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FY2022 ODRD Project Summaries

The ORAU-Directed Research and Development (ODRD) program is comprised of cross-cutting initiatives focused on developing or advancing research projects that will enhance ORAU and member university research capabilities.

Learn more about our 2022 awardees and the future impact of their research projects.

2022 Awardees

How does the water flow? Teaching stormwater management and detailing the socio-economic and environmental benefits of green infrastructure to underserved communities and city stakeholders in Florida

Florida State University logoORAU Principal Investigator: Brenda Blunt

University Co-Investigator: Nasrin Alamdari, Florida State University

Contributors: ORAU - Davyda Hammond

Focus Areas: Public Health and Environment; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Studies

Award: $44,548

Summary: This study looked at a framework for developing a long-term climate induced environmental index with an integrated socio-economic and health vulnerability index. This project laid the groundwork for the development of an index to measure the impacts of climate change and water quality to inform decision makers on the risks to their communities and the role of green infrastructure in mitigating such risks.

Evaluation of time-dependent covariates in radiation dose-response models in the Million Worker Study

Vanderbilt University logoORAU Principal Investigator: Ashley Golden

University Co-Investigator: Ben French, Vanderbilt University

Contributors: ORAU - Sara Howard, Evah Odoi; University - Yeji Ko

Focus Areas: Public Health and Environment

Award: $47,780

Summary: This project consisted of an initial feasibility/scoping exercise to ensure the efficiency of a rigorous simulation study to inform the statistical methodology used in radiation dose-response studies, create efficiencies in modelling through use of simulation methods and machine learning, and open new lines of inquiry for further model enhancements and potential for R (statistical software) package development.

Related Presentation: Presentation at the Joint Statistical Meeting, August 6-11, 2022, in Washington D.C.,  “Evaluation of Sources of Bias in Time-Dependent Radiation Dose Response Models for Individual Cohorts and Challenges Associated with Pooling in the Million Worker Study.”

Expert consensus on the public health needs for the design of a long-term population health study after the detonation of an improvised nuclear device

Emory University logoORAU Principal Investigator: Carol Iddins

University Co-Investigator: Ziad Kazzi, Emory University

Contributors: ORAU - Angie Bowen, Jason Davis, Josh Hayes, Wayne Baxter, David Quillin; University - Emily Kiernan

Focus Areas: Public Health and Environment

Award: $64,565

Summary: The research aimed to determine the consensus of subject matter experts (SMEs) in the development of a list of necessary actions and expected challenges that would be presented in the execution of a long-term population health study by a state with the support of federal agencies (e.g., the CDC) after an improvised nuclear device detonation.