Quantifying Occupational Heat Stress Among U.S. Agricultural Workers

Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health

October 12, 2021, 7:00:00 PM

12 - 1 PM PT | 2 - 3 PM CT | 3 - 4 PM ET

Speaker(s)

Emma Moynihan, MPH

Emma Moynihan, MPH is a third year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology. Her dissertation explores the relationships between pesticide exposure, heat stress, and chronic kidney disease among agricultural workers in the United States. Her other active research areas of interest include food system resilience, applied epidemiology, air pollution, and climate change. Prior to her graduate studies, Emma received a Fulbright Scholarship to Malaysia. She has worked as a research coordinator at the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine and as a consultant for ICF, where she focused on disease surveillance programs and health surveys for the CDC, NIH, and state health agencies.

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About the webinar:

Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries including heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat rashes. This presentation will explore the public health burden of heat stress in agricultural workers in the United States. Learners will also discuss challenges surrounding the measurement of occupational heat stress, and methods to assess heat stress exposure using spatial and meteorological data.

Learning Objectives:

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

- Discuss the public health significance of heat stress as it relates to agricultural workers
- Identify current literature on and challenges surrounding the measurement of occupational heat stress
- Discuss the use of spatial and meteorological data to estimate exposure to heat stress

Accessibility:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Michelle Meyer at (510) 642-8365 or mmeyer@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.