In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we speak with Owner and Founder of Hammes Homestead, Megan Hammes, MS, MCHES.

With over 20 years of experience in employee health and well-being, Megan specializes in delivering evidence-based Mental Health First Aid and QPR Suicide Prevention trainings, along with customized workshops, to leadership teams and work groups across the United States. Megan’s work centers on integrating mental health into overall workplace safety, helping organizations build cultures where people feel supported, connected, and confident speaking up.

Today, we’re here to learn more about Megan’s education session, “Integrating Mental Health Awareness Trainings Into Workplace Safety Culture,” and her PDC titled “Mental Health First Aid Certification Training.” Both these sessions will be taking place at this year’s AIHA Connect 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Watch the full episode and join the conversation with industry leaders in the Catalyst and Healthy Workplaces Show communities.

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we speak with AIHA Connect 2026 Closing Speaker Tom Koulopoulos. Tom is Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a 30-year-old Boston-based think tank named one of the fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine, and the founding partner of Acrovantage Ventures, which invests in early-stage technology startups. He is also the author of 14 books, an inventor with several patents, the past Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Business Innovation, the past director of the Dell Innovation Lab, and a professor at Boston University. Today, we’ll explore Tom’s insight on how AI, data, and digital transformation can be harnessed to create healthier, safer workplaces. Watch the full episode and join the conversation with industry leaders in the Catalyst and Healthy Workplaces Show communities.

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we speak with AIHA CEO Larry Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE.  

We will recap key highlights from AIHA’s December National Town Hall. If you couldn’t tune in, this conversation breaks down what you need to know about where AIHA is headed, the priorities shaping the OEHS profession, and what it all means for healthier workplaces moving forward. 

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In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we speak with AIHA President Bradley King, PhD, MPH, CIH. 

Today, we’ll explore highlights from Bradley’s recent trip to Argentina for the 10th Pan-American Congress of Occupational Health and the 5th Argentine Congress. We’ll also hear key insights and takeaways from Bradley’s participation in the 2025 AIHA delegation to Chile, including what he learned from engaging with local professionals and organizations.

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we speak with industrial hygienists Hilarie Warren, MPH, CIH, and Richard Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA, who helped develop AIHA’s new guidance document, "Young Worker/Child Labor in the U.S."

Today, we’re exploring how this white paper outlines the growing resurgence of child labor in the United States, documenting rising violations, weakened state protections, and significant injury and fatality risks, especially in agriculture, meat processing, and retail. It calls for stronger enforcement, improved data collection, and coordinated action among government, employers, schools, and communities to protect young workers’ health, safety, and educational opportunities. 

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we interview Industrial Hygienist Donna M. Doganiero, CIH.

Donna is a distinguished occupational and environmental health professional with a career spanning more than five decades in industrial hygiene. In 1981, she began a long, impactful career with the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, formerly the U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, advancing from field project officer to director of occupational health sciences. With the Army, she managed large, multidisciplinary programs in industrial hygiene, ergonomics, radiation safety, vector-borne diseases, and medical safety assessments during weapon system development. Donna served as the industrial hygiene consultant to the Army Office of the Surgeon General on technical and policy issues. 

Among her many honors, Donna received the Commander’s Award for Civil Service Excellence for her participation in the response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

We’re going to talk about Donna’s more than 50 years in OEHS and learn how the OEHS field has changed over her career. 

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we interview industrial hygienist Frank Hearl, P.E.

Frank conducted extensive industrial hygiene and epidemiological research focused on dust-induced and lung diseases, leading major projects such as an international study on silica and lung cancer in collaboration with institutions in China and the U.S. As leader of the National Occupational Research Agenda Mixed Exposures Team, he ensured that occupational health standards reflected the complex realities of workplace exposures. Later, as chief of staff at NIOSH, he coordinated with federal agencies to translate research and risk assessments into practical, science-based policies for occupational safety and health.

We’re going to talk to Frank about his 40-plus years in OEHS and learn how the field has changed since he started his career.

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show, we interview AIHA President Bradley King, PhD, MPH, CIH, as well as Philip Clark, MS, CIH, CSP, the founder of UpSkillESH.com.

Bradley and Phil were part of the team that wrote AIHA’s new guidance document, "Using AI to Enhance OEHS". Today, we’re exploring how AI is shaping and enhancing the field of OEHS, while also learning about some of the limitations and challenges. 

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show Podcast, we interview industrial hygienist Mary V. O'Reilly, PhD, CIH, CPE, FAIHA, as part of our Luminary Series.

Mary is a founding member of Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB) and its US branch. She is a fellow of AIHA and the recipient of AIHA’s 2016 Alice Hamilton Award. 

Mary is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Albany School of Public Health. She teaches Occupational Health: Achievements, Continuing Challenges, and Evolving Issues, a course for graduate and upper undergraduate students. 

We’re going to talk to Mary about her 40-plus years in OEHS and learn how the field has changed since she started her career.

In this episode of the Healthier Workplaces Show, we interview the vice chair of AIHA’s Thermal Stress Working Group, Gabrielle Brewer, PhD, CISSN, and the program director of the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, David Leathers.

Today, we will learn more about the collaboration between AIHA’s Thermal Stress Working Group and Health Action Alliance. We’ll also gain insight into sector-specific heat resources for industries struggling with heat stress.