2016AnnualReport

ORAU provides innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance national priorities in science, education, security and health. Through specialized teams of experts, unique laboratory capabilities and access to a consortium of more than 100 major PhD-granting institutions, ORAU works with federal, state, local and commercial customers to advance national priorities and serve the public interest. ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ORISE is a DOE asset that is dedicated to enabling critical scientific, research and health initiatives of the department and its laboratory system by providing world-class expertise in STEM workforce development, scientific and technical reviews and the evaluation of radiation exposure and environmental contamination.

The financial information provided in this report has been derived from the audited financial statements of the ORAU Corp. and the DOE contract fund for the year ended Sept. 30, 2016. These audited financial statements are presented in separate, bound reports.

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Table of Contents

Statement from the President and CEO 4

ORAU Corporate Overview 6

ORAU Timeline: 70 Years of Excellence 8

Sharing Expertise, Leading the Way 10

Workforce Development 14

Scientific Assessment 24

Health and Environment 28

National Security 36

University Partnerships 40

STEM Education and Community 42

ORAU Leadership 46

ORAU Board of Directors 48

ORAU Sponsoring Institutions Inside Back Cover

Select Acronyms

AEC Atomic Energy CommissionANSI American National Standards

InstituteCAP College of American PathologistsCDC Centers for Disease Control and

PreventionCLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement

AmendmentsDHS U.S. Department of Homeland

SecurityDOE U.S. Department of EnergyDOE-SC DOE Office of ScienceDOL U.S. Department of LaborEERE DOE Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy IAEA International Atomic Energy

AgencyISO International Organization for

StandardizationMARSAME Multi-Agency Radiation Survey

and Assessment of Materials and Equipment

NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration

NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ORAU Oak Ridge Associated UniversitiesORISE Oak Ridge Institute for Science

and EducationORNL Oak Ridge National LaboratoryREAC/TS Radiation Emergency Assistance

Center/Training SiteSTEM science, technology, engineering

and mathematicsVPP Voluntary Protection Program

Since 1946, one thing has been our focus...

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...Our customers’ missions.Ensuring their success has been our goal.

Advancing their vision has been our passion. Helping them make an impact has been

our inspiration.

For 70 years, ORAU has been

committed to this one thing.

Today that commitment is

stronger than ever.

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statement from the president and ceo

andy Page

ORAU embodies a spirit of collaboration—a commitment to

going Further. Together. with our customers and partners.

Optimizing the combined strength of ORAU’s deep

subject matter expertise, unique laboratory capabilities,

and a 121-member university consortium, we work with

our customers and partners to advance their missions and

strengthen national priorities in science, education, security

and health.

This spirit of collaboration is not exclusive to the past

year. Helping our customers make a meaningful impact—

and investing in their vision as if it were our own—is a

commitment that is seven decades strong.

As we celebrate ORAU’s 70th anniversary this year, I am

reminded that ORAU was created to connect faculty and

students to the science and technology that resided in

Oak Ridge following World War II. Today this remains a

significant mission of ORAU through our science education

and workforce development programs. These programs

place nearly 10,000 students, faculty and recent graduates

in research and supporting educational activities at

laboratories, research centers and universities across the

country. They have the opportunity to conduct hands-on

research alongside laboratory staff or to participate in

complementary scientific discovery projects and events.

Medical research was also an important focus early in

ORAU’s history. We partnered with DOE’s predecessor, the

AEC, to produce pioneering work in the study and use of

radionuclides to diagnose and treat cancer. Today ORAU

continues to support worker health and public health

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programs, health physics training courses, and medical

management of and response to incidents involving

radiation anywhere in the world through REAC/TS. In

fact, we celebrated another important milestone in

2016—REAC/TS’ 40th anniversary. ORAU has managed

REAC/TS for DOE since 1976, when it was established

as a radiation accident management facility. Since then,

REAC/TS has reached nearly 6,000 professionals annually

all over the world through courses, meetings, workshops

and conferences featuring highly specialized radiation

emergency medicine education.

A timeline reflecting on ORAU’s 70 years is featured in the

pages that follow, and a chart showing the organization’s

seven decades of positive revenue growth can be

viewed on this page. This annual report also highlights

the people whose diverse expertise and passion make

it possible for ORAU to partner with its customers to

go Further. Together. For example, in last year’s report

and as part of the transition to the new ORISE contract,

we introduced a management team of both new and

established leaders to help maintain ORISE’s status as a

world-leading institute for meeting the nation’s energy,

nuclear security and environmental challenges. In this

year’s report we showcase many other individuals at

ORAU who serve as trusted resources and inspire others

with their innovative ideas for achieving success. Take

for example, Dr. Erin Burr, a senior evaluator in ORAU’s

Scientific Assessment and Workforce Development

Program, who was honored by the American Evaluation

Association for her exemplary evaluation of NETL’s science

education programs. Additionally, Dr. Jeffrey Miller, head of

ORAU’s Center for Safety Studies, was named chair-elect of

the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.

The accomplishments of these and other rising stars at

ORAU are highlighted in the thought leadership section

beginning on page 10. ORAU’s other achievements

from FY16 are highlighted in sections focused on

workforce development, scientific assessment, health and

environment, national security and university partnerships.

Whether ORAU is furthering the missions of our customers

through collaboration and innovation or enabling our

specialized experts to positively impact and contribute to

the industries we serve, ORAU and its employees embody

the essence of going Further. Together. This theme will

continue to guide our efforts into the future.

70-Year Trend of Positive ORAU Revenues

1946 2016

$401.3M

2006

$236.8M

1996

$77.5M

1986

$29.4M

1976

$8.2M

1966

$6.7M

1956

$1.6M

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corporate overviewORAU is a scientific and technical solutions provider, offering specialized teams of experts, unique laboratory capabilities, and access to the talent of more than 100 major research universities to advance science, education and workforce development, strengthen national security and protect health and the environment. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and federal contractor, ORAU manages ORISE for DOE.

1,074employees

23Locations

Locations:CaliforniaColoradoDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaIdahoLouisianaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaNevadaNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaOregonRhode IslandSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia

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management excellence• VPP Star of Excellence Award for safety

(12th consecutive year) • ISO-9001:2015 certification for quality• ISO-14001:2004 certification for environmental management• 2016 Top Diversity Employer Award from Black EOE Journal• Green Electronics Council Electronic Product Environmental

Assessment Tool Sustainable Purchaser Award • ORISE Radiochemistry and Environmental

Services Laboratory:- DOE Consolidated Audit Program-approved- ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission

17025 accredited for quality and accuracy of laboratory operations

- Accredited by Department of Defense Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program

- Member of DOE’s National Analytical Management Program

- Member of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Response Laboratory Network

- Member of EPA’s Water Laboratory Alliance Program

- Participant in DOE’s Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation Program

- Participant in National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program

- Participant in NRC’s Intercomparison Testing Program• ORISE Beryllium Testing Laboratory

- CAP certified- CLIA certified

• ORISE Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory - CLIA certified - Participant/Core Laboratory in the project “Testing the

Capacity of the National Biological Dose Response Plan,” Health Canada

- Participant in the research project “Automation of Dicentric Assay for Commercial Robotic Platforms,” National Institutes of Health/Columbia University Medical Center

- Awardee, DOE Technology Integration-funded project for development of high throughput cytogenetic tools for radiation dose assessment

$401.3MAnnual Revenue

121Sponsoring Institutions

Scientific Assessment and Workforce Development$319.3M

Health & Environment$60.9M

National Security$13.9M

Other$7.2M

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Timeline: 70 Years of Excellence in

1940s

1946: Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (ORINS) was incorporated on Oct. 15, 1946. ORINS remained the name until 1966, when it became ORAU. The first Council meeting was held Oct. 17, 1946; 14 Southern universities attended and were elected as the sponsoring members of the new ORINS consortium.

1948: The Oak Ridge Research Participation Program, conducted informally in 1947 then formalized in 1948, enabled faculty members from nine member universities to conduct research at ORNL through a contract with the AEC.

1949: The ORINS Medical Division was organized, accepting the first students for radioisotope training. The American Museum of Atomic Energy (later renamed American Museum of Science and Energy) was opened on March 19, 1949, under ORINS management.

1950s

1950: The 30-bed ORINS Cancer Research Hospital was completed and the first patient admitted in 1950. The Medical Division undertook a thyroid-uptake calibration program in the 1950s, sending mannequins to scientists worldwide with instructions on measuring the uptake of iodine by the thyroid. An animal colony and experimental laboratory were completed in 1950 with cooperation from the University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Research Program.

1954: The Medical Division’s Teletherapy Evaluation Program received a kilocurie cesium-137 teletherapy machine. The device allowed doctors to irradiate a specific area of diseased tissue with less harm to the surrounding healthy tissue.

1955: In May 1955, the Special Training Division (later known as Radiation Sciences Training) offered the first basic radioisotope course for foreign nationals as part of President Dwight Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program, established to share the peaceful atom with other countries.

1960s

1960: A total body irradiation facility was completed, and the first patient was treated in May 1960, allowing doctors to study the therapeutic effects of small doses of radiation given to the whole body.

1961: A colony of South American marmosets was established at ORINS for pioneering studies into the immune aspects of bone marrow transplantation.

1964: A diagnostic whole-body counter was developed and placed in the ORINS Medical Division. ORINS began an exhaustive study of patients and accident victims who received whole-body radiation.

1965: A cytogenetics program was established at ORINS, providing a technique for assessing human total- body radiation.

1968: ORAU staff discovered that gallium-67 concentrates in some malignant tissues. This discovery led to active research programs at ORAU and 15 other institutions, most of them medical schools that were members of the ORAU consortium.

1970s

1970: Eleven universities formed a consortium under ORAU’s administration and developed the first isotope separator for nuclear structure studies at ORNL, known as UNISOR or University Isotope Separator-Oak Ridge.

1971: The AEC and Food and Drug Administration supported an ORAU Center for Information on Internal Dosimetry as a means to collect, interpret and correlate information on internal dosimetry of radiopharmaceuticals.

1973: The cytogenetics program completed work on one of the largest studies of frequencies of chromosome breakage ever conducted by a single laboratory. The study looked at the effects of synthetic compounds, such as oral contraceptives, on chromosomes ORAU published “Scientists and Engineers for the Nuclear Age,” highlighting 25 years of the AEC Special Fellowships programs, which were managed by ORAU since 1948.

1975: For DOE, ORAU established REAC/TS to offer continuing medical education courses in radiation emergency medicine and provide 24/7 emergency response for the medical management of radiation accidents.

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Science, Education, Security and Health

1980s

1980: REAC/TS organized the International Conference on the Medical Basis for Radiation Accident Preparedness. ORAU’s Institute for Energy Analysis was tasked with defining how to align the worldwide rate of fossil fuel combustion with the capacity of the biosphere to absorb carbon dioxide. The Radiological Site Assessment Program was established to conduct environmental assessments at the request of NRC.

1981: DOL named ORAU’s Training and Technology Program in the top 25 training programs in the nation. On Oct. 1, 1981, ORAU’s Comparative Animal Research Laboratory was established.

1984: ORAU’s Epidemiology Program completed final analysis of mortality of ORNL workers (1943–1972) and Y-12 workers exposed to elemental mercury (1953–1963).

1987: ORAU was designated as an independent verification contractor for DOE’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, performing radiological surveys at eight sites undergoing remediation.

1990s

1990: ORAU began supporting DOE’s Tennessee Science Bowl.

1992: DOE established ORISE under the management of ORAU.

1993: National Science Foundation awarded ORAU a $6M, three-year contract to manage the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

1997: DOE awarded ORAU a multimillion dollar contract for environmental cleanup verification at East Tennessee Technology Park.

1998: ORAU staff at ORISE assisted federal agencies by delivering training nationwide in support of the U.S. Domestic Preparedness Program, established by Congress to facilitate preparedness training for a terrorist act involving weapons of mass destruction.

1999: REAC/TS assisted Japanese physicians with a major radiation accident at a uranium processing facility. REAC/TS consulted from Oak Ridge with the response team in Tokaimura, Japan. REAC/TS also sent a representative to meet with an international team that evaluated the treatment of the three victims and refined dosimetry estimates.

2000s

2000: In a competitive bid, DOE selected ORAU to continue to manage ORISE under a new, five-year contract. ORAU began a new program to provide education grants to local teachers.

2002: NIOSH awarded ORAU a five-year contract to perform radiation dose reconstructions for former DOE nuclear workers.

2003: DHS tasked ORAU with launching the DHS Fellowship and Scholarship Program to meet future workforce needs in homeland security.

2004: ORISE was named the first DOE site in Tennessee to earn the prestigious VPP Star of Excellence for exceptional health and safety programs.

2009: ORAU constructed a $20M Center for Science Education at its Oak Ridge headquarters to support STEM education and workforce development. ORAU began an annual Extreme Classroom Makeover competition to provide winning teachers with $25,000 in technology upgrades for their classrooms. ORAU helped Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with a medical screening program, health communication outreach campaign and research grant program related to the coal fly ash spill at the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant.

2010s

2011: ORAU provided integrated support to DOE in response to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown as a result of a disastrous earthquake and tsunami. Support included emergency management, radiation medicine consultation, public health communication and surveys of radiation contamination.

2012: ORAU became a partner in a Million Worker Study of effects of long-term exposure to low-dose radiation.

2014: ORAU and ORISE supported the inaugural DOE-EERE Advanced Manufacturing Internship, which helps veterans prepare for advanced manufacturing careers. ORAU provided free STEM workshops and science-based activities, such as the Oak Ridge Robotics Camp, to 1,300 students and teachers as part of a long-standing commitment to STEM education.

2015: Sixteen ORAU employees supported CDC with health care worker training in response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

2016: In a competitive bid, DOE selected ORAU to continue managing ORISE under a new up-to-10-year contract.

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Sharing Expertise, Leading the Way

Thought leaders are front-runners, trailblazers and groundbreakers. They develop innovative ideas, take calculated risks, and leap forward to bring about positive change. As experts in their fields, they earn respect from peers and provide the best solutions possible. At ORAU, we celebrate the passion, leadership and ingenuity of these individuals, who not only help our customers advance their missions but also encourage excellence in our organization and lead the way in their industries.

Eric W. Abelquist, PhD, CHPORAU Executive Vice President and ORISE Chief Research Officer

• PhD, nuclear engineering, University of Tennessee (UT)

• Certified Health Physicist (CHP)

• President-elect, Health Physics Society (HPS), 2016

• Co-author, “Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual” (MARSSIM)

• Author, Decommissioning Health Physics: A Handbook for MARSSIM Users, Second Edition

• Organizer, Radiation Protection Research Needs Workshop, forthcoming, June 2017

• Board member, United Way of Anderson County, 2011–2016

• Board member, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Center for Leadership and Community Development, 2013–2015

• Advisor, UT Nuclear Engineering Department Board of Advisors, 2012–2015

• Panel chair, Commercial Nuclear Decommissioning Market; Energy, Technology, and Environment Business Association (ETEBA), Oct. 2016

• Panel chair, Utility Decommissioning/Reuse and Commercial New Construction, ETEBA, Dec. 2015

• Presenter, “Commercial Decommissioning Market: Positioned for Impressive Growth,” ETEBA, Dec. 2015

Martin D. Barrie, PhD, JDORAU Senior Scientist, Epidemiologist, and Principal, ORAU Commercial Sector Initiative

• PhD, health sciences, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health; JD, South Texas College of Law

• Panelist/presenter, Progress and Current Issues in Nanotechnology. “Medical Surveillance and Biomonitoring in Nanomaterial Worker Risk Assessment and Management” and “The Use of Epidemiologic and Biometric Approaches to Engineered Nanomaterials Worker Risk Management,” American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 2016

• Presenter, “The Use of Surveillance and Biomonitoring for Nanomaterial Workers,” East Tennessee State University, Environmental Health Seminar Series, July 2016

• Lead author, “Nanobiomonitoring and surveillance: opportunities to confirm the protection of nanomaterial workers.” Synergist, Feb. 2017

• Co-author, “Soft law and nanotechnology, sources of guidance for risk management.” Synergist, April 2016

• Member, Legal Affairs Committee and Nanotechnology Working Group, American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2016

• Member, National Counsel on Radiation Protection and Measurements (Scientific Committee 5-2 Working Group) on Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials, 2016

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Adayabalam S. Balajee, PhD Director, Cytogenetics Biodosimetry Laboratory

• PhD, molecular cytogenetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

• Consultant, IAEA, Radiation Biology Program Brainstorming, June 2016

• Speaker, 32nd Indian Association for Radiation Protection International Conference on Radiological Safety in the Workplace, Nuclear Facilities and Environment, India, Feb. 2016

• Author, “RecQL4 helicase has oncogenic potential in sporadic breast cancers.” J. Pathol. 238: 495-501, 2016.

• Author, “Human helicase RecQL4 drives cisplatin resistance in gastric cancer by activating an AKT-YB1-MDR1 signaling pathway.” Cancer Res. 15: 3057-3066, 2016

• Author, “A decade of the RABiT.” Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry.” 712: 201-206, 2016

• Author, “Advantages of binomial likelihood maximization for analyzing and modeling cell survival curves.” Rad. Res. 185: 246-256, 2016

Select ORAU Leadership Contributions• Director, American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP) Board of Directors, 2016; Director, Executive Board, AAHP, 2014-2016;

and President, Cincinnati Radiation Society, 2016, Louise Buker, CHP, ORAU Senior Health Physicist, Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH

• Chair, Instrumentation Session, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, Wash., July 2016; Instructor, HPS Professional Development School on Decommissioning, “Surveys of Materials and Equipment (MARSAME): Fundamentals, Applications, and Benefits,” Spokane, Wash., July 2016; and Treasurer, AAHP, Feb. 2013 to Feb. 2016, Alex Boerner, CHP, ORAU Senior Health Physicist, Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH

• Chair, ANSI/HPS Standards Committee, N13.49, Performance and Documentation of Radiological Surveys; Instructor, HPS Professional Development School on Decommissioning, “Decommissioning Surveys Lessons Learned” and “Changes/Implications—Revised MARSSIM 2016,” Spokane, Wash., July 2016, Tim Vitkus, CHP, ORAU Associate Director of Independent Environmental Assessments and Verification Program, and Survey and Technical Operations Director

• Chair, Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries, Meredith Goins, ORAU Group Manager, Research Reviews and Evaluation, 2016

• Acting chair, International Information System on Occupational Exposure Working Group on Data Analysis, Derek Hagemeyer, ORISE Associate Director, Health, Environment and Radiation Management Program, 2016

• Chair-elect, STEM Education and Training Topical Interest Group, American Evaluation Association, Kimberle Kelly, PhD, ORAU Evaluation Specialist, Project Manager, 2016

• Technical consultant, IAEA Radiological/Nuclear Medical Emergency Response Manual, Oct. 2015 and July 2016, Albert Wiley, MD, PhD, REAC/TS Technical Director

• Develop, Innovate, Advance Fellow, Phil Posner, PhD, ORAU Senior Researcher, Scientific Assessment and Workforce Development Program, 2016

• Presenter, “Design and Implementation of a Former Worker Nationwide Medical Screening Program,” 2016 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Bill Stange, PhD, ORAU Manager, Health Studies

• Presenters, “Using Social Media to Address Prescription Drug Abuse in the Appalachian Region,” National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, March 2016, Jennifer Reynolds, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and Kristin Mattson, CHES, ORAU Health Education Project Managers

• Presenter/moderator, multiple presentations on radiation emergency medicine; moderator of a tabletop exercise, 2nd Asian Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network Workshop on Public Health Response to Radiation Emergencies, Dec. 2016; presenter, “Rapid Radiation Dose Magnitude Estimation,” IAEA International Conference on Global Emergency Preparedness and Response, Oct. 2015; and IMed Team Leader, NNSA Joint U.S./China Radiological Response Training, Oct. 2015, Steve Sugarman, CHP, REAC/TS Health Physics Project Manager

• Panelist, “Collaborating to Meet the Demand in Cybersecurity,” STEMconnector STEM Council Meeting, Mar. 2016, Bob Gibson, EdD, ORAU Associate Director, Scientific Assessment and Workforce Development Program

• Member, Continuing Education Committee for the National HPS, Gary Daer, ORAU Senior Health Physicist, Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH

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Sharing Expertise, Leading the Way

Erin M. Burr, PhDORAU Senior Evaluator and Assessment and Evaluation Section Manager

• PhD, educational psychology and research, with concentration in evaluation and assessment, University of Tennessee

• Chair, STEM Education and Training Topical Interest Group, and member-at-large, Use and Influence of Evaluation Topical Interest Group, American Evaluation Association (AEA), 2016

• Honored for exemplary evaluation of the NETL science education programs, AEA, Nov. 2015

• Presenter, “NETL Evaluation,” AEA Annual Conference, Nov. 2015

• Technical contributor and group discussion leader, Database of Key STEM Evaluation Tools and Resources, AEA Think Tank Session, AEA Annual Conference, Nov. 2015

• Session chair, Who Uses Evaluation Findings, When, and for What Purpose: Evaluation Use from Multiple Perspectives, AEA Annual Conference, Nov. 2015

• Evaluator, Multiple Workforce Studies and Evaluations— ORNL, NETL, DOE Office of Fossil Energy, and University of Oklahoma, 2016

Ashley P. Golden, PhDORAU Biostatistician

• PhD, comparative and experimental medicine, biostatistics major, University of Tennessee

• Awardee, Early Stage Radiation Investigator, Radiation Research Society, 2016

• Presenter, “An Updated Mortality Analysis of Mallinckrodt Uranium Processing Workers, 1942–2012,” Radiation Research Society Conference on Radiation Health, Oct. 2016

• Presenter, “An Exploratory Analysis of Sources of Variation in BeLPT Test Results in the National Supplemental Screening Program,” American Public Health Association (APHA) 2016 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016

• Presenter, “A Descriptive Study of a Cancer Cohort from a Regional Cancer Center in Rural Kentucky,” APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016

• Presenter, “Initial Screening Findings from the National Supplemental Screening Program for Former DOE Workers,” APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016

• Co-author, “Design and Implementation of a Former Worker Nationwide Medical Screening Program,” APHA 2016 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016

Carol J. Iddins, MDAssociate Director, REAC/TS

• MD, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, College of Medicine

• Chair, American Board of Disaster Medicine, 2015, 2016

• Co-chair, Technical Session, U.S. Transuranic and Uranium Registry: Internal Research, Health Physics Society 61st Annual Meeting, July 2016

• Presenter/panelist, “Case Report: Y-12 Criticality Accident (1958), The Last Survivor,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Workshop on Delayed Effects of Radiation, Nov. 2016

• Presenter, “Superbugs: Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in the 21st century,” American Board of Physician Specialties, June 2016

• Instructor/evaluator, “Demonstration of Decontamination Techniques” and “Decontamination Exercise,” IAEA, CDC, Emory University Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Medical Physicists, May 2016

• Instructor, “Building Global Capacity to Recognize and Mitigate Agents of Opportunity for Chemical and Radiological Emergencies,” New Delhi and Mumbai, India, Sept. 2016

• Author, “Case report: industrial X-ray injury treated with non-cultured autologous adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF).” Health Phys. 111(2): 112-116, 2016

• Co-author, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: The Oncologic Emergency Response

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Jeffrey R. Miller, PhD, CIH, CSPORAU Senior Scientist and Head of ORAU’s Center for Safety Studies

• PhD, public health, University of Tennessee

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

• Chair-elect, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 2016

• Subject matter expert, Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center, 2016

• Panelist, Safety and Health Credentialing Roundtable, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Tennessee Valley Section, Fall Conference, Oct. 2016

• Co-author, “Guide to Safety Culture Evaluation,” Energy Facility Contractors Group, Safety Culture and High Reliability Organization Work Group, Sept. 2015

• Co-author, “Safety Culture Monitoring and Improvement,” Energy Facility Contractors Group Safety Culture and High Reliability Organization Work Group, January 2017

• Instructor, “Applied Ergonomics for Plant Design,” Safety Fest TN 2016, Oak Ridge Safety Business Partnership, Oct. 2016

Select ORAU Published Works• “Nuclear Engineering Enrollments and Degrees Survey, 2015 Data,” Don Johnson, PhD, March 2016

• “Health Physics Enrollments and Degrees Survey, 2015 Data,” Don Johnson, PhD, August 2016

• Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: The Oncologic Emergency Response, Nicholas Dainiak, MD, Carol Iddins, MD, Ronald Goans, PhD, MD, 2016

• “History of biodosimetry networks.” International Journal of Radiobiology, Nicholas Dainiak, MD, 2016

• “Integrated approach to health screening of former Department of Energy workers detects both occupational and non-occupational illness,” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Bill Stange, PhD, John McInerny, MD, Ashley Golden, PhD, Wendy Benade, Barbara Neill, Donna Cragle, PhD, et al. 2016

• “Lessons learned on the presentation of scan data.”Operational Radiation Safety, David King, CHP, Tim Vitkus, CHP, November 2015

• “Site-specific soil properties of the U.S. Climate Reference Network soil moisture.” Valdose Zone Journal, 15(11). Published: November 21, 2016, doi: 10.2136/vzj2016.05.0047, Timothy Wilson, PhD, Mark Hall, et al.

• “Online work force analyzes social media to identify consequences of an unplanned school closure—using technology to prepare for the next pandemic.” PLoS ONE 11(9): e0163207, doi:10.1371/journal.pone, Benjamin Wilburn, et al. 2016

• “Designing and validating a social marketing tool to craft and defend effective messages.” Social Marketing Quarterly, Sage Publications, Jennifer Reynolds, CHES, Diane Krause, Certified Public Health (CPH) professional, et al. November 2015

• “Patient priority-directed decisionmaking and care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions,” Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Phil Posner, PhD, et al. May 2016

• “Public progress, data management and the land grant mission: A survey of agriculture researchers’ practices and attitudes at two land-grant institutions.” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis, PhD, et al. winter 2016

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To stay competitive in

the global marketplace,

the United States needs

scientific and technical

talent ready to develop

and implement innovative

solutions to our country’s

most pressing challenges.

Workforcedevelopment

ORAU provides workforce

development and scientific discovery

opportunities for nearly 10,000

students, faculty, recent graduates

and postdoctoral researchers

each year. These individuals

conduct hands-on research and

explore scientific and technical

challenges through federally funded

programs and events at national

laboratories, research centers and

universities alongside staff scientists,

engineers, and other mentors.

These opportunities help prepare

individuals to become strong

contributors to the nation’s scientific

workforce and strengthen U.S.

competitiveness in STEM fields.14

Realizing her passion for research

Shikha Patel, a chemical and mechanical engineering graduate student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, spent her summer researching methods to reduce automotive release of nitrogen oxides at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Science. Patel is one of nearly 10,000 individuals that ORAU helped place in workforce development programs and scientific discovery opportunities and events across the country in FY16. “I was able to solidify what I hope to accomplish in the future,” Patel said. “The experience helped me realize my passion for research.”

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Building fun projects and a future in additive manufacturing through internshipsDerek Vaughan (second from left), an aerospace engineering undergraduate at Purdue University,

participated in the inaugural DOE-EERE Robotics Internship Program in FY15. Vaughan—an alumnus of

Hardin Valley Academy (HVA) in Knoxville, Tennessee—collaborated during the internship with Sierra

Palmer (far right), a robotics engineering undergraduate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and HVA

high school students Weishan Liao and Ahmad Marion, who are members of the HVA Robotics Team.

The interns and students developed the Nighthawk, a 3D-printed T-shirt cannon manufactured with a

carbon-fiber reinforced polymer, which is used to launch T-shirts and other promotional items into the

crowds at HVA events and athletic competitions. Because of his enjoyment in developing Nighthawk and

connections he made during the internship with experts at DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility

(MDF) at ORNL, Vaughan returned to East Tennessee in 2016 for two internship opportunities at MDF

during his summer and winter breaks. “I greatly enjoyed the work environment I was in during the EERE

Robotics Internship, and that influenced my decision to return to the MDF rather than interning at an

aerospace company,” said Vaughan. He will graduate in 2018 with a degree in astronautics and a greater

understanding of how additive manufacturing can support the tools and technologies he will ultimately

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Strengthening the federal STEM workforce through research experiences and other programs

Developing the STEM workforce, fostering

innovation and investing in research are

essential for U.S. global competitiveness.

Through a wide spectrum of federally funded

or laboratory-based programs, ORAU helps

U.S. government agencies ensure that highly

qualified talent is available to support their

missions. In FY16, opportunities included

research experiences, internships, professional

development workshops and science

competitions. These programs successfully

inspire and prepare the next generation of

scientists, engineers and technicians.

FY16 Participants by Category

Academic Status Number of Participants

Undergraduate Students 1,327

Graduate Students 1,245

Recent Graduates 2,912

Postdoctoral Fellows 1,970

University Faculty 231

Other Scientists 408

K–12 Students 1,223

K–12 Teachers 583

TOTAL 9,899

Placing talented students in exciting robotics internships

The EERE Robotics Internship Program, administered by ORAU for

DOE-EERE, offers hands-on, short-term practical internships at various

corporate and federal partner facilities nationwide. The program,

which launched as a pilot in 2015, recruits outstanding recent high

school and college graduates and undergraduates, giving preference

to those with experience in advanced robotics competitions. In 2016,

14 interns performed research or other technical activities in support of

the DOE-EERE advanced manufacturing mission under the guidance

of a host facility mentor at two DOE national laboratories and four

private businesses. The EERE Robotics Internship utilizes and further

develops participants’ skills and builds the nation’s robotics technical,

manufacturing and engineering workforce. As an example, one of

the 2016 interns helped develop robotics software that will eventually

be licensed. The program also partners with FIRST® Robotics, a

competition for grades 9–16 designed to enhance STEM skills.

Supporting inaugural internship program in advanced composite manufacturing

A 10-week inaugural program in 2016, managed by ORAU for the

Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI),

provided internships for 15 exceptional undergraduate and graduate

students. The interns were selected from applicants representing 116

colleges and universities, and they had opportunities for interactions

with scientists and engineers at IACMI’s partner sites, such as the

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and Purdue University. At UTK,

interns tested the tensile strength of various carbon fiber composites.

At Purdue, interns developed a carbon fiber shell as part of a prototype

to be entered in the Space X Hyperloop Competition in 2017, which

involves teams competing to develop futuristic transport-vehicle pods.

The internship program develops talent needed to support the growth

of composites technologies in many sectors, including automotive,

wind, aerospace, energy and defense and partners with both academic

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9,899 participantsin ORAU-administered workforce development programs in FY16

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1 Daniel EncisoUniversity of TennesseeHigher Education Research Experiences Program, ORNLRare earth elements research

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2 Djuna Gulliver, PhD Carnegie Mellon University ORISE Program Mentor, NETL Microbiology research Photo credit: NETL

33 Anirudha Dixit, PhD University of Massachusetts at Amherst National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Postdoctoral Fellowship NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Plant growth in space research

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4 Abisola Kusimo Stanford University Graduate Engineering for Minorities Fellowship Program DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL Additive manufacturing research

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5 Joseph Eisinger Purdue University Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship, ORNL Small stream habitats research

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6 Nabeel Jasar Pellissippi State Community College Community College Internship Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL Beamline optimization research

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7 Malaney Abel Western Illinois University Higher Education Research Experiences Program, ORNL Biomass alternative fuel research

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8 Sierra Kaszubinski University of Arizona DHS Homeland Security-STEM Summer Internship Program Sandia National Laboratories Antiviral compounds research

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Exploring clean-coal combustion methods to help protect the environmentWyatt Adams (right), PhD candidate and graduate research assistant at Michigan Technological

University, spent his summer as a visiting researcher at Sandia National Laboratories through DOE’s

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship. The focus of Adams’ research was to gather information about

the oxy-combustion of coal, a potential coal-burning process that can lessen negative impacts on

the environment. Through his experience in the program, Adams noted that “people can continue

to use modern-day technologies without harming the environment, while society transitions to more

renewable energy sources in the future.”20

Expanding opportunities for students to participate in research supporting the U.S. Army

The Research Associateship

Program (RAP), which ORAU

administers for the U.S. Army

Research Laboratory (ARL) through

the ORISE contract, began in

2016 with a five-year contract

award valued at up to $90 million.

Forerunner programs for ARL

were open only to postdoctoral

and faculty researchers. The new

RAP provides opportunities for

undergraduate, graduate and

doctoral fellows, including foreign

nationals. Fellows are appointed

to associateships that involve

performing research in world-class

laboratories in collaboration with

scientist-mentors. In this first year

of RAP, 76 fellows were recruited

and placed by ORAU to pursue

research on technologies that will

support Army special projects

and personnel. In addition to the

associateships, a new 10-week

summer program in 2016, also

administered by ORAU, allowed

24 recent postgraduates at the

bachelor and master levels to gain

real-world laboratory experience

and collaborate with Army scientists

and engineers. The inaugural

summer program met with such

success that it will continue in

2017 with the expectation that

participation will quadruple.

Challenging undergraduates to solve real-world science problems, pursue grad studies

Undergraduate juniors and seniors

solved real-world science problems

while participating in the 10-week

ORNL Challenge Program in the

summer of 2016. This inaugural

program, administered for ORNL

by ORAU, presented challenges

connected to research in the

simulation and design of artificial

model magnets and to grid

modernization strategy for energy

distribution. Program applicants

wrote proposals that identified

possible solutions to challenges.

Five elite students were selected.

They increased their analytical

and problem-solving skills in the

laboratory by working alongside

ORNL scientists and faculty from

Duke University and Georgia Tech

to conduct neutron scattering

experiments and to evaluate

the performance of electrical

energy conversion and storage

of microgrids. The students also

participated in workshops and

seminars designed to supplement

their project work by broadening

their understanding of ORNL. This

workforce development program

encourages the attainment of

graduate degrees and feeds the

pipeline of high-quality talent into

ORNL’s scientific and engineering

divisions. All five students plan to

pursue graduate studies.

Focusing on fossil energy research through long-standing DOE fellowship

Forty-two students were given

the opportunity to gain research

experience with DOE’s Office

of Fossil Energy through the

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship

Program (MLEF) in FY16. The

10-week fellowship, which is

administered by ORISE, allows

graduate and undergraduate

students to train

under the mentorship of program

officials and scientists at DOE

sites. Since its inception in 1995,

the MLEF Program has hosted

more than 600 students in STEM

fields by currently placing them

at participating DOE National

Laboratories, DOE Headquarters

offices and the Strategic

Petroleum Reserve.

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96.5% of university-level program participants

major in STEM fields

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1 Jon Yang, PhD Oregon State University Professional Internship Program, NETL Hydraulic fracturing research Photo credit: NETL

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2 Laura Ayres Shorter University DHS Homeland Security-STEM Summer Internship Program U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center Computer programming Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center

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3 Sophia Suarez City University of New York Visiting Faculty Program, ORNL Carbon dioxide absorption materials research

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4 William Hardy, PhD University of Florida Postdoctoral Research Associate Program, Savannah River National Laboratory Nanomaterials research

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5 Camille Dubois Santa Clara University Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Summer Internship Program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Thermal neutron detectors research Photo credit: LLNL

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6 Daniel Peluso University of Pittsburgh Professional Internship Program, NETL Geo-samples repository curation Photo credit: Karl Jarvis, NETL

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7 Rachel Gaudet University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis Program, ORNL Technical database material development

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8 Jackeline Rios-Torres, PhD Clemson University Advanced Short-term Research Opportunity Program, ORNL Connected and automated Vehicles research

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Before awarding funding

for research proposals,

federal agencies need

confidence in the quality

and feasibility of the

research being proposed.

scientificassessment

ORAU provides objective peer

review services, supporting more

than $226.6 million in federal

funding awards, with a majority

stemming from the DOE Office

of Science. ORAU recruits and

engages top subject matter

experts from around the world and

carefully monitors for conflicts of

interest. These experts help the

government ensure that research

proposals are scientifically feasible

and have verifiable technical merit

before they are funded. ORAU

ensures every step of the review

process is handled with the highest

level of integrity.

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Bringing expert peer review into focus

Tammy Click (left), peer review project manager, helps reviewers focus on the science and technology of research proposals or existing programs being reviewed. By ensuring everything works flawlessly—from the review system to logistics—Click and her ORAU colleagues deliver a proven peer review process that gives our customers confidence in making funding decisions. The ORAU project team may also include research associates who identify and recruit the best experts for any review.

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SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT

Building a global network of expert reviewersAnn Gonzalez, ORAU research associate, helps recruit subject matter experts to serve as peer reviewers.

The Research Services group at ORAU maintains a growing database of more than 15,000 experts in

fields such as medicine, engineering, natural sciences, business, education and social sciences. This

global network of expert reviewers can be tapped to review funding and interim proposals for state and

federal customers and universities in the United States and around the world.

More than 15,000 experts in ORAU’s global network of reviewers

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Providing DOE’s Office of Science with peer review support for major research programs

Through the ORISE contract, ORAU peer

review specialists have provided long-standing

support for DOE-SC programs in energy

sciences, advanced computing research, and

biological and environmental research. In FY16,

for six specific DOE-SC program offices (see

chart below), ORAU peer review specialists

supported dozens of reviews totaling more

than $222 million in potential federal funding

awards. ORAU-led peer reviews have also

helped facilitate $18 million in funding

opportunities in FY16 for the DOE-SC Early

Career Research Program, which supports

the research of outstanding scientists early in

their careers. Additionally, ORAU peer review

has supported the allocation of 5.78 billion

processor hours at Oak Ridge and Argonne

National Laboratories through the DOE

Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on

Theory and Experiment (INCITE) Program.

DOE Office of Science Program Offices

FY16 Award Amount

Advanced Scientific Computing Research $93M

Basic Energy Sciences $17M

Biological and Environmental Research $40.75M

Fusion Energy Sciences $7M

High Energy Physics $59.37M

Nuclear Physics $5.37M

TOTAL $222.49M

Redesigning PeerNet for increased efficiency and security

In FY16, ORAU redesigned and modernized PeerNet, its Web-based

application system for administering peer reviews. Reviewers can

now move effortlessly among desktop computers and a range of

mobile devices to provide their input. The redesign improved the

technologies for security and created a centralized list of ORAU’s

subject matter experts. Additional enhancements will continue to

be made for proposal intake and enriched reporting. Feedback from

pilot users has indicated the new system is significantly more intuitive,

and existing users need little to no training before using the new

system. This redesigned system should increase efficiency of peer

review throughput, which will result in cost savings for customers; will

create time savings for experts who agree to participate in reviews;

and will better ensure the security of proposal details, data and

research information contained in the system, which protects the

integrity of the review process.

Supporting DOE National Laboratories with peer-review-based projects

As a result of successful support to DOE-SC and NNSA for various

peer reviews, workshops and meetings, ORAU is being tasked with

peer reviews and related projects directly supporting several DOE

National Laboratories—Argonne, Berkeley, Oak Ridge and Sandia. In

2009, ORAU supported ORNL with one review. By the end of FY16,

ORAU’s support had expanded to eight DOE National Laboratory

projects, ranging from panel reviews for the Sandia Z Machine, to the

annual ORNL/Argonne INCITE review of more than 100 proposals

for supercomputer time, to meetings of up to 125 scientific experts

focusing on exascale requirements for Argonne, Berkeley and Oak

Ridge National Laboratories. ORAU’s support of DOE’s National

Laboratories promotes collaboration and helps ensure their effective

selection of the most promising research and preparation for

emerging science needs.

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Protecting health and the

environment is a key mission

of various federal agencies,

whether to support people

afflicted with infectious

diseases, workers exposed

to radiation or hazardous

substances, or citizens

living near contaminated

sites. In partnership with

these federal agencies,

we provide specialized

programs and laboratory

services in support of worker

health, public health and

environmental stewardship.

Health and

Environment

ORAU manages health data for

3.5 million active and former energy

workers, provides medical screenings

for former workers, conducts

independent assessments of

environmental cleanup projects

representing billions of dollars in

federal spending, and trains tens of

thousands of health professionals

each year.

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Graduating from an internship to a full-time career in worker health research at ORAU

While a senior at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, Anton Panev completed an internship at ORAU to fulfill requirements for a degree in environmental health and safety. He worked in multiple areas supporting ORAU’s worker health studies and laboratory services capabilities. After graduating, he was hired by ORAU as a research associate in health studies.

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WORKER HEALTH

Helping diagnose chronic beryllium disease with lab testing for exposed workersORAU experts at the ORISE Beryllium Testing Laboratory provide a specialized blood test to

identify workers at risk of developing chronic beryllium disease. Terri Bules, MT (ASCP)—an

American Society for Clinical Pathology-certified medical technologist at the ORISE Beryllium

Testing Laboratory—performs procedures to detect proliferation of cells in response to beryllium.

In 2016, the ORISE Beryllium Testing Laboratory, which is CAP- and CLIA-certified, processed more

than 5,000 beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests. ORAU operates one of only three laboratories

in the United States approved to conduct this test.

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Evaluating safety culture for continuous improvement in high-hazard environments

UCOR, with more than 1,500

employees and serving as prime

contractor for the environmental

restoration of the East Tennessee

Technology Park in Oak Ridge,

Tennessee, is widely recognized

as a safety leader among DOE

environmental management

contractors. To monitor and

continuously improve its safety

culture, UCOR tasked ORAU with

performing periodic, comprehensive

safety culture evaluations of its

workforce and practices. In 2016,

these evaluations included written

surveys, focus groups and one-

on-one interviews, which resulted

in valuable feedback from the

workforce on the effectiveness of

the company’s safety programs and

initiatives. Using this information,

UCOR senior leadership is able to

make data-driven decisions that help

the company stay on the leading

edge of safety management of high-

hazard work.

Screening former workers to better address workers’ health issues

DOE’s National Supplemental

Screening Program (NSSP) provides

free nationwide medical screenings

for former energy workers who may

have been exposed to hazardous

substances at work. The screenings,

which may be repeated every three

years, target certain occupational

diseases, such as respiratory illnesses

or cancer, but also identify general

health issues such as diabetes. ORAU

has managed the NSSP for DOE

for the past 11 years, receiving high

satisfaction ratings from 99 percent of

the more than 16,000 former energy

workers who have participated in

the program since it began in 2005.

Now with cumulative data from

thousands of screenings, the NSSP

medical team published “Integrated

approach to health screening of

former department of energy workers

detects both occupational and non-

occupational illness” in the American

Journal of Industrial Medicine,

2016. The publication provides a

descriptive look at the NSSP and

the initial medical findings obtained

from the first 12,000 former DOE

participants. In addition, the report

focuses on the NIOSH concept called

Total Worker Health™ and explains

how the NSSP is able to provide

occupational and non-occupational

findings to improve the overall health

of individuals.

Reconstructing radiation doses to help determine sick workers’ compensation

Through a contract with NIOSH,

ORAU reconstructs radiation doses

for current and former workers in the

nuclear industry who were employed

by DOE. The dose reconstructions

provide critical information used

by DOL in adjudicating claims

filed under the Energy Employees

Occupational Illness Compensation

Program Act. This DOL program

provides compensation for many

of those workers—or for their

surviving family members—who have

developed cancers as a result of the

radiation exposure they experienced

during their work.

ORAU has managed this contract

since its inception in 2002. During

FY16, ORAU and its partners,

Dade Moeller® and MJW Technical

Services, Inc., conducted 45 data

collection trips to obtain information

in support of dose reconstruction

activities, assembled and indexed

more than 14,000 documents

relevant to facilities across the DOE

complex, and published more than

20 technical documents with a

team of health physicists, records

specialists and other scientists. These

efforts resulted in the completion of

more than 2,500 preliminary radiation

dose assessments and the submittal

of five Special Exposure Cohort

petition evaluation reports.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Combating opioid abuse in Appalachia through social media

Seven Appalachian states are greatly affected by

drug overdose deaths due in part to the abuse

of prescription painkillers and illicit opioids, such

as oxycodone and related drugs. These states

account for 22 percent of all opioid-related

deaths in the United States, according to CDC.

In 2016, ORAU social media experts partnered

with the Appalachian Regional Commission

and CDC to develop a successful social media

activity at the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse

and Heroin Summit, which helped #RXSummit

become a national trending hashtag on Twitter.

Additionally, ORAU was tasked with training

community-based organizations and anti-

drug coalitions in Tennessee, Kentucky and

West Virginia to combat opioid abuse through

social media. In 2016, ORAU held five full-day

training sessions for these organizations and

coalitions and provided technical assistance for

developing and implementing a social media

strategy to better communicate about opioid

abuse. Participating organizations produced

impressive results. For example, in less than

two months, Operation UNITE in Somerset,

Kentucky, delivered opioid-abuse-prevention

messages to more than 24,225 people. When

it measured the effectiveness of its messaging,

results showed the reach and engagement on its

Facebook page increased by 40 percent and 86

percent, respectively.

Developing award-winning app to inform international travelers’ health

For international travelers who want to plan ahead for a safe and

healthy trip, TravWell is a mobile app that provides customizable,

destination-specific information, such as vaccine recommendations,

medication reminders, health and safety checklists, and travel packing

lists. In support of CDC’s Travelers’ Health Branch, ORAU conducted

research to inform design concepts and develop content for the app

and then tested it with international travelers. In 2016, TravWell won

the 64th annual CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry Honor Award for Excellence in Information Technology,

which recognized the TravWell team for developing a new and unique

product to assist international travelers. TravWell also won first place

for mobile apps in the 2016 National Association of Government

Communicators Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards Competition. As

of September 2016, the CDC reported more than 18,500 downloads of

the mobile app.

Providing online tools to improve health care response to pandemic flu

A pandemic may occur when a new influenza virus emerges and

spreads worldwide. Pandemic Influenza Triage Tools help communities

better prepare to evaluate patients, manage patient surge and allocate

resources effectively during a pandemic flu outbreak. This suite of tools

was developed by ORAU for CDC and made available for public use

on the CDC web site in 2016. One of the tools, the Pandemic Influenza

Triage Algorithm, helps medical professionals assess patients by using

standardized protocols across all hospital emergency departments,

outpatient clinics and other health care facilities and then directs

patients to appropriate treatment sites efficiently. When used in

tandem with the Community Healthcare Decision Making Tools,

leaders are better prepared to make decisions about handling sudden,

massive patient loads and allocating available resources.

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Celebrating 40 Years of REAC/TSIn 1976, REAC/TS opened its doors in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide 24/7 expertise and support for the medical management

of radiation incidents. A DOE asset managed by ORAU, REAC/TS also provides hands-on, continuing medical education courses

in radiation emergency medicine. Pictured here, REAC/TS Associate Director Carol Iddins (right) consults with participants

attending a Radiation Emergency Medicine course in 2016. REAC/TS educates nearly 6,000 medical professionals and emergency

management personnel annually through its highly specialized courses. REAC/TS also answers calls for assistance that have

included major radiation incidents such as Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011). In 2016, REAC/TS

also celebrated its 40th anniversary with tours and a luncheon that included comments by Dr. Dan Blumenthal, director of NNSA’s

Consequence Management Program, and a panel discussion with several of REAC/TS’ founding staff members—Roger Cloutier,

Jack Beck and Jim Berger. Founding members discussed REAC/TS’ early beginnings, its impact through the years, and the value it

still provides today for excellence in radiation emergency medicine, education and response.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

Analyzing samples, assessing cleanup efforts for a safer, healthier environment ORAU environmental and analytical chemistry experts—such as Radiological and Environmental

Analytical Laboratory (REAL) Manager Wade Ivey (pictured left), assisted by Health Physics Intern

Andrew Owens—collected and analyzed more than 3,500 samples in FY16. Samples of all matrices,

including water, soil, air, construction material and biological matter, are analyzed at the ORISE REAL

facility, which is managed by ORAU in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Since 1980, ORAU has conducted

radiological site assessments, environmental surveys and sample analysis for DOE and NRC and has

completed independent verification of environmental cleanup activities at more than 500 sites.

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Delivering health physics training through self-paced online and mobile training modules

In 2016, ORAU’s Professional Training Programs worked collaboratively

with the NRC Technical Training Center in Chattanooga to design a

blended learning experience for participants enrolled in health physics

courses. In previous years, the fundamental health physics course required

participants to travel to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for two weeks to attend

classroom instruction of lectures and hands-on laboratory exercises. Now,

the instruction portion of the course is completed independently online

through self-paced, interactive modules that can be easily accessed via

adaptive formats for mobile and other devices. The hands-on laboratory

portion of the course is completed over five days in the labs at the NRC’s

Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, which ORAU designed and set

up with state-of-the-art equipment.

The course provides students the fundamental knowledge and foundational

concepts in the field of health physics. An introductory webinar familiarizes

students with the process, and additional weekly webinars give students

opportunities to post questions on a discussion board and interact with

instructors. Knowledge checks and online exams allow students to assess

their understanding and retention of the material before joining group

training and hands-on exercises at the Chattanooga labs. The online

training, initially launched on ORAU’s Learning Management System, now

operates on the NRC’s Collaborative Learning Environment.

Independently assessing cleanup activities at NRC sites nationwide

ORAU health physicists support D&D

of property by verifying whether

cleanup operations were effective

in meeting regulatory standards for

release. In 2016, these professionals

performed independent

environmental assessments and

verification surveys for NRC on 23

projects involving radiologically

contaminated sites in California,

Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland,

Missouri, Nevada, Wisconsin and

Wyoming. Each year, ORAU surveys

thousands of square feet of facilities

and hundreds of acres of land as

well as analyzes thousands of soil,

water and other samples in support

of D&D efforts. ORAU is the sole

verification contractor for NRC.

More than3,500 multi-source samples

collected and analyzed at the Radiological and

Environmental Analytical Laboratory in FY16

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Government agencies—

whether on the federal,

state or local level—have

a mission to protect U.S.

citizens from terrorism,

natural disasters and

other threats.

nationalSecurity

ORAU emergency management

and national security

professionals provide expertise

to support these agencies

with planning, research and

preparedness activities, involving

thousands of response personnel,

from initial training through

program evaluation.

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Supporting the teams that render nuclear weapons threats safe

ORAU operational planners support DOE, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal agencies with exercise programs and tools for continuously improving their readiness programs to respond to nuclear weapons or other threats. Whether assisting DOE and FBI with planning, responding in, and evaluating operational performance for a National Level Exercise or traveling across the globe to provide forensic analysis of explosive devices and related materials, ORAU works both behind the scenes and alongside response teams to help ensure counterterrorism preparedness for the agencies that are working to keep America safe.

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NATIONAL SECURITY

Piecing together evidence to improve counterterrorism effortsWith the ever-present threat of terrorist acts involving dirty bombs, piecing together the origins

of and individuals linked to improvised explosive devices, such as the detonated mobile devices

pictured here, gives the United States more leverage in its counterterrorism efforts. ORAU

forensics specialists provide forensics services such as latent print analysis to help the U.S.

government identify and neutralize these threats. Photo credit: FBI

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Providing the latest in software and tools for improving exercises and operations

Drawing on its long-standing expertise, ORAU updated

a software tool used by the nuclear power industry and

developed another tool for emergency planners.

Exercise Builder Nuclear™ is an enhanced, Web-based

application, which helps emergency preparedness managers

and exercise coordinators plan comprehensive drills and

exercises for the nuclear power industry. Currently, eight

companies representing 16 nuclear power-generating

plants subscribe to this software tool. The tool increases

efficiency by streamlining processes, and it outputs

data to help managers comply with regulations. System

enhancements added in 2016 include a new set of functions

that allows nuclear plants to track how their staffs perform

in emergencies related to their fission product barriers, the

primary physical barriers that prevent a radiological release

into the environment. ORAU manages the database and

supporting software for Exercise Builder Nuclear on its secure

servers at its corporate office in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

This year saw the rollout of ORAU’s proprietary Evaluation,

Lessons Learned, and Corrective Action System (ELLCAS),

which is designed to support the continuous improvement

of clients that conduct emergency response exercises

or real-world operations. ELLCAS helps these clients

identify their capabilities and evaluate their readiness and

preparedness before, during and after an event. ORAU’s

ELLCAS team supports clients in the identification of best

practices and performance shortfalls and provides a way

to develop, implement and validate corrective actions as

a means to enhance performance and execute effective

improvement strategies.

DOE and the Department of Justice successfully used

ELLCAS in 2016. The ELLCAS team expects to engage

private sector organizations in the transportation and utilities

industries in using the innovative software.

Supporting federal agency participation in national level exercises

A series of five interrelated national readiness exercises,

known collectively as Capstone 2016, received crucial

support from ORAU. These exercises involved several

thousand participants, including the federal executive

departments headquartered in the National Capital Region,

which responded to a terrorist threat scenario involving

nuclear weapons. ORAU personnel provided planning,

simulation, direct response and performance evaluation

support to DOE and the FBI for the seven days of Capstone

2016 in Mobile, Alabama, and Washington, D.C. Capstone

2016 was the culmination of the two-year National Exercise

Program cycle and represents the most difficult and

comprehensive planning and evaluation effort within the

history of that program. The lessons learned from Capstone

2016, identified through ORAU’s employment of its ELLCAS

tool, focused on improving capabilities, interagency

coordination and emergency response plans.

Deploying overseas to provide expeditionary forensics analysis and training

In 2016, ORAU received a four-year continuation to its

2014 contract with the U.S. Navy to fully support global

expeditionary forensics and biometrics activities. New

assignments at three overseas locations have led to

an increase in staffing for ORAU. During the six-month

deployments to expeditionary labs, forensic scientists

and technical specialists perform analytical services in

areas such as DNA, latent prints, firearms and toolmarks,

and forensic chemistry.

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UniversityPartnerships

Universities face ever-present challenges for funding research. ORAU actively works with its member universities to connect their expertise with government and private sector organizations and to create meaningful partnerships for innovation in scientific research and education. Opportunities provided by ORAU include grants for faculty to travel to establish collaboration with other scientists. In addition, ORAU administers internship and fellowship programs that link thousands of faculty and students each year with projects at national laboratories and federal research centers.

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Advancing research efforts of junior faculty through grant funding support

With a proven track record spanning

26 years and 625 grants, ORAU’s

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty

Enhancement Awards spark research

enrichment and professional growth

for junior faculty at ORAU member

institutions. In 2016, competitive

Powe research grants totaling

$175,000 were provided to 35 junior

faculty. Shubha Patvardhan, PhD,

assistant professor of management

in the University of Delaware’s Lerner

College of Business and Economics

and a 2016 Powe Award winner, is

using the grant to develop ways

businesses can be more forward-

thinking. Patvardhan (pictured left),

explores how imagination is defined

in the organizational context, how

firms embrace it and how business

students can cultivate it. In total,

ORAU has awarded more than $2.8

million since the program’s inception.

With the inclusion of matching funds

from member institutions, ORAU has

facilitated grants worth more than

$5.5 million through this program.

Linking minority students and faculty to career opportunities at ORNL

ORAU and ORNL partnered in

2016 to host CareerLink, a DOE

initiative designed to diversify and

increase minority representation

among applicants seeking career

opportunities with DOE or its

national laboratories. ORAU

recruited 43 top-tier faculty and

undergraduate students from its

member universities to attend

workshops and networking sessions

with 25 ORNL scientist-mentors

during the CareerLink event. These

distinguished faculty and students

were recruited from historically

black colleges and universities and

minority educational institutions

(HBCUs/MEIs) that are part of

ORAU’s HBCU/MEI Council.

The event provided preparatory

webinars, allowing faculty and

students to submit curriculum vitae

and technical documentation about

current research interests to ensure

they were effectively matched with

scientist-mentors at the event.

Through CareerLink, participants

acquired tools to better compete

for DOE-sponsored programs and

career opportunities.

Funding collaborative research between ORAU experts and member universities

The ORAU-Directed Research

and Development (ODRD)

Program was piloted in FY16 as a

mechanism for ORAU to invest in

collaborative research between

ORAU subject matter experts

and ORAU member universities.

The ODRD Program’s purpose is

to competitively fund innovative,

research-based approaches

and solutions that fall within the

intersection of core capabilities of

ORAU and the research interests of

member universities. The program

supports visits and seed funding

for initial studies that will lead to

significant collaborative awards

from external agencies. In 2016,

the ODRD Program provided

three awards of $75,000 through

a competitive process. The

selected projects involve faculty at

Vanderbilt University, the University

of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the

University of Colorado, Denver. The

pilot program has established nearly

25 collaborations with potential for

external funding.

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Supporting

STEMEducationand

communityinitiatives

Whether contributing to more secure local economies through annual giving campaigns or encouraging our employees to donate time to various volunteer initiatives, individual engagement is a hallmark of ORAU’s commitment to supporting our community. ORAU and its employees also invest in and help advance local and regional education. From free workshops for teachers and technology makeovers for their classrooms to hands-on camps, academies and bowls for students to enhance their knowledge and skills in STEM fields, ORAU’s commitment to STEM education focuses on lifelong learning and enrichment.

Math and Movement64 students and teachers took to the mats during ORAU Math and Movement Academies, which focused on the concept that students retain more and gain valuable basic skills when exercising both their bodies and their minds. Participants in the student academy practiced the Math and Movement techniques, which had them hopping, walking, crawling and dancing as they touched the floor mats to solve various mathematical equations.

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Oak Ridge Robotics Academy

26 East Tennessee seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students spent a week designing, building and programming robots during the 7th annual ORAU Oak Ridge Robotics Academy. Held at ORAU’s Center for Science Education, this free camp presented students with daily engineering challenges such as designing a robotic arm to pick up a tennis ball.

Recycling tons of materials

11,600 pounds of materials including technotrash, paper, medicine and shoes were recycled by employees during the 2016 ORAU Earth Day event. Since 2010, ORAU employees have recycled more than 27 tons of material from their homes as part of the company’s Earth Day recycling and donation events.

ORAU Extreme Classroom Makeover $300,000 in eight years

$30,000 for technology and classroom upgrades was awarded to Austin East Magnet High School teacher Rhea Carmon in ORAU’s 2016 Extreme Classroom Makeover Contest. Now in its eighth year, the contest has provided $300,000 for technology improvements in area schools.

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Supporting STEM Education and Community Initiatives

Tennessee Science Bowl

$89,366 was contributed by ORAU toward management and sponsorship of the Tennessee Science Bowl and support of DOE’s National Science Bowl competition. In 2016, Clear Springs Homeschool took first place in the Tennessee Science Bowl competition and went on to compete at the national level.

ORAU Education Grants $451,000 in fourteen years

$39,000 in ORAU Education Grants was donated to 25 teachers from 12 East Tennessee schools to fund educational projects that complement its mission of enriching STEM programs. Since the program’s beginning in 2002, ORAU has provided $451,000 to area schools.

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376,400 books for preschoolers

376,400 Dollywood Imagination Library books have been provided by ORAU since 2001 to area preschoolers in Anderson County, Tennessee, with nearly 9,400 graduates of the program.

Annual Employee Giving Averages

$100,000 per year

$108,827.16 in donations were collected as part of the 2016 ORAU Annual Giving Campaign for the United Way and Community Shares.

Free Teacher Professional Development Courses

18 professional development workshops for East Tennessee educators in grades K-12 were held at ORAU’s Center for Science Education in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The free programs, such as SeaPerch underwater remotely operated vehicles, offered educators the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities to enhance their STEM knowledge and curricula.

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Leadership

Andy Page, ORAU President and Chief Executive Officer William J. (Jim) Vosburg, EdD Senior Vice President and

Director of ORISE

Eric W. Abelquist, PhD ORAU Executive Vice President and ORISE

Chief Research Officer

Donna L. Cragle, PhD Senior Vice President and Program Director

Health, Energy, and Environment

David L. Hackemeyer Senior Vice President and Program Director

National Security

Perry A. (Tony) Lester Vice President

Scientific and Technical Resource Integration/Peer Review Programs

Sarah J. Roberts Vice President

Independent Environmental Assessments and Verification

Vickie L. Caughron Chief Audit Officer

Rachel F. Lokitz Corporate Secretary and

Associate General Counsel

Monika J. Schiller Senior Advisor

Mae D. Mosley Director, Employee

Relations and Diversity

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J. Phil Andrews Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Chester K. Maze Vice President and

Chief Information Officer

Ivan A. Boatner Vice President and General Counsel

David T. Duncan, PhD Senior Vice President and Program Director

Scientific Assessment and Workforce Development

Marcus A. Weseman Vice President and Director

Health Communication

Jamey K. Kennedy Vice President

Business Development

Arlene A. Garrison, PhD Vice President

University Partnerships

Meghan F. Millwood Vice President

Human Resources

Thomas (Tom) D. Wantland Director, Environment,

Safety, and Health

Kristy A. Kistner Director, Quality

Thomas (Tom) P. Amidon Director, Safeguards

and Security

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Board of DirectorsDavid C. Lee, PhD, ChairVice President for ResearchUniversity of Georgia

David D. Reed, PhD, Vice ChairVice President for ResearchMichigan Technological University

Anthony (Tony) P. DeCrappeoPresidentCouncil on Governmental Relations

R. Larry Dooley, PhDProfessor EmeritusClemson University

T. Taylor Eighmy, PhDVice Chancellor for ResearchUniversity of Tennessee

John EschenbergDirector, Salt Waste DispositionAECOM

Bruce E. Gnade, PhDExecutive Director, Hart Center for Engineering LeadershipSouthern Methodist University

General Dennis J. HejlikSenior Fellow for the National Defense UniversityU.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

Terry L. Herdman, PhDAssociate Vice President for Research ComputingVirginia Tech

Major General Dennis M. KenneallyExecutive DirectorSouthwest Defense AllianceU.S. Army (Retired)

John M. Mason, PhDVice President for Research and Economic DevelopmentAuburn University

Cordell M. Overby, PhDAssociate Deputy Provost for ResearchUniversity of Delaware

Thomas N. Parks, PhDProfessor EmeritusUniversity of Utah

Juan M. Sanchez, PhDVice President for ResearchUniversity of Texas at Austin

Ann Savoca, PhDRetired Research and Development Executive

Diane Grob Schmidt, PhDAdjunct Professor, Department of ChemistryUniversity of Cincinnati

Theodore (Ted) D. SherrySenior DirectorConsolidated Nuclear Security

Jeff W. SmithDeputy Director for OperationsOak Ridge National Laboratory

Ric C. TrottaPresidentTrotta Associates, Inc.

Caroline C. Whitacre, PhDVice President for ResearchThe Ohio State University

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Sponsoring institutionsAlabama A&M UniversityAppalachian State University*Arkansas State University*Auburn UniversityAugusta UniversityBerea College*Carnegie Mellon UniversityCatholic University of AmericaThe City College of New YorkClark Atlanta UniversityClemson UniversityCollege of Charleston*College of William and MaryColorado State UniversityDuke UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEast Tennessee State UniversityEastern Kentucky University*Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityEmory UniversityFayetteville State University*Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida International UniversityFlorida State UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Southern University*Georgia State UniversityHoward UniversityIdaho State UniversityIllinois Institute of TechnologyImperial College of Science, Technology, and MedicineIndiana UniversityJackson State UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJohnson C. Smith University*Kentucky State University*Lehigh UniversityLincoln Memorial University*

Louisiana State UniversityMaryville College*Meharry Medical CollegeMichigan State UniversityMichigan Technological UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMississippi State UniversityMissouri University of Science and TechnologyMorehouse College*Morgan State UniversityNew Mexico State UniversityNorfolk State University*North Carolina A&T State UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityOhio UniversityOklahoma State UniversityPenn State UniversityPhiladelphia University*Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico*Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando*Purdue UniversityRice UniversityRutgers UniversitySouth Carolina State University*Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleSouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern University and A&M CollegeSyracuse UniversityTemple UniversityTennessee State UniversityTennessee Technological UniversityTexas A&M University Texas Christian UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTulane UniversityTuskegee UniversityUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama in HuntsvilleUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Colorado-BoulderUniversity of Colorado-DenverUniversity of DelawareUniversity of FloridaUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of HoustonUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Maryland, Eastern Shore*University of MemphisUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center*University of Missouri-ColumbiaUniversity of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity of Nevada, RenoUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New OrleansUniversity of North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of North TexasUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of Tennessee

University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at DallasUniversity of Texas at San AntonioUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley*University of the District of Columbia*University of ToledoUniversity of TulsaUniversity of UtahUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonUtah State UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia State University*Virginia TechWake Forest UniversityWashington UniversityWayne State UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWestern Carolina University*Western Kentucky University

121 Sponsoring Institutions(PhD-granting)

*23 Associate Members

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