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Manages and supports an illness and injury surveillance
database for current workers at participating sites
across the DOE complex.
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Manages and conducts epidemiologic investigations
to assess the health implications of exposures to
hazardous materials for workers within the DOE complex.
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Manages and supports the conduct of epidemiologic
studies and other public health activities by the
Department of Health and Human Services to assess
the health implications of exposures to hazardous
materials found in the DOE workplace.
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Reviews the results from analytic and descriptive
epidemiologic studies, other public health activities,
and information from site profiles to determine
the need to conduct or support future epidemiologic
studies or public health activities.
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Provides feedback to the Office of Health and Safety
Policy regarding opportunities to enhance existing
worker protection methods and policies based upon
worker health studies.
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Communicates health effects information and the
results of studies to all interested stakeholders
within and outside DOE.
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Provides leadership and guidance to the DOE occupational
medicine community, including the Energy Facility
Contractors Group (EFCOG) Occupational Medicine
Subcommittee.
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Develops and maintains registries of DOE workers
to understand the development and progression of
health outcomes associated with exposures to specific
hazardous materials of particular interest to DOE.
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Oversees the establishment of a chronic beryllium
disease bio-specimen repository, using donated blood
and tissues from participants in the Department's
medical screening initiatives.
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Supports the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training
Site (REAC/TS) to provide training in radiation
medicine and medical consultation to site physicians.
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Manages the area of occupational medicine including
the DOE Electronic Medical Records Initiative, Headquarters
and field Healthy Workplace Initiatives and pandemic
preparedness.