6-9 OCTOBER 2025, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Mini-symposium: The forgotten history of occupational epidemiology

Monday 6 October 2025, 14.00 – 15.30, Glow

Introduction to the Mini-Symposium: The forgotten history of occupational epidemiology
Jason Glaser
What paleoepidemiology can offer to the study of occupational and environmental diseases
Michele Riva
Work-related topics when the discipline of public health was emerging
Johanna Feary
Brief biographies of leaders in early occupational epidemiology
Paul Blanc
Sentinel occupational illness outbreaks from an historical perspective
Stephen Ronsmans
Remembering history to protect the health of workers
Rajen Naidoo