Project SEAMIST (South East Area Maritime Industry Safety Training)

Project SEAMIST, a WTP awardee with primary responsibility for the training of workers in themaritime industries and community for hazardous chemical safety and response, proposes toprovide this essential worker community with critical training in awareness and safe workinghabits in response to the current COVID19 outbreak. Project SEAMIST will deliver, viaestablished, facilitated online procedures, COVID19 training, as developed and provided by theNIEHS WTP, with local optimization and adaptation for our maritime clientele. ProjectSEAMIST has identified a marketing agent, Resolve Maritime Academy, and client industriesincluding ship and port workers, warehouse employees and freight forwarders, who haveexpressed a need for such training. In addition, Project SEAMIST has identified an expertcollaborator, Dr. Alex Isakov, previously leader of a WTP infectious diseases program, to act asa subject matter expert and facilitator in the delivery of this training. Dr. Isakov's program waslargely performed online, and while Nova Southeastern University has extensive experiencedelivering online learning, we welcome Dr. Isakov's input into trainings in this critical subject.