Newsroom: NIOSH-Funded Research News
Below are links to press releases and news about NIOSH-funded research from some of the institutions we support.
MRASH conference to highlight safety and health of vulnerable farmworkersexternal icon
October 5, 2021 – Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Drought can lead to more than the summertime blues in farmersexternal icon
September 17, 2021 – Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Office air quality may affect employees’ cognition, productivityexternal icon
September 9, 2021 – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education and Research Center
New grant will help OSU researchers find ways to prevent injury in Dungeness crab industryexternal icon
August 10, 2021 – Oregon State University
WVU School of Public Health takes over workplace health major as scope of occupational health hazards broadens to include infectious diseasesexternal icon
May 13, 2021 – West Virginia University
Supporting employee mental health: A new module for employers to make real changeexternal icon
May 19, 2021 – Center for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health
Some temporary workers much more likely to get hurt on the job — new Washington safety requirements aim to change that external icon
April 15, 2021 – Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Study shows working in agriculture poses higher risk of developing dementiaexternal icon
January 19, 2021 – Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
NIOSH pledges $6 million for child agricultural injury preventionexternal icon
October 27, 2020 – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Virtual conference is taking Midwest farm safety to the worldexternal icon
October 14, 2020 – Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
Free training for supervisors aims to keep young agricultural workers safeexternal icon
Sept. 30, 2020 – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Researchers creating personalized robotic limb to reduce work intensityexternal icon
September 25, 2020 – University of Illinois Chicago
Governor Jared Polis Proclaims August 20 as Total Worker Health Day in Coloradoexternal icon
August 20, 2020 – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Cultivating Safety on the Farmexternal icon
August 15, 2020 – Ag Net West
Improving Ladder Safety, One Rung at a Timeexternal icon
August 11, 2020 – University of Pittsburgh
75% of US workers can’t work exclusively from home, face greater risks during pandemicexternal icon
June 23, 2020 – University of Washington
Research team works to develop new ways to detect air pollutantsexternal icon
February 18, 2020 – Virginia Tech
Researcher to take on challenge of home care safety for workers, patientsexternal icon
February 5, 2020 – Umass Lowell
CDC grant to focus on effects of nano-coal dust on lung disease in coal minersexternal icon
December 20, 2019 – Penn State
Researchers Develop Germ-killing Fabrics to Prevent Hospital Infectionsexternal icon
December 5, 2019 – UMass Lowell
Small, wearable air pollution sensors will let workers know what they’re breathingexternal icon
October 28, 2019 – Colorado State University
University of Hawaii, Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program study finds pesticides may play a role in cardiovascular diseaseexternal icon
October 2, 2019 – University of Hawaii
Study Finds Home Health Workers Often Face Verbal Abuseexternal icon
August 19, 2019 – UMass Lowell
UA Receives CDC Funding to Educate Next Generation of Occupational Health Professionalsexternal icon
August 2, 2019 – University of Arizona
Pesticide exposure linked to teen depression in agricultural communitiesexternal icon
July 2, 2019 – University of California San Diego
Mining Safety, Health Focus of $1.7M Grantexternal icon
June 25, 2019 – University of Arizona