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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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Leadership in Health and Safety: ERC Students Learn from Industry Professionals
In a recent course put on by the NWC, 45 participants spent the day learning about new leadership skills, evaluating their own leadership styles, and applying it all to improving workplace health and safety.
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Investing in Those Most at Risk: The PACE Program
PACE is the first pre-apprenticeship program nationally to be sponsored by a building and construction trades council. The program provides trades-related job skills toward a construction industry apprentice, which is an on-the-job training for novices under an experienced practitioner.
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NWC Graduate Pursues First-of-its-kind Research on Health Risks among Marijuana Production Workers
"How did I get into marijuana research?", asks Max Chmielinski, a Northwest Center Exposure Sciences and Industrial Hygiene MS graduate who is now pursuing a PhD, "This is a story of being the lowest ranking employee."
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Northwest Center Trainee is Studying the Occupational Health of Ugandan Livestock Farmers
Julianne Meisner is a veterinarian getting her MPH as a NWC Trainee. Her practicum rotation has her looking at the occupational health of livestock farmers in Uganda.
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Funding Available for Students through the Professional Training Opportunities Program
The University of Washington's Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety has new grant funding available for students in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska through the Professional Training Opportunities Program (PTOP).
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Northwest Center Researchers are Studying the Exposure Hazards of Every Day Life
Imagine a FitBit, or Apple Health App, that informs you about the space you are occupying throughout the day. If it told you you're breathing in something toxic on your way to work, would you change your route? If it found that your mood improves when you spend time outdoors, would you fit more walks into your day? This is what DEOHS Associate Professor Edmund Seto, PhD, MS, wants to discover.
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