January 2020: PWHS researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are giving a series of presentations on effectiveness of return to work programs in the construction industry, effectiveness and healthcare costs of gradual return to work, work injury outside of province of residence, characteristics of injured immigrant workers, and anxiety treatments and work disability at Cascadia Occupational, Environmental, and Population Health Conference, January 9-10, in Abbotsford, BC.
Thursday, January 9
Evaluating program effectiveness on return-to-work in the construction sector
Ailin He, PWHS Analyst
Evaluating the effectiveness of gradual return-to-work for workers with a musculoskeletal disorder using linked administrative data
Esther Maas, PWHS Postdoctoral Fellow
Does being injured outside of your province of residence affect your work disability duration? A comparative analysis of six Canadian workers’ compensation jurisdictions
Robert Macpherson, PWHS Research Associate
Relationship between the external (air) microbiome and internal (airway) microbiome in participants with COPD and healthy controls
Tina Afshar, PWHS Masters Student
A comprehensive picture of healthcare costs for workers with musculoskeletal disorders in British Columbia, Canada (poster)
Esther Maas, PWHS Postdoctoral Fellow
What facilitates or prevents successful return-to-work in the construction sector (poster)
Kimberly Sharpe, PWHS PhD Student
Friday, January 10
Characteristics of injured immigrant workers in British Columbia
Sonja Senthanar, PWHS Postdoctoral Fellow
Anxiety treatment and work disability after musculoskeletal injury: consideration of a physician-based instrumental variable approach
Andrea Jones, PWHS Technical Writer/Research Coordinator