National Security and Emergency Management

ORISE prepares DOE and other government agencies by managing and conducting programs, studies, research, exercises and training related to national security and emergency preparedness.

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site

ORISE provides expertise in the medical management of radiation incidents through the operation of the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), a dedicated DOE facility located in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Worker Health Studies

ORISE provides DOE and the scientific community with important information regarding the long-term health outcomes affecting current and former energy workers.

Health Communication and Training

ORISE collaborates with federal, state and local agencies to provide health communication and training solutions that enhance the well-being of the public and the nation’s workers.

Scientific Peer Review

ORISE manages a credible and customizable peer review process that is helping DOE and other government agencies make informed decisions about the quality of the science they pursue.

University Radioactive Ion Beam Consortium

The University Radioactive Ion Beam (UNIRIB) consortium consists of eight member universities that partner to perform basic nuclear physics research using the fast-growing technique of radioactive ion beams.

Scientific Research Opportunities

ORISE manages research participation programs at the undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and faculty levels at DOE and other government facilities across the United States.

Climate and Atmospheric Research

Through the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, ORISE works closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to perform research focused on air quality, contaminant dispersion and climate.

Environmental Assessments and Health Physics

ORISE instills confidence in environmental cleanup through survey assessments, health physics evaluations and hands-on, laboratory-based training in the radiation sciences.

Climate and Atmospheric Research

Through the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, ORISE works closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to perform air quality, contaminant dispersion and climate research.

Health Physics

Through Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORISE's managing contractor, health physics and radiation safety training courses are offered for participants performing work in the radiation sciences.

Radiation Emergency Medicine

Continuing education courses taught through the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) at ORISE focus on radiation emergency medicine and the medical management of radiation incidents.

Emergency Preparedness

ORISE emergency planners train government agencies on how to build effective response and preparedness plans, as well as teach best practices to improve communication among emergency response teams.

Health Communication and Training

ORISE develops training and education programs designed to address public health topics. Training is delivered via e-learning, multimedia applications and traditional classroom instruction.

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Innovation Advisors Program

ORISE providing support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Innovation Advisors Program

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is partnering with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to support its recently-launched Innovation Advisors Program, a new initiative designed to advance three CMS program measures—better health, better care and lower costs through improvement across the country. The program has selected 73 individuals from 27 states and the District of Columbia for its first cohort of advisors.

The Innovation Advisors Program is designed to broadly help health care providers refine, apply and sustain managerial and technical skills necessary to drive delivery system reform for the benefit of Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries. Each advisor is conducting a local or regional project designed to advance the three program measures.

“We’re looking to these innovation advisors to be our partners—we want them to discover and generate new ideas that will work and help us bring them to every corner of the United States,” said CMS Innovation Center Director Rick Gilfillan, M.D.

The 73 individuals in the first cohort of the Innovations Advisors Program were selected from a pool of more than 900 applicants. In the first year of the program, 200 advisors will be selected for the program. The first group of Innovation Advisors began their six-month, intensive orientation and applied research period in January 2012.

ORISE is providing outreach, recruitment, training, mentoring and other support. The learning components include face-to-face and Webinar-based sessions, frequent consultation with mentors and CMS staff with expertise in innovation health care delivery systems, and networking with others who are leading change initiatives. These activities are designed to build the advisors’ skills and assist in the integration of the advisors’ system improvement projects.

ORISE is managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the U.S. Department of Energy.