Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report

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HIGHLIGHTS ORISE is collaborating with National Jewish Medical and Research Center on two research studies involving different aspects of beryllium sensitivity (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). In one study, ORISE helped recruit, interview, and test current and former worker volunteers from the Y-12 National Security Complex known to have been exposed to beryllium. The study aimed at defining exposure-specific variables alone and in combination with genetic factors in the development of BeS and CBD. In another study, ORISE helped recruit and test a group of former beryllium vendor employees for a prospective trial of two new assays that may have fewer limitations than in the standard beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test. Both studies were approved by all responsible Institutional Review Boards. The ORAU Team has continued to support NIOSH in the evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petitions. If a site is added to the SEC, workers with any of 22 presumptive cancers do not require dose reconstruction but are automatically compensated. Five sites were added to the SEC in 2006: Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa; Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York; the Nevada Test Site (for workers employed from 1951- 1962) in Mercury, Nevada; Pacific Proving Grounds at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands; and the Y-12 Plant (for workers from 1948-1957) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As a new addition to the evaluation process in 2006, NIOSH may invite claimants to submit SEC petitions if it is determined that radiation doses cannot be calculated with sufficient accuracy at a particular site for a specific time period or job category. Photo courtesy of Y-12 National Security Complex. 36
Enhancing National Preparedness for Public Health Threats
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Page 4 and 5: ORAU at a Glance As a consortium of
Page 6 and 7: ORISE at a Glance The Oak Ridge Ins
Page 8 and 9: Statement from the President In 200
Page 10 and 11: Science to lead, education to build
Page 12 and 13: University Partnership Initiatives
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Page 16 and 17: Strengthening Our Partnership with
Page 18 and 19: PROFILE HIGHLIGHT Background: Origi
Page 20 and 21: Expanding Avenues for Partnerships
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Page 24 and 25: Science Education Programs “With
Page 26 and 27: HIGHLIGHT Longtime Education Partne
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Page 34 and 35: Worker Health Programs “The heart
Page 36 and 37: ORAU Team Assists with Dose Reconst
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Page 42 and 43: HIGHLIGHT of approximately 8,000 ar
Page 44 and 45: ORISE Supports CDC Radiological Ter
Page 46 and 47: HIGHLIGHTS Diabetes and cardiovascu
Page 48 and 49: “In 2006, we have seen our operat
Page 50 and 51: HIGHLIGHT ORISE Supports Department
Page 52 and 53: HIGHLIGHTS To protect the nation’
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Page 56 and 57: Radiation Emergency Medicine Progra
Page 58 and 59: HIGHLIGHT National Radiation Emerge
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Page 62 and 63: Independent Environmental Assessmen
Page 64 and 65: HIGHLIGHT Nationwide Network for Tr
Page 66 and 67: HIGHLIGHTS In 2006, ORISE completed
Page 68 and 69: Scientific and Technical Peer Revie
Page 70 and 71: ORISE Coordinates Peer Reviews for
Page 72 and 73: Investing in Our Community, Our Reg
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