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DR. SYLVIA JOHNSON
M ember Sylvia E. Johnson, Ph.D., was nominated by President Joseph Biden to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board on April 29, 2021, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 2021. She began her post on February 3, 2022. Dr. Johnson has more than two decades in the health and safety field. She began researching
chemical exposures when she was a doctoral student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where her dissertation focused on the health hazards associated with children being exposed to lead in paint, dusts, and the environment. Dr. Johnson’s professional experience includes investigating industrial
mitigation, and understanding the connections between government agencies and the public’s health and safety. She spent five and a half years as an occupational epidemiologist in the Health and Safety Department for the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). In this role she conducted workplace hazard
assessments and investigated incidents involving the death of workers due to either chemical, biological, or physical exposures. Most recently, as a legislative advocate with the National Education Association (NEA), Dr. Johnson was part of an internal health and safety team focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, with specific emphasis on educating NEA members on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
manufacturing accidents, hazard recognition and
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