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Web-Based Seminars
Free seminars are offered using web and telephone technology through the following units. Webinars, in real-time, require the participant to be available at the time of the lecture. On-demand webcasts can be viewed/heard anytime via the internet.
Real-time Seminars (Webinars)
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Throughout the academic year, UBC’s School of Environmental Health (SOEH) hosts a weekly research seminar open to all members of the University community and to the public. Invited speakers include visiting faculty, researchers, and policy makers from other institutions and organizations in Canada and abroad; SOEH faculty and students (presenting on completed research projects); and faculty from other UBC departments. SOEH now uses Live Classroom - state-of-the-art technology that provides an interactive online learning experience. Be a part of our virtual classroom wherever you are located! The seminars are open to the general public - no registration is required. Information for certified industrial hygiene/safety professionals can be found on the SOEH website. Details: SOEH website |
| UBC’s School of Environmental Health |
Beginning September 1, 2009, UBC School of Environmental Health presents an on-demand, online course on Outdoor Air Quality and Health and the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI). This free of cost web-based course has multimedia content and text developed in consultation with our air pollution and health experts, with hyperlinks to online resources (e.g. Canadian and US government publications and websites), other resources (e.g. references to online peer-reviewed literature), as well as to the Glossary in the course. A discussion forum is available for interaction between learners and a subject matter expert. An "Ask an Expert" feature enables learners to explore topics and questions further. Details: SOEH |
| UBC Department of Health Care and Epidemiology |
Seminars (Rounds) are held during the academic year Fridays from 9:00 - 10:00.Please join us for the Grand Rounds. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us remotely through our website www.healthcare.ubc.ca and simultaneously via conference call.
If you do join us via conference call, please note that phones will be muted until the discussion period. Please be aware that others will be able to hear you during the discussion period. For this reason, please put your phone on mute as sounds like voices, shuffling papers, typing, etc. can be highly distracting for other remote listeners. Seminars (Rounds) are held during the academic year Fridays from 9:00 - 10:00.Remote listeners follow along with the presentation by clicking through the presentation (.pdf) posted on the HCEP website (www.healthcare.ubc.ca) while listening to the presentation over the teleconference system.The change of slides is indicated to remote listeners by a short beep. To connect to the audio portion of the seminar, dial:
Connectivity to the audio conference as well as the web presentation will be available approximately 10 minutes prior to the actual start time, and left available until approximately 30 minutes after the seminar ends. For further information on the rounds series contact Sylvia Froese at sylvia.froese@ubc.ca. |
Seminars available on the Internet (On-Demand Webcasts)
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| AllerGen | Ethics Workshop: Challenges of Multi-Site, Multi-Jurisdictional Ethics Approval View the 11 sessions of the workshop held at Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto on December 17, 2009. |
| American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
Providing advice of interest to students and new investigators (navigate to Page 15):
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| American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
AACR Virtual Conferences
AACR Meetings have an impact on science long after they’re over. AACR is making available a series of webcasts in the past few years. These webcasts highlight the most significant talks and sessions from AACR meetings to ensure that the content is available worldwide to scientists, members of the media and the lay public. You do not have to be an AACR member to view these free webcasts.
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| American Diabetes Association (ADA) | 57th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course Free Webcasts from the ADA meeting held on February 5-7, 2010 in San Francisco presenting cutting-edge clinical research in diabetes treatment and management. |
| American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHce) |
AIHce presents a series of podcasts |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
ASCO delivers a variety of oncology audio podcasts on the latest presentations, news and commentary from the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Presentations – subscription required. |
| Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) | Carbon: Sustainability, Strategy, and Solutions A discussion of the multi-dimensional perspective required to address carbon within a governance context; including: • Leveraging existing governance structures to address carbon; • Integrating sustainability into corporate strategy; and • Aligning your operating model to ensure success. Date: August 22, 2010 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST |
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Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) |
Join the Air & Waste Management Association and presenter Thomas M. McGowan, president and founder of TMTS Associates, for “Renewable Biomass Energy: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Saving on Fuel Costs” to get the information you need to choose and implement an environmentally-friendly energy system designed to meet your organization’s needs. |
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Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) |
Webinar Event: Air Quality Modelling – Fundamentals of AERMOD On October 15, 2009 at 2:00PM EDT, join the Air & Waste Management Association for “Air Quality Modeling – Fundamentals of AERMOD,” to address the fundamentals and procedures for using the popular dispersion model AERMOD to calculate air quality impacts and manage air resources. Details: AWMA |
| Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) | Life Cycle Assessment: A Comprehensive Environmental Management Tool Monday, March 22, 2010 – 2:00pm – 4:00 pm EST Sustainability and other environmental professionals are invited to join the Air & Waste Management Association for this exciting Webinar to learn more about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a standardized tool that considers all the human health and ecological impacts of a product from cradle to grave. Find out how LCA can help to create more environmentally sound and better products by taking a holistic view of environmental interactions, from the extraction of raw materials from the Earth and production and distribution of energy, through the use, and reuse, and final disposal of a product. |
| Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) | Upcoming Webinar: Sustainability and Climate Change: From Compliance to Opportunity Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:00 PM EST “Sustainability and Climate Change: From Compliance to Opportunity” will be a series of four (4) webinars discussing sustainability and climate change. The first and second installments of this series will discuss mandatory and voluntary reporting programs/ initiatives, respectively, to provide a feel for the regulatory and policy landscape. The third webinar will discuss strategies for compliance with existing programs, to assist with governance in the short term. Finally, the fourth webinar will take a longer-term view, looking at ways to leverage compliance requirements into opportunities for improving organizational efficiencies and corporate reputation. |
| American Water Resources Association (AWRA) |
Podcasts: 2008 2007 |
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The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) |
Climate Change & the Global Water Cycle: Recent Regional Experiences Health Effects of Exposure to Extreme Heat Climate Change and Vector-Borne/Zoonotic Diseases Climate Change and Public Health Details: ASTHO webpage |
| British Occupational Hygiene Society(BOHS) |
BOHS has been running Webinars which offer a very cost-effective and easy-to-attend means of updating yourself on a range of hot topics widely relevant to occupational health professionals. Details: BOHS website |
| Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
Preventing and Enforcing Musculoskeletal Hazards in the Workplace webinar held on June 17, 2009, discussed how Ontario’s health and safety system has engaged its partners to coordinate their efforts to implement an MSD prevention strategy that includes access to prevention resources such as the MSD Prevention Guideline for Ontario and sector specific materials, integration into WSIB prevention services and enforcement by the Ministry of Labour. Details: CCOHS webpage |
| Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
CCOHS produces monthly podcasts on a wide variety of topics related to workplace health and safety. Each episode is designed to keep you current with information, tips and insights into the health, safety and well-being of working Canadians. Healthy Workplaces Bridging the Generations at Work Help Prevent the Spread Working in the Heat: How Hot is Too Hot? Keeping Young Workers Safe Planning for Influenza National Day of Mourning Details: CCOHS |
| Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
CCOHS is recognized worldwide for providing programs, services, and knowledge that help organizations raise awareness, assess risks, implement prevention programs, and improve the health, safety and well-being of workers. Promoting Health & Safety Through Social Media Preventing and Enforcing Muskuloskeletal Hazards in the Workplace Evaluating MSDS First Aid Advice Mentally Healthy Workplaces: Strategies for Success Journey to a Healthier Workplace Participatory Ergonomic Interventions: Process and Implementation |
| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
NASA’s Applied Sciences Program is now available for Internet viewing. It is entitled “Geospatial Science Forum with NASA”. You will become informed about the NASA Public Health Initiative and NASA’s approach to geosciences architecture, interoperability and practice. CDC currently is considering new approaches to institutional geospatial science leadership in public health. From a May 25, 2007 presentation. Healthy Places Leading to Healthy People: Community Engagement Improves Health for All Originally aired May 11, 2007 Details: CDC website |
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
Recommendation for Exploratory Spatiotemporal Analysis and Cartographic Presentation of Environmental Hazard, Exposure and Health Outcome Data for the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Linda Pickle, Ph.D., Principal and Chief Statistician, StatNet Consulting, LLC, will review general principles of visualization design and their past application to the design of disease atlases and web sites for dissemination of cancer statistics. Based on this theoretical foundation and practical experience, recommendations are given for the design of a public web portal for the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. These recommendations are illustrated by specific designs for birth defects rates, blood lead levels among children and domestic well water quality. Originally aired: June 2, 2008 |
| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
Podcasts: Clostridium difficile in Humans and Food Animals Details:CDC webpage |
| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
This women’s health podcast aired on May 11, 2009, focused on four important issues for women at work: job stress, work schedules, reproductive health, and workplace violence. |
| Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) |
Metabolic Syndrome: At the Crossroads of the Western Disease Cluster |
| Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) | Known for her book High Tech Trash, an expose of the electronic waste industry, Elizabeth Grossman’s new book, Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry, reveals the dangers and the extent of the chemicals that are found in everyday products such as BPAs, perfluorinated compounds, brominated flame retardants, and phthalates, and offers up hope for a future without them. Join CHE Director, Elise Miller, for a conversation with Grossman on Tuesday January 19, 2010 at 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern. |
| Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) | Report from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Implications for Human Health January 28, 2010 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST According to the United Nations Framework Convention in Climate Change in Stepping up International Action on Climate Change: The Road to Copenhagen, “Climate change is today widely recognized as one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. If left unchecked, climate change can seriously harm economies, societies and eco-systems all around the world, especially in developing countries.” |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) |
2008 Educational Webinars – PDFs available for the following:
· Joint CSTE – NIOSH Educational Webinar
· Exposure Surveillance using OSHA’s Integrated Management Information System
· NHIS 2010 Occupational Health Supplement
· Surveillance of Hearing Loss and Occupational Noise Exposure using NCHS Data
· Analysis of Mental Health Outcomes in Minority Farm Operators
· Analysis of California Cancer Registry Data
Details: CSTE website |
| CTRC - AACR |
Webcasts from the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - the first Symposium presented by the CTRC, AACR, and the Baylor College of Medicine. Details: SABCS webpage |
| Environmental Health Perspectives(EHP) |
Join host Ernie Hood as he talks with some of environmental health science’s foremost researchers in EHP’s new podcast series, The Researcher’s Perspective. Hear about the motivation and vision behind the research as well as the implications for human health—all direct from the source. |
| European Respiratory Society(ERS) |
Webcasts from the Lung Science Conf. - Lung Injury, Repair and Remodeling, Estoril 2008. Topics: Details: ERS webpage |
| European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) | Webcasts: IMPACT Breast Cancer Conference – Brussels, Belgium May 7 – 9, 2009 |
| GeoConnections | WebEx Presentation: Aboriginal Community Land and Resource Management Geospatial Data Needs Assessment GeoConnections is pleased to invite you to a web presentation concerning the Aboriginal Land and Resource Management Data Needs Assessment. GeoConnections is working to facilitate the use and exchange of location-based or "geospatial" data to help support land and resource management by Aboriginal organizations. The presentation is scheduled for October 28, 2009 at 1:00 PM EDT. Details: GeoConnections |
| GeoConnections | WebEx Presentation: Guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data Monday, March 25, 2010 – 1:00pm – 2:00 pm EST GeoConnections is pleased to announce the availability of a guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data. This publication supports programs, services, businesses and/or applications related to the environment and sustainable development. It was developed in consultation with organizations from across Canada, including practitioners from government, NGOs, industry and academia who provided invaluable input and feedback. |
| Harvard Medical School |
HMS scientists tackle a variety of important questions, ranging from how neurons work to which genes play a role in particular diseases. This podcast features important aspects of this work, providing context and highlighting the latest trends in medical education and biomedical research.
Details: HMS website |
| International Commision on Occupational Health (ICOH) | Upcoming Virtual Seminar Workers at Risk: Toxic Environments in Healthcare Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:00 AM EST Dr. William Buchta will present Workers at Risk: Toxic Environment in Healthcare. Dr. Buchta was originally trained in family practice however, for the past 22 years his primary practice has been occupational health. Dr. Buchta is board certified in occupational medicine and public health. Since 1992 he has focused on medical center occupational health and has worked at the Mayo Clinic since 2001. Dr. Buchta became an ICOH and HCW Health Committee member in 2006, attending triennial meetings in Milan and Capetown. In 2007 Dr. Buchta attended the Vancouver meeting sponsored by the committee for which he was on the program and scientific committee. |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement(IHI) | As part of an ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the 21st Annual National Forum presentations on December 8 – 9, 2009. The real-time and tape-delayed broadcasts include four keynote and five mini keynote sessions. The broadcast is available in English only. |
| International Myeloma Foundation(IMF) |
The 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting was a forum for cutting-edge scientific and educational developments in oncology with a focus on personalizing cancer care. The webcast overviews presentations provided by Drs. Durie, Rajkumar and Anderson, as well as a number of interviews with scientists who presented their results at the conference.
Details: IMF webpage
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| LGMA | Respectful Workplace - Behavioral and Generational Issues Date and Time: June 21 – 23, 2010, Noon – 1:00pm In this session we will be exploring what is meant by "respectful workplace" and how generational issues impact organizations. We will be discussing whether different standards of behavior are appropriate depending on the workgroup (e.g. Inside or outside staff ), and what individual employees can do to support the development of a respectful workplace. This session will also discuss the unique challenges of working with and leading different generational styles, with specific practical suggestions. Details: here |
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Michigan Centre for Public Health |
Symposium 2006: Human Health and Animal Disease: An Epidemiologic Collision? Presented live January 24, 2006 at the University of Michigan. |
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NCRI |
The NCRI Cancer Conference is the major forum in the UK for showcasing the best British and international cancer research. The podcasts feature a compelling mix of high-quality plenary speakers, symposia and parallel sessions, including focused satellite meetings and workshops. Details: NCRI webpage
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Netsmart Technologies |
Netsmart Technologies
Details: Netsmart Technologies Website |
| PICS | Pacific Climate Seminar Series: An Outside-the-Box Approach to Climate Change Negotiations Wednesday, April 28: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Presented by Dr. Barry Carin, Associate Director, UVic Centre for Global Studies and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation. |
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Research Channel |
Contaminants and Human Health in the Arctic Control of Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards, Part 1 |
| Research Channel |
Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise Tackling the complex causes of epidemics, Dr. Donald Ganem explains how mutations in genes and changes in the environment and human social behavior can give rise to new infectious diseases. He cites the influenza virus as an example of genetic changes that have led to epidemics and pandemics. He also shows the impact of weather on a 1993 outbreak of Hanta virus, describes the effect of human migration on the spread of smallpox, and examines what happened when the myxoma virus was introduced in Details: here
Future Plagues: Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Epidemics |
| Research Channel | Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise Tackling the complex causes of epidemics, Dr. Donald Ganem explains how mutations in genes and changes in the environment and human social behavior can give rise to new infectious diseases. He cites the influenza virus as an example of genetic changes that have led to epidemics and pandemics. He also shows the impact of weather on a 1993 outbreak of Hanta virus, describes the effect of human migration on the spread of smallpox, and examines what happened when the myxoma virus was introduced in Australia in the 1950s to control the rabbit population. Future Plagues: Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Epidemics Globalization and the Politics of Public Health Healthy Cities, Healthy Lives: The Built Environment and Public Health |
| United Nations Environment Program |
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| University at Albany, Centre for Public Health Preparedness | In September 2000, CDC partnered with the Association of Schools of Public Health, state and local public health agencies and other academic and community partners to develop a national network of Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Who Should Attend: National audience of professionals and their partners. There is no charge to attend. Topics include, but are not limited to: Public Health Preparedness & Leadership in Crisis Situations; Risky Business: Communication During Crisis; Epidemiology and Surveillance of Emerging Infections; and Water Contamination Events: Lessons Learned from Katrina. Visit the U Albany website for details. |
| University of Illinois at Chicago: School of Public Health, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health | Through the Center of Excellence we strive to develop curricula for the Great Lakes environmental health workforce in exposure assessment and toxicology. The objectives are to: increase awareness among local health department workers to the role of local health departments in addressing environmental health issues; develop, implement and evaluate an online training program that addresses the fourteen competencies and ten essential environmental health services for local public health department workers; improve communication and interaction between environmental health experts and local health department practitioners; and develop, implement and evaluate advanced course work in environmental health for local public health workers responsible for environmental health. Topics include, but are not limited to: West Nile Virus; Cancer Clusters; Mold & Fungi; Agricultural Safety; Pest Management; Lead Poisoning; Radon; Brownfields; and taking Environmental/Occupational Histories. Visit the UIC website for details. |
| US Department of Health and Human Services |
US Department of Health and Human Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provide the following free webcast: Helping the Labor Movement Embrace Recovery Visit the webcast’s website and click on "View Multimedia" |
| US National Institutes of Health Videocasting | Special NIH events, seminars, and lectures are available to viewers on the Internet from the NIH videocast web site. Videocasting is the method of electronically streaming digitally encoded video and audio data. Streaming files are not downloaded, but rather are broadcast in a manner similar to television broadcasts. NIH videocast website. |
| West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Office for Public Health Practice |
Asbestos in Buildings and Health Effects Other topics also available. |
| Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars |
Scientists Set Five Grand Challenges for Nanotechnology Risk Research Fourteen top international scientists in the field of nanotechnology have identified Five Grand Challenges for nanotechnology risk research that must be met if the technology is to reach its full potential. Their findings are the subject of a major paper published in the November 16th issue of the journal Nature. The paper’s lead author is Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Science Advisor Andrew Maynard. Co-authors (see below) are among the world’s foremost nanotechnology risk and applications researchers from universities, government, and industry in the United States and Europe. Three of the paper’s authors—Dr. Maynard, Dr. Martin A. Philbert of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Dr. Sally Tinkle of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences— discuss their recommendations. From a live broadcast held November, 2006. |
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