The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, is celebrating its 40th year as one of the first established and continuously funded NIOSH Education and Research Centers in the country.

To celebrate our long-term success in training and research in occupational safety and health, we are organizing a 40th Anniversary Celebration and Scientific Symposium.

Breakfast and refreshments will be served. Determination of credit is pending for Continuing Medical Education and other Continuing Education Units.


Mark your calendars and register to RSVP!
Your registration is appreciated and will assist us in our event planning.


Program

8:30am - 9:00am
Registration/Breakfast

9:00-9:15
Welcome & Introductions
Elaine Symanski, PhD
 Professor and Director, SWCOEH
UTHealth School of Public Health –
Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

9:15-10:00
History & Future of the NIOSH ERC Program
Sarah Felknor, DrPH
Associate Director for Research Integration and Extramural Performance
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

10:00-10:30
Student Poster Session & Networking

10:30-11:15
Keynote Presentation
David Michaels, MPH, PhD
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Administration , 2009-2017

11:15-12:00
Total Worker Health Armchair Panel Discussion

Moderator : R. Sue Day, MS, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
UTHealth School of Public Health -
Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Panel Speakers: 

Faiyaz Bhojani, MD, DrPH, FACP
Business Health Leader, Global Manufacturing and Upstream Americas
Regional Health Manager, Americas Oil & Gas
Shell Health

Sarah Felknor, DrPH
Associate Director for Research Integration and Extramural Performance
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

J. Jack Hinton, DrPH, CIH
Vice President – Health, Safety and Environment International Petrochemical Industry
Baker Hughes

James Shelton, MS
Compliance Assistance Specialist
Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

12:00-1:00
Overview of "LIFE'S WORK: A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the USA"
 Mr. Earl Dotter
Photojournalist

1:00pm
Adjourn