The Connecticut Department of Public Health will assist with public outreach and recruitment to engage participants in focus groups. The agencies’ pre-established means to reach the general population will be also utilized to distribute information and findings from this project. The project team is exploring with the Connecticut Department of Public Health the possibility of coordinating seminar events with Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s state-sponsored practice drills. Participants in these seminars will develop skills to make informed decisions on the need for personal protective equipment based on current information on health effects and exposure to mold and moisture.
- Thomas St. Louis
Title: Director, Occupational Health Program
Organization: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Phone: 860-509-7293
Email: thomas.st.louis@ct.gov
- Brian Toal
Title: Supervising Epidemiologist, Environmental Health Section
Organization: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Phone: 860-509-7293
Email: brian.toal@ct.gov
ConnectiCOSH‘s experience as a health and safety training provider throughout Connecticut will also help with outreach to employer populations to recruit for focus groups. ConnectiCOSH has relationships with similar organizations in the Northeast states and with National COSH which will bring additional contacts to the project.
- Mike Fitts
Title: Executive Director
Organization: ConnectiCOSH
Relevant Expertise: Mike Fitts is involved in work for the green cleaning training program. He brings direct knowledge and on-going relationships with union and non-union workers on health and safety matters.
Phone: 860-953-2674
Email: mike.ctcosh@snet.net
- Jeff Janusonis
Title: Labor Educator
Organization: ConnectiCOSH
Phone: 860-953-2674
Email: jeff.ctcosh@snet.net
- Pamela Puchalski
Title: Project Coordinator
Organization: ConnectiCOSH
Phone: 860-209-5464, 860-953-2674
Email: pamela.ctcosh@snet.net
William A. Turner and senior members of his staff regularly teach in building operation and maintenance programs affording them a network to many recovery workers. These relationships and others among the project personnel will serve as a direct means to developing appropriate channels to disseminate the program beyond CT.
- Bill Turner
Title: President/CEO
Organization: Turner Building Science, LLC
Relevant Expertise: Mr. Turner has developed guidance on mold and moisture mitigation for the EPA. He and his staff regularly utilize available technical material in their building science practice in preparing for workshops and numerous seminars that he has presented for building contractors, weatherization technicians, local and national public health officials and the public.
Phone: 800-439-3446 x 311
- Steve Caulfield
Title: Senior Vice President - Organization: Turner Building Science, LLC
- Phone: 207-583-4571
Email: scaulfield@turnerbuildingscience.com
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will assist in outreach and focus group recruitment through its pre-established means to reach the general population.
- Christopher D’Andrea
Title: Industrial Hygienist and Acting Director, Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiology
Organization: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Relevant Expertise: Chris D’Andrea is a recognized technical expert on mold and moisture mitigation. He will help disseminate information from this project in New York.
Phone: 646-632-6135
Email: cdandrea@health.nyc.gov
The project team and other partners bring additional partners at the University of Connecticut (UConn). This includes CT Sea Grant and contacts at the UConn Avery Point campus.