PIMS tool enables VHA to mobilize needed support to storm-stricken areas
ORAU developed the Performance Improvement Management System (PIMS) for the Veterans Health Administration to track information such as available volunteers and emergency resources for each VA medical center. The system helps VHA emergency managers respond quickly to staffing and supply needs at hardest hit locations.
Registration is now open for the 74th Annual Meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions, which will be held March 4-6, 2019, at ORAU's Main Campus in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The theme for this year’s meeting is Ensuring a Robust U.S. Energy Future.
Inviting scientists to inspire young minds with stories about why they chose careers in science
ORAU connects scientists to students through STEM Stories, live events where students participate in talks by dynamic speakers and innovators in their fields who share their career journeys, who inspired them and what it took to get to where they are now. Through this experience, students learn the practical and inspirational steps professional scientists have taken to achieve their dreams and successes in STEM careers.
Perspective: Using social media to address substance misuse and abuse: An analysis of Instagram’s “get support” feature
Instagram offers a new “get support” feature for users who search for opioid related hashtags like #opioids and #uppers. Jennifer Reynolds, ORAU section manager for Health Communication, Marketing and Training, offers a perspective on this interesting social media development.
ORAU named four-star winner of 2018 EPEAT Purchaser Award
ORAU was awarded the Green Electronics Council’s 2018 EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) Sustainable Purchaser Award for the fourth year in a row. The award recognizes excellence in the procurement of green electronics, or those electronics that have been manufactured to conserve energy, eliminate environmentally sensitive materials and increase recyclability.
Teachers: Could you be the next winner of ORAU's Extreme Classroom Makeover?
It's that time of year! Our 2019 Extreme Classroom Makeover contest is now open for applications. Check out this year'scontest guidelinesand create a video that shows us why your classroom needs a technology makeover! The deadline to submit your application and video is January 25, 2019.
Burn pit registries key to understanding exposure/disease relationships
Exposure to airborne toxins from burn pits located near military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan is reported to have caused a variety of health concerns, including cancers, respiratory illness and blood disorders. The revision and integration of a burn pit registry in combination with a longitudinal active health surveillance program would create a better understanding of the relationship between airborne toxins created by open-air burn pits and diagnosis of diseases among members of the military who may have been exposed to those toxins. Read more...
ORAU research project seeks to improve accuracy of radiation dose calculations
Researchers at ORAU are working to make radiation dose reconstruction more accurate by removing the limits built in to SOURCES-4C code, which helps calculate radiation dose.
ORAU also offers some of the best radiation safety and health physics training available in the United States at our Oak Ridge, Tenn., facility. Whether you are just starting your career in the health physics field and want to learn in a hands-on, classroom environment, or are a seasoned professional who needs a refresher or way to develop new skills, Professional Training Programs has a course for you! Browse our course listing:
Applied Health Physics
The use of radiation in industry, medicine, and education has created a need for persons trained in the principles of radiation safety and health physics. To meet this need, ORAU conducts a five-week training course—Applied Health Physics. The American Academy of Health Physics grants 40 Continuing Education Credits for completion of this course.
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course introduces participants to the basic theories and mechanics of air sampling for radionuclides. Approximately 40% of the time is spent collecting and analyzing air samples; the remaining time is devoted to lectures.
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course introduces participants to the basic theories and mechanics of environmental monitoring for radioactivity. Approximately 50% of the time is spent collecting and analyzing samples; the remaining time is devoted to lectures.
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course covers the basics of radionuclide identification and quantification by gamma spectroscopy. Approximately 50% of the time will be spent in the laboratory.
This five-day course introduces participants to the use of statistics in operational health physics. The course is divided between lectures and practical laboratory activities designed to reinforce important principles. Core concepts such as probability distributions, descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing are included to support more detailed discussions on uncertainty propagation and statistical tests.
This five-day lecture/laboratory course is an introduction to the basic science behind radiation safety and to common applications of radiation safety principles. Lectures include a description of common radiation sources, interactions of radiation with matter, biological effects, detection and measurement. Laboratory exercises emphasize radiation detection and measurement techniques using both fixed and portable instrumentation.
This five-day lecture/laboratory course introduces course participants to current issues and technologies in the medical applications of radiation. The issues and technologies are discussed in the context of improving and developing an institution’s radiation safety program.
This four-day training course focuses on the methodology and practical application of the MARSAME standard. This standard supplements the MARSSIM manual that has become the basis for real property final status surveys. The objective of the course is to provide attendees with a solid understanding of the MARSAME standard, practice through exercise and provide practical information related to its implementation.
This five-day course emphasizes the decision-making processes involved in the design and implementation of a MARSSIM-based decommissioning survey. Topics include an overview of radiological survey types, the data quality objectives process, selection and application of DCGLs, background reference area selection, survey instrument detection sensitivity, area classification, statistical design of surveys, measurement uncertainty and performing statistical tests.
This five-day course is designed to provide course participants with a thorough understanding of current methods for determining radiation doses resulting from intakes of radioactive materials by workers. The course covers the basic concepts and principles of internal dose assessments, and describes the ICRP internal dosimetry systems and models currently in use in the United States and internationally.
This five-day lecture/laboratory course introduces course participants to relevant issues that influence the effectiveness of a radiation safety program. The course emphasizes a variety of administrative and technical issues that a radiation safety officer has to address. An interactive format offers the opportunity for instructor/group discussions to facilitate the learning process.
Site Characterization in Support of Decommissioning
This five-day course emphasizes site evaluation, data planning, survey implementation and tools, data interpretation, and decision-making processes involved in the historical site assessment, scoping survey and characterization survey phases of decommissioning. Topics include: site assessment, surveys for radiological and chemical contaminants, data quality objectives and assessments, safety evaluations, planning and budgeting.
The American Evaluation Association is the foremost professional society for the practice of program evaluation, and has over 7,000 members representing all 50 states and 80 foreign countries.
Come talk to us about public health and healthcare preparedness capabilities
Come talk to us about public health and healthcare preparednes at the ORAU booth at the 2019 NACCHO Preparedness Summit March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis.
The Preparedness Summit is the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. The Summit convenes a wide array of partners; presenting new research findings, sharing tools and resources and providing a variety of opportunities for attendees to learn how to implement model practices that enhance the nation’s capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and other emergencies.
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ORAU also offers some of the best radiation safety and health physics training available in the United States at our Oak Ridge, Tenn., facility. Whether you are just starting your career in the health physics field and want to learn in a hands-on, classroom environment, or are a seasoned professional who needs a refresher or way to develop new skills, Professional Training Programs has a course for you! Browse our course listing:
