03/04/2026 - 03/05/2027: New and Old Hazards On-the-Job and in the Environment

Thursday, March 4 - Friday, March 5, 2027

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Course Description

This 2-day course is presented by the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. The curriculum is designed for occupational and environmental health professionals, including occupational physicians and nurses, and industrial hygienists. Policy makers and medical-legal practitioners also will benefit from the curriculum offered. The course provides insights about workers in the US and worldwide. It offers an exploration of emerging and persistent challenges in occupational and environmental medicine, with direct implications for patient care and workplace health advocacy.

Thursday, March 4, 2027 - Topics on Day 1 include occupational cardiovascular disease, work-related pulmonary fibrosis, liver toxicants, and agricultural sector intoxications. The day concludes with a panel discussion.

Friday, March 5, 2027 - Day 2 continues with expanded aspects of new and old hazards, including critically assessing biomedical literature, interacting with workers compensation insurers, and a review of key recent publications. The day concludes with a poster session offering opportunities for discussion and engagement with current research and clinical applications.

Attendees will leave equipped with practical knowledge to protect workers in diverse workplaces, strengthen collaboration among the occupational health related clinical and non-clinical disciplines, and advance resilience in the face of a changing policy landscape.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Analyze the scope of their role in integrating occupational and environmental health factors into clinical practice.
  • Integrate current medical knowledge regarding established and emerging occupational and environmental risk factors into preventive health strategies.
  • Recognize historical patterns of occupational and environmental illness and injury, and identify emergent presentations.
  • Critically appraise scientific data related to the influence of occupational and environmental factors on various disease processes.
  • Formulate comprehensive differential diagnoses that incorporate a broad spectrum of environmental and occupational etiologies for various disease processes.
  • Apply state-of-the-art updates to inform the prioritization of clinical care, research, and public health policy.
  • Implement appropriate regulatory management strategies for specific work-related scenarios.

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Audience

The curriculum is designed for occupational and environmental health professionals, including occupational physicians and nurses, and industrial hygienists. In addition, primary care and emergency care providers will benefit from the course content.  Although targeted for clinicians, occupational and environmental health professionals including policymakers and medical-legal practitioners may also benefit from the curriculum offered.

Accessibility

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Will Bellamy at coehce@berkeley.edu or (510) 642-8365 with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.