Mini-symposia

Explore the mini-symposia taking place at EPICOH 2026

Algorithmic Management as an Emerging Occupational Exposure
Carin Håkansta, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Virginia Gunn, Cape Breton University, NS, Canada & Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Ruben Lind, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Nuria Matilla-Santander, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain

Circular economy: occupational health in the waste management sector
Susana Viegas, National School of Public Health, Portugal
Karin Broberg, Lund University, Sweden

Crossing Borders in Migrants’ Health and Work
Begoña Martínez-Jarreta, Zaragoza University, Spain
Lutgart Braeckman, Ghent University, Belgium
Rafael de la Hoz,  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Lode Godderis, KU Leuven, Belgium

Evaluating the impact of occupational and environmental health hazard evaluations and epidemiological research on policies to prevent disease: Methods and case-studies
Ruth M. Lunn, NIH, USA
Mary Schubauer-Berigan, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Intervention studies to promote mental and physical health in changing working environments due to climate change, sustainable work practices, and in green jobs: first findings from the EU-INTERCAMBIO project
Michelle Turner, IS Global, Spain

Mechanistic Science for Prevention in an Era of Complex and Emerging Exposures
Pavreen Bhatti, BC Cancer, Canada
Karin Broberg, Lund University, Sweden

Military occupational exposures and cancer: limitations and opportunities
Kaitlin Kelly-Reif, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA

Navigating Nordic workplaces: the state of knowledge on organization-level psychosocial interventions
Svetlana Solovieva, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Birgit Aust, The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Margrethe Bjørnstad, National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway
Gun Johansson, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Region Stockholm), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Caleb Leduc, School of Public Health at University College Cork, Ireland

Occupational Exposures during Pregnancy and Health Effects in the mother and child
Karin Sørig Hougaard, National Institute of Public Health, Denmark
Jenny Selander, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Occupational Cancer Patterns in the Nordic Countries: New Insights From 60 Years of NOCCA Follow‑Up
Jan Ivar Martinsen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Johnni Hansen, Danish Cancer Society, Denmark
Marcin W. Wojewodzic, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

Occupational Lung Cancer: New opportunities to intervene through enhanced surveillance and screening
Ann Olson, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Paul Demers, Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Ontario Health, Canada
Steven Markowitz, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
Sara De Matteis, University of Turin, Italy
Dick Heederik, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

The Practice of Occupational Epidemiology – are field methods and data collection being neglected? Should primary data collection be rehabilitated?
Vikki Ho, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Canada
Sabrina Gravel, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), Canada
France Labrèche, IRSST and Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Montreal, Canada