Occupational and Environmental Medicine
The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Medicine has an active research and clinical program to investigate and minimize the adverse health effects of exposures in the home, community and workplace. Current research projects involve work-related asthma, noise-induced hearing loss, asthma mortality, silicosis, chronic beryllium disease, lead toxicity, acute work-related traumatic deaths and farm-related asthma.
The division’s Web site contains information about the occupational disease reporting law, including how to report, copies of quarterly newsletters and annual reports. An elective is available for fourth-year medical students and residents. The elective includes patient care and site visits to workplaces and exposure sites in the community.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Web site
http://oem.msu.edu
Director
Kenneth D. Rosenman, M.D.
Contact Information
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Michigan State University
117 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1315
Phone: (517) 353-1846
Fax: (517) 432-3606
E-mail: rosenman@msu.edu
Since 1978, physicians, hospitals, clinics, other health professionals and employers have been required by the Michigan Public Health Code to report known or suspected cases of occupational disease to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (MDLEG). Initially, the number of reports received was generally less than one hundred per year. However, following the 1988 implementation of the Sentinal Event Notification System for Occupational Risks (Project SENSOR), a statewide initiative began to actively solicit reports of occupational disease (OD). MDLEG now contracts with MSU's College of Human Medicine , Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division to assist in handling approximately 15,000-20,000 reports a year of occupational disease.
