Professor Jonny Myers

Designation: Director: Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health
Expertise: The impacts of climate change, mitigation and adaptation on human health

Biography

Professor and Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town South Africa.

Relevant positions

• Member, National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (ACOHS)
• Member, Technical Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits, ACOHS, Department of Labour
• Member, Technical Committee of Occuational Diseases, Compensation Board, Department of Labour
• Member, Scientific Committee on Occupational Epidemiology , ICOH
• Board member, Fogarty International training programme in occupational and environmental health 
• Editorial Board, BMC Occupational medicine and toxicology
• Editorial Board, Americal Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Chairperson, Division of Occupational Medicine, College of Public Health Medicine, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa.
• Honorary Life Member, South African Society for Occupational Medicine
• Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, ITALY/USA

Research Interests

• Health effects of chrome 6
• Nervous and reproductive system effects of manganese and pesticides
• Methodological issues in estimating exposure-response relationships

Educational Interests

• Postgraduate education in occupational health
• Convenor of a postgraduate diploma in occupational health
• Development of web-based and multimedia learning materials
• Occupational epidemiology