LMU Klinikum
Center for International Health CIHLMU
CIHLMU is a center at LMU Klinikum

Environmental Health

Workers account for half of the world’s population and their health depends on workplace conditions, health care access, social and individual factors. The International Labour Organization (ILO, 2018), estimates that work-related accidents or illnesses kill about 6000 people every day – or around 2.3 million women and men each year. Committed to the notion that occupational safety and health must improve, especially in vulnerable, lower-income, and underserved communities, the Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) focus area of CIHLMU was established. First and foremost, it is concerned with capacity building – training and educating people from around the world to improve local working conditions in both the formal and informal sectors.

Many of the activities of OSH at CIHLMU are located in Latin America where it collaborates with local universities to encourage community engagement, practical problem-solving and research in understudied areas of occupational safety and health. After the successful implementation of blended learning master and diploma programs as well as online modules and face-to-face summer schools and workshops, the OSH activities are currently being updated and redesigned. With the aim of train OSH professionals who wish to acquire basic scientific training as well as healthcare professionals who want to acquire additional qualifications in OSH, individual modules at different levels are developed which can be studied within in a modular approach.

Activities

Current Activities

The following online courses in OSH are already open for registration:

In addition, it is possible to apply for the PhD International Health with a research project in the area of International OSH.

From 2022, the following training programs in OSH are planned to be offered:

Previous Activities

Contact

In case of interest or questions, please contact master@osh-munich.de

Team members

Munich Office
Prof. Dr. Katja Radon, MSc
Prof. Dr. Katja Radon, MSc
CIH Chairwoman and CIH Board Member
Institute and Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine
+49 (0) 89 4400 52400
Luisa Merz, M.A.
Luisa Merz, M.A.
Program Coordinator at LMU Munich
+49 (0) 89 440052620
 Bernarda Espinoza, Ph.D.
Bernarda Espinoza, Ph.D.
One Health - Project & Course Coordinator
Bernarda.Espinoza@med.uni-muenchen.de
International Office
Veronica Encina
Veronica Encina
CIH Coordinator Latin America
E-Mail: Veronica.Encina@med.uni-muenchen.de
Dr. Manuel Parra
Dr. Manuel Parra
Project support Latin America
Prof. Dr. Denise Carvalho
Prof. Dr. Denise Carvalho
CIH local coordinator at UFPR - Brazil
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Dr. María Teresa Solis Soto
Dr. María Teresa Solis Soto
CIH local coordinator at USFX, Bolivia
Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca