April 2023 Newsletter
Centers for Health, Work & Environment
Advancing worker health, safety, and well-being.
IN THE NEWS
$600,000 NIH grant for Colorado School of Public Health Community Climate Hub
Dr. Katherine James and Dr. Katherine (Katie) Dickinson have?been awarded $600,000 from the National Institutes of Health to support the first year of work for the newly-established Mountain West Alliance for Community Engagement-Climate and Health (ACE-CH) Hub, a collection of public health researchers and community members working to identify evidence-based and community-driven action in the face of the climate crisis.?Read more.
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Alumni Spotlight: Maggie Cook-Shimanek
As part of our Alumni Spotlight series highlighting our graduated trainees, we interviewed Dr. Maggie Cook-Shimanek , a former?environmental and occupational medicine resident ?working as the medical director for the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.?Read more.
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Researcher enlists San Luis Valley residents in exploring how drought affects aquifer health
Katherine James is leading the research on a study that has her partnering with hundreds of well owners to learn more about metal contamination in water — an issue of increasing concern in the Mountain West. She came up with the idea about 15 years ago when she was working on her dissertation in the valley.?Read more in the KUNC article.
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The Injury Prevention Academy, Episode 44: Total Worker Health with Dr. Lee Newman
In the latest episode of the DORN Injury Prevention Academy Podcast, Lee Newman discusses?how the?Total Worker Health??approach can support organizations with cutting-edge, holistic safety and wellness strategies, and empower their workers with greater control over their own wellness.?Listen or watch here .
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We have received federal trademark registration for Health Links??and the Healthy Workplace Assessment?. This is great recognition of the longstanding, unique work and impact of this program.
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领英推荐
RESEARCH
The Evaluation of Worker Exposure to Airborne Silica Dust During Five OSHA Table I Construction Tasks.?Authors: Cothern,?Emily J.; Brazile,?William J.; Autenrieth, Daniel A.?Read more in Annals of Work Exposures?and Health??
Fatalities involving substance use among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers identified through an industry specific surveillance system (2014–2019).?Authors: Ramirez-Cardenas, Alejandra; Wingate, Kaitlin C.; Pompei, Richard; King, Bradley; Scott, Kenneth A.; Hagan-Haynes, Kyla; Chosewood, L. Casey.?Read more in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ?
LOOKING AHEAD
MAP ERC EVENT
April 6, 2023, In-person
HOSTED EVENT
April 12-13, 2023, Online
HEALTH LINKS?WEBINAR?
April 20, 2023, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MT, Online
HEALTH LINKS?WEBINAR
May 17, 2023, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MT, Online
ETHICS WEBINAR
July 19, 2023, 12:00 - 1:30 pm MT, Online