EEOICPA Advisory Board to Hold First Meeting

The EEOICPA Advisory Board was established by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez in July of 2015. After nearly a year of establishing rules, regulations, and recruiting a highly qualified board, they are prepared to host their first public meeting on April 26th, 27th, and 28th of 2016. While the meeting will be open to the public, instructions on you can you participate digitally will be released no later than 72 hours before the start of the meeting.

The purpose of the EEOICPA Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, on the technical aspects and ways the EEOICPA program can be improved. Some examples of what they will be working on include:

• Creating a better Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) Database
• Medical guidance for the claim examiners
• Creating stronger consistency between staff, consultants, and industrial workers

The board is required to meet twice a year and will continue to remain open to the public. Please continue to follow our blog to learn more about the first EEOICPA Advisory Board meeting and other news related to EEOICPA Claims. For more information please read the Advisory Board Charter or view the Advisory Board website. 

EEOICPA Advisory Board Members

Scientific Community:
John M. Dement, Ph.D, CIH, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Mark Griffon, Retired, Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc.
Kenneth Z. Silver, D.Sc., S.M., East Tennessee State University
George Friedman-Jimenez, MD, Dr.Ph., Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU School of Medicine
Leslie I. Boden, Ph.D, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Medical Community:
CHAIR: Steven Markowitz, MD. Dr.Ph., Queens College, CUNY School of Public Health
Laura S. Welch, MD, Center for Construction Research and Training
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MPH, M.Sc., Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH, Yale School of Medicine
Victoria A. Cassano, MD, MPH, Performance Medicine Consulting

Claimant community:
Duronda M. Pope, United Steelworkers
Kirk D. Domina, Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council
Garry M. Whitley, Worker Health Protection Program, Atomic Trades and Labor Council
James H. Turner, Retired, Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility
Faye Vlieger, Claimant Advocate; Chair, DEEOIC Interim Advisory Board (DIAB)(volunteer organization)