Dr Zinta Podniece

Dr Zinta Podniece (MPH) is a medical doctor specialised in occupational and public health. Currently she is Deputy Head of Health and Safety at Work Unit in Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission. In particular, she deals with chemicals at the workplace files. Before that more than 7 years she worked at the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work dealing with occupational health issues, including work-related musculoskeletal disorders, mental health, workplace health promotion and wellbeing at work. In the early 2000s, she worked on the preparation of a Latvian Public Health Strategy and Action Programme for the Ministry of Health.