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It’s all about taking care of one another - indoors and outdoors
NWCOHS Occupational Medicine resident, Dr. Ali Khan, shares his experience at the American Occupational Health Conference
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Student Post: Kate McConnell Interns with the WSDA's Animal Services Division
Student Post: Kate McConnell, Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) Training Scholar at the University of Washington.
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ERC Trainee Hopes to Help WA Public Health Laboratories set Safe Standards for Rabies Testing
Lauren Frisbie is an Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) Training Scholar at the Center for One Health Research.
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MPH Trainee Takes a "One Health" Approach to Protecting Endangered Gorillas
Erica Grant is an Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) Training Scholar working towards her MPH at the Center for One Health Research. Her practicum focuses on the Gorilla Conservation Employee Health Program that is run yearly by the Gorilla Doctors (aka Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project).
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Workplace Violence: Shooting Survivor becomes Forgiveness Ambassador
Ten days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Rais Bhuiyan was shot in the face while working at his convenience store job in Dallas, Texas. In 2011 Rais launched the World Without Hate Campaign in an effort to save his shooter from death row.
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#SafetyCulture: Health and Safety in the Social Media Age
Over 40 participants gathered to learned how they can leverage social media for communicating safety messages, improving safety culture, engaging with customers and employees, and building their brand around safety.
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Effects of Minimum Wage Policies on the Health of Workers: ERC Student Op-Ed 2
"Low wages resulting in poor health or health behaviors can affect all occupations. Researchers in occupational health services research (OHSR) focus on bridging concepts of income inequality and worker health and health behaviors by implementing, evaluating, and disseminating policies that address both individual and population level health needs for all workers."
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