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Think – Teach – Do – Ag Safety: Reaching Teachers with Classroom Resources

The Minnesota Association of Agricultural Educators (MAAE) Summer Conference was held July 8 – 11, 2019 at Breezy Point Resort and Convention Center near Brainerd, MN. UMASH joined over 20 exhibitors on July 9 to connect with teachers and offer health and safety resources for the classroom.   Approximately 150 teachers from across the state …

SPOTLIGHT: CDC Guidelines for Pigs and Fairs

The Center for Disease Control ( CDC) has recently released two guidelines for fair organizers and those exhibiting pigs at the fair to help all of us avoid the spread of influenza. Influenza is a zoonotic disease, which can be transmitted from people to pigs and pigs to people. Knowing the key prevention facts will help keep all fair-goers and exhibitors healthy and having fun at the fair. …

Protecting People in Agriculture – ISASH 2019

Protecting People in Agriculture is the motto for ISASH – the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health           The annual meeting is one UMASH regularly attends as it offers opportunities to learn about recent research, outreach and to network with other agriculture health and safety professionals. Diane …

Farm Safety Check: Hay and Silage Harvest

Warm weather means hay and silage season for many farms. Moving parts, dusts, long days, and roadway hazards are a few of the ways haying and silage harvest can become dangerous. Prevent a serious illness, injury, or delay that could result from skipping on safety by checking in with the harvest team this month. …

Associate Research Scientist

National Farm Medicine Center
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

The Associate Research Scientist maintains and conducts a high quality research program to achieve the organizational goals and results within the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI). The research activities are determined by the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) Center Director and there may be opportunities to participate in and receive some funding from existing funded research projects.

The scientist in this tenure track position will conduct independent, original, applied (translational) research in agricultural safety and health; publish peer-reviewed manuscripts; secure extramural funding; and collaborate with NFMC and MCRI scientists, clinician investigators, and external scientists. This individual is expected to be involved in national and international scientific endeavors, including peer-review mechanisms, and presentations at professional conferences. Options to participate in leadership roles within the NFMC and/or the NIOSH-funded National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety are available.

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Research Specialist

National Farm Medicine Center
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

The Research Specialist will assist in the development and coordination of research efforts focused on rural and agricultural health informatics, child agricultural injury prevention, and agricultural safety and health. Many of these assignments will have an emphasis on quantitative and qualitative data collection, translational efforts, data management, and research logistics. This individual will collaborate with other Center staff on projects as assigned and be responsible for assistance with analysis of research data and communication of research results.

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Agricultural & Industrial Safety & Health

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

This position is a 9-month, tenure-track appointment with approximately 50% extension and 50% teaching and applied research responsibilities. The successful candidate will provide leadership in the area of agricultural and industrial occupational safety and health, with emphasis on eliminating safety hazards, reducing injuries and fatalities, and improving worker health across the spectrum of production agriculture.

Closing date: August 1, 2019

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