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Peter Davies Published in Health Talk

Peter Davies, PhD, UMASH Research Scientist and a professor in the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with scientists from the USDA National Animal Disease Center and the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, conducted two studies on MRSA in relation to US pigs and the people who work with them. Dr. …

Research Paper from UMASH Pilot Project Published in Journal of Applied Communications

An original research paper, “Fitting Farm Safety into Risk Communications Teaching, Research and Practice,” appears in the current issue of Journal of Applied Communications. Authors Jim Evans, University of Illinois, and Scott Heiberger, National Farm Medicine Center, examined the potential for strengthening skills in farm safety communications …

Bryan Weichelt Presents Poster at APHA 2015

Bryan Weichelt presented a poster at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Chicago in November 2015. The title of the poster was “Nuance to Numbers: Transforming Unstructured Physical Therapist Field Data to Structured Farm Task Data for an Injured/Ill Return to Work Software Application.”  The abstract and poster …

UMASH Research Featured in AgriView.com Article on Asthma and Allergies

UMASH Co-Director Matthew Keiffer, MD, MPH has been quoted in a recent AgriView.com publication. In the article, entitled ‘Farms linked to less asthma, allergies’, Dr. Keiffer states that “he hopes researchers will be able to use the study’s findings to develop a therapy to prevent asthma and allergies.” The UMASH 2012 funded Pilot …

Peter Davies Appointed to National Presidential Advisory Council

Peter Davies B.V.Sc., Ph.D., professor of Swine Health and Production, and UMASH Principal Investigator on the MRSA Colonization and Infection in Swine Veterinarians project, has recently been appointed one of only four veterinarians in the nation to the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. This advisory council …

SPOTLIGHT: Responding to Emerging Issues – HPAI Outbreak

SEPTEMBER 2015 Joni M. Scheftel, DVM, MPH, DACVPM State Public Health Veterinarian, Minnesota Department of Health Kirk Smith, DVM, PhD Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section, Minnesota Department of Health In spring 2015, the U.S. experienced a devastating outbreak caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2, …

NFMC 2015 Summer Interns

Katherine Ziekle and Elizabeth Steiner were 2015 summer interns with the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) at Marshfield Clinic through the Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP), which is a national program that links interns to various organizations working on emerging occupational health and safety issues throughout the U.S. Katherine and …

Ag Safety and Health Pledge Campaign

UMASH initiated a Pledge campaign from August 1st through September 30th, 2015 as part of National Farm Safety and Health Week. Our Pledge, promoted the ‘Ag safety is not just a slogan, it’s a lifestyle’ theme and included these eleven safety reminders: Wash my hands after handling animals or leaving animal facilities Apply sunscreen when going …

UMASH Partners Receive Research Collaboration Award from National Safety Council

The National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC), Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), and four partner organizations received the inaugural Stakeholder Collaboration in Occupational Injury Research Award, sponsored by the National Safety Council (NSC). The award was presented May 19 as part of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) 2015 in …

Avian Influenza Resources

With the recent avian influenza outbreak, attention must be given not only to animal health, but also the health and well-being of farmers and workers. UMASH, in collaboration with its partners, has gathered information and resources to assist agricultural workers and producers with getting the assistance they need. The CDC recently issued a Health …