
SCERC Spring 2025 Research Symposium
Shaping the Future of Work and Health Through Research and Technology
Social, economic, and political forces have significant implications for worker health and safety. Since the pandemic, there has been an increased need to leverage interdisciplinary insights and technology to navigate the complexities of work. Additionally, conducting research responsive to the changing nature of work and influencing structural forces has become crucial.
The SCERC invites you to a one-day symposium designed to empower both current and aspiring professionals, offering a distinctive opportunity to explore the latest research and innovative strategies aimed at promoting worker health and safety.
Participants will have the chance to engage in informative sessions and connect with fellow colleagues.
Event Details
Date: April 4, 2025
Time: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: UCLA Covel Commons
330 De Neve Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking options: Sunset Village Parking Structure ($16 all day)
Parking Structure 7 ($16 all day)
Registration Fees
Registration closed on Monday, March 31, 2025.
All registrations listed below include breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
- Student Registration: Free
- Faculty, Staff, and General Registration: $20.00
- SCERC Advisory Board: $20.00
Parking Directions
Visitors should park in designated visitor area in the Sunset Village Parking Structure located at 200 De Neve Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90095 or Parking Structure 7 located at 336 Charles E Young Dr. North, Los Angeles, CA 90095. All-day parking is available for $16 and less for shorter parking durations in both parking structures.
Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Pay station permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.
To purchase visitor parking at the pay station, follow the steps below:
- All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.
- Once parked, go to the nearest parking pay station.
- Enter your license plate number.
- If you do not have a license plate number, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN).
- Your VIN can be found on the driver's side door or the lower driver's side of the windshield.
- Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.
- Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN, please place your receipt on your dashboard, otherwise nothing else is required.
- Pay stations do not provide change.
- There are no refunds for pay station purchases.
Event agenda is available for download here.
SCERC Research Symposium Welcome
- Presented by: Rachael Jones, PhD, CIH; Director of SCERC
A Technological Framework for Monitoring and Visualizing Rock Deformation in Underground Mines
- Presented by: Nilufer K. Blanche Akbulut, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Arizona - 23-24 SCERC PPRT Recipient
Occupational exposures among women beedi workers in Mysore District, India: A mixed-methods study
- Presented by: Priyanka Ravi, MDS, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona - 23-24 SCERC PPRT Recipient
Long Working Hours, Healthy Diets, and Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Workers
- Presented by: Xiang Li, MPH, Ph.D. Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - 23-24 SCERC PPRT Recipient
- Presented by: Juan Carlos Ruiz Malagon, M.S., M.A., Ph.D. Student, University of California, Irvine - 23-24 SCERC PPRT Recipient
- Presented by: Sung S. Park, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston - 23-24 SCERC PPRT Recipient
Thank you for attending our symposium! We would highly appreciate any feedback you have. To provide your feedback, please use the following evaluation form: https://forms.gle/wwtdmRKYFiKb8cE79.
To receive continuing education hours, participants should claim hours based on the extent of their participation on the form. This evaluation form will close on Friday, April 25 at 11:59 PM.
The SCERC designates this activity for a maximum of 6.5 continuing education contact hours. To receive continuing education hours, participants should claim hours based on the extent of their participation on the evaluation form that will be distributed at the end of the symposium. Certificates will be sent within one week of response submission.
For questions regarding continuing education hours, please contact erc@ph.ucla.edu.
- Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17741, for 6.5 contact hours.
- Board of Global EHS Credentialing: Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) may be eligible to earn up to 6.5 contact hours for this symposium. Visit https://gobgc.org/practitioners_cih_cmcategories/ for more information.
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals: Certified Safety Professionals may be eligible to earn up to 6.5 contact hours (0.65 points) for this symposium. Visit https://online.fliphtml5.com/pbcyp/eprz/#p=18 for more information.
- Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHS): REHS may be eligible to earn up to 6.5 contact hours for this symposium. The SCERC is an REHS Continuing Education Accreditation Agency approved by the California Department of Public Health.
- General Hours: 6.5

The R2P toolkit is a practical guide and planning tool to help research teams in public health and occupational safety and health. Blank plans are available for download through the link.
LOHP collaborated with The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and The California Labor Lab to develop this updated toolkit. Especially in occupational safety and health, we want our research to reach beyond publishing findings to directly impact worker health. Research in action has the power to save lives.
For more information about this work contact Monique Hosein: monique_hosein@berkeley.edu
General resources
- Every year, on April 28th, we remember those who lost their lives at work. Below are Workers Memorial Day events scheduled in Southern California and nationwide:
- Workers Memorial Day Events in Southern California organized by the Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (SoCal COSH)
- OSHA: Virtual Worker Memorial Wall and Events
- AFL-CIO Workers Memorial Day Events
Resources from keynote speaker and panelists
- Monique Hosein, DrPH - UC Berkeley LOHP
- Website: Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP)
- Resource: Research 2 Practice (r2p)Toolkit
- Ellen Reese, PhD - UC Riverside
- Website: Inland Empire Labor & Community Center
- Ellen's co-authored book: Emmons Allison, Juliann and Ellen Reese. 2023. Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- Article related to health & safety and Amazon warehouses: https://revealnews.org/article/how-amazon-hid-its-safety-crisis/
- Tia Koonse, JD - UCLA Labor Center
- Olga Rodriguez-Aguirre, JD - SAG-AFTRA
- Website: SAG-AFTRA
- News: SAG-AFTRA sponsors A.I. transparency bill
- Resources: SAG-AFTRA - Artificial Intelligence
- Marnie Dobson, PhD - Healthy Work Campaign
- Website: Healthy Work Campaign
- Resource: Health Work Survey
- Jian Li, MD, PhD, Dr.rer.sec - Southern CA Education and Research Center (SCERC)
- Resource: Work and stress publications