Fighting for the future of OEM and worker health.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) stands at a critical crossroads. As the workforce evolves and environmental challenges grow, the specialty faces diminishing visibility, funding, and support—despite its essential role in protecting worker health and ensuring safe, sustainable workplaces. OEM physicians are uniquely trained to prevent, diagnose, and manage conditions caused or worsened by occupational and environmental exposures. Without renewed investment, we risk losing a vital safeguard for millions of workers whose health is the backbone of our economy and society.
Our Mission
To secure the future of occupational and environmental medicine and the workers, workplaces and environments we serve.
How will we, together, shape the future of OEM?
The OEM Future Fund is dedicated to securing the future of Occupational and Environmental Medicine by investing in the next generation of specialists. Through targeted funding, and robust support for emerging practitioners and the organizations that train them, the Fund empowers those entering or advancing within the field. By championing OEM at every level—from medical students to residency programs—we ensure that worker health remains a national priority and that the specialty continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
The survival of OEM is at stake.
We need your support to ensure the survival and growth of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The OEM Future Fund is a vital initiative to bring new resources, visibility, and energy to a specialty that safeguards worker health every day. With your help we hope to support emerging practitioners and secure the future of this essential field. Join us in protecting the health of workers—and the specialty that protects them.
