Committee to Review the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program

The National Academies Keck Center
Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Open Session Agenda*

Friday, September 28, 2007

8:00 am    Welcome and Introductions

• John Gallagher, M.D.
  Chair, Committee to Review the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program

8:15 am   Charge to the Committee/NIOSH Overview

• Lewis Wade, NIOSH Senior Science Advisor
• NIOSH/NPPTL Presentations

8:45 am   Overview and Scope of the PPT Program

• Les Boord, Director, NPPTL
  Maryann D'Alessandro, Associate Director for Science, NPPTL

9:45 am   Break

10:00 am  PPT presentations - Reduce Exposure to Inhalation Hazards

• Respirator Certification & Mine Escape Respirators                 
  Les Boord, Director, NPPTL
  
• CBRN Respirator Standards                           
  Jon Szalajda, Branch Chief, Policy and Standards
  
• Anthropometrics, Fit, and Pandemic Preparedness
  Roland Berry Ann, Deputy Director, NPPTL
  
• Pandemic Research, Nanotechnology, and End-of-Service Life Indicators                
  Ron Shaffer, Branch Chief, Technology Research

11:45 am  Lunch Selection

• Keck Atrium, 3rd Floor Cafeteria

12:15 pm  Working Lunch

• PPT Presentations - Reduce Exposure to Injury Hazards
  Bill Haskell, Physical Scientist, NPPTL

1:00 pm   PPT Presentations - Reduce Exposure to Dermal Hazards

• Ron Shaffer, Branch Chief, Technology Research

2:00 pm   Wrap up and discussion

• Presentation

2:30 pm   Adjourn open session

*To register to attend the open session of this meeting, please email Judy Estep, jestep@nas.edu.