Western States Occupational Network (WestON) – 13th Annual Meeting
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
NIOSH Western States Division
Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center
September 15-16, 2022
Embassy Suites Hotel, 1420 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80202
- Welcome and Introductions - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH, Western States Division (WSD) meeting moderator. Ryan Hill, NIOSH, WSD
- “Toxic dust – the continuing story of lead poisoned workers,” Rebecca Woolington - Moderator: Robert Harrison, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
- The changing climate and our communities - Moderator: Ketki Patel, Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas DSHS)
- National action plan for respiratory protection - Jonathan Samet, University of Colorado
- On the front lines – protecting wildland firefighters - Kat Navarro, NIOSH, WSD
- Temperature, workplace safety, and labor market inequality - A. Patrick Behrer, World Bank
- Quick Takes Session: I Me Mine - Working All Through the Day - Moderator: Ken Scott, NIOSH, WSD
- A new framework for improving miners’ health: Update - Aaron Sussell, NIOSH, Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD)
- Mineral dust analyses in coal miners with severe lung disease - Jeremy Hua, University of Colorado
- Silicosis related to engineered stone in California - Kristin Cummings, CDPH
- Health conditions among male workers in mining and other industries that rely on manual labor occupations - Tashina Robinson – NIOSH/SMRD
- Making connections in Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance - Hitendrasinh Thakor, Texas DSHA
- Back to the Future: COVID-19 and the Workplace - Moderator: Rebecca Jackson, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- The school as a workplace - Joel Solomon, National Education Association
- Why does work matter – making the case for protecting workers - Letitia Davis, Massachusetts DPH (retired)
- Tracking the pandemic at work: did it work? - Marie Sweeney, NIOSH, Division of Field Studies and Engineering
- Brain Busters Session: Networking Through Storytelling - Madison Crepeau, Center for Work, Health, and Environment
- The Other Morning Joe: public health and nature - Joe McLaughlin, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
- Workers on the edge: young, old, and precarious - Moderator: Derry Stover, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Teenager dies in a tire shop – permits and possibilities - Bob Harrison, CDPH
- We are all getting older – risk factors and recommendations for productive aging in the workplace - Jim Grosch, NIOSH, Division of Science Integration (DSI) / Gigi Gretchen Petery, NIOSH, DSI
- Towards Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Worker Health Equity Research at NIOSH - Gialana Dang, NIOSH, WSD
- OSHA Update and Collective Ideas - David Valiante, US DOL, OSHA
- Quick Takes Session 2: If A Dog Bites a Wildland Firefighter in the Forest, Does It Show Up in Our Data and Research Agendas? - Moderator: Carol Brown, University of Colorado
- Comparing employer characteristics among employers with versus without legal migrant farm workers - Luke Sampson, Washington Department of Labor and Industries
- Full-Time Equivalent estimates calculation by industry and occupation using the American Community Survey (ACS) for workers compensation claims analyses - Komi K.S. Modji, Wisconsin Department of Health Service
- Partnering to Develop an American Indian and Alaska Native Worker Safety and Health Strategic Plan - Elizabeth Dalsey, NIOSH/WSD
- Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak in Wildland Firefighters — California, 2021 - Dorothy Maffei, CDPH
- Dog Bite-Related Injuries in Occupational Settings - Megan Cahill, EIS, Idaho
- Future directions, open discussion, and wrap-up - Moderator: Bob Harrison, CDPH
