In this ISCRR podcast, Dr. Janine McMillan (Acting Co-Director and Research Lead at ISCRR) and Nick Blackford (OHS Officer at the Australian Workers’ Union) summarise the findings of  ISCRR’s Evidence Review and Environmental Scan of the adverse health risks of bitumen fume exposure to road workers, and how this research is currently changing practices within the asphalt and bitumen industries. Join your host, Dr. Jimmy Twin, ISCRR's Communications and Translation Manager, as he guides the conversation on this important workplace health and safety topic! *ISCRR is the acronym of The Insti ..read more

In this ISCRR podcast, Dr. Eric Windholz from Monash University examines the current insurance arrangements for athletes, the exemption from workers’ compensation of professional sportspersons in particular, and options for reform in light of the recommendations from the 2023 Senate inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports. Join your host, Dr. Jimmy Twin, ISCRR's Communications and Translation Manager, as he guides the conversation on this important workplace health and safety topic! To get in touch with Eric, please email: eric.windholz@monash.edu *ISCRR is the acro ..read more

In this ISCRR podcast, three esteemed researchers from Monash University discuss their research, all with a focus on work-related violence from a particular lens. Dr Dianne Sheppard, Senior Research Fellow at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), opens the discussion with an overview of her work on the financial burden associated with work-related violence. Professor Helen De Cieri, Director of Research in the Department of Management at Monash Business School, follows with an overview of her work on gendered violence in healthcare. They are joined by Dr Sarah Oxford, Senior ..read more