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Welcome to the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH). UMASH is a Center of Excellence in Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention.

Within this site, you can learn more about our Center, our projects, and our evaluation program. You can contact our researchers and staff, keep up to date with the latest UMASH and agricultural news and events, and learn how your participation in our projects and community outreach can help us identify and address existing and emerging issues in agricultural safety and health.


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Latest News from "In the Field"


UMASH at 142nd Annual Meeting of APHA

APHA 2014December 1, 2014 - UMASH was represented well at APHA in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17-19. Healthography was the theme for this 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.

UMASH partner staff presenting and participating there from the National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield, Wisconsin, include (pictured at left, L to R): Patricia Juarez-Carrillo, Iris Reyes, Scott Sandberg, Casper Bendixsen, and Amy Liebman. Amy and Patricia are with the Migrant Clinician Network which partners with the National Farm Medicine Center on the "Seguridad en Las Lecherias: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety" Project.

Presentations included project information regarding these UMASH research, prevention, and education projects: "Surveillance of Disease and Injury in Wisconsin Dairy Farmers and Workers", "Seguridad en Las Lecherias: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety", and "Facilitating Return to Work for Injured and Ill Animal Agriculture Workers".

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Upcoming Events


Minnesota Pork Congress 2015
January 21-22
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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AGRISAFE WEBINAR
Fall Prevention for Agricultural Producers
January 22
12:00PM
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2015 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health
February 23-25
San Diego, California
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AGRISAFE WEBINAR
"This is My World": Perspectives of Senior Farmers and Their Families on Risk and Behavior
February 25
12:00PM
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