October 2016: Partnership Co-director Mieke Koehoorn, Research Manager Billy Quirke, postdoctoral fellows Robert Macpherson and Wei Zhang, and PhD student Amy Hall are attending CARWH 2016, the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health biennial conference, October 16-18, in Toronto, Ontario, to present on interprovincial, gender, and immigration-related differences in disability duration after work injury, gender differences in return to work trajectories, effects of chronic disease on work productivity loss, and opportunities for intervention in shiftwork practices.
On Monday, October 17, at 12:45pm, Mieke Koehoorn will give a plenary talk entitled Gender, Work and Health: Research Applications across Disciplines.
Sunday, October 16, 5:30 – 7:00pm (Poster Session)
Gender differences in work disability duration across three workers’ compensation systems in Canada
Robert Macpherson
Does immigration status affect work disability duration for injured workers in Canada?
Niloufar Saffari (presented by Mieke Koehoorn)
Organizational characteristics associated with shiftwork practices and opportunities for intervention: Results from a survey of shiftwork employers in British Columbia, Canada
Amy Hall
The effects of chronic conditions on absenteeism in Canada
Wei Zhang
Monday, October 17, 10:15 – 11:45am (Oral Presentations)
Gender differences in detailed return-to-work trajectories following a workers’ compensation claim for musculoskeletal injury
Mieke Koehoorn
Estimating occupational exposure to antineoplastic agents in Canada (CAREX Canada)
Amy Hall
Tuesday, October 18, 10:30 – 11:45am (Oral Presentation)
Disability duration after work injury: A comparative analysis in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario, by sector and time
William Quirke
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