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Once of my former students texted me this morning with a screenshot of a new webpage on the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) site: Summary of the Industrious Hygienist's article in Professional Safety . The webpage is entitled " How to Address Reproductive Health in the Workplace " and is a summary of one of my co-authored research articles.  I'm excited to see the article I co-authored with J. Krzystowczyk in ASSE's Professional Safety magazine is continuing a conversation about protecting susceptible workers in the workplace. I learned that the additional attention is due to this week being National Women's Health Week (#NWHW).  The definition of "susceptible worker" we developed for the research article is based off the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (2016) TSCA updates.  TSCA provides a definition of �potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation� as a subpopulation with a greater risk than the genera...

Yo, it�s been a while. I can officially say that my second year as an academic was in no way easier than my first year, even though I had most of my classes already prepared. I found other things to fill the time I thought I would have � most of the things were some form of service or volunteering. I spent the morning hand writing thank you cards (yes, I am someone who still does that!) to my guest speakers from winter and spring quarter, and was reflecting on how important volunteer work has been to my growth as an occupational health and safety (OHS) professional. Back in 2010, when I was four years out of college and just getting a handle on my career, my local Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) had a Healthcare Section. The primary clients I served as an OHS consultant were healthcare facilities, so I started out as the Secretary of the Healthcare Section and then became the Chair. In this role, I learned how to use MailChimp , how to take de...