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Education and Research Center

The Harvard T.H. Chan Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health (ERC) is one of the 18 regional centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The Harvard Chan ERC supports traineeships at the master, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.

Phone 617-432-2422
Location

665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1, 14th floor
Boston, MA 02115

OSH Inclusion and Equity Seminars

This seminar sub-series addresses various critical topics, such as the experiences of essential workers, occupational health hazards, take-home exposures as a lens for structural vulnerabilities, the creation of inclusive institutions, and the application of community-based participatory research principles to enhance equity and capacity within communities.

The Black and Brown Essential Worker in the Time of COVID-19: How Systemic Economic and Health Racism Fueled Differential Outcomes During a Pandemic

September 14, 2020

Ken Alleyne, MD – Orthopedic surgeon; Chair, Board of the Connecticut Health Foundation, and Board Member, University of Connecticut Health Center

Faye Grimsley, PhD, CIH – Head and Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences, Xavier University of Louisiana; Clinical Associate Professor, Global and Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Health Equity Considerations and Occupational Health Hazards in People of Color

October 5, 2020


Structural Vulnerabilities Through the Lens of Persistent Take-Home Exposures

October 26, 2020

Diana Ceballos, PhD, MS, CIH – Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Michael A. Flynn, MA – Anthropologist, Coordinator, Occupational Health Equity Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Developing More Inclusive Occupational Safety and Health Institutions

November 11, 2020


Sherry Baron, MD, MPH – Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, City University of New York

Equity-building through Science: Applying Community-based Participatory Research to Reduce Exposure to Cleaning Chemicals Among Immigrant Latinx Housecleaners in New York

April 19, 2021

Isabel Cuervo, PhD – Senior Research Associate, Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, City University of New York