NORA Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular, and Other Chronic Disease Prevention (CRC) Cross-Sector Council
Meetings
The Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular and Other Chronic Disease (CRC) Cross-Sector Council meets using virtual meeting software.
January 18, 2022 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Introductions and Member Updates
- NIOSH and External Member Updates
- NIOSH Insight: Tracking Intermediate Outcomes – Amia Downes, NIOSH
- Union Representatives’ Perspectives on Chronic Disease
- Disease Working Group Updates & Discussion
April 15, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Introductions and Member Updates
- NIOSH and external member updates
- NIOSH INSIGHT: Tracking Intermediate Outcomes
- Presentation by Dr. Amia Downes, titled, “Why and How is NIOSH Pushing for Impact?”
- Union Representatives’ Perspectives on Chronic Diseases
- Presentation by Emily Smith from the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America
- Presentation by Juan Zuniga from United Steelworkers
- Presentation by Sean Currey from Iron Workers Local #549
- Disease Working Group Updates and Discussion
- Closing Remarks
December 8, 2020 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Introduction
- Introduction to CRC NIOSH personnel
- Introduction to NORA and CRC Cross-Sector
- Networking Activities
- Improving Information Sharing and Networking: Moving Forward
- Implementation of regular conference calls
- Open Discussion
- Closing Remarks
December 10, 2020 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- NIOSH activities to protect firefighters
- Integrating Firefighter Biomarker, Exposure, and Survey Data: The Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study
Dr. Alberto Caban-Martinez, University of Miami - Wildland Fire Research at NIOSH
Dr. Kathleen Navarro, NIOSH - The National Firefighter Registry: Understand & Reducing Cancer
Dr. Miriam Siegel, NIOSH
- Integrating Firefighter Biomarker, Exposure, and Survey Data: The Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study
- Closing
December 17, 2020 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- NIOSH updates
- R2P Questionnaire Overview
- Work Group Break-Outs
- Council Sharing and Discussion
- Closing Remarks
July 24, 2018 1:00-3:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
Held in conjunction with the Respiratory Health (RH) and Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (TWU) Councils
- Welcomes and introductions
Dawn Castillo, TWU Co-chair; Paul Landsbergis, CRC Co-chair; David Weissman, RH Co-chair
- Presentations
- Maintenance-of-Way Worker Health and Safety Study
Paul Landsbergis, SUNY-Downstate School of Public health
- Maintenance-of-Way Worker Health and Safety Study
- The Health Status of Passenger Transit Workers: A Comparative Perspective from Group Health Insurance Medical Claims Data in the U.S.
Tim Bushnell, NIOSH
- Medicare Claims and Enrollment Data: Strengths, Limitations and Opportunities
Megan Casey, NIOSH
- Group Discussion: Value, challenges, and opportunities for medical claims analyses
Facilitator- Karl Sieber, NIOSH
- Group Discussion: Potential follow-up
Facilitator – Jennifer E. Lincoln, NIOSH
- Open Mic (opportunity to share updates or information likely to be of interest to participants)
Facilitator – Dawn Castillo, NIOSH - Wrap-up and Closing Comments
Teresa Schnorr, CRC Co-Chair; Paul Henneberger, RH Program Coordinator; Karl Sieber, TWU Program Coordinator
January 25, 2017 10:00-11:30 am ET (virtual meeting)
Topic: Occupational Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
- Overview of the National Occupational Research Agenda and NIOSH CRC Program – 3rd Decade
- Review and discussion of draft CRC Agenda – Occupational CVD topic
- Questions and Discussion
March 1, 2017 9:30-11:00 am ET (virtual meeting)
Topic: Occupational Cancer
- Follow-up questions/discussions as needed:
- National Occupational Research Agenda (3rd Decade) and NIOSH CRC Program
- Draft CRC Agenda – Cardiovascular Disease topic
- Review and discussion of draft CRC Agenda – Occupational Cancer topic
- Questions and Discussion
April 11, 2017 2:00-3:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
Topic: Reproductive Health
- Brief overview of the NORA CRC Council, NIOSH CRC Program, and Agenda activities to date
- Review and discussion of draft CRC Agenda – Reproductive Health
- Questions and Discussion