Title: The 2003 James P. Keogh Scholarship Award Recipients
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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
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The OHS Section's Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that out of the 10 applications received this year for the James P. Keogh Memorial Scholarship award, five (5) individuals have been selected to receive a scholarship - three (3) student applicants and two (2) labor union applicants.
The 2003 James P. Keogh student award recipients are as follows:
Marilyn Duffy is a nurse currently working on a Master of Public Health degree in the health policy and management department at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester. She has an extensive background in acute nursing and managed care. Marilyn feels that the convergence of three disciplines - the philosophy of nursing, environmental health, and public health policy- is providing her with a holistic approach for addressing occupational safety and health issues. She has conducted research on the health and safety effects of SARS exposure among health care workers and the prevalence of school violence among teachers, to name a few. Her ideal job is to be eventually employed by the Indian Health Service to research and promote public health care and environmental justice policy primarily for under-served Native Americans and other minority groups.
Sangwoo Tak is a doctoral student in the Department of Work Environment at U Mass-Lowell. He is currently involved in the Construction Occupational Health Project in the department and is primarily conducting research on the extent and problems of ergonomic injuries among construction workers. He is also researching various aspects of how the increased intensity of labor in Korea is worsening conditions for Korean workers..."the workload, work intensity, and management control over work have escalated to the extent that workers' health and safety are significantly hampered...." Sangwoo's ideal job would be to work for a progressive labor union or organization to address work environment policy and conduct workplace inspections.
Patricia Terry attends UC Berkeley's School of Public Health and is currently working on a Master of Public Health degree in Health and Social Behavior. This summer, Patricia worked with UC Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program on the young workers project. Her primary task for the summer was to develop an interactive Web site and a list of partnership groups interested in addressing the workplace safety of teenagers. She facilitated focus group discussions and attended youth conferences to determine the interests of teens and their vulnerabilities, and to identify responsive youth partners. She also participated in hazardous waste training and attended a summer seminar in industrial hygiene. Patricia states that her interests have become more diverse since beginning graduate school and her work this summer has stimulated and sparked her interest in taking more courses in occupational health and industrial hygiene.
The James P. Keogh labor award recipients are Reynaldo Martinez and Elizabeth Regan who are students from the George Meany Labor Studies National Labor College in Maryland.
Reynaldo Martinez is a member of UTU Local 1904 (PACE) in Rosharon, Texas. While completing his undergraduate studies at the Meany Center, Reynaldo conducted an exhaustive research project on locomotive engineer fatigue in the U.S. switching and terminal operations.
Elizabeth Regan is a member of The Newspaper Guild, CWA Local 31027 of Brockton, Massachusetts. Elizabeth conducted her research on the health and safety rules and regulations for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MTA), and investigated which agencies and/or authorities were responsible for implementation of such rules. Her research aided MBTA unions in organizing and setting up a joint labor-management committee that eventually led to the publication of a single safety rule book and training program for 5,000 MBTA employees.
Each of the award recipients will receive payment of their meeting registration fee and $200 to assist with expenses for attending the Annual Meeting, and a one-year membership in APHA. Please welcome and greet all of our award recipients at the OHS Section meetings at APHA; and try and answer any questions they may have.
Andrea Kidd Taylor, Chairperson
OHS Scholarship Committee