The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invites you to attend the OEMR Presentation Day, on June 27, 2025.  The presentations will take place at HSPH in Kresge 502 and remote attendance via ZOOM will be available.

The Session 1 runs from 9:00 am to 11:30 am, where the first year OEM Residents will present their Practicum (aka Capstone) projects.

Session 2 begins at 12:30 and concludes at 2:30, where the second-year residents will give the final presentations of their Residency Research Projects, and awards will be announced around 1:55 pm. Click here for details about Session 2.

CMEs will be available for US-licensed physicians.*

Click here to register to attend Session 1 via ZOOM

The AM Session: First-year Resident Practicum Projects

Title: Burnout and Mental Wellbeing in Healthcare Workers After Hurricane Helene: Initial Findings from a 12-Month Longitudinal Study

Presenter: Tiffany Tam, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to

1. Describe the validated screening tools used to assess burnout, resilience, and depression.
2. Interpret early data on the relationship between disaster exposure and mental health outcomes among health care workers following Hurricane Helene
3. Compare mental health outcomes between disaster-exposed and non-disaster exposed healthcare workers.
4. Discuss the implications of study findings for occupational health policy and disaster response planning.

Title: Evaluating the Clinical Training Experience in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM): Insights from the Harvard OEM Residency Alumni Survey

Presenter: Andrew T. Bagby, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the methodology of the Harvard OEMR Alumni Survey
2. Summarize the demographic characteristics of OEMR alumni respondents
3. Interpret preliminary survey findings related to alumni perceptions such as clinical preparedness, rotation value, and OEM core competencies.
4. Identify key areas of strengthin OEMR training based on alumni feedback.
5. Identify key areas for  improvement in OEMR training based on alumni feedback.

Title:  From Insight to Action: Tackling Substance Use in Railroad Workers

Presenter: Jeremy Berger, DO, MPH, MS

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to

1. Describe survey-based insights into the role of frontline supervisors in supporting substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and recovery.
2. Discuss employee awareness levels of intervention programs such as P.I.E.R., EAP, and Co-Worker Intervention based on survey findings.
3. Discuss the implications of low Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC-4) scores for safety-sensitive railroad workers.
4. Describe recommended next steps for improving workplace mental health and substance use prevention in railroad workers.

Title: Understanding Mental Health in Residency – The Perspective of Program Leadership

Presenter: Aditya Nellore, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to

1. Discuss the most recent data on physician suicide.
2. Describe potential barriers preventing physicians from seeking mental health care.
3. Discuss potential limitations of qualitative interview-based studies.

Title: Health Information Seeking Behaviors on Social Media and Digital Apps by Pregnant Women

Presenter: Shannel Pegram, DO, MPH

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to

1. Discuss the types of online resources pregnant individuals use for health information.
2. Evaluate the quality and helpfulness of these resources.
3. Assess open-source, job-specific available resources for pregnant individuals.
4. Describe how this research could be used as a framework for providers to offer their patients vetted resources tailored to their patients’ preferences.

Title: Association Between Diffusing Capacity and Small Airway Abnormalities in Deployed US Military Veterans

Presenter: Erika Anderson, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to

1. List occupational exposures of deployed veterans to Southwest Asia.
2. Recall the definition of Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO).
3. Describe the mechanism behind the DLCO measurement.
4. Discuss whether some measurement values of DLCO have been shown to indicate small airway disease.

*CE/CME Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live and hybrid activity for 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note: The morning session carries 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.  The afternoon session carries 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.