July
Annual Hazardous Waste Refreshers (Seattle), July 13. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
Annual Hazardous Waste Refreshers (Olympia, Wash.), July 15. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
Annual Hazardous Waste Refreshers (Seattle), July 16. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation (Seattle), July 14. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
August
4th International Conference on Nanotechnology - Occupational and Environmental Health (NanOEH2009). 26-29 August 2009, Paasitorni, Helsinki, Finland; www.ttl.fi/nanoeh2009. The Conference is organized by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in collaboration with Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation; the VTT Research Centre of Finland; the University of Kuopio; and the University of Helsinki, and a group of European occupational health and safety organizations.
Hazardous Materials Requirements Of The Building, Fire, And Mechanical Codes (Redmond, Wash.), August 11-13. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
In-Place Filter Testing Workshop, August 17-21, 2009, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. For additional information on the program visit: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/IPFT.html
September
Ergonomics and Human Factors: Strategic Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health, Sept. 21-24, 2009, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. For more information on the program please visit: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/EHF.html
October
Systems of Safety and Human Performance: Injury Prevention for the
21st Century (Tacoma, Wash.), Oct. 6. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
58th Annual Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference (Tacoma), Oct. 7-8. For more information, call (888) 451-2004 or visit the Conference Overview Web site at http://www.wagovconf.org/overview.htm.
Occupational Health Policy: Global Issues, Local Solutions (Vancouver, BC), Oct. 8. Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/schedule.html.
The 17th International Congress in Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health: "From Theory to Practice: Occupational Health and Safety for Rural Populations" will take place in Cartagena de India, DT, Colombia from Oct. 13-16, 2009. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to July 1, 2009, the same date that early bird payment ends. The conference Web page (in English) is http://www.ruralhealth-colombia.com/eng/
National Environmental Public Health Conference. www.team-psa,com/2009nephc. Atlanta, Oct. 26-28, 2009.
State Physician Epidemiologist. New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health Services, Concord, New Hampshire.
The State of New Hampshire is seeking a Physician Epidemiologist for the Division of Public Health Services (DPHS).This position is directly responsible for all medical, programmatic, health data collection and assessment, and financial activities for the Bureau of Disease Control, with a total of eighty staff members. The Physician Epidemiologist will report to the Director of the Division of Public Health Services and exercise direct responsibility for the following program areas: communicable disease control, communicable disease surveillance, Immunizations, HIV/STD prevention and food protection. The State Physician Epidemiologist will develop and maintain an innovative, integrated system of disease control that serves the needs of medical providers, policymakers and the citizens of the state. Requirements: A degree in medicine from an accredited school of medicine or school of osteopathy, along with a graduate level of training in epidemiology, Preventive Medicine or Infectious Diseases. A degree program such as an MPH or extended epidemiological experience as exemplified by an EIS fellowship is preferred. Experience in public health management or equivalent field with demonstrated ability for management and supervision is also required. The State Epidemiologist must be eligible for and hold a valid New Hampshire medical license. License application may be initiated following selection.
For further information, please contact Alice Leeming at Alice.m.leeming@dhhs.state.nh.us.
University of Utah -- Industrial Hygiene
The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah, seeks qualified applicants for a dynamic Industrial Hygiene tenure track appointment. Position will have significant responsibilities in areas of research, teaching, and administration. Faculty will be involved with student guidance on how to complete a Master of Science in Occupational Health curriculum for either the IH or HSAT programs. Faculty rank and remuneration commensurate with prior experience. Successful candidates for the position must have Doctorate degree in industrial hygiene or a closely allied field. CIH is desirable. Send Curriculum Vitae and references to: Rod R. Larson, PhD, CIH, Director, Industrial Hygiene, RMCOEH, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Applicant Screening will begin immediately and continue until the position if filled. University of Utah is an EEO/AA Employer and encourages applicants from women and minorities.
West Virginia University – Faculty Positions
West Virginia University (WVU) seeks applicants for up to three full-time tenure-track faculty positions (open rank), to participate in the expansion of a multidisciplinary injury research program. The successful candidates will serve as Core Faculty of the WVU Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) – one of thirteen CDC-funded injury centers nationwide. The ICRC is located within the School of Medicine at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, in Morgantown, West Virginia.
This recruitment is intended to expand the depth of the ICRC and also fit within the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Strategic Research Plan, which provides guidance for biomedical, public health and translational clinical research consistent with the NIH Roadmap. ICRC faculty will also participate in a recently established Clinical and Translational Science Institute. While candidates from any background relevant to the science of injury control are encouraged to apply, we seek to align these recruitments with specific population health needs in West Virginia, with emphasis on injury among the elderly population, neurological trauma, and prescription drug abuse/poisonings.
Applicants for these positions should possess a terminal degree and have academic preparation/expertise in one or more of the following: epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, population health, health services research, acute injury care, or translation/dissemination research. Candidates should be able to collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams of basic, clinical, and applied researchers, and also develop their own program of funded research.
Candidates should have a record of, or significant promise for, excellence in research and teaching in relevant areas, as well as peer-reviewed publications. Experience and participation in NIH or other federally-funded research is an advantage. Primary responsibilities will be to develop and maintain an independently funded research portfolio that is consistent with the objectives of the ICRC. All new hires are expected to achieve NIH or comparable competitive extramural funding within four years. A variety of support mechanisms are in place to help achieve this goal, including involvement in our current and future Center grant activities. Graduate teaching and mentorship is expected, and excellent communication skills are important. Each new position comes with a competitive salary and start-up package. A faculty appointment in an appropriate department within the WVU Health Sciences Center will be provided, commensurate with the individual’s background and experience.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter describing their research and teaching experience, listing of contact information for three references, and curriculum vitae to Jeffrey H. Coben, MD, Director, WVU Injury Control Research Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, PO Box 9151, Morgantown, WV 26506-9151 or submit by e-mail to jcoben@hsc.wvu.edu and cc: dfulaytar@hsc.wvu.edu. The search will remain active until the positions are filled. WVU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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Call for Papers: School Health and Environment
The editorial board of New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy is planning a special issue devoted to school health and environment.
The shift of focus in the economies of many industrialized nations from manufacturing to services has brought with it some measure of attention to the health and safety problems of workers in the service industries. The rise of community environmental groups and concerns about environmental justice have also posed questions about the hazards (and greening) of key community institutions, like hospitals and, sometimes, schools.
Schools are central to the life of every community. Yet the school environment and its effects on teachers, staff and children have not been adequately addressed. For instance, since the late 1980s there has been federal legislation concerned with managing asbestos problems in public schools -- yet there has not been a peer-reviewed evaluation of the efficacy of such legislation since 1991. There has been increasing attention to school safety issues and bullying in recent years, but psycho-social stress in schools is not a priority research area. In Massachusetts, environmental criteria now are being employed to evaluate the desirability of a state subsidy for the new construction or major renovation of schools, but there has been little discussion of the serious deterioration of the physical plant for education.
We believe that inadequate attention has been paid to school environments and important issues concerning the siting of schools, indoor air quality, the safety of school drinking water, the efficacy of restrictions on pesticide use, and now the problem of toxic cleaners. Further, teachers are more likely to be union members than workers in many other service and manufacturing industries. We believe that the politics and economics of the education environment have not been thoroughly discussed in the occupational and environmental health policy literature.
We welcome submission of papers concerning any of the above topics, or more generally with evaluating existing laws and regulations, including the USEPA exercise in voluntary self-regulation, "Tools for Schools." This issue will be published in collaboration with the Boston University Superfund Basic Research Program's Outreach Core, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Additional sponsorship is welcome.
Send inquiries to Charles Levenstein at chuck_lev@comcast.net or Madeleine Scammell at mls@bu.edu.
Send submissions to: http://www.newsolutionsjournal.com/
Register as an author and see instructions for authors.
Word limit: 9,000
Deadline: August 1, 2009.