel and training needs, and future issues that will need OEM attention

Dates: October 1, 2009, November 5, February 4, 2010, March 11, April 8, May 13

Puget Sound OEM Grand Rounds | Dr. Mark Cullen | 2/4/10

February 4th
Mark Cullen, MD
Professor, General Internal Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
"The myth of the great divide: all health is occupational health"

This series of evening dinner and lecture sessions focuses on issues encountered by occupational and environmental health physicians and their colleagues in local, regional, national and international settings. It provides the framework for education and networking with peers as we gather, learn, and share information on current, state-of-the art topics in the field. Join us as we explore:

New developments in occupational and environmental medicine practice, including application of scientific discoveries in genetics, molecular biology and epidemiology

Best practices and means for evaluating best practices in occupational and environmental medicine

Current trends in evolving occupational and environmental medicine practice, including personnel and training needs, and future issues that will need OEM attention

Dates: October 1, 2009, November 5, February 4, 2010, March 11, April 8, May 13

NIOSH Announces Research Workshop for Designing Worker Safety, Health into Green Jobs and Sustainability

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will hold a national research workshop, Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating worker health and safety into sustainability, on Dec. 14 – 16, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate and begin planning national research to help make worker health and safety an integral component of the new green economy.

For more information about NIOSH’s Prevention through Design initiative and green jobs activities under the initiative, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/PtD/greenjobs.html.

Fall Interdisciplinary Research Seminar

Friday, November 6, 2009 •1:00-3:00 p.m. • 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Room 229

Organophosphorus Pesticide Oxygen Analogs in Air Samples
Jenna Armstrong, PhD Student, Environmental & Occupational Hygiene

Designing the Age Friendly Workplace: An Action-Oriented Training Intervention
Steve Hecker, Director of Continuing Education and Outreach

Concurrent Exposure Pathways and Age-Adjustments: Considerations for Toxics Cleanup
Miyoko Sasakura, MS Student, Occupational & Environmental Exposure Sciences

Gate Gourmet at SFO: The Hidden World of In-flight Catering
Yuh-chi Niou, MS Student, Occupational & Environmental Exposure Sciences

For further information, please contact Dr. Michael Yost: (206) 685-7243 or Sean Schmidt: (206) 543-2837

To request disability accommodations, contact the office of the ADA Coordinator at least ten days in advance of the event at 206-543-6450 (voice); 206-543-6452 (TDD); 206-685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu.
Questions: call 206-616-7474