February 2023 Newsletter
Centers for Health, Work & Environment
Advancing worker health, safety, and well-being.
Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative Forms Colorado’s First Statewide Workgroup
Our center has continued to make meaningful progress in response to the national mental health crisis and substance use epidemic by partnering with employers.?Read more.
Student Spotlight: Colton Castro
We interviewed Colton Castro, a?Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center?trainee earning a Master's?in Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene?from Colorado State University.?Read more.?
As Colorado’s worker death toll rises, experts point to these reasons
Lili Tenney discusses the rise in Colorado workplace fatalities, mental health struggles, and opioid abuse in the Denver Business Journal .?Read more.?
What is the Health Risk of Meth Contamination?
Mike Van Dyke explains Colorado meth contamination regulations in?regard to recent exposures in public libraries.?Read more.
EDUCATION
Become an expert in?Total Worker Health
The?Certificate in?Total Worker Health??is an online, for-credit program offered through the Colorado School of Public Health. Applications are due by?February 15, 2023.?Courses begin in August. Questions? Contact Natalie Schwatka . LEARN MORE & ENROLL
RESEARCH
Research Day Symposium - Registration is now open
Research Day brings together environmental and occupational health students, trainees from our MAP ERC, and local professionals to celebrate student research in environmental and occupational health. REGISTER
Pilot Projects Request For Proposals
We offer two pilot project funding opportunities, the MAP ERC?Pilot Project Awards, and the?Total Worker Health?Pilot Project Awards.?These research grants support innovative studies and research-to-practice projects in occupational health and safety and?TWH. Applications for the current funding cycle are due?March 31, 2023. LEARN MORE & APPLY
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PRACTICE
Money Matters: Financial Well-being and?Total Worker Health
Health Links? Webinar
February 15, 2023 |?11 am-12 pm MT
Supporting the economic well-being of your workforce as part of an overall well-being strategy benefits workers and your business.?Join Health Links, along with national and local experts,?to learn more about supporting employee financial well-being at your workplace. REGISTER
Trainee Presents: CSU Industrial Hygiene Program Training Needs Analysis
March 7, 2023 |?1-2 pm MT
Jillian Moore, a Fall 2022 MAP ERC graduate of the Environmental Health / Industrial Hygiene (IH) Master’s program at Colorado State University (CSU),?will review a training needs analysis of?the CSU IH Master’s program in 2021. REGISTER
Operationalizing Ex4OSH research paradigm
March 8, 2023 | 9-10:30?am MT
The March installment will approach this topic based on the themes and recommendations from the Expanded Focus for OSH (Ex4OSH) 2021 international conference which considered the paradigm shift needed to prepare for future changes and maximize worker health and well-being. REGISTER
Work, Stress, and Health 2023
November 8-11, 2023
WSH is looking for presentations on a range of topics that address the changing nature of work and implications for worker health, safety and well-being.?Proposals are due by March 6, 2023. SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Society for Total Worker Health?
Society for Total Worker Health ?members are at the forefront of applying the TWH?approach to advance worker well-being. Become a member today. BECOME A MEMBER
Total Worker Health??is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Participation by the Center for Health, Work & Environment does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.