NORA Healthcare and Social Assistance Council
Council Participants
The Council has two co-chairs, one from the NIOSH Healthcare and Social Assistance Program and one from a partner organization. The NIOSH Program coordinator and assistant coordinator also help to facilitate the work of the Council. Participants attend meetings and contribute to workgroups. Contact the sector coordinator or NORA Coordinator with questions or comments or to volunteer.
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Bonnie Rogers Co-Chair |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Megan Casey Co-Chair |
NIOSH |
| David Weissman Program Manager |
NIOSH |
| Christa Hale Program Co-Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Sharon Silver Program Co-Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Chandran Achutan Assistant Coordinator |
NIOSH |
| Elizabeth Bien | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center |
| Elizabeth Bradshaw | NC State Laboratory of Public Health |
| Barbara Braun | The Joint Commission |
| Jill Byrne | Case Western Reserve University |
| Claire Caruso | NIOSH |
| Jenny Cassibry Fisher | Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians |
| Mark Catlin | Occupational safety and health consultant |
| Seth Clarenbach | Mayo Clinic |
| Eve Cuny | Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP); University of the Pacific School of Dentistry |
| Pamela Dembski Hart | Health Accreditation Resources LLC |
| Dave DeJoy | University of Georgia, Athans |
| Lotte Dyrbye | Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education |
| Brigid Elchos | Mississippi Board of Animal Health |
| Lynda Enos | HumanFit |
| Ruth Francis | American Nurses Association |
| Peg Graham | QUA INC |
| Susan Hallbeck | Mayo Clinic |
| Robert Harrison | University of California, San Francisco |
| Amanda Hessels | Columbia University School of Nursing |
| Tony Hilton | Veterans Health Administration |
| Beverly Hittle | University of Cincinnati |
| Michael Hodgson | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Emily Jones | Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) |
| Jagdish Khubchandani | New Mexico State University |
| David Kuhar | CDC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion |
| Angela Laramie | Massachusetts Department of Health |
| Sara Markle-Elder | American Federation of Teachers |
| Melissa McDiarmid | University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Amber Mitchell | International Safety Center |
| Mary Ogg | Occupational safety and health consultant |
| Peter Orris | University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center |
| Barbara (Joene) Patterson | NIOSH |
| Patricia Podolak | Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) |
| Margaret Quinn | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Lew Radonvovich | NIOSH |
| Dori Reissman | NIOSH |
| Elizabeth Royal | SEIU National Nurse Alliance |
| Joni Scheftel | Minnesota Department of Health |
| Jessica Schifano | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| Ron Smith | LS3P |
| Rosemary Sokas | Georgetown University |
| Madeline Sterling | Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Laura Stock | University of California, Berkeley |
| Karen Taylor | NIOSH |
| Jane Thomason | National Nurses United |
| Jennifer Zlenick | Touro College Graduate School of Social Work |
Page last reviewed: February 24, 2022
Content source: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)