Respiratory Health Cross-Sector Council

January 13, 2021              11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Presentation: Homemade Mask Pilot Study Laboratory Phase Findings
  Susan Reutman, MPH, PhD, University of Cincinnati

• Presentation: Silk fabric as a functional material for constructing protective over-masks for PPE and improvised face coverings
  Patrick Anthony Guerra, PhD

• Adjourn

March 31, 2021                1:00 – 2:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Presentation: Occupational Surveillance and State Mitigation Efforts for COVID-19 in Washington
• Carolyn Whitaker, MS, CIH
  Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program
  Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

June 10, 2021                     12:00 – 1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Discuss occupational implications of long COVID-19

August 31, 2021                1:00 -2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome
• Presentations:

• • Worker’s Compensation Data and the Occupational Implications of Long COVID-19
    Komi Modji and Collin Morris, Epidemiologists, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
  • The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Compensation Claims Composition and Medical Treatments
    John W. Ruser, Ph.D.,President and CEO, Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI)
  • A Summary of Workers’ Compensation Covid-19 Claims in Ohio
    Steven J. Naber, PhD, Business Intelligence and Analytics Manager, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
• Questions and Discussion

April 30, 2020                   12:00 – 1:30 pm ET (Virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Discussion of COVID-19 research and implementation projects
• Updates for ongoing RHCC projects
  • Faces of Work-Related Asthma
  • Ongoing efforts to address silicosis attributed to grinding and cutting artificial stone countertops
• Open discussion

October 1, 2020                   11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (Virtual meeting)

• Roll Call
• Updates for ongoing RHCC projects
• Discussion of topics for possible online workshops
• Other issues raised by the members
• Wrap up

May 7, 2019                        11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Follow-up to last meeting:  Any further thoughts/comments regarding surveillance for work-related COPD?
• Updates on 3 implementation projects
  • “Faces of Work-related COPD” video series
  • Algorithms for identifying work-related asthma
  • Contribution of work to COPD
• Discussion of a possible next video series
• Open Discussion

November 7, 2019                        11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Updates on 2 implementation projects
  • Contact numbers for the “Faces of Work-related COPD” video series
  • Proposing conference session on identification of work-related COPD cases

• Follow-up to last meeting: Discussion of a possible new video series
• Open Discussion about additional implementation projects

April 20, 2018                    12:00-1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Comments on NORA Respiratory Health Research Agenda
• Review Action Items from the RHCC meeting on Dec. 15, 2017
• Discussion:  Implementation efforts
• Wrap up

July 24, 2018                      1:00-3:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

Held in conjunction with the Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular, and Other Chronic Disease Prevention (CRC) 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 6, 2017                12:00-1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Discussion: Suggestions for new members of the Council
• Discussion: Priorities suggested by Council members
• Wrap up

February 16, 2017           12:00-1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome, introduce new members, and roll call
• Discussion: Outstanding invitations to potential members
• NIOSH perspective on goals and burden
• Discussion: Strategic goals, start with 10 goals that came from last call
• Wrap up

March 31, 2017                11:00-12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• Review Action Items from last phone call
• Discussion: Summary of results from ranking of disease subobjectives, and integration of strategic objectives and subobjectives
• Discussion: Preparation of short burden statements for strategic objectives and subobjectives
• Reminder of informal in-person meeting: Sat., May 20, 4:30-6:00 PM during American Thoracic Society Conference
• Wrap up

July 25, 2017                      11:00-12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome
• Feedback on draft National Occupational Research Agenda for Respiratory Health
• Agenda next steps
• Discussion about potential new projects/activities
• Wrap-up

December 15, 2017         11:00-12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Discuss ideas for implementation projects
• Discuss characteristics of a good project

December 2, 2016            10:00-11:30 am ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome and roll call
• NORA: The third decade
  Presentation by Emily Novicki, NORA Coordinator
• Council members introduce themselves
• Plans for Respiratory Health Cross-sector Council