by piecenter | Sep 1, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
We invite you to join speakers Chad Carr, Jason Scheffler, and Wendy Dahl for this one-time webinar event as they present their current research on animal-sourced foods. This webinar, hosted by the UF/IFAS PIE Center, will cover the following topics related to the...
by piecenter | Aug 10, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
Increasing awareness and education around the topic of heat-related illness (HRI) is one mitigation strategy for farmworkers and farmworker supervisors to reduce occasions of HRI. Given the risk of HRI in the southeastern United States, the outreach core for the...
by piecenter | Aug 2, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
The ways in which information and research is communicated to stakeholders has a significant effect on how the information is perceived. For instance, the frame, or cognitive structure selected by the communicator, has a major influence in how an audience processes...
by piecenter | Jun 6, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
Heat-related illness (HRI) significantly impacts athletes, especially in hot and humid climates. HRI is the third leading cause of death among high school athletes. Practitioners of occupational industries with greater outdoor exposure can apply lessons learned from...
by piecenter | Jun 6, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
It’s well-known that an opioid epidemic exists throughout America, and that there is a need to better understand the epidemic through more comprehensive data. According to the CDC, in 2017 opioids accounted for 67.8% of all drug overdose deaths in the United States, a...
by piecenter | Apr 18, 2019 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
Hurricanes Irma and Michael caused catastrophic damage from wind and storm surge throughout Florida and the southeastern U.S. during 2017 and 2018, respectively. Many communities in the panhandle of Florida are still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Michael....
