{"id":255,"date":"2014-07-28T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T12:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hurricane-weather-health.doem.uconn.edu\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2019-10-29T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:14:28","slug":"project-partners-organizations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/project-partners-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Connecticut\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/dph\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Public Health<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will assist with public outreach and recruitment to engage participants in focus groups. The agencies\u2019 pre-established means to reach the general population will be also utilized to distribute information and findings from this project.\u00a0The project team is exploring with the Connecticut\u00a0Department of Public Health the possibility of coordinating seminar events with Connecticut\u00a0Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection\u2019s state-sponsored practice drills.\u00a0Participants in these seminars\u00a0will 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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas St. Louis<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Director, Occupational Health Program<br \/>\n<strong>Organization: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/dph\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecticut Department of Public Health<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0860-509-7293<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:thomas.st.louis@ct.gov\">thomas.st.louis@ct.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brian Toal<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Supervising Epidemiologist, Environmental Health Section<br \/>\n<strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.gov\/dph\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecticut Department of Public Health<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0860-509-7293<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:brian.toal@ct.gov\">brian.toal@ct.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/connecticosh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ConnectiCOSH<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0experience as a health and safety training provider throughout Connecticut will also help with outreach to employer populations to recruit for focus groups.\u00a0ConnectiCOSH has relationships with similar organizations in the Northeast states and with National COSH which will bring additional contacts to the project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/TNEC\/Trainers\/Fitts-Mike.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Fitts<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><strong>Title: <\/strong>Executive Director<br \/>\n<strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong>ConnectiCOSH<br \/>\n<strong>Relevant Expertise: <\/strong>Mike\u00a0Fitts is involved in work for\u00a0the green cleaning training program. He brings direct knowledge and on-going relationships with union and non-union workers on health and safety matters.<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0860-953-2674<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mike.ctcosh@snet.net\">mike.ctcosh@snet.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jeff Janusonis<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title: <\/strong>Labor Educator<br \/>\n<strong>Organization: <\/strong>ConnectiCOSH<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0860-953-2674<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jeff.ctcosh@snet.net\">jeff.ctcosh@snet.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pamela Puchalski<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title: <\/strong>Project Coordinator<br \/>\n<strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong>ConnectiCOSH<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0860-209-5464, 860-953-2674<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pamela.ctcosh@snet.net\">pamela.ctcosh@snet.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turnerbuildingscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turner Building Science, LLC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Turner<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0President\/CEO<br \/>\n<strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turnerbuildingscience.com\/\">Turner Building Science, LLC<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Relevant Expertise:\u00a0<\/strong>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.<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0800-439-3446 x 311<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steve Caulfield<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Senior Vice President<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turnerbuildingscience.com\/\">Turner Building Science, LLC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0207-583-4571<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scaulfield@turnerbuildingscience.com\">scaulfield@turnerbuildingscience.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/doh\/html\/home\/home.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>will assist in outreach\u00a0and focus group recruitment\u00a0through its pre-established means to reach the general population.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christopher D\u2019Andrea<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Industrial Hygienist and Acting Director, Environmental and Occupational Disease Epidemiology<br \/>\n<strong>Organization:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/doh\/html\/home\/home.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Relevant Expertise: <\/strong>Chris D&#8217;Andrea is\u00a0a recognized technical expert on mold and moisture mitigation. He will help disseminate information from this project in New York.<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0646-632-6135<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cdandrea@health.nyc.gov\">cdandrea@health.nyc.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The project team and other partners bring additional partners at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Connecticut (UConn)<\/a>. This includes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seagrant.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CT Sea Grant<\/a> and contacts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/averypoint.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UConn Avery Point<\/a> campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Connecticut\u00a0Department of Public Health\u00a0will assist with public outreach and recruitment to engage participants in focus groups. The agencies\u2019 pre-established means to reach the general population will be also utilized to distribute information and findings from this project.\u00a0The project team is exploring with the Connecticut\u00a0Department of Public Health the possibility of coordinating seminar events with Connecticut\u00a0Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 11:21:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurricanes-mold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}