The National Academy of Sciences is seeking nominations for the Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1. Information on the study background, task, and schedule can be found on the study's main page here. Nominations will be accepted through September 30, 2010, and can be submitted by email (crs@nas.edu), phone (202-334-3066), or fax (202-334-2077).
What to submit: Please include nominee name, contact information, and biographical information if available.
The National Academy of Sciences will use two primary criteria to screen committee nominations:
(1) Technical expertise—nominees should have expertise and experience in one or more of the following technical disciplines:
- Demography/spatial analysis
- Dosimetry
- Epidemiology (radiation and general)
- Health physics
- Industrial toxicology
- Medicine/oncology
- Nuclear engineering (familiarity with nuclear plant operations)
- Public health
- Radiobiology
- Radionuclide fate and transport and modeling (air and water)
- Risk communication/public communication
- Social science (environmental justice)
- Statistics/biostatistics.
(2) Conflict of Interest—nominees should not have any financial or other interest which would conflict with their service on the committee. The National Academy of Sciences’ conflict of interest guidance applicable to this project can be found here.