Co-Sponsors:

• Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• University of Maryland, Work and Health Research Center
• AARP
• Association of Occupational and Environmental Health Clinics (AOEC)
• Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (SOEH)

About the Co-Sponsors:

The Center for Construction Research and Training, formerly known as The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights (CPWR), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. Since the inception of research initiatives in 1990, CPWR has become an international leader in applied research, training, and service to the construction industry.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the US Department of Health and Human Services.

AARP
AARP’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for all as we age, leading positive social change and delivering value to members through information, advocacy and service.

University of Maryland, Work and Health Research Center, The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Work and Health Research Center (WHRC) was established in 2005 to provide a forum for multidisciplinary faculty and students conducting research focused on the health of working populations. The Center’s overarching research theme is “organization of work” and its impact on health, with a focus on health and service sector workers. It is dedicated to improving health through research, education, advocacy, and practice directed at the prevention of occupational causes of illnesses and injuries. A critical component of the Center’s research is our focus on understudied and underserved workers and communities and our partnerships with organizations and individuals who represent these workers. Current research projects include those examining: workplace violence, stress, needlestick injury, musculoskeletal diseases, depression, and health and social services work environments.

AOEC is a non-profit membership organization established in 1987. Its members are a multidisciplinary group of physicians, nurses, industrial hygienists and other occupations concerned with occupational and environmental health. AOEC focuses on the prevention of work and environmentally related injury and illness. One of its recent significant accomplishments was the development of clinical guidelines for adult lead-exposure cases.

SOEH was founded in 1972 by Irving J. Selikoff as a multi-faceted forum for academics, government policy makers, and industry and union representatives to formulate positions on public policy issues. It is a non-profit society that has sponsored scientific and public health policy conferences on time issues. The most recent conference, in partnership with the AOEC, was on mold-related health effects the findings of which were used by sponsoring agencies to help respond to the aftermath of recent hurricanes.