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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 529-544

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From page 529...
... Dr. Samet received the 2004 Prince Mahidol Award for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, the Luther Terry Award for Distinguished Career from the American Cancer Society, and the Fries 529
From page 530...
... She has led a number of regional and state public health initiatives in the areas of health literacy, emergency preparedness, obesity prevention, and health equity. She has served on a number of national committees, including the Public Health Preparedness Essential Services Committee of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and two Institute of Medicine committees on personal protective equipment for health care workers to prevent the transmission of pandemic influenza or other viral respiratory infections.
From page 531...
... Ms. Coefield has lectured on the topic of wildfire smoke-ready communities at multiple conferences, workshops, and webinars in the United States and Canada, including a 2018 International Association of Wildland Fire conference, a 2018 Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Hot Topics in Practice webinar, the 2019 Health Effects Institute Annual Conference, a 2019 American Thoracic Society workshop, a 2019 Air & Waste Management Association conference, and a 2019 British Columbia Lung Association conference.
From page 532...
... In August 2021, Dr. Cohen joined StoneTurn Consultants and, with 9 other subject-matter experts, is providing expertise to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory under a competitively awarded contract titled: "Transitioning PPE Conformity Assessment Practices to Align with the National Framework for Conformity Assessment." Joseph Domitrovich, Ph.D., is a wildland firefighter and an exercise physiologist for the United States Forest Service's (USFS's)
From page 533...
... His research has helped determine national policies, procedures, and best practices for responders and health care workers to safely treat patients with highly infectious diseases.
From page 534...
... , health care worker safety (protecting health care workers from communicable diseases through engineering-based solutions, workload management, reducing clinician stress and burnout) , and patient- and family-centeredness of care (improving communication and partnership with patients in primary care for safe medication management)
From page 535...
... As part of her work with the Region 9 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) , she has reviewed literature relevant to the health effects of wildfire smoke and potential public health responses, including literature on the use of masks and respirators by the general public.
From page 536...
... Dr. Jayaraman is a founding member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health and has served on seven consensus study committees.
From page 537...
... Johnson joined StoneTurn Consultants and, with nine other subject-matter experts, is providing expertise to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory under a competitively awarded contract titled: "Transitioning PPE Conformity Assessment Practices to Align with the National Framework for Conformity Assessment." Bruce Lippy, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, FAIHA, is the director of nanomaterials research at CPWR (The Center for Construction Research and Training) and the president of The Lippy Group, LLC.
From page 538...
... , a clinical and translational research program in respiratory disease that applies advanced statistical and sampling methodologies, and leverages BIDMC clinical programs in chronic lung disease and multiple U.S.-based prospective cohort studies of children and adults. Her research is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
From page 539...
... , a partnership of four university-based hazmat training programs funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Training Program and supporting hazmat-related worker training initiatives throughout Environmental Protection Agency Regions IX and X He has led WRUC's training initiatives for health care workers on aerosol transmissible disease hazards and California's Aerosol Transmissible Diseases Standard -- most recently with an emphasis on protections from SARS-CoV-2.
From page 540...
... In August 2021, Dr. Lippy joined StoneTurn Consultants and, with nine other subject-matter experts, is providing expertise to NIOSH's NPPTL under a competitively awarded contract titled: "Transitioning PPE Conformity Assessment Practices to Align with the National Framework for Conformity Assessment." Rosemary K
From page 541...
... , is a senior program officer with the Board on Health Sciences Policy. She joined the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2012 and, in addition to the current study, she directs the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health.
From page 542...
... She has supported multiple consensus study and workshop committees related to the topics of respiratory protection, preparedness, and occupational health -- most recently, the Committee on Best Practices for Assessing Mortality and Significant Morbidity Following Large-Scale Disasters, the Committee on Current Issues in the Assessment of Respiratory Protective Devices, and the Committee on the Use of Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care. Prior to joining the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2015, Ms.
From page 543...
... Government Employees and Their Families and the Standing Committees on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. Prior to coming to the National Academies, Ms.
From page 544...
... Mr. Wollek holds a bachelor's degree in emergency health services from The George Washington University and a master's degree in public administration, with a concentration in homeland security and emergency management, from George Mason University.


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