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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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Guest Post: "A Day's Work" - the Dangers of Temporary Work
Recently, the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences joined with the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies to sponsor the Seattle premier of the film "A Day's Work" and a panel discussion on the dangers of temporary work.
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New Frontiers in Construction
Since 2011, The University of Washington’s Center for Education and Research in Construction (CERC) has created a venue to highlight research and its relevance for pressing issues facing the Construction industry through the New Frontiers in Construction Conference.
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Going Green from a New Perspective: The 2016 Tribal Green Summit
The 2016 Tribal Green Summit was held on March 8-9, 2016 at the Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie, Washington. The Snoqualmie tribe hosted the event, which was sponsored by EPA.
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The Winner's Circle: Semiahmoo Student Awardees
Every year at the Semiahmoo conference, students are recognized for their hard work and groundbreaking ideas. Several of this year's winners shared their success stories with the NWCOHS blog
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ERC Trainee Takes Her Training to ExxonMobil
Being an ERC student has equipped Emily Zamzow with the skills to work in industry and provide essential industrial hygiene support. In the summer of 2016, she was employed as the industrial hygiene intern at the ExxonMobil Joliet, Illinois refinery.
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The Semiahmoo Conference - from a student perspective
Grant Quiller and Darrick Dickerson, both students in the exposure science MS program, experienced all of the excitement of the Semiahmoo Conference first hand.
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