FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release No. SPR-08-604-02 

Carol Tobin, AIHA Meetings and Education
(703) 846-0745; ctobin@aiha.org
 
Melissa Hurley, AIHA Communications
(612) 743-7948, mhurley@aiha.org 
 
AIHA Releases Top 10 Rated AIHce Professional Development Courses

Attendees in Minneapolis Pick the Most Popular PDCs

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 4, 2008) — Evaluations have been tallied for more than 84 weekend professional development courses (PDC) offered at the 2008 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) in Minneapolis. Participants gave the following 10 courses the highest ratings overall.

1. 419—Ramping Up Your Hearing Protection and Jazzing Up Your Hearing Conservation
   Instructors: Elliott Berger, MS, INCE Board Certified, Aearo Technologies, Indianapolis, IN; Laurie Wells, AuD, FAAA, Associates in Acoustics, Loveland, CO; Brian Black, Health Conservation Inc., Rockford, IL; Lee Hager, Sonomax, Portland, MI
2. 117—Noise Control Engineering
   Instructor: Dennis Driscoll, PE, Associates in Acoustics Inc., Evergreen, CO
3. 103—Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Welding Health Hazards
   Instructor: Michael Harris, PhD, CIH, Hamlin and Harris Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
4. 501—A Risk Management and Insurance Primer for Industrial Hygienists
   Instructor: Robert Emery, CIH, CSP, CHP, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX
5. 502—Biological Monitoring: A How-To Guide
   Instructors: Gary Spies, CIH, Pfizer, Kalamazoo, MI; Carol Boraiko, PhD, CIH, CSP, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN; Larry Lowry, PhD, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX
6. 405—Bayesian Statistics: Overview and Applications in Industrial Hygiene Data Interpretation and Exposure Risk Assessment
   Instructors: John Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, 3M Corporate Industrial Hygiene, St. Paul, MN; Barry Graffeo, MS, CIH, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN; Perry Logan, MS, CIH, 3M Co., St. Paul, MN; Keith Tait, MPH, CIH, CSP, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY; Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH, Exposure Assessment Solutions Inc, Morgantown, WV; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, CIH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
7. 115—Investigative Photography for Safety and Health Professionals
   Instructor: John Wenzel, Certified Fire Inspector I, Pasadena, MD
8. 410--Ethical Fitness: Choosing Between Right vs. Right
   Instructors: Nancy Orr, CIH, CSP, and Glenn Barbi, CIH, Becton Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ
9. 705—Exposure Assessment Strategies and Statistics
   Instructors: Tim Blodgett, CIH, CSP, Burnsville, MN; Ralph Rogers, CIH, USACHPPM, DOHS, IHFSP, Bell Air, MD; Carey Newton, MSPH, CIH, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN; Perry Logan, CIH, 3M, St. Paul, MN; Jennifer Sahmel, CIH, CSP, ChemRisk, Boulder, CO; William Bullock, MSPH, CIH, CSP, Georgia Pacific, Palatka, FL; Renee Anthony, PhD, CIH, CSP, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH, Exposure Assessment Solutions Inc., Morgantown, WV; James Stewart, CIH, CSP, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, South Orleans, MA; Mike Sheppard, CIH, 3M Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
10. 704—EH&S 101 for Healthcare: Basic Principles of Healthcare Safety and Practical Applications
    Instructors: Linda Lee, DrPH, REM, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Mathew Berkheiser, CSP, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) cosponsor AIHce. AIHA offers this competitive program to promote occupational and environmental health and safety excellence by offering fresh, dynamic solutions through its superior professional education program. PDCs provide information on new standards, regulations, and innovations in technology; traditional occupational and safety issues; new chemical and biological threats; and upcoming career challenges. 

Detailed conference information is available at www.aihce2008.org. For more information, contact AIHA at (703) 849-8888.

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