Occupational Health Speaker Series
Fridays from 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
UPCOMING UPDATES for WINTER 2024
2023
JANUARY 20, 2023
Infection Prevention at University of Michigan Hospital System
Amanda Valyko, Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
MARCH 10, 2023
Guest Speaker
Dr. Ram Maikala
MARCH 17, 2023
Guest Speaker
Dr. Tran Huynh
MARCH 24, 2023
Guest Speaker
Florence Johnson
MARCH 31, 2023
Guest Speakers
Amel Omari & Christine West
APRIL 7, 2023
Guest Speaker
Oliva Walch
2022
JANUARY 28, 2022
Infection Prevention at University of Michigan Hospital System
Amanda Valyko, Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Interprofessional OHS Case Study Introductions
Amanda Valyko, Kristen VanderElzen, Thomas Latchney, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
MARCH 18, 2022
Safety and health for home health care workers (link)
Dr. Margaret Quinn, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
MARCH 25, 2022
Safety and health for astronauts and relevance to other workers (link)
Dr. Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Research Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing
APRIL 1, 2022
Occupational safety and health in human/computer interaction (link)
Rafael Patrick, Assistant Professor and Director, Human IMPAC-T Lab Human Factors Psychology & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech- Blacksburg, VA
APRIL 8, 2022
Social context, safety and health for agricultural workers (link)
Dr. Alexis Handal, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan
2021
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
MiTracking
Jamie Florida, Environmental Health Surveillance Section, Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Infection Prevention at University of Michigan Hospital System
Amanda Valyko, Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Interprofessional OHS Case Study Introductions
Amanda Valyko, Kristen VanderElzen, Thomas Latchney, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
MARCH 19, 2021
Dr. Laura Jean Ridge, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, U-M School of Nursing
MARCH 26, 2021
Dr. David Zalk, Deputy EHS Team Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA
APRIL 2, 2021
Dr. Sheldwin Yazzie, Deputy Director, Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico
APRIL 9, 2021
Dr. Leia Stirling, U-M Center for Ergonomics, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
2020
JANUARY 24, 2020
“Curating and Disseminating OSH Content Using Wikipedia”
Thais Morata, PhD, Senior Research, Center for Disease Control/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH)
JANUARY 31, 2020
“Infection Prevention at University of Michigan Hospital System”
Amanda Valyko, MPH, Director, Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan Hospital System
MARCH 20, 2020
“Mesothelioma Potency for Asbestos, Elongate Mineral Particle, and Talc”
David Garabrant, MD, Professor Emeritus of Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Associate Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
Please note: This seminar was not able to be held in-person or recorded due to COVID-19 concerns.
MARCH 27, 2020
“Total Worker Health”
Diana Rohlman, PhD, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Director, Agricultural Safety and Health Program, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Iowa
Please note: This seminar will not be held in-person due to COVID-19 concerns. Please use this link to access the seminar remotely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDZalM8vAQ4&feature=youtu.be
APRIL 3, 2020
“Horizons for Exposure Assessment: Using New and Old Tools to Solve Occupational Health Challenges”
Lauralynn McKernan, ScD, CIH, Associate Director for Science, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Please note: This seminar was not able to be held in-person or recorded due to COVID-19 concerns.
APRIL 10, 2020
“Occupational Health Surveillance at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services”
Thomas Largo, MPH and Sarah Rockhill, MPH, Environmental Health Surveillance Section, Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Please note: This seminar will not be held in-person due to COVID-19 concerns. Please use this link to access the seminar remotely: https://youtu.be/ZllRVHAzs0I. Please use this link to join a live Q&A with the speaker on 4/10/20 at 1:00 pm: https://bluejeans.com/138507481
2019
Updates Coming Soon!
2018
JANUARY 12, 2018
JANUARY 26, 2018
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
“Possible health impacts of metal mining and processing in Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)”
Benoit Nemery de Bellevauz
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
MARCH 9, 2018
MARCH 16, 2018
MARCH 23, 2018
MARCH 30, 2018
APRIL 6, 2018
“Making Safety Personal”
Warren Hubler
APRIL 13, 2018
2017
JANUARY 13, 2017
“Toxic Politics: The ‘Freedom’ to Experience Occupational Disease”
Adam Finkel, ScD, Senior Fellow, Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Clinical Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan
JANUARY 20, 2017
“A User-Centered Design Approach for Improving Patient Handover”
Jessie Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
JANUARY 27, 2017
“The NIOSH Upper Limb Consortium Studies: What Did We Learn About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and What Should We Do Next?”
Bradley A. Evanoff, MD, MPH, Professor, Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
“Precarious Employment – the New Norm? Changing Unhealthy to Healthy Work”
Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA, Coordinator for Partnership and New Opportunity Development, Office of Total Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
“Using Interprofessional Collaboration to Build Flexible Health Workforces”
Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, Professor, Director, Occupational Health Nursing Program: University of Michigan
Rick Neitzel, PhD, Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
“Efforts to Address the Challenges of Integrating Occupational Risk Analysis and Cumulative Risk Assessment”
Scott Dotson, PhD, CIH, Education and Information Division (EID), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
“Global Health Challenges for the Next Century”
Perry Gottesfeld, Executive Director, OK International
MARCH 10, 2017
“Impacts of Workstation Adjustability on Task Performance and Injury Risk: A Case Study Using a Simulated Repetitive Drilling Task”
Maury Nussbaum, PhD, CPE, HG Prillaman Professor, Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
MARCH 17, 2017
“Engaging Computer Vision for Ergonomics Exposure Assessment: Repetitive Motion and Manual Lifting”
Robert Radwin, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MARCH 24, 2017
“The Dungeness Crab Fishermen Led Injury Prevention Program”
Laurel Kincl, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oregon State University
MARCH 31, 2017
Work Organization: A Preventable Source of Risk Factors for Chronic Disease
Laura Punnett, ScD, Co-Director, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
Professor, College of Health Sciences: University of Massachusetts Lowell
APRIL 7, 2017
“Total Worker Health for Obesity”
MinKyoung Song, PhD, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University
APRIL 14, 2017
“EHS Issues and Approaches in the Beer Manufacturing Industry”
Mary Zmuda: Senior Director, Global Environment, Health and Safety, MolsonCoors
2016
JANUARY 8, 2016
“The Effects of Systems and Design on Employee Health and Safety from the Office to the Construction Site: Identifying Causal Pathways Through Modern Ergonomics and Human Factors”
Jack Dennerlein, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Science, Northeastern University
JANUARY 15, 2016
“The Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program at NIOSH – Solving Problems in the Workplace”
Christine West, PhD, RN, MSN/MPH, Nurse Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
JANUARY 22, 2016
“Large-Scale Agricultural Industry, Women Workers, and the Implications for Child Development: The Case of the Ecuadorian Flower Industry”
Alexis Handal, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Public Health Program, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico
JANUARY 29, 2016
“The Role of Unions in Occupational Safety and Health”
Scott Schneider, MS, CIH, FAIHA, Director of Occupational Safety and Health, Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
“Occupational & Environmental Health: Version 2.0”
David Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
“Collaborating for Hearing Conservation: A Simulation”
Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN, FAAN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Richard L. Neitzel, PhD, CIH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
“The Exposome: Implications for Occupational Health”
Gayle DeBord, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
“Computer Vision-based Automated Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Working Postures”
SangHyun Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
MARCH 11, 2016
“Environmental-Wide Association Study of Job Families Related to Musculoskeletal Disorders Among U.S. Employees of a Large Company”
Hien Le, PhD, MPH, Research Investigator, Epidemiology, Global Health Services, The Chemours Company
MARCH 18, 2016 – RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE
“From Industry to Academia – The Ongoing Quest to Identify the Offending Antigen”
Melissa Millerick-May, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University, Division of Occupational Medicine
Abstract: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP) is a serious, potentially fatal respiratory disease caused by an immune response to inhaled environmental antigens. Patients with acute symptoms are often misdiagnosed with pneumonia or after repeated exposures and development of scarring may be incorrectly diagnosed as having idiopathic fibrosis or sarcoidosis. To identify antigens, standard clinical test are currently available that detect serum antibodies to 3-8 antigens in contrast with the ~300 known to cause disease. Results of our preliminary studies indicate that a cross-disciplinary patient-centered approach is more effective for identifying the offending antigen(s) than what is currently available to clinicians, results from which may be used to develop targeted exposure avoidance plans potentially allowing for reversal or stabilization of disease.
MARCH 25, 2016
“NIEHS Support for Transformative Research for the Integration of Exposure and Response”
David Balshaw, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
APRIL 1, 2016
“Every 15 Seconds: The Global Dimensions of Occupational Disease”
Marianne Levitsky, Workplace Health Without Borders
APRIL 8, 2016
“A 21st Century Toolkit for the Modern Exposure Scientist: Crayons, Paper, and Plastic”
John Volckens, PhD, Colorado State University
APRIL 15, 2016
“Hotel Houskeepers: A Low Wage Worker Group at Risk for Poor Health Outcomes”
Marie-Anne S. Rosemberg, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Abstract: Hotel housekeepers are a group of low wagers who often work in substandard conditions and are exposed to physical, chemical, biological, and psychological hazards. They experience multiple work and non-work related stressors of undefined magnitude which put them at risk for poor health outcomes. This talk provides an overview of this worker group, and resituate the urgency of their welfare as a public concern and a priority of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Previous studies conducted among this worker group are presented and research gaps are discussed.
This session was available via live webcast!
2015
JANUARY 9, 2015 – VISITING PARTNERS PROGRAM
“Manufacturing Readiness Levels – Introduction to EHS Thread”
Susan Donaldson, MS, CHMM, General Electric Global Research Health & Safety COE Leader
“University Chemical Laboratory Safety Training: Online vs In-person Comparison Pilot Study”
Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, PhD, Assoc. Professor and Graduate Director, Dept. of Health Education and Recreation, Southern Illinois University
JANUARY 16, 2015
“Making the Business Case for Health Promotion – Total Worker Health”
Michael P. O’Donnell, MBA, MPH, PhD, Director, Health Management Research Center Clinical Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
JANUARY 23, 2015
“Connected and Automated Vehicle Technology: Opportunities and Challenges”
Matthew Reed, PhD, Research Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Dept. of Industrial and Operations Engineering
JANUARY 30, 2015
“Ergonomics 2.0–Designing and Developing Safe, Productive, and Cost Effective Manufacturing Systems”
Bradley Joseph, MPH, MS, PhD, CPE, Global Core Systems Engineering, Supervisor Virtual Assembly, Ford Motor Company
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Topic: Biomechanics of Concussion Injury
James Ashton-Miller, PhD, Albert Schultz Collegiate Research Professor and Distinguished Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering; Internal Medicine Director, Biomechanics Research Laboratory, University of Michigan
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
“Biological Monitoring as a Exposure Assessment Tool – My Biological Monitoring Research”
Shane Que Hee, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
“How the System that Tracks Occupational Injuries Misses 50-70% of the Injuries”
Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD, FACPM, FACE, Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Professor Medicine, Michigan State University
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
“Occupational Health Should Focus More on Immigrants and other Undeserved Workers”
Marc Schenker, MD, MPH, Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, University of California at Davis
MARCH 13, 2015
“The Health Hazard Evaluation Program and Emergency Response Activities at NIOSH”
Christine West, Nurse Epidemiologist, NIOSH
MARCH 20, 2015
“BIG DATA Environmental Epidemiologic Research Using Electronic Health Records”
Brian Schwartz, MD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Medicine, John Hopkins University
MARCH 27, 2015
“It’s a Small World – Global Expansion of the Occupational Hygiene Profession”
Nancy McClellan, MPH, CIH, CHMM, Occupational Hygiene Manager, EHS Governance & Sustainability, AbbVie
APRIL 3, 2015
“Working in the Vat: Occupational Hazards in the Swine Rearing Industry”
Patrick O’Shaughnessy, PhD, CIH, Professor and Associate Head for Student Affairs and Curriculum, Director, Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Iowa
APRIL 10, 2015
“Gender Differences in Response to Occupational Pesticide Exposures”
Jane Hoppin, ScD, Deputy Director, Center for Human Health and the Environment, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
APRIL 17, 2015
“Nurses’ Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Evidence and Interventions”
Christopher R. Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
2014
JANUARY 10, 2014
“Employee Safety Challenges with Company Acquisition and Integration”
Wendi Latko, PhD, Environment, Health, Safety, & Sustainability Director, Xerox Technology
JANUARY 17, 2014 – VISITING PARTNERS PROGRAM
“A Creative Approach to Promoting Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety: The COHSE Visiting Partners Program”
Christopher Godwin, MPH, PhD, VPP Program Coordinator
“Statistical Tools to Manage Occupational Exposure”
Sergio Caporali-Filho, PhD, CSP, CIH
“Development of New Methods for Chemical Hazard Screening in Consumer Products”
Jeff Gearhart, MS
“Integration of Safety Content, Concepts and Activities in Construction Program Curriculum: A Case Study”
Elbert Sorrell, EdD, CSP
JANUARY 24, 2014
“‘100 Grand’ In Your Pocket: Reducing Liability and Increasing Profitability”
Kevin Roehling, Safety and Loss Prevention, Berends, Hendricks, Stuit Insurance
JANUARY 31, 2014
“Program of Research in Stress and Depression”
Bonnie Hagerty, PhD, RN, Associate Dean, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Reg Williams, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, CAPT, NC, USNP (ret), Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing and Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
“Skilled Trades Safety and Safety Culture at the Ford Livonia Transmission Plant”
Livonia Transmission Joint UAW/Ford Safety Culture Committee
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
“Collaborating for Hearing Conservation: A Simulation”
Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, Occupational Health Nursing Program Director at UM School of Nursing and Associate Professor
Richard Neitzel, PhD, Assistant Professor of EHS, UM School of Public Health
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
“Hearing Protector Fit-Testing: FAES 101”
Pegeen Smith, RN, MS, COHN-S, Global Technical Service Product Specialist, 3M Company
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
“Creative Use of Direct-Reading Instruments”
Thomas Peters, PhD, University of Iowa, College of Public Health
MARCH 14, 2014
“Global Issues in Occupational Safety and Health During the Next Decade”
Gregg Clark, General Motors
MARCH 21, 2014
“Complex Urban Exposure and Health – Strategies to Study the Interaction Between Chemical and Psychosocial Factors and Health”
Bengt Arnetz, MD, PhD, MPH, MScEpi, Professor, Wayne State University
MARCH 28, 2014
“Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Cooking in developing Countries”
Patrick Breysse, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
APRIL 11, 2014
“Exposure Assessment to Elongated Mineral Particles in the Taconite Industry in Northeastern Minnesota”
Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, CIH, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
APRIL 18, 2014
“Hazard Identification, Mitigation, and Risk Assessment at the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory”
Liz Mackey, PhD, Safety Program Coordinator, National Institute for Standards and Technoogy (NIST)
For more information about this course contact:
Marie O’Neill, PhD
Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Professor
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Phone: 734-615-5135