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Appendix D: Committee Member and Staff Biographical Sketches
Pages 249-254

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From page 249...
... Dr. Utell has served on several National Academies committees, including the Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter; the Committee on Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials; the Committee on Gulf War and Health: Literature Review of Selected Environmental Agents, Pollutants, and Synthetic Chemical Compounds; and the Committee on the Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.
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From page 250...
... , general pulmonary and critical care medicine, as well as pulmonary physiology and pulmonary function testing. She serves as the medical director of the Johns Hopkins University Pulmonary Function Laboratory and the vice chair of the American Thoracic Society Committee on Proficiency Standards for Pulmonary Function Laboratories.
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From page 251...
... Dr. Rose has served on several National A ­ cademies committees, including the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment in the Workplace, the Committee on the Study of Control of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Exposure in Underground Mines, the Committee on the Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, the Planning Committee for the Workshop on the Integration of FDA and NIOSH Processes Used to Evaluate Respiratory Protective Devices for Health Care Workers, and the Planning Committee for a Workshop on the Use and Effectiveness of Powered Air Purifying Respirators in Health Care.
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From page 252...
... Kennedy School of Government. He has directed several National Academies studies on military and veterans health, environmental health, and risk assessment topics, including ones that produced Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998, Update 2000, and Update 11; Damp Indoor Spaces and Health; Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; Future Uses of the Department of Defense Joint Pathology Center Biorepository; and the report series Characterizing the Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam.
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... Over her tenure, she has worked on more than 12 studies, and directed or co-directed 6 of them, on a broad range of topics related to the health of military and veteran populations. Studies ­ have included mental health treatment offered in the Department of Defense and the Department of ­ eterans V Affairs; designing and evaluating epidemiologic research studies of deployment-related exposures, including burn pits, dioxin, and other chemicals and the use of antimalarial drugs; and directing a research program of fostering new research studies using data and biospecimens collected as part of the 20-year Air Force Health Study.
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... It addresses the science base for population health and public health interventions and examines the capacity of the health system, particularly the public health infrastructure, to support disease prevention and health promotion activities, including the education and supply of health professionals necessary for carrying them out. BPH has examined such topics as the safety of childhood vaccines and other drugs; systems for evaluating and ensuring drug safety post-marketing; the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids; the health effects of environmental exposures; population health improvement strategies; integration of medical care and public health; women's health services; health disparities; health literacy; tobacco control strategies; and chronic disease prevention, among others.
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