University of Colorado Denver

Welcome to WestON, an annual meeting sponsored by the NIOSH Western States Office (WSO), the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and the Mountain & Plains ERC.  State Epidemiologists and NIOSH officials meet in Denver to share best practices.  The conference helps to better track occupational health and safety in their respective states so that they can better target their prevention efforts in local communities and specific at-risk industries. 

The fourth annual Western Occupational Network (WestON) meeting was held September 22-23, 2011, in Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by the NIOSH Western States Office (WSO), the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and the Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC), the meeting provided a venue for occupational safety and health professionals throughout the western U.S. to meet and share ideas for collaboration, information exchange, and capacity building.

Please click on the following links to view presentations from the WestON meeting.

• Social Media at NIOSH
• Compelling Worker Health and Safety Messages Through Digital Storytelling
• Evaluation of Social Media Campaign in Washington State
• A Menu of Options for Agencies Interested in Working with Students​​
• Securing Fellows for Your State
• Making the Best Use of the NIOSH OHI Database
• Approaches to Research Translation ​- Max Lum, NIOSH Office of the Director
• Research to Practice: What is it and how do we do it?
• Construction Ergonomics: The challenges of moving from innovation to adoption
• Project LeAD: Improving safety in construction by developing leaders
• Employer Occupational Injury and Illness Recordkeeping: Interviews with WA State employers​