Collaborators, Sponsors and Links
The IOM collaborates with a number of organisations, mostly in relation to research, but occasionally in our consulting or service work. Our research sponsors include government and government agencies, industry, other grant awarding bodies and the European Union. In addition we have included other links that you may find useful.
Collaborators
We work closely with the Environmental and Occupational Medicine group at the University of Aberdeen. We have a number of joint projects and Dr Sean Semple frp, Aberdeen is based at IOM part-time. John Cherrie and Martie van Tongeren have honorary positions at the University.
IOM is a leading partner in the Safety of Nano-materials Interdisciplinary Research Centre (SnIRC), which involves:
We have also collaborated with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on a number of epidemiological projects.
IOM has a number of honorary staff members including:
- Professor Anthony Seaton
- Professor Ken Donaldson
- Dr Sean Semple
Other organisations that we work with include:
- The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) – based in Buxton, UK
- TNO – based in Zeist in the Netherlands
- The University of Utrecht – based in the Netherlands
- US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- The Institute of Environment and Health (IEH) at Silsoe University
- University of Milan, Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto
Sponsors
Our research is sponsored by many different organisations, including:
- The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- The Health Education Board Scotland (HEBS)
- The European Chemical Industry Long-range Research Initiative (CEFIC-LRI)
- The US Health Effects Institute (HEI)
- European Union Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC)
- EuroChlor
- Plastics Europe
- The UK Department for International Development (DfID)
- The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA)
- The Wellcome Trust
- CONCAWE
- The International Lead Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO)
- Titanium Dioxide Manufacturers Association (TDMA)
- London Underground (LUL)
Other links
IOM is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre. We are also a national network member of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW).
Other links that might be helpful are listed below:
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST)
- The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
- BSI - Nanotechnology site (Contact: Annie Cassidy)