# SouthON Conference Grant

> **NIH ALLCDC R13** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2022 · $20,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The occupational fatality rates in the Southeast region of the United States are 44% higher than
the US fatality rate. In 2019, the overall occupational fatality rate for states in our region was 6.3
deaths/100,000 workers compared to 4.4/100,000 for the US overall, and higher in all individual
states (Bureau of Labor Statistics) except Virginia. The goal of the Southeastern States
Occupational Health Network (SouthON) collaborative working meetings over the next three
years will be to continue to build upon the foundation we have established for regional
occupational health surveillance (OHS) capacity and research in the 12-state Southeastern US
region (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia). We will do this through:
1) continued strong regional partnerships and collaborations among state health departments,
academic partners, internal National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
researchers and surveillance experts, NIOSH-funded agricultural research centers and
education research centers (ERCs), other governmental agencies, professional organizations,
and occupational health and safety stakeholders; 2) data-driven development of occupational
injury and illness research hypotheses; 3) southeastern occupational injury and illness
surveillance and prevention activities; 4) state and southeast regional OHS capacity building;
and 5) translation of occupational injury and illness research into public health practice. The
objectives of our annual SouthON meetings are to: 1) develop common priorities for OHS
epidemiological analyses, and worksite interventions; 2) build collaborations with other
occupational epidemiologists, NIOSH, academic colleagues, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), worker organizations, and other OHS partners; 3) provide epidemiology
and program planning tools for OHS capacity building; and 4) promote scientific collaboration
among OHS partners in the Southeast region. NIOSH funds will support the SouthON meeting
participants.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10391890
- **Project number:** 1R13OH012359-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Wayne T. Sanderson
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $20,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-12-01 → 2024-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10391890

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10391890, SouthON Conference Grant (1R13OH012359-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10391890. Licensed CC0.

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