NIOSH 50th Anniversary

2021 marks the 50th anniversary of NIOSH. Created by the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, NIOSH was established as a separate and independent research program to create objective scientific research findings in the field of occupational safety and health.
NIOSH will be recognizing this important milestone through various channels throughout the year and posting links to them below.
Please bookmark this page or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay up to date on NIOSH 50th activities.
From the Director’s Desk: NIOSH Looks at 50
Research Rounds: For the NIOSH 50th Anniversary, please enjoy this limited time series, “NIOSH Then” where we look back at research efforts inside and outside of NIOSH from the past 50 years.
- Follow #NIOSH50th on Twitter and Instagram for all the content related to the anniversary and history of NIOSH.
- Follow NIOSH on Instagram for #ThrowbackThursday for historic NIOSH photos.
- Throwback posts so far include: first NIOSH Director, researcher on an HHE, fisherman, and the Morgantown, WV lab groundbreaking.
As part of the 50th anniversary, NIOSH welcomes current and past partners to highlight successes and accomplishments, resulting from collaborations with our institute. Please contact Donjanea Williams (xzn3@cdc.gov), if you would like to join NIOSH in recognizing five decades of improving the occupational safety and health of workers and transferring new knowledge into practice.
As part of the 50th anniversary, NIOSH is creating Wikipedia articles on PHS and NIOSH history topics.
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