Have workplace studies had their day?
| Dates: | 6 October 2022 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 19:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Thomas Ashton Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16 |
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| Speaker: | Professor Nicola Cherry |
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Improving health and safety in the workplace – or the best management of occupation ill-health when it occurs – needs to be evidence based. But as time goes by, the collection of data on workers and their exposures seems to be replaced by data linkage and systematic reviews that may give sustenance to policy makers but do little to address and resolve workplace issues. If the cardinal role of occupational health research is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, can we achieve all the steps along that path without studying the workplace itself?
Speaker
Professor Nicola Cherry
Role: Tripartite Chair in Occupational Health
Biography: Nicola Cherry came to Manchester as Professor of Occupational Medicine in 1991, after appointments with the MRC (at the London School of Economics), the TUC Institute of Occupational Health (at he London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and the School of Occupational Health at McGill University. She was the 4th professor at Manchester (after Ronald Lane, Tommy Scott and Tim Lee) and set up the Lane Lecture in 1992. She became Head of the School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, which incorporated occupational medicine, but returned to Canada, to the University of Alberta, in search of a research life without an administrative role. This was delayed by a period as Chair of Public Health and then Director of the Division of Preventive Medicine, but finally came about with the privilege of an endowed chair – the Tripartite Chair in Occupational Health – her current position.
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University Place
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