Connecticut Conference on Workplace Assault and Violence in the

Connecticut Conference on
Workplace Assault and Violence
in the Healthcare Sector
​"Not Part of the Job:
How to Take a Stand Against
Violence in the Work Setting"
Dr. Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, University of Maryland, Schools of Nursing and Medicine
Director, Center for Community-Based Engagement and Learning,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dr. Jane Lipscomb has conducted research into the prevention of occupational injuries and illness in
the health care and social service workplace for over twenty years, with a focus on workplace violence
prevention. She is author of the recently published book, “Not Part of the Job: “How to Take a Stand
Against Violence in the Work Setting.” Prior to joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Lipscomb spent
three years as a senior scientist in the Office of the Director of the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), and five years at the University of California, at San Francisco (UCSF)
School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor and Director of the graduate program in Occupational
Health Nursing. Dr. Lipscomb received her BSN from Boston College, her MS in occupational health
from Boston University/Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University
of California, Berkeley. Dr. Lipscomb is the recipient of the University of Maryland’s 2008 Founders Day
Research Lecturer Award. In 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Keller Auditorium  UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030
Light dinner and refreshments will be served in the Keller Lobby
UHP 3837 is planning this event in collaboration with AFT Nurses and Health Professionals, ConnectiCOSH, Connecticut
AFL -CIO, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPHNEW), and Connecticut Institute for
Clinical and Translational Science (CICATS) Occupational Safety and Health Core Interest Group (OSH-CIG).