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UMASH at the North American Agricultural Safety Summit

UMASH was a sponsoring partner of the North American Agricultural Safety Summit held September 26-28, 2013 in Minneapolis. In addition to hosting the poster session and contributing eight UMASH related project posters, Matt Kiefer, Center and Project Director participated in a Genius Bar – “Ag Related Ailments: The Doctor Is In”, Jeff …

Southern Research and Outreach Center Centennial Celebration

UMASH staff participated in celebrating 100 years of research and outreach activities of the University of Minnesota at the Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, MN on September 19, 2013. Formerly known as the Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station, the Waseca facilities have been the birthplace of many new technologies and …

UMASH at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference

UMASH had a strong presence at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference at the St. Paul River Center on September 16-17, 2013.  Peter Davies, Project Director presented a Keynote Lecture on “Livestock Associated MRSA:  Tiger or Pussycat?” and Bruce Alexander and Jeff Bender, Center Directors, participated in an Occupational Safety workshop …

SafePork 2013

Peter Davies, UMASH Project Director, received the award for best overall presentation “Longitudinal study of Staphylococcus. aureus in US swine veterinarians” at SafePork 2013 held in Portland, Maine, September 9-12, 2013. Jisun Sun, Dr. Davies’ student, also conducted a poster presentation. Pictured at right: Peter Davies, UMASH, …