Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety

西部农业健康与安全中心

• 批准号: 10557448
• 负责人: KENT Ed PINKERTON
• 金额: $ 194.34万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-30 至 2027-09-29
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10557448
• 关键词: Western; Center; Agricultural; Health; Safety

PROJECT SUMMARY Based at the University of California, Davis, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program dedicated to understanding and preventing illness and injury in agriculture in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. Over its 30-year history, the center has become a leader in the field by partnering with diverse stakeholders, conducting innovative research, providing interactive trainings, and developing tailored resources. WCAHS is unique among the NIOSH-funded agriculture centers in that it is located at an internationally renowned research and land grant university, which houses both a School of Medicine and a School of Veterinary Medicine. To extend its 30 years of success in improving agricultural health and safety, WCAHS has the following strategic goals: 1. Leverage research and education to address persistent, emerging, and unique health and safety challenges of the agricultural industry in the west. 2. Enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion of underrepresented investigators and stakeholders in research and education related to agricultural health and safety. 3. Equip farmers, agricultural employers, supervisors, and farmworkers with knowledge and practices to improve safety in their workplace. 4. Develop and translate knowledge to enable new processes, policies, and technologies to improve agricultural health and safety through Research to Practice. WCAHS is directed by Kent Pinkerton, Ph.D., who is an internationally renowned expert in respiratory health. Pinkerton will be responsible for the overall management of the Evaluation and Planning Core and the center as a whole. The center’s Deputy Director, Fadi Fathallah, Ph.D., is an internationally respected expert in agricultural equipment and ergonomics. Fathallah will serve as Acting Director in the event of a prolonged absence of the Director. The Director and Deputy Director will be supported by an expert Leadership Group of WCAHS faculty and staff. The center is guided by a highly engaged External Advisory Board comprised of representatives from across the agricultural industry.

项目摘要 位于加州大学戴维斯分校的西部农业健康与安全中心（WCAHS）是 一个全面的，多学科的计划，致力于了解和预防疾病和伤害， 亚利桑那州、加州、夏威夷和内华达州的农业。在其30年的历史中，该中心已成为一个 通过与不同的利益相关者合作，进行创新研究，提供互动， 培训和开发定制资源。WCAHS在NIOSH资助的农业中心中是独一无二的 因为它位于一所国际知名的研究和赠地大学， 医学院和兽医学院。 为了延续其30年来在改善农业健康和安全方面的成功，WCAHS有以下内容 战略目标： 1.利用研究和教育来解决持续的、新兴的和独特的健康和安全问题 西部农业面临的挑战。 2.加强研究中代表性不足的研究人员和利益相关者的多样性，公平性和包容性 和农业健康与安全相关的教育。 3.为农民、农业雇主、监督员和农场工人提供知识和实践， 改善工作场所的安全。 4.开发和转化知识，使新的流程、政策和技术得以改进 农业健康和安全通过研究实践。 WCAHS由肯特平克顿博士指导，他是国际知名的呼吸系统健康专家。 平克顿将负责评估和规划核心和中心的全面管理 作为一个整体。该中心副主任Fadi Fathallah博士是一位国际知名的专家， 农业设备和人体工程学。Fathallah将担任代理主任，如果长期 主任缺席。主任和副主任将得到一个专家领导小组的支持， WCAHS教师和工作人员。该中心由高度参与的外部咨询委员会指导，该委员会由以下成员组成 来自整个农业行业的代表。