NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series
NIOSH is pleased to launch a new webinar series on the future of work. With the participation of NIOSH researchers and external experts, this series aims to inform and engage audiences on fundamental future of work priority topics and sub-topics. We hope that you will join us as we explore subjects and critical questions vital for the safety, health, and well-being of tomorrow’s workforce.
Upcoming Webinars
Past Webinars
The Role of Economic Security in the Future of Work
NIOSH Science Blog: https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2023/05/02/fow-economic-security
The sixth webinar in the NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series focused on the role of economic security in the future of work. The webinar helped occupational safety and health (OSH) and allied professionals and practitioners understand how adequate wages, equitable and commensurate compensation and benefits, and minimum guaranteed hours are vital to determining worker health and well-being.
Featured Moderator and Speakers:
Dr. Regina Pana-Cryan
Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Support Office, and Comanager of Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-being Cross-Sector Program at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Dr. Tapas K Ray
Economist and Assistant Coordinator for the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-being (HWD) program at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Sarika Abbi, MPA
Associate Director for the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program.
The Role of Robotics in the Future of Work
NIOSH Science Blog: https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2022/06/03/robotics-fow/
The fifth webinar in the NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series focused on robotics. The webinar offered an overview of robotics trends, implications for worker safety and health, and the NIOSH Center for Occupational Robotics Research. Findings were presented on ways to assess both human-robot interaction safety risks and exoskeleton performance in differing temperatures.
The featured moderator and speakers discussed select technological job displacement sub-topics and the safety, health, and well-being opportunities and challenges facing tomorrow’s workforce.
Featured Moderator and Speakers:
Scott Henn, MS, CIH
Industrial hygienist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Dawn Castillo, MPH
Director of the Division of Safety Research and Manager for the Center for Occupational Robotics Research, the Center for Motor Vehicle Safety, and the Traumatic Injury Prevention Program at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Chukwuma (Chuma) Nnaji, MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
The Role of Technological Job Displacement in the Future of Work
Webinar Recording
NIOSH Science Blog: https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2022/02/15/tjd-fow/
The fourth webinar in the NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series focused on the role of technological job displacement in the future of work. The webinar helped occupational safety and health (OSH) and allied professionals and practitioners understand and address OSH implications of automation; digitalization; job quantity and quality; occupational polarization; productivity enhancement and quality improvement through automated manufacturing; and stable, new, and redundant work.
The featured moderator and speakers discussed select technological job displacement sub-topics and the safety, health, and well-being opportunities and challenges facing tomorrow’s workforce.
Featured Moderator and Speakers:
Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA
Coordinator in the NIOSH Office for Total Worker Health® and Coordinator in the NIOSH Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Cross-Sector Program
Naomi Swanson, PhD, MA
Senior Science Advisor in the NIOSH Division of Science Integration and Co-Manager of the Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Cross-Sector Program
Shannon Meade, JD
Executive Director of Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute and Executive Director of the Emma Coalition
NIOSH Science Blog
Webinar Recording
The third webinar in the NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series focused on the role of demographics in the future of work. Prioritizing growing worker diversity will help occupational safety and health and allied professionals and practitioners identify, examine, and reduce the inequitable distribution of workplace- and work-related risks and benefits due to demographic characteristics, ensuring the well-being of all workers.
The featured speakers discussed selected sub-topics and the safety, health, and well-being opportunities and challenges facing tomorrow’s workforce.
Featured Speakers:
Laura Syron, PhD, MPH
Assistant Program Coordinator for the Occupational Health Equity Program and the Center for Maritime Safety and Health Studies, at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Marie-Anne Rosemberg, PhD, MN, RN, FAAOHN
Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing in the Systems, Populations, and Leadership Department
Watch the Webinar Recording Here
The second webinar in the NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series focused on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the future of work. Understanding how AI works can maximize occupational safety and health (OSH) advantages as well as minimize potential setbacks. Although the application of AI in the workplace is still emerging, OSH professionals, practitioners, researchers, employers, and workers can benefit from developing a greater understanding of workplace AI applications.
The featured speakers discussed selected sub-topics and the safety, health, and well-being opportunities and challenges facing tomorrow’s workforce.
Featured Speakers
Jay Vietas, PhD, MS, CIH, CSP
Chief of the Emerging Technologies Branch, in the Division of Science Integration, at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Houshang Darabi, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Watch the Webinar Recording Here
During the first webinar in the new NIOSH Future of Work Webinar Series, this event focused on the role of organizational design, including the basic, foundational physical and functional infrastructures influencing where, when, and how work is conducted. The organization of work refers to psychosocial and physical aspects of the workplace that greatly impact worker safety and health issues, such as: autonomy, burnout and stress prevention, healthy leadership, job flexibility, leave policies, scheduling, social and corporate responsibility, built environment, workspace, and work-life fit.
The featured speakers discussed various organizational design sub-topics and safety, health, and well-being opportunities and challenges facing tomorrow’s workforce.
Featured Speakers
Jessica MK Streit, PhD, MS, CHES®
Research Psychologist and Deputy Director of the Office of Research Integration at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Leslie B. Hammer, PhD
Professor at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, at Oregon Health & Science University
Co-Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center