Meetings
The NIEHS has hosted a series of community forums, stakeholder visits, webinars and instructional meetings throughout the 5-state Gulf region in order to promote awareness, participation and coordination for all these programs among local residents, state and local health departments, regional universities and researchers, and federal agency partners.
- November 17, 2010 Meeting on Federal Data Sharing
- Meeting Summary - Making the Most of Federal Deepwater Horizon Data for Human Health (96KB)
- Presentations
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (1MB)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (1MB)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor (546KB)
- United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (1MB)
- National Guard Bureau (3MB)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (574KB)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (752KB)
- National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (637KB)
- Environmental Protection Agency (4MB)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior (192KB)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, Department of Commerce (4MB)
- On August 19, 2010, NIH hosted an interagency meeting with several U.S. Federal Government agencies to gain a fuller understanding of efforts to respond to potential health effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster, including HHS design of a longitudinal follow-up study of oil spill clean-up workers.
- Agenda - Interagency Meeting - Gulf Oil Spill Workers' Study (121KB)
- Meeting Summary - Interagency Meeting - Gulf Oil Spill Workers' Study (203KB)
- Presentations
- CAPT Margaret M. Kitt, M.D., M.P.H, USPS, Deputy Director for Program, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (1MB)
- RADM Scott Deitchman, M.D., M.P.H., USPHS, Associate Director for Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (510KB)
- Terry Adirim, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Office of Special Health Affairs, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (546KB)
- Todd Jordan, Occupation Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor (800KB)
- Shelby Walker, Ph.D., Strategic Planning Team Lead, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (532KB)
- CDR Erica Schwartz, M.D., M.P.H., United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service (53KB)
- Dale P. Sandler, Ph.D., Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (715KB)
- Teri A. Manolio, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Office of Population Genomics, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- NIH Scientific and Community Input (278KB)
- NIH Meeting Summary (179KB)
Informing Congress and Other Stakeholders
- NIEHS is testifying and informing members of Congress, NIEHS Advisory Committees, public interest partners, HHS and NIH leaders, and other stakeholders about NIEHS/HHS efforts in the Gulf. Dr. Aubrey Miller ("/Rhythmyx/assembler/render?sys_contentid=1865&sys_revision=9&sys_variantid=639&sys_context=0&sys_authtype=0&sys_siteid=&sys_folderid=" sys_dependentvariantid="639" sys_dependentid="1865" inlinetype="rxhyperlink" rxinlineslot="103" sys_dependentid="1865" sys_siteid="" sys_folderid=""), NIEHS Senior Medical Advisor, has testified to several congressional committees investigating the spill (watch the full Senate hearing
). Miller and other members of the NIEHS leadership team have briefed numerous audiences.
- Congressional Testimonies ("/Rhythmyx/assembler/render?sys_contentid=1956&sys_revision=23&sys_variantid=639&sys_context=0&sys_authtype=0&sys_siteid=&sys_folderid=" sys_dependentvariantid="639" sys_dependentid="1956" inlinetype="rxhyperlink" rxinlineslot="103" sys_dependentid="1956" sys_siteid="" sys_folderid="")
- BP Gulf Oil Spill Response: Protecting the Responders Presentation for PEPH Webinar on May 25, 2010
