Alyssa Spence

Associate Director @North Carolina Agromedicine Institute

NC, US

The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute is a University of North Carolina inter-institutional institute whose partners are East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. In addition to our university partners, the Institute relies heavily on its collaborative partnerships with the agricultural community, other universities, businesses, health care organizations, governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations who are dedicated to identifying and addressing the health and safety risks of farmers, foresters, fishermen, their families and communities in North Carolina. Our goal is to reduce injury and illness by conducting research that leads to practical solutions and developing effective educational approaches that can be of benefit daily to the end user. Ultimately we want farming, logging and fishing workplaces to be safe and healthy for all.As Associate Director, my primary responsibility is working the Institute Member program, working with faculty and community partners on collaborative research, facilitating the Institute’s Board of Partners and coordinating education/outreach and prevention/intervention programs in farm safety.