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Time to clear the air - new tools to help employers introduce and manage the use of RPE
New information and tools for employers to help introduce and manage the use of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is now available. Produced for and with the help of industry and the trade unions...
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Selection and use of respirators DVD
IOM has been involved in the development of the "Are you breathing clean air. Helping you to correctly select and use respirators" DVD. This consists of two short films looking at this topic both fro...
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Dr Richard Graveling has been appointed as the President of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
Richard Graveling is the new President of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Fire-fighters, coal miners and sonographers are just some of the professionals that Dr Richard Graveling, the P...
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Guidelines for Managers to help manage Remote and Mobile Workers
Remote and mobile workers are those who spend the majority of their working time away from a home or office base, either with clients or customers travelling between sites. They include a diverse ran...
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International Conference on Monitoring and Surveillance of Asbestos-Related Diseases 2014
This Conference will be held on the 11th-13th February 2014 at the Hansaari Cultural Center, Espoo, Finland. The goals of the Conference are to highlight problem areas in the management of people exp...
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Second QNano Modelling Training School to be held in Edinburgh, March 2013
Following on from the success of the first training school held in March 2012, the next Modelling Training School funded under FP7 project QNano will take place on the 27th March 2013 at the Edinburgh...
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National Heart and Lung Institute courses
1. Lung Function Testing in the Workplace – Introductory Level Dates: Thursday 11 April 2013 (full); Thursday 24 October 2013 (taking enquiries and bookings for this date; nearly full)Venue: National ...
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IOM organizing Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology (13th March 13) and Exposure Science (14th March 13) meetings, Edinburgh
Registration and abstracts submission will close soon for both the 7th UK & Ireland Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology and Inaugural UK & Ireland Exposure Science meetings being org...
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Air pollution at Waverley Station, Edinburgh
An investigation carried out by Rob Edwards for the Sunday Herald newspaper has revealed high levels of air pollution at Edinburgh's main railway station. Details of airborne particulate matter and n...
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IOM's Research Director John Cherrie appointed as an Honorary Professor
The University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce the appointment of John Cherrie as an Honorary Professor. John CherrieProfessor Cherrie's appointment, within the Respiratory Group in the Divi...