Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH)
A NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC)
NIOSH Total Worker Health® Affiliate
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) supports research, education and outreach in occupational and environmental health funded by Grant #T42OH008421. This ERC grant is under the leadership of David Gimeno, PhD and George Delclos, MD, MPH, PhD who serve as ERC Director and Deputy Director. The mission of the SWCOEH is to promote and improve health, safety, and well-being in the workplace and the community.
Events and News
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Upcoming Events
- Occupational Medicine Journal Club
March 23, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT - Environmental Health & Safety Academy XXV - Part 2 - Online course
March 27, 2023 - April 10, 2023 - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Research Seminar Series
March 24, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT - Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Research Seminar Series
April 7, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT - 2023 Gulf Coast Chapter - Professional Development Conference (PDC)
April 21, 2023 - Ergonomics and Industrial Hygiene NIOSH ERC Webinar Series
Recent News
- El Paso Spotlight: Kristina Mena on Pathogens, People, Places: Workplace Safeguards for Illness Intervention (Restaurants)
- SWCOEH’s Dr. Brett Perkison leading a DPP partnership with San José Clinic
- Total Worker Health trainee Rosandra "Røs" Daywalker, MD, appointed to Society for Total Worker Health advisory panel
- SWCOEH Total Worker Health faculty Kevin Lanza, PhD, awarded grant to study safe routes to school
- SWCOEH’s Dr. Rispba Garrison completes OEM rotation with International SOS
- We Are Hiring Faculty
- El Paso Spotlight: Kristina Mena on Pathogens, People, Places: Workplace Safeguards for Illness Intervention (Offices)
- SWCOEH alum Whitney Harrison Jackson, MPH, PhD, appointed Public Health Informaticist with Washington State DOH
- SWCOEH alum Bethany Boggess Alcauter, NCFH awarded large grant to support 48,000 farmworkers
- SWCOEH faculty co-author article "Expanding the Focus of OSH: Lessons from a Series of Linked Scientific Meetings"
- Consider the SWCOEH on GivingTuesday, Nov. 29
- SWCOEH PhD candidate Rosandra “Røs” Daywalker appointed Medical Director at WorkSTEPS
- Summer Update: Aro Choi lands Senior Research Associate position with UNT Health Science Center
- Health Symposium Recap: Impacts of fabric face masks in the occupational environment with Mark Wilson