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ERC Seminars

The Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center (ERC) holds monthly seminars during the academic term on topics related to occupational and environmental health. 

Presentations

Please click below to see more information about each online ERC seminar. 

ERC Seminar: Museum Health & Safety: A Focus On Pesticides And Silica Dust

Presented on March 3, 2025 by: 

David Goldsmith, MPH, PhD
George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

and

Maria Fusco
Chief Conservator/Margaret Wing Dodge Chair in Conservation
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Click here to view the seminar on our YouTube channel. 

ERC Seminar: American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) National Update

Presented on Feb 3, 2025 by: 

Larry Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE 
Chief Executive Officer of American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

Click here to view the seminar on our YouTube channel. 

Joint ERC/CIRP Seminar: Health and Safety Risk Exposure in Hospital Nursing

Presented on Dec 2, 2024 by: 

Paul E. Spector, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida

Click here to view the seminar on our YouTube channel. 

Joint ERC/CIRP Seminar: Extreme Weather Trends and Secondary Impacts on Health

Presented on November 4, 2024 by: 

Sunny Wescott, MS Federal Emergency Response Official Chief Meteorologist 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Click here to view the seminar on our YouTube channel. 

Product Stewardship: a chemical industry perspective

Laura Webbert Bartholomew, MS
Global Product Stewardship & Regulatory Manager
The Chemours Company

Given on May 1, 2023

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The NIOSH Miner Health Program…and why an injury epi came to help lead it

Gerald Poplin, PhD, MS
Branch Chief
CDC/NIOSH Spokane Mining
Research Division

Given on April 3, 2023

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Pesticides and prostate cancer risk: Investigating the role of genetic predisposition and ancestry

Lauren M. Hurwitz, PhD MHS
Cancer Prevention Fellow
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute

Given on March 6, 2023

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Workplace Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Suzanne Marsh, PhD, MSPH
Statistician
Division of Safety Research
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Given on December 5, 2022

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Maryland State Occupational Health Indicators

Clifford S. Mitchell, MD, MPH
Director of the Bureau of Environmental Health
Maryland Department of Health

Given on May 2, 2022

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Update on Construction Sector Safety and Health - NIOSH Construction Program

Douglas Trout, MD, MHS
NIOSH Office of Construction Safety and Health

Given on April 4, 2022

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The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in a Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Future Research

Roger D. Lewis, Ph.D., CIH, FAIHA
Professor Emeritus; Environmental and Occupational Health College for Public Health and Social Justice
Saint Louis University

Given on March 7, 2022

  • Download the slides
     
  • This Atlantic article by Sarah Zhang is on the benefits of ventilation: "The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once".
     

  • The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in a Pandemic, 2nd Edition, is available to download for free. Thanks to a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIHA is able to offer this PDF book for FREE.
     

  • Sign up for the 3 Pandemic Sessions related to this talk at the 2022 AIHce in Nashville
    • A10: The Role of the IH in a Pandemic, Part 1

    • B10: The Role of the IH in a Pandemic, Part 2

    • C10: The Role of the IH in a Pandemic, Part 3

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Mental Health and Work

Georgia J. Michlig, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
Department of International Health

Given on February 7, 2022

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Contact

Please contact Keith Choi at kchoi@jhu.edu if you have any questions about the ERC Seminar Series.