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   Series 8:
   Occupational / Environmental Health and Safety Primer and Issues


Presentation Location
NASA HQ, Room CD61
300 E St, S.W.,
Washington, D.C.
Live Video Teleconferencing
 14 NASA Centers / Facilities

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia

Institut de Medecine et de Physiologie Spatiales, (MEDES), Toulouse, France

Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Internet Connection
 Live via Mbone Multicast System
Continuing Education
 CME, CNE, and ACHE offered through USUHS Continuing Health Education

Certification Maintenance Points from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Planning Committee
 NASA
A. Nicogossian, MD

R. S. Williams, MD

C. Angotti, RD

W. Chan, PhD

C. Sleboda, RN
(Chief Nurse, Dryden FRC)

H. Shoemaker, RN, MS (Occupational Health Program Specialist, Kennedy Space Center)

USUHS
C. Naschinski, RN, MS
Director, Office of Continuing Health Education

D. Louis, MD, Director
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health


Seminar Moderator
 Catherine Angotti, RD, LD

Director, Occupational Health, Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA
Course Director
 Wing T. Chan, PhD, SM

Senior Public Health Officer, Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA

Series 1 - Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Series 2 - Public Health Policies, ... in the United States
Series 3 - Public Health Policies, ... in Foreign Countries
Series 4 - Bioethics in the U.S. & Selected Countries
Series 5 - Health Surveillance/Maintenance ... Workplace
Series 6 - Emerging Diseases
Series 7 - Aging
Series 8 - Occupational/Environmental Health and Safety
Series 9 - Nuclear Terrorism

Session 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10

• • • Session 7 • • •
Workplace Psychology and Industrial Hygiene
webcast
  1. Workplace Psychology, and the Impact of Work Stress on Safety and Health
    • James W. Grosch, PhD, Research Psychologist, Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH
  2. Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene and the Significance of Worksite Evaluation: Ergonomics, Radiation, Heat / Cold Stress, Sound Exposure and Illumination
    • Commander Donald Hagen, MS, CIH, USN, MSC, Staff Officer at Chief of Naval Operations (N45), Crystal City, VA


    • Date: August 24, 2001 (Friday)
    • Time: 1100-1300
• • • Session 8 • • •
Overview of Occupational and Environmental Health Laws and Regulations | webcast
  • R. Leonard Vance, Ph.D., J.D., PE, CIH, CSP, Associate Professor, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA * Date: September 7, 2001 (Friday)


  • Time: 1100-1300

Series 8

Picture of a woman working in a factor

"...growing concern about workers' health is based on the recognition that workers' health is a fundamental factor in human sustainable development because it plays a major role in promoting economic growth. Workers' health is a fundamental right that needs an efficient economy and an environment of equity and social justice. Today it is very difficult to separate health, occupational and environmental problems from economic problems..."
 
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