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Thais C. Morata, Ph.D THAIS C. MORATA, PH.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 4676 Columbia Parkway C27 Cincinnati, OH 45226 USA/ [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Cincinnati, USA Sept 1987- Dec 1990 M.S. Communication Disorders, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil Aug 1984- Dec 1986 B.A. Speech Pathology & Audiology Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil Mar 1979- Dec 1982 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1983- Present Brazilian Federal Council of Speech Pathology and Audiology Member 1989- 2000 International Neurotoxicology Association Member 1988- Present National Hearing Conservation Association Member, 2010 Conference Program Chair 2003- Present International Commission on Occupational Health Member 2003- 2010 International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise Member 2005- Present International Society of Audiology Member, Executive Board member EXPERIENCE CURRENT Research Audiologist at the Hearing Loss Prevention Team of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA; from Dec 2008-Present. Director of the Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards, from Sept 2006-present. www.safeinsound.us Founding Member of the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Occupational Safety and Health Review Group. Mar 2010-Present. http://osh.cochrane.org/editorial-board Founding Associate Editor for the area Audiology and the Environment for the International Journal of Audiology, ISSN: 1499-2027, Jan 2002-Present. http://informahealthcare.com/page/EditorialAdvisoryBoard?journalCode=ija Co-Instructor of graduate classes using the Wiki Education Foundation platform at the Department of Environmental Health of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Cincinnati, the Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, at the College of Education and Human Services of the University of Nebraska (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TMorata ). Member of the Editorial Boards of the journals: Noise and Health, ISSN 1463-1741, and Otorynolaryngologia, ISSN 1643- 658X. Manager @SafeInSoundUS Twitter account. PREVIOUS Manufacturing Sector Council Coordinator, National Occupational Research Agenda, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; from Nov 1st 2012-2019. Honorary Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. From 2013- 2015. Invited Lecturer at the Graduate Program in Communication Disorders, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, June 2012. Courses Taught: Audiology and Hearing Health and Introduction to Scientific Writing. Acting Associate Director of Science for the Division of Applied Research and Technology, Research Audiologist, of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA; July 2009. Invited Lecturer, at the Graduate Program in Communication Disorders, Universidade Tuiuti do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, June 1999- May 2010. Courses Taught: Research and the Promotion of Hearing Health, Audiology and Hearing Health and Introduction to Scientific Writing. Ad Hoc Adviser for the Pan American Health Organization, from Aug 1994- 2000. Ad Hoc Adviser for the World Health Organization, from Oct 1997-2009. Guest Researcher, at the Ear-Nose-Throat Department at the Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, from June to Sept 1998. Guest Researcher, at the Department of Work and Health of the National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden, from Mar 1997 to Sept 1998. Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Research Council, at the Bioacoustics and Occupational Vibration Section of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA; from Jan 1993 to Mar 1997. Ad Hoc Advisor for American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists from 1995-2009. Assistant Professor at the Graduate Program in Communication Disorders at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; from August 1991 to December 1992. Courses taught: Research and Professional Practice in Hearing Conservation, Noise as a Public Health Problem and Clinical Audiology I. Chief of the Hearing Conservation Section at the University Clinic (DERDIC) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; from Feb to Dec 1992. Physical Scientist Aide, at the Bioacoustics and Occupational Vibration Section of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA; from June to Dec 1990. Instructor at the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Course: Audiology and Worker's Health (undergraduate level); from March 1986 to Aug 1987. Courses taught: Clinical Audiology I and Audiology and Worker’s Health. Consultant in Occupational Audiology, during 1986-1987 to: - Brazilian Association to the Prevention of Laboral Accidents, (ABPA) São Paulo. - Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation for the Prevention of Laboral Accidents (FUNDACENTRO), São Paulo. - São Paulo State Division of Health and Hygiene. - Union of the Chemical Industry Workers of São Paulo. - Union of the Chemical Industry Workers of Santo André. Audiologist responsible for hearing conservation at the preschool Dragãozinho, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1983 to 1985. 2 Trainee in Audiology, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, during 1982 and in Educational Audiology, Hospital da Santa Casa de Misericórdia, São Paulo, Brazil, 1983. CERTIFICATION Brazilian Council of Speech Pathology and Audiology (CFFa), 1983. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Intramural NIOSH Public Health Practice grants as project Officer for the projects: - Implementation of Best Practices in Hearing Loss Prevention (2013-2015) - Communication of Best Practices in Hearing Loss Prevention (2010-2012) - Success in Hearing Loss Prevention (2006-2009) Intramural NIOSH Research grants as Project Officer for the projects: - Intervention to prevent hearing loss from noise at work (2019-2022) - Hearing Loss in Boat Manufacturing (2005-2008) - Preventing Hearing Loss from Chemical and Noise Exposures (2003-2006) - Accommodation of Noise-Exposed, Hearing-Impaired Workers (2000-2004) - Hearing Loss Prevention: Putting Theory into Action (1999-2001) Extramural funding Brazilian Council for Research and Development grants as consultant for the Universidade Federal da Bahia e Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (March 2016-present). European Commission 5th Framework Programme Research Project NoiseChem, Contract number QLK4-CT-2000-00293. Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council Grant. Occupational hearing loss induced by solvents and noise: development of new strategies for hearing loss prevention programs in the workplace, 2012-2015. Grant # APP1027549. Postdoctoral Fellowship, from the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., from Feb 1994-1997. Research Grant, from the Brazilian National Research Council (Conselho National de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq), from Mar 1992 to Dec 1993. Young Scientist Fellowship, from the International Neurotoxicology Association (INA), for the participation on its Third Meeting, Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, July 1991. Young Scientist Fellowship, from the International Neurotoxicology Association (INA), for the participation on its Second Meeting, Sitges, Spain, May, 1989. Field Study Research Grant, from the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, March 1990. Masters and Doctoral Degree Fellowships, from the Brazilian National Research Council (Conselho National de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico), Brazil, from Aug 1985 to Dec 1986 (M.S.) and from Sept 1987 to Dec 1990 (Ph.D.). AWARDS 2020 Honorable mention Alice Hamilton Award, Communication and Guidance category, for the publication NIOSH [2019]. Using Total Worker Health® concepts to address hearing health. By Themann CL, Morata T, Afanuh S. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2019-155. 2019 National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Director’s Award, Excellence in Cross Agency Collaboration on Non-Occupational Hearing Loss Protection: Lauren 3 Benet, Yulia Carroll, John Eichwald, Chuck Kardous, Thais Morata, Monica Mendez Morello, Bill Murphy, Padma Vempaty. 2019 Bullard-Sherwood Research-to-Practice Award in the category of Knowledge for the nomination “Reaching Our Audience Where They Are: NIOSH with Wikipedia” with partners from NIOSH, Wikimedia Foundation, Wiki Education Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Cincinnati, and the University of São Paulo. 2017 Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health in the Epidemiology and Surveillance Category, for the manuscript Masterson EA, Bushnell PT, Themann CL, Morata TC. Hearing Impairment among Noise- Exposed Workers — United States, 2003–2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:389–394. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6515a2. April 28, 2017. 2015 College of Allied Health Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA, April 24, 2015. https://cahs.uc.edu/alumni-friends/distinguished-alumni.html 2015 Brazil’s Ambassador for Audiology, by the Brazilian Academy of Audiology
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