2023 ICOH Scientific Committee on Occupational Health For Health Workers

P. Durando^1,2, A Montecucco^1,2, A. Rahmani¹, B. Kusznir Vitturi¹, A. Toletone², S. Porceddu², C. Novella², M.G. Mavilia², G. Dini^1,2

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy

² Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy

Megan Guardiano (1)*, Timothy A. Matthews (2), Wendie Robbins (1,2), Jian Li (1,2)

(1) School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, United States

(2) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Hilde Heiro¹, Sonja H. Brunvoll², Bato Hammarström¹, Sara Nygaard³, Merete Ellingjord-Dale², Mette Istre², Karl Trygve Kalleberg⁴, John Arne Dahl², Nils Inge Landrø⁵, Ragnhild Bø⁵, Britt Randem¹, Arne Søraas^2,4, Camilla L. Søraas¹, Anders B. Nygaard²

¹Section for Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

²Dept. of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

³Dept. of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

⁴Age Labs AS, Oslo, Norway

⁵Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Dept. of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

 Letycia Nuñez-Argote, PhD, MLS(ASCP)^CM

Mariam Yassa, MD
Rutgers University

Alborz Rahmani¹, Alfredo Montecucco^1,2, Bruno Kusznir Vitturi¹, Guglielmo Dini^1,2, Paolo Durando^1,2

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy

² Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy

Tanis Zadunayski, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labrèche, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Shannon Ruzycki, Nicola Cherry

Anil Adisesh¹MD, Igor Burstyn²PhD, Quentin Durand-Moreau³MD, France Labrèche⁴PhD, Shannon Ruzycki⁵MD, Tanis Zadunayski³BSc, Nicola Cherry³MD, PhD

1 Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

3 Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada

4 Research Department, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail

5 Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Calgary, Canada

Tal Gafni

Marco García, Juan Ignacio¹; García Yánez, Tivisay², Del Campo Balsa, Mª Teresa³ 

¹MD, Resident of Occupational Medicine, Department of Occupational Health and Prevention. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Madrid. Spain. 

² MD, Resident of Occupational Medicine, Department of Occupational Health and Prevention. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Madrid. Spain. 

³ MD, PhD, Specialist of Occupational Medicine. Department of Occupational Health and Prevention. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Madrid. Spain. 

Psychosocial Risk Factors in Paramedical working at the IEES Hospital in Quito-Ecuador in Covid-19 Emergency

Diana Belen Pillajo Pillajo1, Alfonsina Isabel Rodríguez Vásconez 2*, Pablo Roberto Suasnavas Bermúdez 3.

Michelle Bester
South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing (SASOHN)

Aulanko, I., Nikuri, P., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, S., Lahdentausta, L., Pietiäinen, M., Paju, S., Kivimäki, A., Pussinen, P., Geneid, A., & Sanmark, E. (2022). “As protective gear began to run low, guidance on protection became looser” - Healthcare workers' perspectives on infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.982738

Aulanko, I., Sanmark, E., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, S., Lahdentausta, L., Kivimäki, A. ... Geneid, A. (2023). Working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in primary and tertiary healthcare: a comparative cross-sectional study. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. https://doi

Dr Blanche Andrews

Laura Gómez Armesto
Senior Graduate of the Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo
Technical Research Unit
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo
Madrid, Spain

IAA Work Environments for Healthcare Personnel: Inclusive, accessible, and adapted

Currently, we are witnessing continuous changes in trends and forms of employment. Additionally, there is a transition towards new social models that impact on the work environment. In this transition, what happens to disabled workers in healthcare environments? Are these environments suitable for this group? An inclusive, accessible and adapted healthcare environment is necessary to meet their needs, with technical supports to create a safe environment on equal terms, where the disability should not define the person or been seen as a limitation, but rather as way to enhance the value of the work environment valor, eliminating prejudices and any social and corporate barriers, taking into account only the talent, competencies and values of the person, and not the external, physical, superficial characteristics, situations or difficulties of the person.

Several studies highlight the benefits of inclusive workplaces. On a professional level, it increases team commitment, creative and new perspectives, making work environments, including sanitary, more enriching and increasing their productivity in all areas. On a social level, work contributes to the development of self-esteem, mental health, and well-being, improving their social and emotional well-being and life quality.

The aim isn’t just to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the healthcare environment, but also to ensure that this participation takes place on an equal level with their counterparts. Given these changes and employment trends, it’s necessary to promote an inclusive transformation in all healthcare environments, ensuring the principles of equal opportunities, non-discrimination and accessibility to the entire working population, including those people with disabilities, while also ensuring their physical, mental and social health.

Technical Investigation Unit. Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo. Madrid, Spain

Kathryn Leep-Lazar, BSN, RN
4th year pre-doctoral student
Rory Meyers College of Nursing, NYU

Authors: Guglielmo Dini^1,2 Alborz Rahmani¹; Bruno Kusznir Vitturi¹; Nicoletta Debarbieri²; Alessia Manca²; Alfredo Montecucco^1,2; Paolo Durando^1,2

1. Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Ital
2. Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy

Heejoo Ko¹, Dohwan Kim¹, Seong-Sik Cho², Mo-Yeol Kang³

¹College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea

²Department of Occupational and Environmental medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Republic of Korea

³Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea

Stellenbosch University Occupational Medicine: Dr Jack Meintjes and Dr Blanche Andrews

Dr Blanche Andrews
Occupational Medicine, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University

Alireza Dehdashti

Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan,Iran

PhD (Occupational Health), Professor

E-mail: dehdashti@semums.ac.ir ; dehdasht@yahoo.com

Tel:00989122113783

1. Dr Abigail O’Reilly, Specialist Registrar in Occupational Medicine.

• Address: Occupational Health Department, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
• Affiliations: Health service Executive Ireland, Royal College of Physicians Ireland

2. Dr Conor Loftus, Consultant Specialist in Occupational Medicine

• Address: Occupational Health Department, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
• Affiliations: Health Service Executive Ireland

3. Dr Hemal Thakore, Consultant Specialist in Occupational Medicine

• Address: Occupational Health Department, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
• Affiliations: Health Service Executive Ireland

Author: Aziz Khan, MD, MPH

Co-authors: Julie Caruth, MD, MPH. Ruth Lin, MD. Kathy Black, PhD, MPH.

Judith M Graber, PhD.

Authors: Svenja Mertens1, Albert Nienhaus2, Claudia Peters2, Uwe Koch-Gromus1

 1 Institute and Outpatients Clinic of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany 2 Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany

Viola Mambrey1, Jian Li2, Adrian Loerbroks1

1Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

2Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding

 School of Public Health, School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, United States

Warunee Tangsathajaroenporn¹,  Jinjuta Panumasvivat^2*, Kampanat Wangsan², Supang Muangkaew¹, Wuttipat Kiratipaisarl²

¹ Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand

² Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sara Nygaard¹, Sonja H. Brunvoll², Hilde Heiro³, Bato Hammarström³, Merete Ellingjord-Dale², Mette Istre², Karl Trygve Kalleberg⁴, John Arne Dahl², Nils Inge Landrø⁵, Ragnhild Bø⁵, Britt Randem³, Arne Søraas^2,4, Camilla L. Søraas¹, Anders B. Nygaard²

¹Dept. of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

²Dept. of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

³Section for Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

⁴Age Labs AS, Oslo, Norway

⁵Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Dept. of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Authors: Annalee Yassi, David Vigor, Humberto Ramirez, Elisabeth White, Stacy Sprague, Arnold I. Okpani, Stephen Barker, Karen Lockhart, Chad Kim Sing

Heejoo Ko¹, Dohwan Kim¹, Seong-Sik Cho², Mo-Yeol Kang³

¹College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea

²Department of Occupational and Environmental medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Republic of Korea

³Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea

Devan Hawkins, Public Health Program, School of Arts and Sciences, MCPHS University

Liliana Râpaș¹

¹Directorate of Public Health B.-M.H.

Janhvi Shah 1 , Akhilesh Kumar PH 1 , Alka Gautam 1 , Satyendra Khichar 1 , Suman

Saurabh 2 , Mahendra K Garg 1 , Maya Gopalakrishnan 1

Affiliation: 1 Department of Internal Medicine, 2 Department of Community Medicine and Family

Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India

Authors: Bruno Kusznir Vitturi¹, Alborz Rahmani¹, Alfredo Montecucco^1,2, Guglielmo Dini^1,2, Maria Gabriella Mavilia², Laura Mazzocchi², Gabriella Biffa³, Dimitri Sossai⁴, Paolo Durando^1,2

1.      Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa

2.      Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa

3.  Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa

4.      Prevention and Protection Service Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa

Jess Williams

Alfredo Montecucco^1,2, Alborz Rahmani¹, Guglielmo Dini^1,2, Paolo Durando^1,2

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy

² Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy

Jerry Spiegel, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Kerry Sidwell Wilson, Jennifer M. Grant, Arnold I. Okpani, Natasha Sanabria, David Jones, Karen Lockhart, Annalee Yassi

Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, MD, FAHS
Neurologist and Headache Specialist, Hartford HealthCare
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Connecticut
Executive Committee Member, International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition
300 Post Road West Suite 102
Westport, CT 06880
begassededhaem@gmail.com

Robert E. Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor emeritus of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont
Founding President of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy
Steering Committee Member, Migraine at Work
1 South Prospect Street
Arnold, Level 2
Burlington, VT 05401-5505
robert.shapiro@uvmhealth.org 

Conference Chair, Scientific Committee on Occupational Health for Health Workers of ICOH

University of Hamburg
UHH · Centre of Excellence for Epidemiologiy and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare )

Dr. Behrman is a Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she has served as Occupational Medicine Director for more than 25 years. Her practice and academic interests focus on healthcare personnel, occupational infections, nosocomial infection prevention, vaccine preventable diseases, and adult immunization programs. She is responsible for clinical care, surveillance and immunization programs for healthcare personnel, research staff, and veterinary staff at a large academic medical center. Dr Behrman was elected to Penn’s Academy of Master Clinicians in 2018. A fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, she is a past chair of the national Medical Center Occupational Health Section of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Chief Program Officer, Workers, Environment and Climate
Migrant Clinicians Network

Founder & CEO Affor Health

Pan American Health Organization

Past President, IEA, HFES
A. S. Imada & Associates

Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health in New York City

Professor, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Herediana

Independent Consultant

Occupational Medicine Society of Buenos Aires Province - Argentina

Vice President, International Commission on Occupational Health

Venezuelan Society on Occupational Health

Director, Respiratory Health Division (RHD)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Occupational Medicine and Occupational Diseases Manager
Health Care Management
ASEPEYO

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer 
NYC Health + Hospitals

Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health 
International Labour Organization

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Committee Chair, Scientific Committee on Occupational Health for Health Workers of ICOH

Bergische Universität Wuppertal | Uni-Wuppertal, BUW · Occupational Health Science
MD, Professor

Principal Attorney
Salmen Navarro Law, P.C.

Chair, Scientific Committee on Women Health and Work 
ICOH

Associate Director of Emergency Management
NYC Health + Hospitals

CEO Mentallylab & PRLInnovación

Ophthalmology resident
Hospital clinic Barcelona

Advisor, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization

President
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Global Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator
International Organization for Migration, Migration Health Division

Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine 
Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine 
Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science
Director, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Deputy Director, Respiratory Health Division (RHD)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Occupational medicine and occupational risk prevention
Health Care Management
ASEPEYO

Head of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service 
Puerta de Hierro University Hospital

SafeWork NSW

Project Manager in Global Health, Environmental Protection and Occupational Health

Coordinator, Occupational Health Equity Program
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Advisor for international and socio-political collaboration
International Section on Prevention of Occupational Risks in Health Services c/o BG Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege

President and Chief Executive Officer 
NYC Health + Hospitals

Director, Division of Science Integration, NIOSH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Medical Director, Employee Health & Wellness
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Directora de Sosteniblidad de l'Institut Català de la Salut

Assistant Director, Human Factors & Systems Design
KK Women's & Children's Hospital

Occupational nurse and occupational risk prevention technician
Health promotion technique at MC MUTUAL

Northwell Health

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Stanford University

Professor
Central University of Venezuela (UCV)
International Commission on Occupational Health