January 5, 2015
CREOD has created an evidence-driven assessment tool that JHSCs, employers and policy-makers can use to evaluate various JHSC functions and characteristics, and help improve JHSC effectiveness. The tool was developed based on the Safety Element Method and input from experts, and pilot tested in two
August 21, 2012
Jeremy Scott, a CREOD researcher, has been awarded a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. Jeremy starts at Lakehead on September 1, 2012. In addition to his ongoing research on occupational lung disease, he will be responsible for Lakeheadâ
March 8, 2011
A Global Workshop on Occupational Skin Disease (OSD) was held in Geneva February 22 and 23, 2011, organized by the World Health Organization and the European Academy for Dermatology and Venerology. The workshop reviewed current activity related to primary and secondary prevention of OSD. 24 invited
January 21, 2011
CREOD scientist Dr. Aaron Thompson describes the case of a 54 year-old miner with “vibration white foot”, a debilitating condition associated with foot-transmitted vibration exposure. Thompson AM, House R, Krajnak K, Eger T. Occup Med (Lond). 2010 Oct;60(7):572-4. Link to PubMed