12 AIHA update: empowering the profession through global collaboration

Abstract An update on AIHA’s latest strategic priorities will be presented. These include our international affairs efforts, our four “Advancing OEHS Science & Practice” initiatives, our focus on protecting workers against excessive heat stress, educational content portfolio priorities, indoor air quality and efforts to control the spread of airborne transmitted diseases in the built environment, pipeline development activities to help “fill the pipeline” of next-generation practitioners, psycho-social stress and AIHA’s role in reducing the stigma, and how the OH professional supports corporate ESG (environmental-social-governance) programs. An overview of our allied business units, including our Lab Accreditation Program, Proficiency Analytical Testing, and Registry Programs, will also be featured. This talk with be co-presented by Lawrence Sloan, AIHA CEO, and Nicole Greeson, AIHA President.