News and Press Releases
‘Fearless:’ Former Sen. Karen Mayne blazed trails for occupational health and safety
May 9, 2023
Mayne, who retired in January, followed example of her late husband By Bubba Brown Former Sen. Karen Mayne cuts the ribbon at an open house for RM...
New Continuing Education Program Administrator Position
May 4, 2023
The new Program Administrator position at the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health will support the Continuing Education pr...
New Occupational Health Psychology Position
Mar 24, 2023
The newly constituted Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) program at the University of Utah is seeking tenure-track faculty (open rank) for an exciti...
RMCOEH accepting applications for pilot/small research project funding
Feb 23, 2023
The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) invites applications for pilot research project funding in occupational h...
The Rocky Mountain Center of Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) is proud to announce that Uchenna Ogbonnaya has been named a recipient of...
Unanimous vote for nursing courses underscores support for occupational health training The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental...
PRESS RELEASE: RMCOEH study shows lockdowns ineffective in preventing COVID-19 deaths
Jan 23, 2023
Researchers find no statistically significant link between how strict a state’s lockdown measures were and its excess mortality rate Lockdowns durin...
PRESS RELEASE: Utah Bionic Leg, spearheaded by RMCOEH faculty member, featured on cover of Science Robotics
Nov 28, 2022
Dr. Tommaso Lenzi, director of RMCOEH's Ergonomics and Safety program, is leading the effort The Utah Bionic Leg, a motorized prosthetic for lower-l...
PRESS RELEASE: mRNA vaccines significantly reduce severity of Delta, Omicron COVID-19 infections
Nov 14, 2022
People who have received two or three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine are significantly more likely to have milder illnesses if infected with the De...
COVID-19 vaccine research from RMCOEH published in New England Journal of Medicine
Nov 14, 2022
Study examines effectiveness of third dose of mRNA COVID vaccines against delta, omicron The New England Journal of Medicine in April published a st...
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