NC State University Agromedicine Program
The farming, fishing and forestry industry is one of the most hazardous in the United States. The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute was established in 1999 to address this critical health and safety issue. Agromedicine promotes the occupational and environmental health and safety of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries communities through research, intervention/prevention, and education and outreach.
Located in Greenville, NC, on the west campus of East Carolina University, the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute is a University of North Carolina inter-institutional institute whose partners are East Carolina University, NC State University, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Dr. Catherine LePrevost serves as campus coordinator for NC State University faculty affiliated with the Institute.
In addition to its 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 farmworkers, farmers, foresters, fishers, their families and communities in North Carolina and surrounding states in the mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and eastern Tennessee).
The Institute’s goal is to reduce injury and illness by conducting research that leads to practical solutions and by developing effective educational approaches that benefit the agricultural community, rural health providers, and Extension educators. Ultimately we want farming, logging and fishing workplaces to be safe and healthy for all.
Read about our current National Library of Medicine-funded project here. We’re working to improve the daily lives of migrant/seasonal farmworkers by expanding internet connectivity and access to online health information for community health workers, farmworkers, and their families.
Access the Dictionary of Agromedicine here.