Posts Tagged NIOSH

Sunshine Education and Research Center links multiple disciplines to improve the wellbeing of workers

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First published on July 13, 2015 in observance of the COPH’s 30th anniversary celebration. Founded in 1997 by a training grant supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Sunshine Education and Research Center at the USF College of Public Health stemmed from an industrial hygiene training […]

Sunshine ERC provides students cross-discipline collaboration

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First published on May 8, 2020 in observance of the COPH’s 35th anniversary celebration. The Sunshine Education and Research Center (Sunshine ERC) located in the USF College of Public Health is one of 18 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) education and research centers across the nation that […]

Digging deeper: Understanding how employers protect worker safety, health, and well-being

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Little is known about how employers implement guidelines that protect and promote the safety, health, and well-being of their workers, according to USF College of Public Health doctoral student Heidi Hudson. Hudson, who is pursuing a doctor of public health degree in advanced practice leadership in public health, is lead […]

COPHers study public health in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

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If ever there was a ground zero for studying disaster management, it is Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. In May an interdisciplinary team of students from USF’s College of Public Health and its Sunshine Education and Research Center (ERC) traveled with faculty advisors Dr. Anthony Masys, associate […]