Injury Center Second Term Seminar Series: Occupational Safety
Each academic term, the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy offers a graduate seminar course on various injury topics. Seminars are open to all. Students pursuing the Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention are required to register for 305.861.71, Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy, for all four terms (see Certificate for more details).
Each academic term, the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy offers a graduate seminar course on various injury topics. Seminars are open to all.
For more information, visit the event page:
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/node/308586.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2024-11-04 17:10 2024-11-04 18:20 UTC use-title Location Zoom
About the Event
Hosted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy, the seminar series is designed to advance your understanding of injury, violence, and resulting disability as public health problems. Each term the seminar has a unique focus, including for example, foundational issues, current research, methodological approaches, unmet needs and emerging topics, as well as the application of policy, law and practice for injury and violence prevention. Students hear from leading experts in the field and read literature provided to accompany each presentation. All seminars will be offered via Zoom; links will be provided at the beginning of each term.
Seminars are held every Monday, October 28 through December 16 from 12:10 - 1:20 p.m. ET via Zoom
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November 4, 2024
Extreme Weather Trends and Secondary Impacts on Health
Sunny Wescott, MS
Federal Emergency Response Official Chief Meteorologist
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
This presentation will touch on the trends in extreme weather, amplifying risks to humans and wildlife from direct impacts of debris, smoke, heat, and contaminants. Following recent changes in baseline temperatures and resource constraints, the secondary threats to emotional and physical health will continue to amplify aggression and depression swings in societal response.