FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 22, 2002
FY02-12
ORAU Employee Appointed to White House Advisory Board
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- Sally Gadola, Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ occupational health nurse, has been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the newly formed Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.
The board, which includes scientists, physicians, and workers, will advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about activities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The program is designed to compensate men and women with illnesses resulting from exposure to beryllium, ionizing radiation, and other hazards they encountered in the course of building the nation’s nuclear defense.
The primary importance of the program, Gadola emphasizes, is on “what workers go through and how their needs are met.” She said the board’s research “will benefit our whole society by helping us learn more about some illnesses.”
Gadola will travel to Washington, D.C. several times to work with the board over the course of the two-year appointment. She has worked at ORAU since 1998 and has 20 years of experience in occupational health. She holds a bachelor’s of science in nursing and a master’s in health education from Penn State.