The 2023 National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Online Symposium was held via online webinar on April 27, 2023. The theme was “Changing the Climate of Worker Health and Safety: A Forum on Lessons and Actions to Foster a Resilient Workforce.” The symposium featured presentations and interactive discussion with a panel of experts on the effects of climate change on worker health and safety in a variety of industries and workplaces.
As in previous years, the symposium was co-sponsored by the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) Education and Research Center and the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH).
WHAT ATTENDEES HAD TO SAY:
VIRTUAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The symposium began with a virtual poster session. Students and partners from MCOHS and UMASH provided short video presentations on a variety of occupational health and safety research projects and topics. Following the videos, the presenters engaged with attendees in a live Q&A session, facilitated by Dr. Susan Arnold, MCOHS Deputy Director. This interactive exchange led to further discussion on the individual projects, as well as ideas for ongoing and future research.
PRESENTERS:
(click the titles to watch the video presentations)
- Investigating Environmental Antineoplastic Drug Contamination by LC-SRM-MS/MS
Andrew Floeder
PhD Candidate
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota - Aging on the Farm: UMASH Partner Projects
Erica Shuck
Evaluation Research Assistant
Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) - Implications of Scapular Muscle Timing for Occupational Health in Overhead Workers
Gaura Saini, DPT
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota
MCOHS Pilot Project - Stress in Minnesota Show Cattle: A UMASH Pilot Study
Madhura Vachon
PhD Candidate
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota - Biomonitoring of Minnesota Firefighters Exposed to a Prolonged Metal Recycling Yard Fire
Dominik Dabrowski, MD, MPH
MCOHS Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Program
PANEL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION
Following the virtual poster session, Dr. Jeff Bender, Director of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), introduced the panelists and moderated a Q and A discussion session. The expert panelists provided unique first-hand knowledge and experience with the health and safety challenges workers face in relation to climate change in a variety of workplaces and industries.
PANELISTS:
Matt Holmstrom
Risk Management Officer, Pacific Northwest Region of the US Forest Service
Marysel Pagán Santana, DrPH
Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Senior Program Manager for Puerto Rico, Migrant Clinicians Network
Robert Servian
Safety Consultant Principal, Workplace Safety Consultation, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
WATCH THE RECORDED 2022 NORA SYMPOSIUM
The entire symposium was recorded and posted in a playlist on the MCOHS YouTube channel.
MCOHS and UMASH were proud to once again co-sponsor this annual event.
We wish to thank the presenters, as well as the faculty and staff who work together each year to make it happen, even in challenging times! We look forward to future symposia as we continue the engaging and vital discussions on occupational health and safety.
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