Ongoing
New: Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene online course. Provided by the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center (NC OSHERC). This is the same course that is offered face-to-face at the NC OSHERC Summer and Winter Institutes. This course is a week-long introduction to the basic concepts of Industrial Hygiene and is a prerequisite for many of the other Institute courses. For additional information, contact the NC OSHERC at osherc@unc.edu , or call (888) 235-3320.
March 2006
Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace (Miami, Fla.) March 2-4, 2006. Sponsored by NIOSH, the American Psychological Association, the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor. More information about the conference can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pi/work/wsh2006.html .
Genes in the Workplace: The Right Fit? (Washington, D.C.). March 15, 2006. Hosted by Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. For more information, call (410) 614-4986 or visit: http://www.jhsph.edu/erc/genetics.html .
Spirometry Update: Interpretations and Pitfalls (Pittsburgh). March 17, 2006. MC Townsend Associates. For course description and more information, call: (412) 343-9946 or visit: http://www.mctownsend.com .
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Basic Hands-On CAMEO Training (Boston) March 20-22, 2006. For complete details or to register visit: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/CAMEO.shtml .
The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Washington is offering the following Continuing Education courses. To confirm this schedule, or find more information about these courses, call (206) 543-1069 or visit http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/ . Courses are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.
March 14 - Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease: Current and Emerging Issues <http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/ZOO0306.htm>
March 17 - Applied Office Ergonomics (Boise, ID) <http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/ERGO0306.htm
March 22-23 - Clear Writing for Safety and Health Professionals <http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/WRIT05.htm>
Call for Abstracts: Abstracts are due March 31, 2006 for the 13th Conference of the International Society for Respiratory Protection. The conference will be held August 27-Sept.1, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Topics for papers include respiratory protection for healthcare workers, emergency responders, and those in developing countries; updates on standards and regulations; emerging hazards and technologies; and fundamentals of respiratory protection. More information on the Call for Abstracts is available at
http://www.isrp.com.au/isrpcom/callforpapers_toronto.htm or by contacting Ziqing Zhuang at ZZhuang1@cdc.gov. Additional information on the conference can be found at http://www.isrp.com/au .
April 2006
The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Washington is offering:
April 18-20 - Hazardous Materials Incidents: Improving Interagency Response (Richland, Wash.) http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/HMI0406.htm . For more information, call (206) 543-1069 or visit http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/ .
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Occupational and Environmental Radiation Protection: Principles and Practices of Radiation Safety (Boston) April 24 - 27, 2006. Complete details and registration information available at:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/OERP.shtml .
May 2006
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations (Boston) May 1 - 5, 2006. For complete details or to register: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/GLD.shtml .
The American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) and Ventilation 2006 - The 8th International Conference on Ventilation will
be held concurrently May 13-18, 2006 in Chicago, IL. Information on both conferences can be found at http://www.aiha.org/Content/CE/aihce/aihce.htm .
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Risk Communication Challenge Proven Strategies for Effective Risk Communication (Boston). May 22-24, 2006. For complete details or to register: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/RCC.shtml .
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Advanced Hands-On CAMEO Training (Boston) May 22-24, 2006. For complete details or to register: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/ADVCAMEO.shtml .
Harvard School of Public Health Presents: Integrated Emergency Planning: A Step-By-Step Approach to "One Plan" Based on Basic On-Line Disaster and Emergency Response (BOLDER) Planning Software (Boston, MA) May 25, 2006. For complete details or to register:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/oneplan.shtml .
The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Washington is offering:
May 31 - Applied Office Ergonomics (Anchorage, AK) <http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/ERGO0306.htm> For more information, call (206) 543-1069 or visit http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/ .
June 2006
The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Washington is offering:
June 7 - Occupational Neurology. For more information, call (206) 543-1069 or visit http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/ .
ICOH 2006: 28th International Congress on Occupational Health (Milan Italy) June 11-16, 2006. For more information visit: http://www.icoh2006.it/en/home.htm or e-mail: icoh2006@fieramilanocongressi.it .
2nd National HealthCare Ergonomics Conference, June 26-29, 2006. (Portland, OR). Sponsored by Oregon Coalition for HealthCare Ergonomics and Oregon Nurses Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/conferences/2005/UpdateDec2005.pdf