interview with a CFN staff member
January 19, 2021
Essala Lowe outside Brookhaven Lab s Center for Functional Nanomaterials, where she is the assistant director of operations.
In May 2020, Essala Lowe joined the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory as the assistant director of operations. In this leadership role, Lowe is responsible for overseeing day-to-day administrative and operational functions, ensuring the efficient, effective, and safe operations essential to CFN success. Lowe, a trained microbiologist, brings nearly two decades of experience in research administration, environmental health and safety regulatory compliance, and science operations at various academic and nonprofit institutions. She earned a master’s in public administration (MPA) with a concentration in nonprofit organizational leadership from Norwich University and a bachelor’s in psychology with a m
EPA: Hawaii s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean - Honolulu Civil Beat
EPA: Hawaii’s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean
While federally permitted, the Environmental Protection Agency hopes the data’s public release spurs facilities to reduce their chemical waste. Reading time: 7 minutes.
U.S. military bases in Hawaii dumped more than half a million pounds of nitrate compounds toxic chemicals commonly found in wastewater treatment plants, fertilizers and explosives into the ocean in 2019, newly released federal data shows.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam led with the release of 540,000 pounds, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest Toxic Release Inventory. The rest more than 86,000 pounds came from the U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.
Challenges Facing Healthcare Pros on COVID Vaccine Frontlines: Q&A with Aon Experts December 23, 2020
Is the U.S. healthcare industry prepared to shoulder the massive responsibility of administering an estimated 300 million COVID-19 vaccinations?
Healthcare professionals will face challenges, according to experts at insurance broker Aon. Most of those giving the shots will have experience in administering vaccines, although some may not. They will have to follow strict guidelines from the manufacturers for storing and handling the medications. They will be relying upon Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidance and training, including on how to get patients to return for their second shots.