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Director J. Sorensen receives researcher award at North American Safety Summit

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Dr. Julie Sorensen, Director of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) and the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, was honored today with the Safety & Health Researcher Award during the North American Agricultural Safety Summit (March 28-30) in Las Vegas. Sorensen’s

EXPLORE: 2021 in Review

3 years ago in

View our 2021 Year in Review and read about the Northeast Center's... steadfast commitment to educate, advocate and vaccinate in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic (pp. 2-3) collaboration - regionally and internationally - with workers, industry stakeholders and other researchers (pp. 5-7) efforts to

Listen to our NEW Fishing Forward Podcast

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What do commercial fishermen share in common with professional athletes like LA Lakers’ LeBron James and tennis ace Naomi Osaka? Find out in the first episode of the Fishing Forward Podcast, a new podcast for fishermen with a focus on health, safety and “staying shipshape”

30 Years of the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program

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Congratulations to our NIOSH AgFF Center colleagues for 30 years of excellent service, collaboration and camaraderie. Read about the history of the program on the NIOSH Science Blog. Congratulations, too, to NIOSH’s 50 years of work in occupational safety and health.

Professional Logging Contractors honors Northeast Center

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The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (PLC) recently honored the Northeast Center with its Supporting Member Award for demonstrating an “unprecedented commitment to logging contractors in Maine.” “Supporting loggers through health research and practice has been a critical mission for us,” said Deputy Director Erika Scott,

Northeast Center hosts international fishing safety work group

4 years ago in

At the 2018 International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference (IFISH5), held in Newfoundland, one particular session sparked a conversation that is still active three years later.The panel-led session —“Changing commercial fishing personal flotation use behavior: what can we learn from efforts to address the most

Survey Report: COVID-19’s impact on NE loggers

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In the interest of understanding the impact of COVID-19 on loggers in the Northeast region, the Northeast Center developed and distributed surveys to loggers in six states. Of the 3,652 surveys mailed, 484 were returned, for an overall response rate of 13.3%. Results from the

Grants for One-Year Projects

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Deadline for Submissions: July 7, 2021 Applications for the Northeast Center’s small grants program are currently available. Our 2021-2022 program will fund two $25,000 mini-grants for one-year research projects. We are looking for proposals that: Lay the groundwork for larger, multi-year projects. Identify emerging health

Tracking Injuries: A Crosswalk to Fast(er)-Lane Data Collection

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Northeast Center researchers have developed a new way to characterize agriculture, forestry and fishing injuries from hospital data. It's complex, but we've broken down the process in this infographic. To dive deeper, read our recent article in Injury Epidemiology. Learn more about how we are

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Director J. Sorensen receives researcher award at North American Safety Summit

EXPLORE: 2021 in Review

Listen to our NEW Fishing Forward Podcast

30 Years of the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program

Professional Logging Contractors honors Northeast Center

Northeast Center hosts international fishing safety work group

Survey Report: COVID-19’s impact on NE loggers

Grants for One-Year Projects

Tracking Injuries: A Crosswalk to Fast(er)-Lane Data Collection

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