UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS

RMCOEH Advisory Board Meeting

Friday, October 31, 2008 -12:00 noon

Questar

1140 West 200 South

Salt Lake City, Utah

Advisory Board Agenda

October 31, 2008

Rocky MountainCenter for Occupational and Environmental Health

Advisory Board Meeting

October 31, 2008

I.Welcome and Introductions.

II.Open & Public Meetings Act (Reminder)

III.Minutes Approval (Handout)

IV.Announcements

  1. Deanne Clegg, Health Sciences District Staff Award (Handout)
  2. Dr. Moser, Recognition from Office of the Secretary of Defense (Handout)
  3. Nancy Williams’ Poster took 1st place at the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association Conference on UT Dept. of Health narcotic guidelines. (Handout)
  4. Matthew A. Hughes, MD, MPH was approved for hire October 1, 2008
  5. Hannah Edwards, MD, MPH was retained and promoted to Assistant Professor in July 2008
  6. Matthew S. Thiese, PhD, MSPH was hired as an Instructor
  7. Drs. Hegmann & Alder appointments as Division Chiefs
  8. Recruitment underway for Family Medicine Division Chief/Vice Chair and Public Health Faculty Statistician
  9. Invitation to IH faculty involved in med student teaching to join the cross-departmental working group on med students (Family Medicine, Public Health, and Occupational Health)
  • News from the SOM: new curriculum to be implemented beginning 2009-10
  • Opportunities for basic science/clinical correlation as curriculum will blend these together far more than in the past
  • Opportunities for dual degree track students (including MOH/MSOH?) in 4th year

V.Royce & Lois Moser Endowed Scholarship in Occupational Health Presentation

VI.Dr. Paul S. Richards Endowed Chair in Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety

VII.2009 Legislation

VIII.Firefighter/Police Officer Update

IX.MSOH/MOH Startup/Progress Report

  1. Occupational Medicine RRC (Handout)
  2. Letter to Society of USAF Flight Surgeons’ Flightlines(Handout)
  3. ABET-ASAC (Handout)
  4. Student Recruitment/Student Numbers

X.Distance-Based Education

XI.OHN Program (Handouts)

XII.Center Director Report

A.Accolades (Handouts)

B.Newsletter (Eighth Edition)

C.Faculty Issues

D.Vision, Mission & Goals (Handout)

E.Faculty Recruitments

F.SB159 & SB234 Reports (Handouts)

G.Outreach/Major Interactions with companies (Handout)

H.U of U OEH Program

I.DFPM Organization (Handout)

J.RMCOEH Organizational Chart (Handout)

XIII. Space Planning Issues (Handout)

XIV. RMCOEH Advisory Board Executive Committee Report

  • Executive Committee Membership (Craig Allen, CSP, ARM; Dennis Lloyd, J.D.; Don Marano, CIH, PE; Senator Karen Mayne;C. David Richards, MD; and Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH)

XV.Occupational Health & Safety on-campus at the University of Utah

Date for Next Meeting: May____, 2009