Long COVID and Work Presenter: John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) discuss the epidemiology of long COVID in working-age adults, 2) describe the emerging theories about the etiology of long COVID, 3) explain approaches to the evaluation of long COVID in workers, and 4) explain approaches to the treatment of long COVID in workers.…

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Mapping Out Community Risks to Workplace Exposures Presenter: Abas Shkembi, MS, University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) describe how workplace exposures vary from neighborhood to neighborhood in the US; 2) discuss how overlooking workplace exposures when assessing social vulnerability may undercount community risks; and 3) investigate cumulative occupational and environmental…

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A Proposed New Strategy for Occupational Exposure Assessment for Airborne Contaminants Presenter: Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, CIH, Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Director, Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1) describe the limitations of the 1977 NIOSH exposure assessment strategy; 2) discuss the AIHA and British-Dutch…

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