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NIOSH Update:Public Comment on NIOSH Mining, Hearing Loss Programs is Sought by National Academies |
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Contact: Fred Blosser (202) 401-3749 Comments wanted! The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) encourages its stakeholders to respond to a request by the National Academies, seeking public input to help inform reviews of the NIOSH research programs on mining safety and health, and hearing loss. NIOSH asked the National Academies last year to evaluate the Institute’s research programs for their impact, relevance, and future direction (www.cdc.gov/niosh/nas/). Fifteen NIOSH programs will be evaluated, beginning with the mining and hearing loss programs. The evaluations are being performed by two panels of internationally recognized scientists. Some of the panelists have expertise in the respective subject area while other panelists have related and/or evaluation expertise. Details of this public appeal from the National Academies come from a letter to over 200 stakeholders in the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research program from Dr. Bernard Goldstein, chair of the Hearing Loss Research program Evaluation Committee, who wrote in part:
In a similar letter to stakeholders in the NIOSH Mining Research program, Dr. Raja Ramani, chair of the Mining Research program Evaluation Committee, wrote:
A form for submitting comments on the hearing loss prevention research program online can be found at www8.nationalacademies.org/survey/iom/iomhearingloss.htm. Comments also may be submitted to Dr. Lois Joellenbeck, Institute of Medicine, Keck 775, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001; E-Mail: ljoellen@nas.edu; tel: 202-334-1715; fax 202-334-2685. The mining research program input form may be found at www8.nationalacademies.org/survey/dels/mining.htm. Submissions by other channels about the mining research program should be sent to Dr. Evan Douple, Board of Earth and Life Sciences, Sixth Floor, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001; E-Mail: edouple@nas.edu, tel: 202-334-2836; fax: 202-334-1639. |