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    1260 Mayo (MMC 807)
    420 Delaware Street SE
    Minneapolis, MN 55455
    Main: 612-626-0900
    Fax: 612-626-4837

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SAVE THE DATE!
2015 NORA SYMPOSIUM

MAY 6, 2015

2015 NORA Symposium

The 2015 NORA Symposium will be held Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 2:00pm in the Mayo Memorial Auditorium at the University of Minnesota. This year's topic is "Total Worker Health".

This year's featured speaker is W. Kent Anger, PhD. Dr. Anger is the Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, and Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON

MCOHS PILOT PROJECTS - CALL FOR PROPOSALS

APPLICATION DEADLINE - 3/15/2015

Grants ranging from $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 are available to occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Areas of OHS include industrial hygiene, occupational and environmental health nursing, occupational and environmental epidemiology, occupational and environmental medicine, injury epidemiology and safety, ergonomics, toxicology, health physics, and occupational health psychology.

The RFP is applicable only to educational institutions and targets a) new investigators that have traditionally not conducted OHS research; b) investigators pursuing new directions of research; and c) doctoral research trainees. READ THE RFP

About the Center

Since 1977, the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) has actively served the Midwest by offering graduate training programs and continuing education courses in the field of occupational health and safety. This Education and Reserch Center (ERC) is sponsored, in part, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

For detailed information on our academic offerings: View Academic Programs

For more information on continuing education courses and online training modules: View Continuing Education


 

  • Upcoming Events

    Infectious Disease in the Workplace and Beyond:
    A CDC Ebola Update
    March 10, 11:30
     Radisson Hotel Roseville
    Register Online

    Occupational Hearing Conservation Refresher
    April 15
     University of Minnesota
    Register Online

    NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher Training
    April 16
     University of Minnesota
    Register Online

    Occupational Hearing Conservation Training
    April 20-22
     University of Minnesota
    Register Online

    NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Training
    April 23-24
     University of Minnesota
    Register Online

 

 

 

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