Fifth Annual Review Course

 

Aloha and Welcome “e Komo Mai"

Honolulu, Hawaii Fifth Annual IH Review Course

Offered by the Hawaii Section of the
American Industrial Hygiene Association
 

ABIH will awarded the course
5.0 Fundamental Industrial Hygiene CM Points.
The approval number is (08-1304).
The Board of Certified Safety Professionals allows up to 3.0 CEC Points

Course Date and Location: 

  • Date: 18 to 22 August 2008 (Monday to Friday) 

  • Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 p.m.

  • Location: University of Hawaii
    Business Administration Bld.
    Room D103
    Honolulu, Hawaii 

  • Course Fee:
    Local Section Members $600
    All Others = $650

  • Registration and Payment:
    University of Hawai‘i Conference Center
    2530 Dole St., C403
    Honolulu, HI 96822
    808) 956-8204.  (808) 956-3364 (fax)
     

  • Course organizer, Jerry Formiscano  FormisJA@aol.com  

  • Course instructor, Howard Cohen howard-cohen@comcast.net  

  • Keep checking this web site for new information on course schedules and activities.

 

Professor Howard Cohen, PhD, CIH

Dr. Howard Cohen is a professor and chair of the occupational safety and health department at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT.  He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Yale University.  Howard received his MPH and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Industrial Health.  He spent the first half of his career in industry including being the Manager of Industrial Hygiene for the Olin Corporation.  He has spent the past 14 years as a faculty member.

Howard has published extensively in the fields of respiratory protection and exposure assessment.  He is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene and was the former editor in chief of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  Howard has most recently served on several committees of the National Academies of Science in the areas of personal protection and in planning for pandemic influenza.

Howard has won a number of distinguishing awards in the field including the 2007 Donald Cummings Memorial Award.  He is a Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, a former board member and officer of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, and the current President of the Connecticut River Valley section of the AIHA. (You may contact Howard at howard-cohen@comcast.net)

Course Objectives: 

· Prepare hygienists seeking ABIH certification to pass the certification exam; 
· Upgrade knowledge for IH’s, occupational physicians and nurses, and safety professionals;
· Provide maintenance point credit for certified professionals 
· The American Board of Industrial Hygiene has approved 5.0 IH CM Points. 
· The Board of Certified Safety Professionals allows up to 3.0 CEC Points for this course.

 


 

Emeritus Professor Steven Levine, PhD, CIH

Dr. Steven Levine, Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan and our previous course instructor, will be serving as an adjunct course materials planner for 2008.  

 

Who Should Attend?

This course is tailored for:

• Industrial Hygienists
• Certified Industrial Hygienists
• Safety Officers
• Occupational physicians
• EHS professionals/managers

Industrial Hygienists who are interested in taking the CIH examinations should find this course extremely beneficial as it is specifically tailored to cover in depth the CIH examination rubrics.

Brought to you by:

 

Our 2008 Co-Sponsors are:

   

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University of Hawaii Health and Safety Office


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Registration Form is available for download !!

Please go to the Registration page for more information and to download the registration form.

We are planning an Aloha reception for all course participants, on Thursday, August 21 at Gordon Biersch.

This is a great way to get to know the other course participants, our instructor and course organizers from the AIHA Hawaii Section.

 

The course will be held at the University of Hawaii, Business Administration Building, Room D103.

This is located about 2 miles outside of Waikiki. If you have never been to Honolulu before, Waikiki is where the majority of tourist attractions and hotels are. Check out our links page for access to Web sites for finding air fare and hotel specials.

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