NORA Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular, and Other Chronic Disease Prevention (CRC) Cross-Sector Council

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
• 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

• 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