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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) understands that external expert review is one of the most valid and accepted methods of evaluating research programs. Consequently, NIOSH requested that the National Academies (NA) evaluate NIOSH’s research programs with respect to their impact, relevance, and future directions. The NA was asked to evaluate not only what NIOSH research programs are producing, but also to determine the extent to which NIOSH research is responsible for changes in the workplace that reduce the risk of occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths. The evaluation is being undertaken by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the NA. To do this, the NA has established a framework committee of eminent scientists. The framework committee is chaired by David Wegman, MD, of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Biographies of Dr. Wegman and the other 14 members of the framework committee are available at the NA website (see below). The framework committee met for the first time on May 5-6, 2005 in Washington. They set the standards and methods to be applied by specialty panels for each NIOSH research program evaluated (see below for link). Up to fifteen programs will be evaluated by this framework, and the framework committee will advise all NA evaluation committees. Reports from each review will include a qualitative and a quantitative component. NIOSH has asked the evaluation committees to rate the research programs quantitatively on a scale of 1 to 5. The review of the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program was released 2006. Reviews of the Mining Research Program and the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research Program were released in 2007. Reviews of the Respiratory Disease Research Program and the Personal Protective Technology Program were released in 2008 (see below). Reviews for three other programs are expected to be released later in 2008: the Traumatic Injuries Research Program, the Health Hazard Evaluation Program, and the Construction Research Program. This project is the latest of a series of interactions in which NIOSH has sought, with the assistance of the NA, expert external scientific review of its programs. General InformationProvide
Feedback on the National Academies' Framework National Academies Current Projects Database NIOSH Communications and PresentationsLetter
to the Framework Committee for the Evaluation of NIOSH Research Programs
from NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D., May 3, 2005 National Academies Review of NIOSH Research Programs NIOSH Programs Already Reviewed or Currently Under ReviewHealth Hazard Evaluations (HHE) Program ReviewPre-Publication Report: The Health Hazard Evaluation Program at NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE) Program Program Evidence Package Personal Protective Technology Program ReviewOverview of the Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSHPDF only (86 pages; 1943 kb) A presentation by Leslie Boord, Program Manager, and Maryann D’Alessandro, Program Coordinator, Personal Protective Technology Program, September 28, 2007 Personal Protective Technology Program Evidence Package NA Final Report: Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSH Construction Research Program ReviewPre-Publication Report: Construction Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Overview of the Construction Research Program Construction Program Evidence Package Traumatic Injury Research ProgramTraumatic Injury Program at NIOSH: Pre-publication NA Report: released August 27, 2008 Overview of the Traumatic Injury Program Traumatic Injury Evidence Package Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research ProgramOverview of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research Program Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Program Evidence Package Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Research at NIOSH: NA Final Report NIOSH Welcomes National Academies' Panel Report From Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Program Review Respiratory Diseases Research ProgramEvidence Package for the National Academies' Review 2006-2007 Overview of the Respiratory Diseases Research Program NA Final Report: Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Energy Research ProgramOverview of the Occupational Energy Research Program for the National Academies’ “Review of
the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by DOE
and DHHS” Occupational Energy Research Program Evidence Package NA Final Report: Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services Mining Research Program ReviewOverview of the Mining Research Program Mining Research Program Evidence Package NA Final Report: Mining Safety and Health Research at
NIOSH Implementation Plan Response to the National Academies Report on the NIOSH Mining Program Hearing Loss Research Program ReviewOverview of the Hearing Loss Research Program at NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program Evidence Package NA Final Report: Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program Response to NA Report and Program Plan Strategic Plan Detail Strategic Plan for the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program Response to the NAS Institute of Medicine Review through Strategic Planning Page last updated:
November 14, 2008
Page last reviewed: July 1, 2007 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Information Division |
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