About
The NORA Immune, Infectious, and Dermal Disease Prevention Cross-sector Council brings together individuals and organizations interested in preventing work-related disease. Council members share information, form partnerships, and promote adoption and dissemination of solutions that work. Learn more about what the council does and its current members.
Cross-sector description
The cross-sector focuses on work-related
- Immune diseases, such as contact dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma.
- Infectious disease, such as influenza, norovirus, and legionella.
- Dermal diseases, which are caused by chemicals that enter the body through the skin and injure individual organs or groups of organs.
The NIOSH Immune, Infectious, and Dermal Disease Prevention Program facilitates the work of the Council and coordinates NIOSH research in this cross-sector.
Members
The Council has two co-chairs, one from the NIOSH Immune, Infectious, and Dermal Disease Prevention Program and one from a partner organization.
The NIOSH Program manager, coordinator and co-assistant coordinator also help to facilitate the work of the Council.
Current members
Name
Organization
Jennifer Sahmel
Co-chair
Insight Exposure and Risk Sciences
Marisa Alexander-Scott
Co-chair, NIOSH Program Co-Assistant Coordinator
NIOSH
Ray Wells
NIOSH Program Manager
NIOSH
Stacey Anderson
NIOSH Program Coordinator
NIOSH
Brett GreenNIOSH Program Co-Assistant Coordinator
NIOSH
Seth McCormick
NIOSH Program Co-Assistant Coordinator
NIOSH
Annette Bunge
Colorado School of Mines
Armand Coppotelli
Deb USA
Patricia Delarosa
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bernard Fontaine, Jr.
Windsor Consulting Group, Inc.
Dori Germolec
National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Vic Johnson
Burleson Research Technologies
Jerry Kasting
University of Cincinnati
Janet Keyes
Complete Health Environment and Safety Services, Inc. (CHESS)
John Kissel
University of Washington
Scott Meschke
University of Washington
Ed Nardell
Harvard University
Gregory Nichols
GP Nichols & Company
Leena Nylander-French
University of North Carolina
Ann Ramsey Gardner
ChemClarity
Gordon Sussman
University of Toronto