Press Releases

RMCOEH Press Releases

22-August-2007 - U of U Rocky Mountain Center receives $6.6 million training grant. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

12-March-2007 - The Utah State Legislature has approved bill 234 which establishes the Rocky Mountain Center (RMC) as the nation’s first statutorily established center for Education and Research in occupational health and safety. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

14-November-2006 - Rocky Mountain Center with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Medical College of Wisconsin are awarded $1.45 Million to continue their study on Upper Extremities Risk Factors. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf) or Click here to see the KSL News video.

8-November-2006 - The Utah Labor Commission has signed a two-year, $500,000 contract with the Rocky Mountain Center to study death and illness rates in firefighters and drug enforcement officers. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf) or click here to see the KSL News video.

5-October-2005 - 22nd Annual Utah Conference on Safety & Industrial Hygiene to Address Key Issues. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

5-October-2005 - Rocky Mountain Center announces winner of First Annual Award of Excellence in Wrokplace Safety & Health. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

April-2005 - University School of Medicine researchers (including Dr. Hegmann) find that overweight Americans suffer higher rate of knee cartilage tears. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

12-April-2005 - SB 159 Signed as a way of continuing funding for the Rocky Mountain Center and other centers conducting education, reasearch and care for worker safety. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

9-March-2005 - Rocky Mountain Center honored by Utah Medical Association. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

RMCOEH Faculty Related Press Releases

12-January-2007 - ACOEM adopts rigorous methodology for updates to its Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

20-December-2006 - California Propsal Reaffirms ACOEM Practice Guidelines. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

1-November-2006 - Dr. Kurt Hegmann is appointed as the chair of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Medical Review Board. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf)

7-March-2006 - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Appoints First Medical Review Board including Rocky Mountain Center Director Kurt Hegmann. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).

November-2005 - Center Director Kurt Hegmann is appointed to the ACOEM Pracitce Guidelines Committee Chair position. Click here for more info (link opens a pdf).