Epidemiology in OH


EPICOH is an international organization that forms part of the ICOH and currently has 174 members from 29 countries, with the membership continuously expanding. EPICOH is one of the largest and most active committees within ICOH.

Topics addressed by EPICOH members include occupational exposures (e.g. stress, metals,
pesticides, radiation, non-industrial indoor environments), health effects (e.g. cancer,
musculoskeletal diseases, respiratory diseases, injuries), methodology (e.g. biomarkers,
experimental design, exposure-assessment, meta-analysis, risk assessment, statistics), gene environment interactions, ethics and law.

EPICOH´s Mission

The Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) of the ICOH has as its main function promotion of communication among epidemiologists, industrial hygienists, and other occupational health scientists worldwide. EPICOH provides a forum for the discussion of problems unique to the study of health and work. With membership open to occupational epidemiologists and other scientists worldwide, EPICOH provides a variety of forums for discussions, critical reviews, collaborations and education on issues of occupational exposures and their human health effects.

EPICOH´s Philosophy

To foster the study of health and work, EPICOH encourages and supports the following:
• Epidemiological studies on the health effects of occupational exposures
• Communication among epidemiologists, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, exposure
analysts, and other occupational health scientists worldwide.
• Innovative approaches to substantive or methodologic problems and applications of
occupational epidemiology
• The use of occupational epidemiology to inform public policy
• Involvement of scientists from developing countries in EPICOH activities, reduced dues for
members from developing countries and establishment of regional EPICOH chapters throughout the
developing world.

To join EPICOH, you first need to become a member of ICOH. If you are an ICOH member, you need to login to your private area on the ICOH website and request to join the Epidemiology in Occupational Health Scientific Committee using the Membership Profile link on the left hand side, remembering to include a short CV. This will automatically generate an email which will prompt the Chair and Secretary to endorse your application to the ICOH Secretariat..

There is NO extra fee to become an EPICOH member (you can choose up to 3 Scientific Committees to be a member of).


Officers for Triennium 2018-2021

Chair
Prof. Roel Vermeulen, PhD
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences
Utrecht University
PO Box 80178
NL 3508 TD Utrecht
The Netherlands
R.C.H.Vermeulen@uu.nl

Secretary
Prof. Damien McElvenny PhD
Institute of Occupational Medicine
Research Avenue North
Riccarton
Edinburgh EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Damien.McElvenny@iom-world.org


Management Group Members for Triennium 2018-2021

Dr. Laura Beane-Freeman, PhD
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
9609 Medical Center Drive, Rm 6E136, MSC 9771
Bethesda, MD 20892
freemala@mail.nih.gov

Prof. Lin Fritschi MBBS, PhD
School of Public Health
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lin.Fritschi@curtin.edu.au

Dr. Neela Guha, PhD
neela@berkeley.edu

Prof. Leon Guo, MD, MPH, PhD
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
National Taiwan University College of Medicine
1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Road
Taipei 100, TAIWAN
leonguo@ntu.edu.tw

Dr. David Álvarez-Rincón, MD, MSc.
Board Member, Ministry of Work - Provincial Disability Rating Board.
Valle del Cauca province (Colombia).
Calle 5E No. 42 - 44
Cali, Colombia.
daalvare@ualberta.ca

Prof. Leslie Stayner
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
M/c 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612
lstayner@uic.edu

Website now available ww

Website now available www.icoh-epicoh.org
Scientific Committees Report 2018-2022 available here.

Officers for Triennium 2022-2024

Chair

Secretary

Dr. Laura Elizabeth BEANE FREEMAN
National Cancer Institute
9609 Medical Center Drive
Rockville MD 20892
USA

Phone: +1240 276 7439
Fax:

Email: freemala@mail.nih.gov

Prof. Sara DE MATTEIS
Department of Health Sciences
University of Milan
Via A. di Rudini, 8
20142 -Milan
Italy

Phone:
Fax:

Email: sara.dematteis@unimi.it