Category Archives: Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

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)  

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)  

AFCTG20-98_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)

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)

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)

AFCTG20-102_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)

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)

AFC316-54_Berkeley_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakMay 20, 2019Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality and Diesel Exhaust in Miners 3rd Solicitation and Call for Concept Papers (AFC316)  University of California (UC Berkeley) (Grant AFC316-54)  

AFC316-53_Illinois_FinalRpt_Apprv

By Tom BarczakFebruary 22, 2019Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

 Linkage of Active Miner Surveillance, Former Miner Disability Evaluations, and Mortality Data Sets to Evaluate and Prevent Lifetime Risk of Cardiopulmonary Disease in U.S. Miners  3rd Solicitation and Call for Concept Papers University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health (Grant AFC316-53)

AFC618-04_CaliforniaSF_FinalRptAppr_App

By Tom BarczakAugust 20, 2018Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Coal Mining Risk of Arthritis,Including Auto-Immune Rheumatologic Disease Exploratory Research Projects Regarding Mining-Related Health Problems (AFC618) University of California, San Francisco (Grant AFC618-04)

AFC316-54_Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Mortality and Diesel Exhaust in Miners_CaliforniaBerkeley

By Tom BarczakOctober 18, 2016Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Mortality and Diesel Exhaust in Miners University of California, Berkeley (Grant Number AFC316-54)

AFC316-53_Linkage of Active Miner Surveillance, Former Miner Disability Evaluations, and Mortality Data Sets to Evaluate and Prevent Lifetime Risk of Cardiopulmonary Disease in U.S. Miners_ILLINOIS

By Tom BarczakOctober 18, 2016Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Linkage of Active Miner Surveillance, Former Miner Disability Evaluations, and Mortality Data Sets to Evaluate and Prevent Lifetime Risk of Cardiopulmonary Disease in U.S. Miners University of Illinois (Grant Number AFC316-53)

AFC316-17_Further Characterizing Respirable Coal Mine Particulates: Submicron Particles, Metals and Diesel Exhaust_VirginiaTech

By Tom BarczakOctober 18, 2016Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Further Characterizing Respirable Coal Mine Particulates: Submicron Particles, Metals and Diesel Exhaust Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Grant Number AFC316-17)

Clarifying Distribution, Trends, and Determinants of Adverse Health in United States Miners: Exploration and Integration of Existing Data Systems_AFC113-04_Illinois

By Tom BarczakApril 30, 2016Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Clarifying Distribution, Trends, and Determinants of Adverse Health in United States Miners: Exploration and Integration of Existing Data Systems University of Illinois (Grant Number AFC113-04)

AFC113-4_Illiniois_FinalRpt_Aproved

By Tom BarczakJanuary 14, 2016Final Reports, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods, Uncategorized

Clarifying Distribution, Trends, and Determinants of Adverse Health in United States Miners: Exploration and Integration of Existing Data Systems 1st Solicitation for Single Investigator Research Grants University of Illinois at Chicago, Final Technical Report (AFC113-4)  

Berkeley_WVCoalMineInst_Presentation

By Tom BarczakJanuary 10, 2016Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Presentations, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods, Uncategorized

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study – Applying the Parametric G-Formula to Evaluate Interventions for Occupational Risk Assessment Invited Presentation by Dr. Neophytou at the joint meeting of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute Meeting Roanoke, West Virginia (2015)

Berkeley Journal Article

By Tom BarczakJanuary 10, 2016Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Other Publications, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Occupational Diesel Exposure, Duration of Employment, and Lung Cancer – An Application of the Parametric G-Formula Journal article published in Epidemiology. 2016 Jan;27(1):21-8. Neophytou, A. M., Picciotto, S., Picciotto, S., Eisen, E.A.