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D Committee Biographies
Pages 57-62

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... , is an associate professor of nursing and public health and director of the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center and the Occupational Health Nursing Program at the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill.
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... In this position, she was successful in creating and leading new initiatives in public health preparedness. These include developing the environmental sampling protocol for bioterrorism agents used by North Carolina public health and first responders, implementing and evaluating respiratory protection programs in health care agencies, developing and assisting with preparedness plans, creating training in epidemiology and outbreak investigation for local health departments, and coordinating exercises to test local and state preparedness plans.
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... Oisaeng Hong, Ph.D., R.N., is professor in the Department of Community Health Systems and director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program at the Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UCSF. Her research focuses on the health and safety of workers with noise and chemical exposures and of underserved immigrant worker populations, with an emphasis on community and workplace-based participatory health interventions.
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... Technical Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency Services Protective Clothing and Equipment; a member of the NFPA Respiratory Protection Equipment Committee; past chair of the International Society for Respiratory Protection, Americas Section; secretariat chair of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z88 for Respiratory Protection; and a member and past chairman of the AIHA Respirator Committee.
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... Dr. Perez is certified in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and serves as director of the Drexel School of Public Health's industrial hygiene consulting service.
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... Ms. Quinlan has served on several advisory committees for the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, including the 5155 Air Contaminants Committee and the general advisory committee.
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