UCLA Nursing’s Jian Li receives international mid-career award

UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing Professor Jian Li, MD, PhD, has received the Mid-Career Award from the International Commission on Occupational Health Scientific Committee on Cardiology in Occupational Health.

Dr. Li was recognized at the 8^th International Conference on Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases for his exceptional contribution to the research and practice of Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD), as a mid-career investigator.

“I am deeply honored to receive this award from the ICOH Scientific Committee on Cardiology in Occupational Health,” said Dr. Li. “This recognition affirms the importance of advancing research at the intersection of occupational environments and cardiovascular health, and I remain committed to contributing to the global effort to improve worker well-being through scientific inquiry and collaboration.”

The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is an international non-governmental professional society whose aims are to foster the scientific progress, knowledge and development of occupational health and safety in all its aspects. It was founded in 1906 in Milan as the Permanent Commission on Occupational Health. Today, ICOH is the world's leading international scientific society in the field of occupational health with a membership of more than 2,000 professionals from over 110 countries. The ICOH is recognized by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization and has close working relationships with the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.

The ICOH Scientific Committee on Cardiology in Occupational Health serves a professional network of researchers, occupational health physicians and public health workers throughout the world concerned about the impact of work and work-related factors on cardiovascular health. Linking economic globalization to the changing nature of work and its impact on the risk of CVD, and focusing on research, worksite interventions, and public health, the committee focuses on identifying work-related risk factors for CVD, the interplay of social class, work and health, interventions to reduce the burden of unhealthy jobs, and public policy concerns to foster change in working conditions.