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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 …

SPOTLIGHT: Rabies on the Farm

AUGUST 2013 Carrie Klumb Senior Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health Each year, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) tests approximately 2,000 wild or domestic animals for rabies and on average 40 to 100 animals test positive. Rabies is a fatal neurologic disease caused by a virus that is spread through saliva. Typically the virus is spread …

MCN Webinar on Workers and Health

Migrant Clinicians Network’s recent webinar demonstrated the link between the workplace and the health of agricultural workers and their families. More than 175 health care professionals and others, including several international participants attended the webinar titled, Workers and Health: How Frontline Providers Make a Difference in the Protection …

SPOTLIGHT: Needlestick Risks, An Interview with a Wisconsin Dairy Farmer

APRIL 2013 Iris Reyes and Teresa Schnetzer While needlestick injuries are usually minor, certain injection related injuries are very serious. Studies have shown that 80% of farm workers and 73% of swine veterinarians working in animal agriculture have experienced a needlestick injury. While most needlestick injuries can produce skin irritation or allergic …

UMASH Presents at the Rural Migrant and Immigrant Health Conference in Pennsylvania

UMASH Seguridad en Las Lecherias: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety Project Co-Director, Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, presented “Health and Safety on the Farm: A Look at Immigrant Workers in Dairy” for the Rural Migrant and Immigrant Health Conference in Grantville, Pennsylvania as a keynote panelist representing the Migrant Clinicians …

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 …