May 12, 2009.ppt

Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory Photo image area measures 2” H x 6.93” W and can be masked by a collage strip of one, two or three images. The photo image area is located 3.19” from left and 3.81” from top of page. Each image used in collage should be reduced or cropped to a maximum of 2” high, stroked with a 1.5 pt white frame and positioned edge-to-edge with accompanying images. May 12, 2009 Lora S. Johnson, Director of Quality Assurance Results of an Organizational Self-Assessment of Model Development and Application Practices * Workgroup Members Subgroup A Justin Babendreier Kenneth Schere Lisa Melnyk (Lead) Lora Johnson Mitchell Kostich Ram Vedantham Valerie Zartarian Subgroup B Alice Gilliland (Co-lead) Hal?k ?zkaynak (Co-lead) David Holland Larry Wymer Rogelio Tornero-Velez Said Hilal Leader Hal?k ?zkaynak * National Exposure Research Laboratory Mission NERL conducts research and development that leads to improved methods, measurements and models to assess and predict exposures of humans and ecosystems to harmful pollutants and other conditions in air, water, soil, and food. Six Divisions Atmospheric Modeling Division Ecosystems Research Division Ecological Exposure Research Division Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Research Division Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division Four geographic locations Research Triangle Park, NC Cincinnati, OH Athens, GA Las Vegas, NV 450 FTEs * Background 2006 NERL began working on The Exposure Framework to facilitate Strategic Planning Organizational Development Communication 2007 NRC issued the report Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making Modeling important to regulations Recommended a stronger focus on life-cycle Modeling practices must be responsive to the IQGs 2007 NERL vetted and revised The Exposure Framework 2007 Laboratory Director charted a workg