Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety

项目总结 总部设在加州大学戴维斯分校的西部农业健康与安全中心(WCAHS) 致力于了解和预防疾病和伤害的综合、多学科计划 亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、夏威夷和内华达州的农业。在其30年的历史中，该中心已经成为 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，并开发量身定制的资源。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土地赠与大学，这所大学拥有一所 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取得的成功，WCAHS有以下几点 战略目标： 1.利用研究和教育来解决持续、新兴和独特的健康和安全问题 西部农业产业面临的挑战。 2.加强调查人员和利益攸关方代表性不足的研究的多样性、公平性和包容性 以及与农业健康和安全有关的教育。 3.向农民、农业雇主、监督员和农场工人传授知识和实践，以 改善工作场所的安全。 4.开发和转化知识，使新的流程、政策和技术能够改进 从研究到实践的农业健康与安全。 WCAHS由国际知名的呼吸健康专家肯特·平克顿博士执导。 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博士是一位在国际上享有声誉的专家 农业设备和人体工程学。法塔拉将担任代理主任，如果长时间 署长不在。主任和副主任将由一个专家领导小组提供支助 WCAHS教职员工。该中心由高度参与的外部咨询委员会指导，委员会成员包括 来自农业行业的代表。

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.