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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, April 20, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 6:45 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Council on OEM Science
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    201 - How to Start and Operate an Occupational Medicine Practice
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    202 - Industrial Ills and Medical Minds: Chicago’s Role in Early 20th Century Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    203 - A Short Introduction to Medical Certification of Civilian Pilots
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    204 - The NIOSH National Firefighter Registry for Cancer- What Occupational Medicine Physicians Need to Know
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    205 - Respiratory Clues in the Cloud: Tech-Driven Evaluation of Military Exposures
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    206 - Substance Use and Return to Work
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    207 - Beyond Borders: Collaborative Solutions for Global Worker Health
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    208 - Bridging the Nutrition Education Gap: A New Portable Culinary Medicine Workshop for Clinicians
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    209 - Workplace investigations: NIOSH (Part I)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    210 - Urine Drug Testing Interpretation Training for Clinicians: A Case-Based Interactive Workshop
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Goodman Theatre Health and Safety Walk Through
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Networking Break
  • 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Worksite Visit: Stickney Water Reclamation Plant
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    211 - Commercial Driver Medical Certification - where we came from, where we are and where we are going?
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    212 - Stump the Chumps 2026 ... Dilemmas and Drama in Medical Center Occupational Health
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    213 - Advancing Workforce Health Equity: A Novel Occupational Health–Led Model to Address Health Gaps Among Vulnerable Employees in a Large Hospital System
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    214 - Workplace investigations: NIOSH (Part II)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    215 - Protecting Patient Data: Navigating IT Security Risks for Occupational Health Professionals
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Environmental Health
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    IOMSC Executive Committee Meeting
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CT
    Medical Review Officers
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    216 - MRO Controversies
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    217 - Prevention of Laboratory Animal Allergy
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    218 - Perspectives on a Healthy Workforce
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    219 - The Anatomy and Outcomes of an Innovative First in the Nation Occupational & Environmental Medicine Train-in-Place Program
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    220 - Using Data Analytics, Dashboards, and Cockpits to Advance Cultures of Health and Wellbeing
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Worksite Visit: Shedd Aquarium Veterinary Medical Program
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    221 - Respiratory protection: A lot has changed in the last 50 years!
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    222 - America–Japan International Study on Workers’ Health and Well-being: Cross-Cultural Insights from the AJISAI Project
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    223 - Igniting Change: The Firefighter Wellness Fitness Initiative
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    224 - Top 10 Pitfalls to Avoid in Pre-Hire Physical Abilities Testing: Ensuring Compliance, Validity, and Injury Prevention
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    225 - The Use of an Online Learning Module to Improve Knowledge for Prevention of Back Pain and Injury in Industrial Workers
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Networking Break
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    226 - From "Reporter" to "Detective": A Practical Framework for AI-Assisted Evidence Synthesis in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    227 - Environmental Medicine: Clinical Cases and Pearls
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    228 - Validity Testing, Mental Health Intervention, and Clinical Assessment Tools Optimize Timely and Evidence-based Care for Postconcussional and Post-COVID Concerns
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    229 - Hidden Hazards Underground: What the ICBM Missileer Community Teaches Us About Occupational Health
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    230 - The Numbers of Medicine
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    ACOEM Fellows Inductions, Annual Awards Ceremony
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    502 - An Agentic and Robotic Future of Work - Sappington Lecture
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    COEAA
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    ICSOEM
  • 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM CT
    Annual Social Event