Key points
The role of the Safety and Occupational Health Study Section is to review grant applications for scientific and technical merit. Members serve four-year terms and have expertise in both occupational safety and health and research methodology.
Overview
The Safety and Occupational Health Study Section provides advice and makes recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Director, CDC; and the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), on scientific, research, and training areas related to occupational safety and health, which are in need of special emphasis and expertise to meet such needs.
The SOHSS conducts review for scientific and technical merit of all research and demonstration grant applications, as well as fellowships in the program areas related to the cause, prevention, and control of diseases and injuries in the occupational environment; provides review for educational, scientific, and technical merit of safety and occupational health training grant applications; and recommends grant applications, which merit support, to the appropriate national advisory councils.
Roster
Chair
The chair position is currently vacant, pending appointment by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Members
- Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Professor, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and State University
- Portland, OR
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Professor, School of Health Sciences, Purdue University
- West Lafayette, IN
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University
- Huntington, WV
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Director, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
- Cooperstown, NY
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Dean Emeritus, Retired, College of Health and Human Services, Northern Kentucky University
- Highland Heights, KY
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
14 seats are currently vacant, pending appointments by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Scientific Review Officer
- Office of Extramural Programs, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Morgantown, WV