Author: Annemieke Tapp

On the 2023 National Day of Service and Remembrance, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a video emphasizing that the memories and impact of 9/11 have not faded with time. NIOSH Director John Howard highlighted the ongoing health impacts experienced by those who responded to the 9/11 attacks, mentioning the World Trade Center Health Program, which provides medical monitoring and treatment for emergency responders, recovery workers, volunteers, and others affected by the events of 9/11, underscoring their commitment to providing compassionate care for those impacted. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

TNEC was awarded a $300,000 grant through the state.  Funding for the grant was provided by MassCEC, (Massachusetts Clean Energy Center).  The grant is tied to MassCEC's Wind Energy Program.  TNEC plans to provide 30 hours of in-person and online training over the next two years to students who plan to work as engineers, technicians, field supervisors or project managers in the offshore wind energy industry — and anyone else employed in the field. TNEC's training program will be embedded in a 21 course program through Ben Franklin Institute of Technology, UML, and UMass Amherst.  Students who take the 30-hour…

Read this great article on how TNEC works with local organization to prepare a community for severe weather events.  TNEC trained roughly 60 individuals from Lowell Community Health Center.  Funding for training was provided through a grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. To read the article in its entirety, click here.

The New England Consortium's Principle Investigator, David Turcotte is a well known fixture as a research professor in the Economics Department at UMass Lowell.  He has led and contributed to many projects in Greater Lowell and is best known for his work, Healthy Homes .  UML's Katherine Webster recently interviewed Turcotte about his work on asthma and allergies in the home, reflecting on his nearly two decades research and his continuous drive for improving quality of health in children and seniors. To read the interview in it's entirety, click here.

From time to time TNEC will promote a new course on our News and Updates page to inform readers of exciting new happenings at TNEC.  Here is one instance we can do that. Emergency Medical Response: First Aid, CPR, Blood Borne Pathogen and Stop the Bleed Course APRIL 26th  8:00 AM - 4:30PM Delivery at UMass Lowell/TNEC Training Facility Cost $175.00 Click Here to Register What does this course teach? First aid basics; Medical Emergencies; Injury Emergencies; Environmental Emergencies; Preventing illness and injury; Adult CPR and AED use; Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies; Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR;…