Jo Anne G. Balanay, PhD, CIH

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Dr. Jo Anne G. Balanay is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Environmental Health Sciences Program, East Carolina University.  She is a certified industrial hygienist since 2008. She earned her MS and PhD in Environmental Health-Industrial Hygiene from the University of Minnesota and University of Alabama at Birmingham, respectively. Her research interests include occupational exposure assessment of physical hazards, such as noise, heat stress and ultraviolet radiation, and respiratory protection. 

 

 

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NFSHW24: Using a Novel App Prototype to Assess Heat Stress Risk Among Outdoor Workers

Summary: Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index is the preferred environmental heat metric for heat-related illness (HRI) prevention in the workplace and is typically measured using a heat stress monitor. Measuring the on-site WBGT with a heat stress monitor provides the most accurate localized assessment of a worker’s environmental heat exposure. However, WBGT data mayRead More