Key points
The role of the Safety and Occupational Health Study Section is to review grant applications for scientific and technical quality. Members serve four-year terms and have expertise in both occupational safety and health and research methodology.
Overview
The Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS) is a federal advisory committee. Members conduct reviews of research grant and conference grant applications, focusing on scientific and technical quality. SOHHS meets three times per year to discuss and score applications. Members serve four-year terms.
Roster
Chair
The chair position is currently vacant, pending appointment by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Members
- Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Professor, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Blacksburg, VA
- Term: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2024
- Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Department Head, Department of Safety, Health and Industrial Hygiene, Montana Tech University
- Butte, MT
- Term: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2024
- Professor and Chair, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, SUNY University At Buffalo
- Buffalo, NY
- Term: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2024
- Associate Professor, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and State University
- Portland, OR
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, Purdue University
- West Lafayette, IN
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University
- Huntington, WV
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
- Boise, ID
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Director, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
- Cooperstown, NY
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
- Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
- Seattle, WA
- Term: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2024
- Dean, College of Health and Human Services, Northern Kentucky University
- Highland Heights, KY
- Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
Eight seats are currently vacant, pending appointments by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Scientific Review Administrator
- Office of Extramural Programs, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Morgantown, WV