2025 Recorded Webinars

The project organized a series of 16 “Sandbox” meetings in 2024 and 2025, which brought together diverse thought leaders and stakeholders from multiple, work-relevant fields and occupations. These participants were asked to offer their best thinking and perspectives

Trust is the foundation of a successful industrial hygiene program and professionals. It ensures open communication, accurate data collection, effective control implementation, and a shared commitment to protecting worker health. Trust is critically important for

OSHA’s presentation will introduce and expand the participants understanding of the history of OSHA ergonomics enforcement, how OSHA enforces ergonomics in workplaces where employees suffer significant musculoskeletal injuries, and how OSHA’s enforcement actions result

How do optimism, purpose in life, and other aspects of positive psychological functioning shape our health and longevity? This presentation will explore research on positive psychological functioning and its associations with long-term health outcomes. It will also

This webinar will introduce the Research-to-Practice (R2P) Toolkit, a practical guide to help research teams create a plan to engage key stakeholders and disseminate findings. The R2P Toolkit supports researchers in identifying people and organizations who have a stake

This presentation will explore the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) profession, highlighting both current and emerging applications. The content will primarily be based on insights and findings from a

This webinar will explore two unique research topics.

This presentation will explore antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks in dairy farming environments,

Approximately 7 million workers in the United States work in jobs that primarily require lifting, lowering, and moving materials. This type of worker has the highest rates of injury among professions monitored by the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Injuries can

First responders, law enforcement officers, and other public service professionals face unique occupational hazards every day. This webinar will explore how industrial hygiene principles can be used to safeguard those on the frontlines. Participants will explore best

The PULSE Poultry Study evaluated over 1,000 workers across 11 plants in 2024 to understand the impact of line speed on worker exposure to PAA in poultry and swine processing. Peracetic Acid (PAA) is a powerful oxidizing agent used as an antimicrobial processing aid in

In this webinar we will use occupational and safety health principles on how to improve conditions and reduce the risk of injuries to look at the problem of injuries caused by student behaviors affecting paraeducators, special education teachers and other affected

The PULSE Poultry Study evaluated over 1,000 workers across 11 plants in 2024 to understand how the speed of chicken processing affects workers’ risk of muscle and joint problems. 81% of evaluated workers were found to be at high risk of developing musculoskeletal

H5N1 Avian Influenza has broken all the rules and now impacts dairy production and dairy workers in addition to poultry. This presentation will provide an update on what we know about this virus, what harm prevention and health promotion activities exist (or could exist

This presentation will explore some of the machine learning and natural language processing approaches for analyzing noisy injury narratives collected from hospital emergency rooms and for identifying emerging product injuries from online data sources. Learners will also

Museum staff and management must protect the health of employees, volunteers, and the public. This talk will focus on health risks arising from exposures to older pesticides and from silica dust. When museums return tribal cultural artifacts to native communities, they

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat and reality, accounting for excessive (and growing) morbidity, mortality, and economic costs. This presentation will describe the major resistant pathogens, their epidemiology, clinical and economic impacts, and the

Janitorial work is labor-intensive. It involves a diverse range of tasks that expose workers to physical ergonomic risk factors like repetitive forceful hand exertions and moving heavy objects. Previous studies have reported on the high workloads and prevalence of work-