July 2007
30th Annual Occupational Safety and Health Summer Institute (Norfolk, Va.), July 30-August 3, 2007. Thirty-six courses will be presented. For course descriptions, visit www.unc.edu/osherc/ce.htm or call the North Carolina Education and Research Center at (888) 235-3320.
Occupational Health Nursing Certification Review (Norfolk, Va.), July 30-August 1, 2007. This program is designed to provide an intensive review for experienced OHNs in preparation for the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses Certification exam. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/osherc/ce.htm or call the North Carolina Education and Research Center at (888) 235-3320.
August 2007
PREMUS 2007: 6th International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (Boston), August 26-30, 2007. (This is the first time PREMUS has been held in North America in 10 years). For complete details and more information, go to www.premus2007.org.
Third International Symposium on Nanotechnology, Occupational and Environmental Health (Taipei, Taiwan), August 29-Sept. 1, 2007. For more information, visit: http://nano-taiwan.sinica.edu.tw/EHS2007/index.htm or contact Emily Shih, Tel: +886-2-2504-4338 ext.18, Fax:+886-2-2504-4362, E-mail:emily@elitepco.com.tw
Course: Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review Course (Chapel Hill, N.C.), August 14, 2007. For more information call: (888) 235-3320, www.osherc.sph.unc.edu/
Call for Abstracts: Work, Stress and Health 2008: Healthy and Safe Work Through Research, Practice, and Partnerships (Washington, D.C.), March 6-8, 2008. Proposal deadline for posters, papers and symposia: August 31, 2007. For more information call: (202) 336-6033 or visit: http://www.apa.org/pi/work/wsh.html
September 2007
WorkLife 2007: Protecting and Promoting Worker Health Symposium (Bethesda, MD), Sept. 10-11, 2007. The Symposium is sponsored by NIOSH and partner agencies and organizations. For more information visit: http://www.worklife2007.com/home.asp.
October 2007
Western Occupational Health Conference (San Diego, Calif.), Oct. 4-7, 2007. For more information, call (415) 927-5736 or visit: www.woema.org
EPICOH 2007: 19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (Banff, Alberta), Oct. 9-12, 2007. For more information, visit www.epicoh2007.ca
ICOH: 3rd International Symposium on Work Ability - Promotion of Work Ability Towards a Productive Aging (Hanoi, Vietnam), Oct. 22-24, 2007. For more information, visit: http://www.uoeh-u.ac.jp/kouza/ningen/aging.html or contact M. Jean-Luc Malo at malo-j-l@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp.
Seventh International Conference on Occupational Health for Health Care Workers (Vancouver, British Columbia), Oct. 26-28, 2007. Organized by: ICOH Scientific Committee on Health Care Worker Health and ACOEM. For more information, visit: http://www.acoem.org/icoh.aspx.
Ongoing
MPH via Distance Education
Your Master’s in Public Health with an Occupational Health Nursing concentration via distance education from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is only a click away. Attend classes online anytime of the day or night. Tuition assistance is available.
ØFor more information contact Judy Ostendorf (judy_ostendorf@unc.edu) or Bonnie Rogers (rogersb@email.unc.edu) and visit: www.sph.unc.edu/phlp/distance/ohn.htm.