Being concerned with workforce health and safety is a fact of life in every organization. Knowing and understanding the health risks faced by your employees helps you to mitigate those risks.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) offers you more than 30 years' experience in epidemiology and worker health studies and programs. Our workforce health studies and programs often set a standard that can be followed, but can be customized to address the individual situations of each of our customers.
Our specific expertise lies in:
- Studying the exposure histories of worker populations to determine possible correlation between occupational exposures and illnesses
- Screenings of workers to identify potential health concerns resulting from occupational exposures
- Collecting and analyzing data related to worker health histories
In addition to ongoing work for the U.S. Department of Energy, ORAU provides epidemiologic assistance and expertise to other governmental agencies and major industries. Work has included epidemiologic feasibility studies and evaluations of chemicals of interest such as mercury, nickel, uranium, beryllium, and beryllium alloys.
ORAU has also partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments to do quality control services and data abstracting.
Why choose ORAU?
- We're deadline-driven and responsive.
- We're respected in the epidemiology community.
- We know how to communicate effectively with workers and the public before, during, and after a study.
- We place the utmost importance on protecting research subjects.
- Our studies are published in the top journals in the field.
- We can integrate the latest in information technology to develop secure Web-based and paperless management of massive amounts of research data.
Most importantly, we're creative. We don't confine our thinking to a traditional study or screening program. Let us partner with you to design a solution that meets your unique needs and addresses the risks faced by your workforce.
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Capabilities
Review brief summaries of capabilities in epidemiologic research, data collection and surveillance, biostatistics, hazard assessment, and integrating information technology into all aspects of our programs.
Beryllium Exposure Studies and Testing
Through its contract to manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), ORAU helps the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to identify former DOE workers who may have developed a sensitivity to beryllium through their work exposures.
Illness and Injury Surveillance
Using a proven management approach to injury and illness surveillance, ORAU can help you to assess the overall health of your workforce, regardless of how many sites and facilities you may have.
Radiation Exposure Data Collection and Dose Reconstruction
ORAU can help you to collect and analyze radiation exposure data as well as reconstruct the radiation doses workers may have received.
Protecting Human Subjects
ORAU Partners with the U.S. Department of Energy to ensure that the highest ethical standards are followed in research involving human subjects.