Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH)
A NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC)
NIOSH Total Worker Health® Affiliate
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) supports research, education and outreach in occupational and environmental health funded by Grant #T42OH008421. This ERC grant is under the leadership of Sarah Felknor, MS, DrPH and Jooyeon Hwang, MS, PhD who serve as ERC Director and Deputy Director. The mission of the SWCOEH is to promote and improve health, safety, and well-being in the workplace and the community.
Events and News
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Upcoming Events
- SEADRIFT Free Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Director Tim Tsai
April 17, 2024 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Occupational Medicine Journal Club
April 18, 2024 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM CT - 2024 Gulf Coast Chapter Professional Development Conference
April 19, 2024 - Environmental Health and Safety Academy XXVII
October 21, 2024 - October 25, 2024 - Ergonomics and Industrial Hygiene NIOSH ERC Webinar Series
Recent News
- Patel presents study on maternal occupation and adverse birth outcomes at AHA EpiLifestyle Conference 2024
- Inside the Hepa Filter Research of a NIOSH Pilot Project Awardee
- Celebrating National Public Health Week: Honoring Milestones and Embracing the Future
- Promoting Public Health through National Work Zone Awareness
- IH trainee Nhu Nguyen serves Lunar New Year surprise at Docside Clinic
- Patel publishes R01 study led by Drs. Delclos and Gimeno on asthma in Texas healthcare professionals
- Anabel Rodriguez, SWCOEH outreach program, deliver COVID-19 relief payments to ag workers in New Mexico
- SWCOEH Industrial Hygienists partner with HFD for Neurotoxicant Study
- Guillot-Wright, Davis present research at IFISH in Rome
- Guillot-Wright, Davis launch new fishermen research in Louisiana
- Wei-Chung Su presents MALDA at ISEE 2023 in Taiwan
- Shafali Patel completes Safety Internship at the John. S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston
- Shannon Guillot-Wright awarded nearly $2 million CDC grant for firearms research
- Meet the Faculty – Associate Professor Jooyeon Hwang
- From Florida's lakes to the Southwest Center, Assistant Professor Kevin Lanza
- Holcombe earns Case Study Award at USNAC
- Summer Update: Ambereen Khan's summer internship at SRMC
- Estacio studies Apollo astronaut medical records during NASA internship
- SPH faculty Shannon Guillot-Wright awarded CDC grant for fishermen research
- From Maroon to Burnt Orange – Meet the New Faculty: Anna Gitter, PhD