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UMASH Presence at the Minnesota Veterinary Medicine Association (MVMA) Annual Convention

UMASH was well represented at the MVMA Convention February 7-9, 2013 in downtown Minneapolis with faculty and staff from the Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases in Agricultural Workers in Minnesota Project including Carrie Klumb, Joni Sheftel (session speaker), Heather Fowler (session speaker), Kirk Smith, and Samantha Saunders participating. Heather …

Understanding the Role of Animal Welfare in Worker Safety: An Emerging Issue

The UMASH in conjunction with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Integrative Leadership and Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership sponsored a forum called “Finding Common Ground: Improving Animal and Worker Health and Welfare,” which was designed to foster conversation among participants with diverse perspectives to discover …

National Farm Medicine Center Conducts Worksite Visit

The National Farm Medicine Center conducted a worksite visit to a Wisconsin farm as part of the Return to Work project. Investigators are developing a compendium of tasks in dairy and pork that we be used to develop an interactive clinically guided software application designed for clinicians to guide early return to work planning for injured workers …

UMASH Presents at the Midwest Regional Agricultural Safety and Health (MRASH) Conference

In November 2012, UMASH staff and faculty attended the Midwest Regional Agricultural Safety and Health (MRASH) Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Center Director, Bruce Alexander, presented an overview of UMASH at the conference’s opening plenary session and other UMASH representatives attended sessions, networked with agricultural safety and health …