Respiratory Health Cross-Sector Council
Meetings
The NORA Respiratory Health Cross-Sector Council meets several times per year using virtual meeting software. Workgroups meet more frequently during the year, usually by teleconference.
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:
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- 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
- Worker’s Compensation Data and the Occupational Implications of Long COVID-19
- 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
- Maintenance-of-Way Worker Health and Safety Study
- 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