Category Archives: Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors

AFCINV24-11_VirgTech_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakSeptember 16, 2024Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Evaluation of New Respirable Silica Monitoring Tools for the Aggregates Industry Virginia Tech (Grant AFCINV24-11)

AFCINV24-4_Illinois_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakSeptember 16, 2024Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Analysis of the Spectrum of Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Throughout the Life of Modern U.S. Coal Miners and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic University of Illinois, Chicago (Grant Number AFCINV24-4)

AFCTG22R2-157_California Sacramento_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakAugust 14, 2024Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors

Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress among Coal Miners compared to others Occupational Groups in a Population Survey in the Appalachia Region Second Round of Targeted Grant Proposals 2022 University of California, San Francisco (Grant AFCTG22R2-157)

AFCTG22R2-158_Illinois_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakAugust 12, 2024Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Mental Illness in U.S. Coal Miners: A Collaborative Approach To Understand Risk Factors And Prevalence, While Ensuring Those Suffering Get The Care They Need University of Illinois, Chicago (Grant AFCTG22R2-158)

AFCTG20-106_Berkeley_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakJanuary 30, 2024Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

A Translation Project: How Best to Communicate Epidemiology to Improve Protection of Miners Health Targeted Grant Proposals 2020 University of California at Berkeley (Grant AFCTG20-106)  

AFC820-43_UCLA_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakOctober 23, 2023Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

The Effect of Coal and Mine Respirable Dust Size On Lung Cells And Exposure Assessment Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC820) University of California, Los Angeles (Grant AFC820-43)

AFCTG20-102_Illinois_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakJuly 17, 2023Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Continued Epidemiologic Analyses of Large Data Sets of Health Data on US Coal Miner Targeted Grant Proposals 2020 University of Illinois (Grant AFCTG20-102)  

AFCTG20-104-VirgTech_Final Rpt

By Tom BarczakMay 18, 2023Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Exploration of Temporal Changes in Respirable Coal Mine Dust Characteristics Targeted Grant Proposals 2020 Virginia Tech (Grant AFCTG20-104)

AFC820-15_Berkeley_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakMay 18, 2023Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Reducing Mortality Risks in the Extended Diesel Exhaust and Miners Study Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC820) University of California at Berkeley (Grant AFC820-15)

AFCTG20-98_CalSF_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakNovember 29, 2022Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Rheumatoid Arthritis in Hard Rock Underground Miners Targeted Grant Proposals 2020 University of California, San Francisco (Grant AFCTG20-98)  

AFCTG22R2-157_ CalSF_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 1, 2022Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress among Coal Miners compared to others Occupational Groups in a Population Survey in the Appalachia Region University of California, San Francisco (Grant AFCTG22R2-157)

AFC618SP-88_CalSF_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakSeptember 28, 2022Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Coal Mining Employment as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis Follow up Exploratory Research Projects Regarding Mining-Related Health Problems (AFC618SP) University of California, San Francisco (Grant AFC618SP-94)

AFC719-34_Indiana_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakMay 7, 2022Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Disorders

Identifying and Assessing Risk Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Disorders within Stone and Sand and Gravel Mining Operations Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC719) Indiana University (Grant AFC719-34)

AFCTG20-106_Berkeley.pdf

By Tom BarczakMarch 28, 2022Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

A Translation Project: How Best To Communicate Epidemiology To Improve Protection Of Miners Health University of California, Berkeley (Grant AFCTG20-106)

AFC417-1_Illinois_Final Rpt

By Tom BarczakMarch 15, 2022Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Characteristics of Dust and Risk Factors Associated with the Development of Rapidly Progressive Pneumoconiosis and Progressive Massive Fibrosis Solicitation for Holistic Mining Safety and Health Research Efforts (AFC417) University of Illinois Chicago (Grant AFC417-1)

AFC719-35_MichiganState_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakAugust 24, 2021Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Evaluation of Silicosis, Asthma and COPD among Sand and Gravel and Stone Surface Miners Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC719) Michigan State University (Grant AFC719-35)

AFC618-63_Berkeley_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 23, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Explore the Integration of Distributed Lag Models for Diesel Exhaust with Methods to Control Healthy Worker Survivor Bias to Assess Benefits of Exposure Interventions in Non-metal Miners University of California, Berkeley (Grant Number AFC618-63)  

AFC618-53_NorthCarolina_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 22, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Innovations in Applied Decision Theory for Mine Surveillance and Health And Safety Efforts University of North Carolina (Grant AFC618-53)

AFCTG20-104_VirginiaTech_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Exploration of Temporal Changes in Respirable Coal Mine Dust Characteristics Virginia Tech (Grant Number AFCTG104)

AFCTG20-102_Illinois_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Continued Epidemiologic Analyses of Large Data Sets of Health Data on US Coal Miners University of Illinois, Chicago (Grant Number AFCTG20-102)

AFCTG20-98_UCSF_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Disorders

Rheumatoid Arthritis in Hard Rock Underground Miners University of California, San Francisco (Grant Number AFCTG20-98)

AFC719-20_Michigan_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakJune 7, 2020Final Reports, Hearing Loss, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors

Assessing Noise Exposures, Hearing, and Risk of Injuries Among Miners Solicitation and Call for Proposals AFC719 University of Michigan (AFC719-20)

AFC719-14_NewMexico_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakMay 13, 2020Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Evaluating a Virtual ‘Community of Practice’ in Pneumoconiosis Mortality Hotspots in the United States  Solicitation and Call for Proposal (AFC719) University of New Mexico (Grant AFC719-14)

AFC719-12_Pacific_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakMay 13, 2020Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Asthma-and COPD-Associated Inflammasome Activation Induced by Rock Dust Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC719) University of the Pacific (Grant AFC719-12)

AFC618-53_NorthCarolina_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakSeptember 28, 2019Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Innovations in applied decision theory for mine surveillance and health and safety efforts Exploratory Research Projects Regarding Mining-Related Health Problems (AFC618) University of North Carolina (Grant number AFC618-53)