Paul Hewett, Ph.D., CIH
Dr. Hewett is the founder and President of Exposure Assessment Solutions, Inc. He worked for twenty-five years as an industrial hygienist for NIOSH, in the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, where he specialized in the measurement of pneumoconiosis-producing dusts. Dr. Hewett has an MS and Ph.D. in Industrial Hygiene; and is the author of several articles and chapters on exposure assessment, statistics for industrial hygiene, Bayesian Decision Analysis, censored data analysis, sampling strategy design, and the prediction of exposures through modeling.
Jérôme Lavoué, Ph.D.
Dr. Lavoué currently serves as Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal. Initially trained as an industrial chemist in France, Jérôme turned to toxicology and risk analysis in a public health perspective. His research interests include exposure assessment sciences, exploitation of exposure databases, development of strategies for risk analysis in the workplace, and the creation of practical tools to support occupational health stakeholders, particularly using Bayesian statistical approaches. He holds a chemical engineer diploma from France, a master's degree in environmental and occupational health, and a Ph.D. in public health from the University of Montreal. Jerome led the creation of the Expostats exposure data analysis toolset and, more, recently, of the Webexpo open-source library of algorithms for the Bayesian analysis of exposure measurements.
John Mulhausen Ph.D., CIH, CSP
Dr. Mulhausen retired in 2018 from 3M where he worked for 31 years in a variety of global health and safety risk management roles, most recently as Director of Corporate Safety and Industrial Hygiene. He has authored / co-authored over 100 presentations, publications, or professional development courses in forums throughout the world and contributed advice and expertise on various working committees sponsored by NIOSH, AIHA, ACGIH, and the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. John is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, a Fellow of AIHA, recipient of ABIH’s Lifetime Achievement Award and AIHA’s Edward J. Baier Technical Achievement Award, and Henry F. Smyth Award. At the time of this writing, he serves on the AIHA Board of Directors as Past President.
Andrew D. Perkins M.S., CIH, CSP, COHC
Mr. Perkins has worked in the Occupational Safety and Health field since 1999 and is currently Corporate, Senior Industrial Hygienist at Alabama Power a Southern Company. Andrew holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and an MS in Occupational Safety and Health/Industrial Hygiene from Murray State University in Murray Kentucky. He has earned the professional credentials of Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC). Mr. Perkins is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s, Exposure Assessment Strategies Committee. In his current role, he provides Industrial Hygiene services to Alabama Power and Southern Company’s electrical generation, transmission, distribution, and supporting organizations. He was previously employed with Briggs and Stratton in Murray, KY from 1999 to 2004 and Vulcan Materials Company located in Birmingham, AL from 2004 to 2013. His work has allowed him to have responsibility for company-wide quality and effectiveness of Safety and Health/Industrial Hygiene work being provided at over 700 locations in more than 30 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, the Bahamas, and Mexico for companies with up to 42,000 employees.