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Carrie Klumb, MPH Presents Environmental Health Seminar

Carrie Klumb, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health presented a seminar “A One Health Approach to Healthy Fairs” at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health as part of the Environmental Health Seminar Series on February 13, 2014. The presentation provided an overview of the Minnesota Department of Health’s …

UMASH at the Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Conference in Iowa

UMASH personnel were well represented at the November 19-20, 2013 Midwest Regional Agricultural Safety and Health Conference (MRASH) – “The Many Faces of Agriculture” held in Ames, Iowa. Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, UMASH Project Co-Director, presented on Seguridad en Las Lecherias; Matt Keifer, MD, MPH, UMASH Co-Director and Project Director, presented …

Dr. Peter Davies Presents at ASM-ESCMID Conference

UMASH Project Director, Dr. Peter Davies BVSc, PhD, Professor, Swine Health and Production, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, presented at this year’s “3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications”; November 4-7, 2013 in Copenhagen, …

Points of Pride Research Day

The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) held its annual Points of Pride Research Day on October 2, 2013 to celebrate the CVM’s research program and honor faculty, fellows, students, and research partners who contribute to the advancement of biomedical sciences and veterinary medicine. Mindy Buswell, UMASH staff and CVM veterinary …

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, …

Matt Keifer, MD, MPH and Amy Liebman, MPA, MA Contribute to EPA Publication

Matt Keifer, MD, MPH, Co-Director/Project Director, and Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Co-Project Director with UMASH were both involved in the 2013 EPA publication Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 6th Edition.  “It’s an honor to be even a small part of such a distinguished and valuable collection of information on the management …