Scientists, academics, students and others from around the world doing research into the causes, prevalence and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are invited to submit proposals for oral presentations, posters and symposiums at PREMUS 2016. The deadline for abstracts is October 30, 2015.
Taking
place
June
20-23,
2016
in
Toronto,
Canada
at
the
Allstream
Centre,
PREMUS
2016
is
the
Ninth International
Scientific
Conference
on
the
Prevention
of
Work-Related
Musculoskeletal
Disorders.
The
2016
conference
is
being
hosted
by
the
Institute
for
Work
&
Health.
Proposals
are
being
sought
for
these
conference
themes:
1.
Field
evaluations
of
MSD
prevention
policies,
program
and
practices
2.
Economic
burden
of
work-related
MSDs
3.
Epidemiology
of
work-related
MSDs
4.
Biology
of
work-related
MSDs
5.
Measuring
exposures
in
a
new
world
of
work
6.
Management
of
work-related
MSDs
and
sustainable
employment
7.
Health
disparities
and
globalization
8.
Emerging
issues
in
the
prevention
and
management
of
work-related
MSDs.
Proposals
for
other
topics
in
the
field
of
work-related
musculoskeletal
disorders
are
also
welcome.
The
deadline for
abstracts
is
October
30,
2015.
To
submit
an
abstract
or
learn
more
about
the
conference,
visit
the
PREMUS
2016
website.
PREMUS
2016
will
bring
together
400-plus
scientists,
researchers,
occupational
health
and
safety
professionals, ergonomists,
industrial
engineers
and
policy-makers
from
around
the
world.
These
delegates
have
a
shared interest
in
understanding
the
causes
and
prevalence
of
work-related
MSDs,
as
well
as
the
evidence-based interventions
that
will
prevent
them.
PREMUS
is
the
primary
conference
of
the
Musculoskeletal
Disorders Scientific
Community
of
the
International
Commission
of
Occupational
Health
(ICOH),
and
has
been
taking
place every
three
years
since
1992.