2008 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (LMRIS) are co-sponsoring a contest to recognize outstanding student papers related to occupational injuries. The paper may be on any aspect of work-related injury from descriptive epidemiology (surveillance), worker training, protective equipment, analytical epidemiology, intervention or policy evaluation, occupational medicine, return to work or any other topic related to occupational injuries. Student contestants with winning submissions will have an opportunity to present their work in a special session of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium on October 21 - 23, 2008, in Pittsburgh. Submission deadline: Closed

Eligibility

A student in a degree granting, graduate-level (e.g., masters or doctorate) program of study in a field related to safety, injury or occupational health.

Awards

Awards will be made on the basis of the quality and completeness of the submissions, as specified in the award criteria listed below. Finalists will be notified by June 1, 2008. Awardees will receive financial assistance for travel to NOIRS, and the conference registration fee will be waived.

NOIRS Session

NIOSH and LMRIS will host a session at NOIRS in which contest finalists will present their winning submissions. The session will provide an open forum in which contest participants and conference participants will discuss the student papers.

Publicizing Submissions

Winning student paper submissions may be disseminated through the NIOSH Website.

To Enter the Contest

Submissions for Contest is closed.

Award Criteria

1. Description of the need/problem addressed by the paper;


2. Explanation of study design and methods. For example, does the report identify the study design, sample or sample strategy, how data were collected and analyzed? Did the report explain the results fully, considering the role of other factors that might have affected the results? For reports involving primarily qualitative data, the richness and depth of data collected and the quality of data interpretation.


3. Implications of the paper for the field of occupational injury.

For More Information

Requests for more information or questions should be submitted to noirs2008@cdc.gov.

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