SOM welcomes international members from around the world to support their career needs. Do join SOM here if you are from a low-income country; discounts and access to additional benefits may be available (contact us for details). SOM supports occupational health (OH) development globally through education, awareness raising and sharing of expertise. It partners with other professional occupational health associations, such as those in Japan, Chile, Zimbabwe, India (IAOH), Australia and New Zealand (ANZSOM). Examples of training opportunities can be found here.
SOM support to WHO and ILO and membership of other international organisations
SOM supports the delivery of OH via UN member states e.g. see here and here. It is a member of UEMS, IOMSC and an associate member of ICOH. SOM supports advocacy for new UN Sustainable Development Goals - details here.
SOM International Projects
Artisanal and small scale mining - with the support of NEBOSH, and in partnership with IOMSC, SOM is reviewing the occupational health needs of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Colombia and Brazil - see here. Artisanal and small-scale mining, or ASM, is a largely informal economic sector who use basic tools to extract everything from gold to gemstones and vital metals, critical to the world’s economies. ASM provides livelihoods for over 45 million people around the world, with tens of millions more people also dependent on the sector. SOM with IOMSC wishes to improve the occupational health of the ASM sector and work in partnership with governments, industry, and artisanal miners themselves to make ASM’s healthier and safer,
SOM hosts a Mining Special Interest Group – contact us for details. You can watch a SOM webinar on the occupational risks and health impacts of mining here.
Health of health care workers – In 2024/5, SOM has worked with colleagues in Nigeria on a health of health care workers project here and started a new project in Ethiopia in 2025 here.
2025 SOM/FOM conference International session - recording here. Dr Rikard Moen – Chair
- Dr Dominic Young, ANZSOM - OHS issues in Australia - dust diseases, and the response from Occupational Medicine and legislators. Dr Dominic Young is a specialist occupational physician located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. He is President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM), a Presiding Member at the Victorian Medical Panels, and a member of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM). Dominic works across a broad range of industries and is accredited by WorkSafe Victoria as an independent medical examiner and an impairment assessor; Comcare as an impairment assessor; and TAC as a joint medical examiner.
- Dr Bobby Joseph - Occupational Health in India - challenges and successes. Dr Joseph is Vice Dean, Community Outreach and Distance Education; Professor, Community Health and Head, Occupational Health Services, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, India.
- Dr Rupali Das, MD, MPH, FACOEM (she/her) - Climate change and OH, focusing on California. Dr Das is Sr. Vice President, California Medical Director Zenith Insurance Company.
- Dr Richard Heron – International Occupational Medicine Society Collaboration (IOMSC) update. Dr Heron is a former SOM President and currently co-chair of IOMSC.
SOM webinars
21st February 2022 - South & Central America - Recording here. Slides here.
14th September 2021 - Occupational Medicine Challenges in South & Central Asia & Russia - Recording here. Slides here.
29th June 2021 - Occupational Health and Medicine in SE and E Asia - Recording here. PDF slides here, here, here.
18th May 2021 - Occupational Health and Medicine in the Middle East - Recording here.
15th Mar 2021 - Occupational Medicine & Health Challenges in Southern Africa - Recording here. PDF slides here, here, and here.