Appendix C

Committee Member and Staff Biographies

COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES

Linda A. McCauley, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FAAOHN, FRCN, is professor and dean of Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Dr. McCauley has special knowledge in the design of epidemiologic investigations of environmental hazards and is nationally recognized for her expertise in occupational and environmental health nursing. Her work aims to identify culturally appropriate interventions to decrease the impact of environmental and occupational health hazards in vulnerable populations, including workers and young children. Dr. McCauley was the associate dean for research and Nightingale Professor in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She received a bachelor of nursing from the University of North Carolina, masters in nursing from Emory, and Ph.D. in environmental health and epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati. She was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2008 and has served as a member, cochair, or chair on numerous National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) committees.

Michael Bellamy, Ph.D., is an assistant attending physicist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His expertise is in applying high-performance radiation transport algorithms to analyze occupational radiation safety and epidemiology to more fully understand the relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and its subsequent adverse health outcomes. His research has primarily focused on the unintentional intake of radionuclides and

external exposure to radionuclides and radiation-generating devices and involves quantifying the risk associated with nonacute radiation exposures by supporting the epidemiology of large cohorts of occupationally exposed radiation workers through historical internal and external dose reconstruction. From 2014–2019, he was a staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Bellamy is a member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the Health Physics Society, and the American Nuclear Society. He serves as an unpaid advisory member for the Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee. He received the 2023 John D. Boice, Jr. Young Investigator Award. He holds a dual B.S. in mathematics and physics from Morehouse College, an M.S. in physics from Clark Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sarah S. Cohen, M.S., Ph.D., is the director of public health research at DLH, LLC, a federal contractor where she directs epidemiologic studies for National Institutes of Health (NIH) clients. She spent 20 years in the commercial consulting space at EpidStat Institute, EpidStrategies, and the International Epidemiology Institute leading the design, conduct, and analysis of epidemiologic studies related to pharmacoepidemiology, nutrition, and health outcomes, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, and occupational cohort studies of aerospace workers, welders, and chemical manufacturers. She has more than 100 publications, including many related to occupational exposures and health outcomes and behavioral and genetic determinants of cancer and metabolic-related conditions, such as obesity, racial disparities in cancer, biomarkers of cancer and obesity, and cancer screening. She is a technical consultant to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, with which she has collaborated on multiple cohort studies examining health effects among radiation-exposed workers. She is also an adjunct assistant research professor of medicine within the Department of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a scientific reviewer for many journals. She holds a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and an M.S. in biostatistics and public health genetics from the University of Michigan.

Jason Krupar, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history and affiliate faculty in the School of Environment and Sustainability in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. He specializes in history of technology and science policy, history of engineering, history of the Manhattan Project, and Cold War technology/science policy. He coauthored a book chapter in Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex that examined several case studies of

grass-roots attempts to preserve the memory of the nation’s nuclear arsenal. This book received the 2008 Christine L. Oravac Book Award sponsored by the Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association. He authored a book chapter in The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives (University of Tennessee Press, 2009). He has had articles published in Public History, Technology and Culture, and Ohio Valley History Journal. He has reviewed manuscripts for several professional journals and university presses and written book reviews for multiple academic journals. His current research involves investigating the creation of the Atomic River Valley. He earned his Ph.D. in American social policy history from Case Western Reserve University in 2000.

Nicole E. Martinez, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University. Since 2019, she is also a joint faculty appointee within the Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her first professional position was as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where she served just under 4 years, as a nuclear power instructor and then radiation health officer. After separating from the Navy, she worked for 2 years in industry before attending graduate school. A portion of her doctorate work involved spending 1.5 years as part of a research team at Savannah River National Laboratory. Dr. Martinez’s research focuses on dosimetric modeling and the behavior and effects of radiological contaminants in the environment for applications ranging from risk assessment to biosensing. She is a certified health physicist since 2015, vice chair of Committee 4 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, and a member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. She is also an unpaid board member with special government employee status on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, beginning in August 2022. Dr. Martinez received her M.S. and Ph.D. in radiological health sciences from Colorado State University, specializing in health physics and radioecology, respectively.

Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Ph.D., is a professor and deputy chair in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He also is the director of the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. His research focus areas include occupational exposure and health risks and Bayesian applications in exposure assessment. Dr. Ramachandran developed occupational exposure assessment strategies for a variety of airborne contaminants; novel Bayesian statistical methods that synthesize exposure models, monitoring data, and probabilistic expert judgment; and mathematical methods for exposure modeling and analyzing

occupational measurements. He has written extensively on occupational exposure assessment, including a textbook. He is a certified industrial hygienist and has an Intergovernmental Personnel Act agreement with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He has served on two prior National Academies consensus committees, using an Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model for epidemiologic studies and a review of DoD’s proposed occupational exposure limits for lead. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, M.S. in environmental engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Ph.D. in environmental sciences and engineering from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.

Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D., is senior historian on the federal staff of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at NIH, where he maintains a diverse, interdisciplinary, and highly collaborative historical research portfolio, and serves as a senior advisor to staff and leadership on partnerships, scholarly activities, and engagement with the library’s world-renowned collection, and its growth and preservation for future generations. He is also NLM’s ex-officio representative to several organizations, including the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Medical Center Archives at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Science History Institute. He was chief of NLM’s History of Medicine Division, and before his federal service, he held executive leadership positions in the national nonprofit sector. Author of four books and an elected member of the Royal Historical Society, he earned his Ph.D. in history from Emory University. He contributed his experience and expertise to this report as part of his official duties and with support of NLM/NIH.

David B. Richardson, Ph.D., is associate dean for research and professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California, Irvine, Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health. Prior to his current position, he was a professor in the department of epidemiology, School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill for 20 years and also served as deputy director of the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center and director of its Program in Occupational Epidemiology. His research focuses on the health outcomes of occupational and environmental exposures, particularly to carcinogens. He has conducted studies of cancer of nuclear workers at several U.S. Department of Energy facilities and of Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dr. Richardson’s research includes studying mortality among nuclear industry workers and uranium miners and developing

new methods for occupational cohort studies. He has served as a member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health and Science Advisory Board for the Environmental Protection Agency. He has also been a member of five National Academies consensus committees focused on veteran populations or radiation exposures. He is a member of Committee 1 (Radiation Effects) of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and associate editor of the journals Occupational and Environmental Medicine and American Journal of Epidemiology. He was lead coordinating writer for the United Nations Committee on Epidemiological Studies of Radiation and Cancer, Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. He received a Ph.D. and M.S.P.H., both in epidemiology, from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.

Jeanne Mager Stellman, Ph.D., is professor emerita and special lecturer of health policy and management at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She has considerable expertise in military herbicides used in Vietnam. As principal investigator of a contract through the National Academy of Sciences, she developed methodologies for estimating herbicide exposures in Vietnam and created a novel geographic information system using military records of spraying and troop and civilian population locations. Her exposure opportunity model was reviewed by committees of the Institute of Medicine that concluded that it held promise for supporting epidemiologic studies of herbicide exposures and health outcomes in Vietnam veterans. Dr. Stellman served as exposure consultant to the U.S. Eastern District Court Special Master for the Agent Orange Veterans Payment Program. She was editor in chief of the ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th edition, and founded the Women’s Occupational Health Resource Center, which, supported by federal grants and individual member subscriptions, carried out research, training, and publication. She was editor of Women and Health, 1986–2004, and has authored monographs, numerous research papers, and three books. Additionally, she has served in a variety of volunteer consulting roles for government and nongovernment advisory bodies concerned with veteran and workers’ health. She has received numerous grants and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Preventive Oncology Academic Award. She is the president of the Foundation for Worker, Veteran, and Environmental Health Inc. and remains actively engaged in research on the health of Vietnam veterans, particularly studies concerned with Agent Orange and other herbicides. Through that organization, Dr. Stellman has conducted several VA-funded follow-up studies on American Legionnaires, which are among the largest and longest-followed cohorts of veterans. Dr. Stellman and her husband, professor emeritus Steven Stellman, are the joint recipients of the American Legion’s Distinguished Service Medal and a Vietnam

Veterans of America Special Recognition Award because of their ongoing research and assistance to veterans. She holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from City University of New York. Her papers are housed at Harvard’s Schlesinger Library.

Gayle Woloschak, Ph.D., is professor of radiation oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; before that, she was senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. Her research is in areas of radiation biology, understanding the consequences of radiation exposure on biologic systems, for both external and internal exposures. She also carries out research in nanotechnology. She has conducted significant work with radiation exposures from space environments, approaches to mitigate their effects, and general radiation protection approaches. Dr. Woloschak received the Lauriston Taylor award from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements and serves as chair of Program Area Committee 1 (Basic Criteria, Epidemiology, Radiobiology, and Risk) for NCRP. She is vice chair of Committee-1 (Radiation Effects) and chair for Task Group 118 (Relative Biological Effectiveness, Quality Factor, and Radiation Weighting Factor) for the International Commission on Radiation Protection and represents the United States at the United Nations Scientific Committee for Effects of Atomic Radiation. Dr. Woloschak is cochair (2023–2024) for the Science Advisory Committee for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. She has served as a member of 10 National Academies consensus committees on decadal surveys of sciences in space, human health risks of space exploration, and cancer risks of radiation. She received her Ph.D. from the Medical College of Ohio and did postdoctoral training at Mayo Clinic.

STAFF BIOGRAPHIES

Anne N. Styka, M.P.H., PMP, is a senior program officer in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (the National Academies’) Health and Medicine Division (HMD). She has worked on more than 20 consensus studies (directing or codirecting 10 of them) on a broad range of topics related to the health of military and veteran populations and environmental and occupational health. Such studies include mental health treatment offered in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); designing and evaluating epidemiologic research studies of deployment-related exposures, including burn pits, dioxin, and other chemical agents and the use of antimalarial drugs for prophylaxis; reviewing policy and technical documents, including VA’s presumption decision process and its Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; and a program fostering new research studies using data and biospecimens collected as part of the 20-year Air Force Health Study. Before the National Academies, Ms. Styka

was an epidemiologist for the New Mexico Department of Health and the Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center for several years, specializing in survey design and the analysis of behavioral risk factors and injury. She also spent several months in Zambia as the epidemiologist on a study of silicosis and other nonmalignant respiratory diseases among copper miners. She has several peer-reviewed publications and contributed to numerous state and national reports. She received her B.S. in cell and tissue bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of Michigan and is a certified project management professional.

Daniel J. Mulrow, Ph.D., is a program officer in the National Academies Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS), where he has supported a consensus study on the potential environmental effects of nuclear war. He serves as the National Academies responsible staff officer for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation Program, a U.S.–Japan cooperative research institute that investigates the health effects of atomic bomb radiation for peaceful purposes. He directed the Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on AI/ML applications in radiation therapy, diagnostics, and radiation occupational health and safety. Earlier, Dr. Mulrow worked at the National Nuclear Security Administration for multiple years supporting efforts in stockpile stewardship and strategic partnerships and engagements. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis. His research interests included initial studies in ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy and the development and characterization of dosimeters and radiation detectors.

Crystal J. Bell M.P.P., M.S., is a program officer on the Board of Health Care Services in HMD at the National Academies. She joined the National Academies as an associate program officer in 2021. She has directed several National Academies projects addressing topics such as telehealth, care for people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and essential health care services for women experiencing intimate partner violence. She is currently the study director for the consensus study Assessment of Department of Veterans Affairs Physical and Mental Health Examinations and the Department’s Schedule of Rating Disabilities for Disability Compensation Claims Related to Military Sexual Trauma. Prior to joining the National Academies, she was a program manager for the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University while completing her graduate studies in public policy. In that role she coauthored several papers that incorporated findings from her original research to highlight the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transportation sector and resulting impacts on industry and people. While at DePaul, she also joined USAID’s Power Africa office as a virtual student federal service intern. In that role she conducted significant

research into energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa to support partnership development. She was a health care professional for 20 years before entering the policy field. She received an M.P.P. from DePaul University, where she was also inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha global honors society. She received an M.S. in sports health care from A.T. Still University—Arizona School of Health Sciences and a B.A. in athletic training from North Central College.

Alexandra McKay, M.A., is a research associate in HMD. While at the National Academies, she has contributed to consensus studies concerning environmental health, including Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes, Reassessment of the Department of VA Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, and Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Presumption Decision Process. She has also supported other convening activities, including Children’s Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences, and several other activities across HMD and DELS. Ms. McKay has also worked for the National Park Service as an interpretation ranger, concentrating on science education and public engagement. She graduated from Yale University with an M.A. in archaeological studies.

Katie Peterson is an HMD senior program assistant. Ms. Peterson supports consensus studies on public health topics of vaccine communications and military health. She graduated from Purdue University, where she double majored in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and anthropology. She concentrated in applied anthropology, anthropology of health, and cultural anthropology. Additionally, she earned minors in psychology and French.

Olivia Loibner was a senior program assistant in HMD until August 2024. She contributed to studies and workshops on a variety of public health topics, including the Review of Relevant Literature of Adverse Effects Associated with Vaccines and Review of the Department of Veterans Affairs Presumption Decision Process. Ms. Loibner graduated from American University with a B.A. in international studies.

Rose Marie Martinez, Sc.D., has been the senior board director of the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH) at the National Academies since 1999. BPH addresses the science base for population health and public health interventions and examines the capacity of the health system, particularly the public health infrastructure, to support disease prevention and health promotion activities, including the education and supply of health professionals necessary for carrying them out. BPH has examined such topics as the safety of childhood vaccines and other drugs,

systems for evaluating and ensuring drug safety post-marketing, the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids, the health effects of environmental exposures, population health improvement strategies, the integration of medical care and public health, women’s health services, health disparities, health literacy, tobacco control strategies, and chronic disease prevention, among others. Dr. Martinez was awarded the 2010 Institute of Medicine Research Cecil Award for significant contributions to reports of exceptional quality and influence. Before the National Academies, she was a senior health researcher at Mathematica Policy Research (1995–1999), where she researched the impact of health system change on public health infrastructure, access to care for vulnerable populations, managed care, and the health care workforce. Dr. Martinez is a former assistant director for health financing and policy with the U.S. General Accountability Office, where she directed evaluations and policy analysis in the area of national and public health issues (1988–1995). Her experience also includes 6 years directing research studies for the Regional Health Ministry of Madrid, Spain (1982–1988). Dr. Martinez is a former member of the Council on Education for Public Health, the accreditation body for schools of public health and public health programs. She received her Doctor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

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