Rocky Mountain Center for
Occupational and Environmental Health
Advisory Board Meeting Agenda
May 12, 2023
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Open & Public Meetings Act
III. Minutes Approval (handout)
IV. Announcements
a. ERC Grant Renewal Scores (handout)
b. New Hires!
i. OHN faculty: Jodi Waddoups, MSN-Ed, RN, NPD-BC, RN-BC
ii. OIPRT faculty: Erika Pliner, PhD
iii. OM faculty: German Ellsworth, MD
c. Sarang Yoon Top 25 University of Utah Researcher (handout)
d. For the first time in the 20 year history of Mountain West OSHA, we achieved an 'Exceeds Expectation' (scored 45 out of 50) rating from OSHA which is based on many criteria.
e. (former) Senator Karen Mayne (D-WVC) Awarded Honorary Alumna at UU & Honorary Degree at WSU
V. RMCOEH Award of Excellence in Workplace Safety and Health Vote
VI. RMCOEH Advisory Board Membership (handout)
VII. Legislation:
a. 2023 S.B. 2, 2023 G.S. 'New Fiscal year Supplemental Appropriations Act' Sen. Stevenson & Rep Peterson. ($50k one-time and $786,300/yr ongoing) (handout)
b. S.B. 159 2023 Firefighter Cancer (handout)
c. HB 95 Chief Sponsor Gay Lynn Bennion - Noise Pollution Amendment.
d. WSU-UU Progress report (handout)
VIII. Weber State U & U Utah Programs Progress
a. Weber State University
b. University of Utah
c. Mining Safety (handout) Charles Kocsis
i. Mining Safety graduates credited to Mining Engineering, College of Science (handout)
d. Occupational Health Psychology (handout) Joe Allen
e. Occupational Health Nursing (handout) Jodi Waddoups
f. BS-OSH (handout) Dan Hair / Matthew Hughes
g. Joint Degrees, Interdisciplinary Programs (handout) Joe Allen
h. CE: Strategic Plan & Spanish-Speaking Workers (handout) Beth Rhoades
IX. RMCOEH Budget (handout) Heidi Slack
X. Research Endowment Action Kurt Hegmann
XI. RMCOEH draft Impact Measures (handout) Matt Thiese
XII. Center Director Report Kurt Hegmann
a. Accolades (handout)
b. ORG Chart (handout)
c. Matrix of Requirements for RMCOEH, ABET, RRC and OEH (handout)
d. Draft Legislative reports: (1) SB159; (2) Presidents' reports; (3) Education Interim (handouts)
e. Newsletter
f. New RMCOEH website Bubba Brown
XIII. RMCOEH Advisory Board Executive Committee Report
Next Meeting:
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