Our stories spotlight the work we’re doing for our customers and partners that is strengthening the U.S. scientific mission and global competitiveness. These features also demonstrate how ORAU’s expertise has specifically impacted our customers’ needs and the effect of our efforts on our local and regional communities.
Emergency Preparedness
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ORAU preparedness resources advance local readiness
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ORAU prepares communities for pandemic response
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Advancing our nation’s medical countermeasures readiness
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Community preparedness: Best practices for emergency and disaster response
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What can I do to prevent COVID-19?
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Aiding the VHA in response to local emergencies and national disasters through PIMS web-based application
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Exercise Builder Nuclear™ app makes management of large-scale emergency exercises easier
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Supporting CDC in development of population monitoring guide
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Can smartphones serve as tools to measure potential radiation exposures?
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Aid to veterans after disasters: Software solution streamlines VA medical center volunteers
Research & University Partnerships
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Building better communities through effective use of technology, ORAU Annual Meeting Day 1
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How transportation fits into Smart Cities, ORAU Annual Meeting Day 2
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Is it possible to more quickly determine risk estimates for cancer from occupational radiation exposures?
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Trying to help Type 1 diabetes patients who experience “burnout” from managing blood sugar 24/7 with no cure in sight
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Research on boars from Fukushima region may unlock the key to faster radiation dose processing
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Can a machine accurately predict whether a social media user is gullible to “fake news?”
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Where are they now? Powe Award winner Laurent Bellaiche
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Powe awardee researches rocks that formed Earth’s continents billions of years ago
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Researching field-deployable detection tools for radiation medical accidents
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Powe Award winner researches efficient drug delivery using nanomedicine
Worker Health
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30,000 nuclear workers surveyed on safety cultures in their workplaces
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Capturing more than a half century of radiation data on one million workers
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Bridging the gap to Total Exposure Health
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Managing nationwide health screening program for former energy workers
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Evaluating the impact of the 1999 DOE beryllium rule on the incidence of beryllium sensitization
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NIOSH Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program: Assessing radiation exposures for energy workers
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Validating optimal statistical approach for assessing worker health risks from titanium dioxide exposures
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Importance of burn pit registries to understanding exposure/disease relationships
K-12 STEM Education
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STEM Camp teaches elementary school students to solve problems with ‘unplugged’ tools
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ORAU, ARC, and ORNL celebrate 30 years of STEM
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STEM Stories: Inviting scientists to inspire young minds with stories about why they chose careers in science
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Extreme Classroom Makeover: 10 years of technology with a timeless impact
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Teacher nearly gave up STEM program before winning Extreme Classroom Makeover
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From nothing to something: ORAU 2019 Extreme Classroom Makeover winner brings STEM lab to rural Blount County school
Health Communication
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COVID-19 prevention measures may have long-term implications for people with opioid use disorders
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ORAU social scientist helps separate fact from social media misinformation during COVID-19 pandemic
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Could immersive virtual reality provide a path to increased flu vaccination rates?
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What can be done to reverse the decline in U.S. life expectancy?
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Is social media helping or hindering vaccination rates?
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Working with CDC’s School Health Branch to plan social media hashtag campaign
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Developing triage tools to help mitigate medical surge during an influenza pandemic
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Training local organizations to more effectively use social media to communicate about opioid misuse and abuse
Peer Review
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ORAU study explores skills necessary for effective peer reviewers
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ORAU’s Peer Review team able to quickly respond to COVID-19 and other critical needs
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Prompt peer review leads to funded research for Florida public health crisis
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Peer review helps research funding agencies get the most value for their dollars
STEM Workforce Development
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The hunt for purple squirrels: Recruiter excels at finding the impossible
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Gender gaps in engineering: Are women’s workplace experiences a key factor
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Giving back to the community is in ORAU’s DNA
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Space, STEAM and green beans
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ORAU and Thurgood Marshall College Fund join forces to expand STEM opportunities for HBCU students and faculty
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Women in STEM Video Series
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Building on-ramps to a STEM-capable U.S. workforce
