Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2025
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Categories
TAI Annual Lane Lecture
University of Manchester
Overview
Topic: The Artificial Stone Silicosis Epidemic: Lessons Learned for More Effective Prevention
Speaker: Professor Malcolm Sim.
Join us for this year’s Lane Lecture by Professor Malcolm Sim, where he will delve into the rapid rise of silicosis among stonemasons working with artificial stone.
This lecture will include a summary of the research documenting silicosis cases among stonemasons, highlighting the main predictive and other factors which contributed to the development of this preventable occupational disease. The lecture will also cover how this research has informed policy and practice to minimise the burden of artificial stone silicosis, drawing upon the experience in Australia where artificial stone has now been banned and a wide range of regulatory and other prevention and screening measures have been introduced to reduce the risk of silicosis from other sources of crystalline silica exposure in the workplace.
About Professor Malcolm Sim: Prof Sim is an occupational and environmental physician who for many years was Head of the Monash University Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health in Australia. Upon his retirement from Monash three years ago, he was appointed as an Emeritus Professor. Prof Sim has longstanding research and professional interests in the identification of work hazards and the monitoring and prevention of occupational diseases, including cancer and respiratory diseases. He has played a lead role in research and advisory activities to address the silicosis epidemic in Australia among stonemasons working with artificial stone. Prof Sim is the previous Editor-in-Chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the Immediate Past President of the Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a past Board member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH). In 2019 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to occupational and environmental medicine.
Attendance: In-person and online options will be available. For those attending in person, there will be the opportunity to stay for a complimentary drinks reception following the lecture.
Registration: Opens soon.
