THE WAY WE WORK AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH

6:00 pm: REGISTRATION and DINNER

7:00 pm: WELCOMING REMARKS:

• John Froines, PhD, Director, UCLA COEH
• John Balmes, MD, Director, Northern California COEH

7:15 PM: INTRODUCTION: The History & Goals of the Forum, Participants and Structure of the Forum

• Dean Baker, MD, MPH, Director, UC Irvine COEH

7:30 pm OPENING ADDRESS: The Changing Nature of Work: What Do the Trends Over Time Tell Us?

• John Frank, MD, MSc, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Toronto, Canada

7:45 pm: PANEL 1: What Research Tells Us About the Impact of Work Organization

• J. Paul Leigh, PhD, Professor, UCSF Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Northern California COEH: Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness in California and The United States
• Edward H. Yelin, PhD, Professor, UCSF Dept. of Medicine and Institute for Health Policy Studies, Northern California COEH: The Changing Nature of Work
• Paul Landsbergis, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Dept. of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai University, New York, New York: The Health Impacts of Work Organization, Part 1
• Peter Schnall, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Social Epidemiology; Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine COEH; Adjunct Professor, UCLA COEH: The Health Impacts of Work Organization, Part 2; The Health Impacts of Work Organization, Part 3

8:45 pm: OPEN FLOOR DISCUSSION: What Should Work Look Like in the 21st Century?

8:30 am: WELCOME

8:40 am: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Work Organization and Health: a Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

• Steve Sauter, PhD, Chief, Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Atlanta, Georgia

9:10 am: STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ABOUT JOBS AND HEALTH: Interview Results

• Deborah R. Gordon, PhD, Research Specialist, UCSF Dept. of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine

9:30 am: Break

9:50 am: PANEL 2: Impact on Californians: Stakeholder Perspectives

• Joel Fadem, PhD, Partner, Potomac Consulting, LLC; Research Associate, UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations
• Ray Antonio, President (retired), Local 250-A Transport Workers Union of America
• June Fisher, MD, Clinical Professor, UCSF Div. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Northern California COEH: The Muni Health and Safety Project
• Dean Baker, MD, MPH, Director, UC Irvine COEH: Health Professional Perspective

11:30 am: Lunch

12:45 pm: PANEL 3: Identifying Solutions: Case Studies

• Kathy Schmidt, RN, Program Director, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, and Kathy Gerwig, MBA, Director, Environmental Stewardship and National Environmental Health and Safety, Kaiser Permanente: Workplace Safety Initiative: Labor Management Partnership
• Mike Casey, President, Local 2 Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)
• Ellen Rosskam, PhD, MPH, Senior Work Security Specialist, International Labour Office, Socio-Economic Security Programme, Geneva, Switzerland: Improving Work Organization Through Participatory Action Research Part 1, Part 2
• Lilia Garcia, Executive Director, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund: Janitorial Industry Impact on Health is: Dangerous. Harmful, Damaging
• Holly DeGroot, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEO, Catalyst Systems, LLC: When Policy Precedes Science Mandated Staffing Ratios in Healthcare

2:30 pm: Refreshment Break - Sponsored by Genentech, Inc.

2:45 pm: BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSIONS

3:50 pm: REPORT BACK

4:30 pm: SUMMING UP

• John Frank, MD, MSc, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Toronto, Canada
• Julia Faucett, PhD, RN, Chair and Professor, UCSF Dept. of Community Health Systems, Northern California COEH
• Peter Schnall, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Social Epidemiology; Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine COEH; Adjunct Professor, UCLA COEH