Keep current with our continuing education and outreach programs.
Registration Open for Occupational Health Symposium
March 12-13, 2020
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center | Coralville, IA
This symposium is intended for nurses, nurse practitioners, safety professionals, human resources professionals, administrators, and other individuals interested in improving the health and safety of workers.
Heartland Center Trainees Featured in Dare to Discover Campaign
Three Heartland Center Trainees are have been featured in the University of Iowa’s annual Dare to Discover campaign. This campaign features students who are engaged in ground-breaking research and scholarly activities. Congratulations to these three trainees!
2020 NIOSH ERC Webinar Dates Announced
NIOSH funds 18 Education and Resource Centers (ERCs) across the US, including the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety. The ERCs are excited to announce the 2020 Webinar Series lineup, which offers free webinars monthly on various Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics topics.
Occupational Hearing Conservationist Certification
Certification: March 25-27, 2020 | Coralville, IA
Re-Certification: March 24, 2020 | Coralville, IA
This two-and-a-half-day workshop is designed to familiarize participants with all facets of occupational hearing conservation and certify them as audiometric technicians.
Training for Understanding, Evaluating, and Controlling Noise Hazards
The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS), and the Department of Environmental Health and Safety at Iowa State University offer free training for Understanding, Evaluating, and Controlling Noise Hazards. A limited amount of no cost training sessions are available from January through September 2020.
Fall 2019 Occupational Safety & Health Newsletter is Now Available
The Heartland Center has just released the Fall 2019 edition of our Quarterly Occupational Safety & Health Newsletter. Please share the newsletter with your colleagues, either by printing out the PDF and posting it on your bulletin board or by sending them the link.
Save the Date
Hawkeye On Safety 2019 just came to a close and now is the time to start planning on attending in 2020! Mark your calendars for August 27, 2020.
View the pictures from Hawkeye on Safety 2019 here.
Announcing the Launch of MidwestON
The goal of the Listserv is to build state-based occupational safety and health (OSH) capacity by promoting multi-state collaborations and other activities among public health departments, community partners, occupational epidemiologists, worker-related nonprofits, worker organizations, NIOSH, NIOSH-funded Centers, and academic institutions within the Midwest region
