Category: Course Leader Presentation

“To establish a sustainable working environment, we need a better understanding of what factors at the workplace that are associated with pain”

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Course leader presentation: Dagfinn Matre and Johannes Gjerstad Online Course: Work and Pain14th – 16th of September 2021 What is your background? Dagfinn Matre has a PhD in biomedical engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark. His main interests are human experimental pain models, and currently the association between sleep and pain, which is particularly relevant for … Continued

“We need to conduct more research on how to best get research knowledge in practical formats to OHS practitioners”

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Course leader presentation: Dwayne van Eerd From Research to Practice in Occupational Health and Safety12th – 14th of October 2021, Lysebu hotel, Oslo area, Norway What is your background? My background is in Kinesiology/Ergonomics and my research focus is the prevention of work-related injuries/disorders and related work disability. Prior to my focus on research, I … Continued

“Work disability concerns an important personal, economic and social burden that is often preventable”

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Course leader presentation: Ute Bültmann Work Disability Prevention – Bridging research and practice14th – 18th of June 2021, online Short presentation Ute Bültmann is professor of Work and Health, in particular from a life course epidemiological perspective, and Program Leader of Public Health Research at the Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine of … Continued

“When a worker is unable to resume or remain at work because of a health problem, it affects not only the individual”

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Course leader presentation: Emilie Friberg Work Disability Prevention – Bridging research and practice 14th – 18th of June 2021, Online course Short presentation  Emilie Friberg is an associate professor of epidemiology with extensive experience in cohort analyses, database management, and use of register data. Since 2011 she applies this knowledge on the field of insurance … Continued

“Cancer risk assessment and risk communication is a challenge”

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“Cancer risk assessment and risk communication is a challenge” 25th of March 2021 Course leader presentation: Jonathan Lyström Assessment of Cancer Risk4th – 6th of May 2021, online What is your background? As a clinician in occupational and environmental medicine, I meet with patients and assess the level of risk and/or relationship to their symptoms. I seek to … Continued

“The field of cardiovascular disease due to chemical exposure is complex”

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Course leader presentation: Merete Drevvatne Bugge Chemical Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease27th – 29th of April 2021, Online course What is your background? I am working as a senior physician at the Norwegian Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI). My research is in epidemiology, with a focus on workers in Norwegian smelter plants. Traditionally, the concern regarding these … Continued