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Black Lives Matter to The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
NWCOHS stands united against racial injustice and recognizes the recent victims of racist violence
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Fostering Resilience in the Workplace
NWCOHS Continuing Education Programs partner with the UW Foster School of Business Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking (CLST) to help individuals and organizations boost resilience in the face of COVID-19.
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Black Lives Matter to The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
NWCOHS stands united against racial injustice and recognizes the recent victims of racist violence
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Student experience: Dairy Farm Exposure and Immune Status in Adult Workers in Yakima Valley
MPH One Health student, Marine de Marcken, shares her journey to occupational health
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Teaching, learning and research continues during the COVID-19 pandemic and restricted operations
NWCOHS trainees are adjusting to a new learning and research environment under COVID-19 restricted operations
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Turning Down the Heat for Agriculture Workers
Heat illness is a serious concern for agriculture workers, but Erica Chavez Santos and the HEAT team are working to turn down the temperature of this serious health and safety risk.
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Personal Experience to Practice: Protecting Healthcare Workers from Violence
Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Occupational Health Nursing trainee, Katie Blanchard, is pursuing research to help prevent fellow nurses and healthcare workers from experiencing workplace violence.
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Disease and Infection Exposure in the Workplace: COVID-19 Highlights Need for Improved Planning
The current COVID-19 pandemic is a stark illustration of disease exposure among workers.
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Research to Impact: Communicating Science for Public Health Impact
Did you know only 27% of natural sciences/engineering academic articles are ever cited? For their winter quarter, center-wide event, NWCOHS trainees participated in a workshop about communicating their research in accessible ways to diverse audiences.
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COVID-19: What Employers and Workers Need to Know
COVID-19 is a new threat, however, government agencies and workplaces have long anticipated emergence of the next pandemic virus, and have planned accordingly.
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Cascadia 2020 - Innovative Approaches for a Planet in Crisis
NWCOHS faculty and students present their research at Cascadia 2020.
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Protecting Temporary Workers: Who is Responsible?
As the economy continues to boom, more employers are supplementing their workforce with temporary workers, hired through staffing agencies. In fact, these workers represented 3.8 percent of U.S employment in 2017.
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Green Cleaning for Healthier Schools in Alaska
A safe and clean school environment is essential for learning, but the cleaning products we use can pose an often overlooked hazard – exposure to polluted indoor air.
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