Costa Rica
Main Collaborator
Catharina (Ineke) Wesseling, MD, Ph.D
Costa Rica and Nicaragua both interface with each other and with the ISOEH. Institutions with direct collaborative activities include the Regional Institute for Studies in Toxic Substances of the National University of Costa Rica, the Instituto Technologico, and the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Leon, Nicaragua.
 Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET)
Heredia, Costa Rica
The main current activities at IRET are a case-control study addressing a potential association of childhood leukemia with prenatal parental pesticide exposure; epidemiologic studies on cancer among banana workers and DBCP exposed workers, suicides among banana workers, and different methods for pesticide exposure assessment.
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 Technological Institute
Cartago, Costa Rica
The Tech has a major focus on Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Engineering. Responsible for the majority of the training in Industrial Hygiene that presently occurs in Costa Rica, the Tech faculty are frequently involved in hands on problem solving of real world health and safety problems in Costa Rican industry.
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Nicaragua
Main Collaborator
Aurora Aragon MD, Ph.C
 National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN)
Leon, Nicaragua
The UNAN, the oldest institution of higher learning in Nicaragua has a very active Preventive Medicine program within the School of Medicine. A large focus within the Program is occupational health. Faculty include specialists in Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene and Epidemiology. Active research areas include injury research, pesticide health effects and occupational hazard mapping among others.
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Thailand
Main Collaborator
Dean Koolarb
 Regional Center for Excellence in Occupational Health and Safety (TRE-OHS)
Faculty of Public Health
Burapha University, Thailand
TRE-OSH provides training programs and resources designed to increase knowledge and skills of occupational health and safety professionals, promote occupational health and safety research activity, and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in Thailand and worldwide.
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Vietnam
Main Collaborator
Prof. Le Van Trung
 National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam, with a rapidly growing population and a expanding industrial sector, is among the rising economic powerhouses of Southeast Asia. The country still sustains a largely rural, agriculturally based economy. However, new industry and production methods as well as older mining, manufacturing and pest control methods present challenges for the occupational and environmental health professional.
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