NEHA recognizes two winners of the first U.S. EPA/NEHA Individual Achievement Award for Radon Risk Reduction.In cooperation with the Indoor Environments Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ), NEHA NEHA National Environmental Health Association NEHA National Executive Housekeepers Association NEHA Northern Estates Homeowners Association (Indianapolis, Indiana) is proud to announce two award winners of the first Individual Achievement Award for Radon Risk Reduction. Dr. R. William Field R. William Field is an American Academic Scholar and Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology within the College of Public Health[1] at the University of Iowa. of the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. (Iowa City Iowa) and Deborah Clinebell of Waterloo Jr. High School (Waterloo, Illinois) were selected for their successes in both individual and program achievements with respect to radon. These achievements include the design and implementation of their local radon risk reduction programs, which are outstanding and continue to obtain excellent results. Other selection criteria focused closely on innovations by the candidate and the effectiveness of their radon programs, as well as their overall professional work with radon and related subject areas. Both Ms. Clinebell and Dr. Field were honored at NEHA's Annual Educational Conference (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) by NEHA President James Balsamo and U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Jeff Holmstead. Field is an associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology (College of Public Health). He serves as co-director of the Pulmonary Health Outcomes Core of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center. Field is internationally recognized for his research on novel methods of reconstructing retrospective radiation exposure. He is currently the principal investigator for the National Cancer Institute-funded Iowa/Missouri Residential Radon Studies and co-principal investigator of a large-scale occupational health study examining the mortality and cancer incidence experience of over 35,000 munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. workers. His research experience spans many areas, including health physics, environmental health, occupational and environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, and biomonitoring. Field is a member of both the North American and World Residential Radon Epidemiology Pooling groups. He is also a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Panel on Radon, which is determining the world burden of radon-related disease as well as the co-chair of the WHO working group on radon measurement and mitigation. He teaches Occupational Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment and provides instruction on ionizing radiation in a course called Assessing Physical Agent Hazards. Field's outreach program takes a community approach in which he collaborates with individuals, communities, and organizations to reduce exposure to radon. Deborah Clinebell is a teacher at Waterloo Junior High School in Waterloo, Illinois, and is highly active in facilitating her students' involvement in the Residential Radon Studies. Ms. Clinebell guides many of her students in conducting short-term radon tests in local residences each year. She shares her enthusiasm for authentic scientific investigations with all of her students while developing curriculum that is aligned with state and national standards in science, math, and technology. Her expertise in teaching and curriculum development has been contracted by the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) in Aurora, Colorado, where she has been a contributing author, and she has been recognized twice by the National Science Foundation (NSF NSF - National Science Foundation ) as an Illinois State Finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Clinebell and her students have participated in an NSF-funded grant at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (body, World-Wide Web) National Center for Supercomputing Applications - (NCSA) The birthplace of the first version of the Mosaic World-Wide Web browser. Address: Urbana, IL, USA. http://ncsa.uiuc.edu/. at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
For more information on award opportunities and NEHA's IAQ/Radon program, visit www.neha.org/research/radon_IAQ.html. |
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