Great work from Dr. Leena Nylander-French, @NCOSHERC Director in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health with the top downloaded article in AJIM on the important issue of occupational exposure to PFAS ("Forever Chemicals").

Highlights from the 2025 Southeastern State Occupational Health Network (SouthON) and Southeast Regional Research Symposium (SERRS)! Our fantastic student and faculty projects helping businesses and protecting workers. Making a difference!

Highlights from the 2025 Southeastern State Occupational Health Network (SouthON) and Southeast Regional Research Symposium (SERRS)! Our fantastic student and faculty projects helping businesses and protecting workers. Making a difference!

Join us October 24 at 9:45am ET for a webinar on the issue of cancer in the fire service. Scan QR code in flyer below. #firefighter #cancer #fireservice

Dr. Leena Nylander-French, @UNCpublichealth Professor and Director of NC OSHERC is keynote speaker at the Occupational and Environmental Exposures of Skin to Chemicals Conference, hosted by @AIHA . Her research will better protect the military from chemical warfare agents.

Join us September 17th with the Carolina Center for Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-being on "Rethinking the business case for Total Worker Health® Interventions". Drs. Jeremy Bray and Bruce Sherman will lead a lively discussion. Register through QR code.#totalworkerhealth

Work-related stress linked to a higher risk of this common heart condition, study finds. 7 ways to protect your mental health on the job. (.

Work-related stress- something we can all identify. John Staley is quoted in this article on Yahoo! Life News about this issue. Work-related stress linked to a higher risk of this common heart condition, study finds. 7 ways to protect your mental health on the job. Next post. .

🚨 REGISTER NOW! 🚨.Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) Review Course in Chapel Hill, Sept 11-13, 2024! 📅. 🕒 Deadline: Aug 25, 11:59pm EST.📍 Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC.💼 20.5 contact hours.🔗 Register here: #COHN #Nursing.@UNCpublichealth

🚨 New Online Courses Alert! 🚨. Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene.📌 Register here! Professional Ethics for IH & Safety Pros.📌 Register here! #IndustrialHygiene #SafetyProfessionals #ProfessionalDevelopment #EthicsTraining

We are now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Pilot Projects Program!. 📅 Deadline: June 26, 2024 . Details & Apply: See attached and contact Julie Myers at jmmyers@unc.edu. Share with anyone interested in OSH research! #OccupationalSafetyandHealthResearch #CallForProposals

Thrilled to share the 2024 Occupational Safety and Health Spring Institute was a huge success! 🎉 Thanks to all participants and our stellar instructors: Richard Cravener Jr., MS, CIH, CSP, Elyse Barrick, Louise Ball, PhD, and Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIH.

Register now for NC OSHERC's next COHN Review Course, September 11-13, 2024 in Chapel Hill, NC! . REGISTER HERE: Registration Deadline: August 25, 2024 . #COHN #OccupationalHealth #NurseCertification #CareerDevelopment. @UNCpublichealth

Join us for an insightful webinar where we'll delve into effective strategies for recruiting workplace supervisors into research trials. Register here: @UNCpublichealth

Meet Dr. Case: He serves as the Director of our Occupational Medicine Residency Program. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Family Medicine & Community Health Department at Duke University. @UNCpublichealth

Meet Xu Xu: He is an associate professor at North Carolina State University who teaches courses related to human factors and ergonomics. His research mainly focuses on human motion data analysis and theoretical human biomechanical modeling with an emphasis on safety promotion.

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER for the 2024 Occupational Safety and Health Spring Institute, May 13-17! Don't miss out on this opportunity for world-class continuing education and make sure to register by April 29th at 8 AM ET. Register at

Don't forget to tune into our webinar titled, "Towards Better Understanding of Workplace Factors Contributing to Burnout in Healthcare Settings," tomorrow at noon. Hope to see you all there!. @UNCpublichealth

Check out the full interview here:

Take a second to read about Dr. Nylander-French interview with the Society of Toxicology Occupational and Public Health Specialty Section (OPHSS)!. @UNCpublichealth