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AIHA's Grand Challenges Advisory Group (GCAG)
Phase Two in Motion: Get Involved Phase One successfully concluded with the publication of our foundational Concept Papers in 2025. Phase Two builds on the foundational Phase One Concept Papers with strategic action. GCAG is mapping the global landscape to identify external organizations and partnering with them to develop actionable deliverables.
A Global Call to Action: To sustain this momentum and transform these ambitious goals into worldwide impact, we need your help. We are actively recruiting new volunteers, specifically seeking technical subject matter experts and relationship-builders who can foster collaborations and drive definable results.
How You Can Help Translate Vision into Impact:
- Join the Effort: Contribute your expertise to help us turn these broad concepts into measurable, long term outcomes.
- Identify Partners: Connect us with external organizations, global agencies, and allied professions dedicated to protecting worker health.
- Amplify the Message: Share the Grand Challenges most critical to your region to help raise global awareness.
By working together, we can be far more effective in achieving our shared mission: preventing worker illness, injury, and death, and improving the quality of work life worldwide.
Grand Challenges Advisory Group Members
- Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, FAIHA, FAIC: Co-Chair, Co-Facilitator for the Climate Change Team
- Samantha Connel, CIH: Co-Chair
- Cathy Hovde, CIH, CSP: Co-Chair
- Natalie Fox, CIH, CSP, CPEA: Co-Facilitator for the Climate Change Team
- Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH (retired), FAIHA: Past Chair; Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team
- Don Weekes, CIH, CSP, FAIHA: Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team
- Nicole Greeson, MS, CIH: Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team (Board Liaison)
- Steve Gutmann, MS, CIH (retired), CPE, FAIHA: Facilitator for the Changing Workplace Team
- Denese Deeds, CIH, FAIHA: Facilitator for the Improving Exposure Assessment Team
- Tom Grumbles CIH (retired), FAIHA, CPPS: At-Large Member
- Matt Zock, CIH: At-Large and the Climate Change Team Member
- Felix Boachie, MS, CIH, CSP: At-Large Member
- Rich Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA: At-Large and Promoting Health Equity Team Member
- Andrea Hiddinga, At-Large and the Climate Change Team Member
- Spencer Pizzani, CIH: (Incoming Board Liaison)
- Billy Bullock, DHSc, MSPH, CIH, CSP, FAIHA: CPAG Liaison
- Larry Sloan, MBA, CAE, FASAE: AIHA CEO
Grand Challenges Subject Area Teams
- Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, FAIHA, FAIC: Co-Chair, Co-Facilitator for the Climate Change Team
- Samantha Connel, CIH: Co-Chair
- Cathy Hovde, CIH, CSP: Co-Chair
- Natalie Fox, CIH, CSP, CPEA: Co-Facilitator for the Climate Change Team
- Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH (retired), FAIHA: Past Chair; Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team
- Don Weekes, CIH, CSP, FAIHA: Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team
- Nicole Greeson, MS, CIH: Co-Facilitator for the Promoting Health Equity Team (Board Liaison)
- Steve Gutmann, MS, CIH (retired), CPE, FAIHA: Facilitator for the Changing Workplace Team
- Denese Deeds, CIH, FAIHA: Facilitator for the Improving Exposure Assessment Team
- Tom Grumbles CIH (retired), FAIHA, CPPS: At-Large Member
- Matt Zock, CIH: At-Large and the Climate Change Team Member
- Felix Boachie, MS, CIH, CSP: At-Large Member
- Rich Hirsh, MPH, CIH, FAIHA: At-Large and Promoting Health Equity Team Member
- Andrea Hiddinga, At-Large and the Climate Change Team Member
- Spencer Pizzani, CIH: (Incoming Board Liaison)
- Billy Bullock, DHSc, MSPH, CIH, CSP, FAIHA: CPAG Liaison
- Larry Sloan, MBA, CAE, FASAE: AIHA CEO
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Grand Challenges: Introduction and Executive Summary
Here’s a Sneak Peek of What’s Inside:
- Introduction
- What are Grand Challenges?
- How were the AIHA Grand Challenges for Worker Health, Safety, and Well-Being Developed?
- Mitigating the Impacts of a Changing Climate on Workers
- Changing Work Environment
- Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Precarity in the Workplace
Grand Challenges: Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Precarity in the Workplace
Here’s a Sneak Peek of What’s Inside:
- What are Grand Challenges?
- Factors Contributing to Occupational Health Inequities
- Preventive Actions
- Potential Outcomes
- Metrics and Assessing or Measuring Progress
- Interdisciplinary and Cross-Sector Involvement
- The Need for Innovation
- Next Steps: Progress and Future Directions in Research, Education, Practice, and Policy
- The Roles of OEHS Professionals and Other Collaborators
Grand Challenges: Improving Exposure Assessment
Here’s a Sneak Peek of What’s Inside:
- Background and Criteria for Grand Challenges
- Progress to Date in Improving Exposure Assessment
- The Grand Challenges for Improving Exposure Assessment
- Improving Decision-Making When Exposure Monitoring Data Are Not Available
- Improving Decision-Making When Exposure Monitoring Data Are Available
- Improving the Use of Data from Real-Time Detection Systems
- Improving Dermal Exposure Assessments
- Embracing and Influencing TSCA Risk Evaluations
Grand Challenges: The Changing Work Environment
Here’s a Sneak Peek of What’s Inside — Changing Work Environment Grand Challenges, including:
- Ensuring the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Workers in Nonstandard Work Arrangements
- Minimizing the Impacts of Shift Work, Long Hours, and Sleep Deficiency on Workers
- Advancing the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Workers Affected by Rapidly Advancing Technology
- Improving Work Design and Organizational Practices
- Optimizing Education, Training, and Skill-Building Approaches
Grand Challenges: Mitigating the Impacts of a Changing Climate on Workers
Here’s a Sneak Peek of What’s Inside:
- Introduction
- Criteria for the Grand Challenges
- What is Climate Change?
- Potential Risks of the “Green Economy”
- Mitigating Climate Change Hazards: What is Being Done?
- Mitigating Climate Change Hazards: What Must Be Done?
- Next Steps
Historical Materials Timeline
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