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SynergistNOW

SynergistNOW, a blog created and delivered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, offers ideas, insights, and perspectives on important topics affecting industrial and occupational hygiene professionals, written by and for experienced IH/OHs, researchers, academics, and AIHA leaders.​​


The opinions, claims, conclusions, and positions expressed on this blog are those of the author or person quoted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors, AIHA®, The Synergist®, or SynergistNOW.

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September 15, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: Longtime Student Member Charts Course for Long-Term IH Career

At 23, Jay Clinger is already an industrial hygiene veteran. In his second year of graduate school, he’s had several IH internships, attended two AIHce conferences, and won several American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF)scholarships. But Jay Cl...
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September 12, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Dialogues

Getting to Know Deborah Nelson, Part 2

If you missed the first part of our interview with Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, you can read it in full on SynergistNOW. For the past three decades, Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, has been an integral part of our industry and AIHA. As we look forw...
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September 5, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

What to Expect at Fall Conference 2017

This year’s Fall Conference on Leadership and Management, to be held in Tampa Oct. 30–31 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina, promises not to disappoint. We are featuring four education session tracks: Emergency Response and Preparedness...
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August 29, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: "I'm Really Excited for the Future"

AIHA member Alyson Gray was looking for a way to use her undergraduate degree in public health to get out into the field and really use what she had learned. Her research led her to something new—at least it was new to her—and she enrolled in the ind...
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August 24, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly

News Roundup: New Tech and Updated Resources for Ergonomics

In recent weeks, the sprawling world of occupational health and safety brought us several news items on the topic of ergonomics. Earlier this month, NIOSH, which has been keeping busy on the mobile app development front, released NLE Calc, a new mob...
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August 22, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: Brian Alexander, Xcel Energy

Editor’s note: The “I Am IH” series of blog posts stems from AIHA’s #IAmIH project, which seeks to highlight the people behind the industrial hygiene profession. These posts feature Q&As with IHs from across the U.S. More information about #IAmIH...
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August 15, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: Third-generation IH Student Relies on AIHA to Help Navigate the Challenges of being a Woman in a Scientific Field

For AIHA member Christine Uebel-Niemeier, entering her second year as an IH graduate student isn’t just a career choice. It’s a family tradition. Her grandfather worked as a toxicologist for 35 years. Her uncle has a master’s in industrial hygiene. N...
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August 9, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

My First AIHce EXP

Seattle marked my first AIHce EXP conference since I joined AIHA last fall. I had been hearing so much about this hallmark event, and I will tell you that I’m just glad it didn’t fall on my first month on the job! In all seriousness, I had the pleasu...
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August 1, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: "We're Living the Dream Here"

AIHA member Candice Burton, CIH, has built her industrial hygiene career from the ground up. Even deeper: she started underground working as an IH in the gold mining and coal mining industries, where she encountered no shortage of health hazards. Tod...
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July 25, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Dialogues

Getting to Know Deborah Nelson, Part 1

Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, has been interested in human health and environmental conservation since an early age. Then, during her MSES program, someone suggested she take an industrial hygiene course as one of her electives. The rest, as they sa...
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July 18, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

Reintroducing the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability

The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability is one of the most successful inter-association initiatives AIHA has ever joined, but until now we have flown a bit under the radar. The Center has been around since June 2011 when AIHA joined with ASSE...
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July 12, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

#IAmIH: Up-and-Coming IH Tackles “Black Hole of Research” to Help Protect 200,000 Workers

AIHA member Max Chmielinski isn’t just launching his career as an industrial hygienist. He’s blazing a trail. Chmielinski is working on the leading edge of critical IH research in the emerging, controversial—and potentially dangerous—marijuana indust...
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