In the May issue of our employee newsletter, The Connection, we asked our employees to tell us how their moms encouraged them to be healthy when they were younger, or, for those employees who are moms, to tell us how they encourage health in their children. The best entry would win an environmentally friendly Dade Moeller tote bag.
And the winner is (drum roll, please) … Tamikka Reed! [Read more...]
Alan and the class figure out how much radiation their classmate is exposed to each year.
On Thursday, May 10, Senior Health Physicist Alan Fellman, Ph.D., CHP, volunteered some time to speak to Ms. Sunila Varghese’s 6th grade class at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville, Maryland. The class of 25 students is working on a unit on energy production; one of the students is Alan’s niece.
Tracy Ikenberry
Congratulations to Tracy Ikenberry and Ed Maher, who are on their way to Glasgow, Scotland, as official U.S. delegates to the 13th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), representing the Health Physics Society.
Also in attendance will be CEO Matt Moeller and Executive Vice President Bill Kennedy. The Congress runs from May 13-18, 2012.
Ed Maher
This will be Ed’s third time as a delegate. He also attended the last Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2008, as well as the 11th Congress in Madrid, Spain, in 2004. Ed is the current Past-President of the Health Physics Society after serving one year each as President-Elect and President. This is Tracy’s first time as an IRPA delegate.
IRPA Congresses are held every four years. This year’s Congress is expected to be the world’s largest ever gathering of radiation experience and expertise, according to the IRPA13 website.
The standards that IRPA promulgates at these Congresses influence health physics activities around the globe.
– Matt Moeller, CEO
Read our full press release HERE.
Dade Moeller is a nationally recognized firm providing professional and technical services to federal, state, and commercial clients in support of nuclear, radiological, and environmental operations. We employ more Certified Health Physicists [radiation safety experts] than any other private U.S. company.
Joel D. Arana, CHP
We are very happy to announce that employee Joel Arana has been named Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] of the Year by the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society!
Joel manages our Radiation Projects Division, overseeing and coordinating the day-to-day activities of senior health physicists who support diverse contracts ranging from dose reconstruction to Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulatory guidance revision. Joel also is a manager on the Dose Reconstruction project supporting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Prior to this position, Joel was our Environmental, Safety, Health, and Quality (ESH&Q) Services Division manager, overseeing the work of industrial hygienists, safety professionals, and health physicists supporting commercial and governmental clients.
Edward F. Maher, Sc.D., CHP
Ed Maher is a Senior Health Physicist at Dade Moeller and currently serves as the Past-President of the Health Physics Society, a scientific organization of professionals that specialize in radiation safety. In this interview, he reflects on his past year’s service to HPS as its President.
Dade Moeller Blog: Why did you run for HPS President?
Ed: As it is for many at Dade Moeller, public service to the profession of health physics is very appealing because you get to give back what you have received, but most have no idea what’s expected by the role.
Dade Moeller Blog: What were those expectations?
Ed: My biggest surprise is that your time is no longer your time. Issues come up at the most inopportune times and you have to deal with them immediately. Two examples that I faced as president were the airport security x-ray controversy and the Fukushima accident. Did I mention that my first action as president was to “fire” our media liaison person? I can’t believe I did that, but it was the collective opinion of the Board of Directors (before these two events unfolded!) that we didn’t need one!
(L to R) Michelle Worthington, Ross Potter, Rachel Sachs, Tracy Ikenberry, Amber Dosch, Teri Comstock, and Roshelle Pavlin enjoy National Walking Day!
Today, April 4th, is the American Heart Association‘s “National Walking Day,” and we are happily participating! In honor of the event, our Richland office today kicked off a 6-week “Summer Walking Countdown” with a walking group that will meet at noon every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They will celebrate their commitment to health with an office-wide Healthy Foods Potluck on May 16th!
Our awesome Human Resources Department also will be supporting employees Company-wide over these next 6 weeks with weekly e-mails of heart-healthy recipes, health tips, and articles, as well as a Beginners Daily Walking Plan for those who have never walked for health before.
Dade Moeller believes that healthy employees are happy employees!
Ray Johnson, CHP
Congratulations to our Vice President of Training Services, Ray Johnson, for being inducted as the President-Elect of the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP). This is a 3-year term, during which Ray will serve one year each as President-Elect, President, and Past-President.
Flickr photo credit: photologue_np
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Dade Moeller is an award-winning, employee-owned consulting firm specializing in occupational and environmental health sciences.
Amanda Bump (with her arms up) celebrates her recent win with teammates of the Eastern Washington Elite Dance Team.
Congratulations to Amanda Bump and her Eastern Washington Elite Dance Team! They won the Universal Dance Association (UDA) National Hip Hop Championship in Orlando in February and the Pac-West National Championships in Jazz and Hip Hop in Portland, Oregon, on March 4th, as well as winning Grand Champions for the event.
As a result of these championships, the team will represent the United States and join teams from 80 other countries for the World Championship Competition, which will be held in Orlando in April.
“This is a tremendous honor for them to earn this prestigious opportunity,” says mom and fellow Dade Moeller employee Trish Bump. “The girls practice more than 10 hours per week, and it is great to see their hard work paying off!”
Amanda has been a competitive cheerleader for more than seven years and this year decided to try dance. “She had to work extra hard to try to get up to speed with the other girls who had danced for years,” explained Trish.
Amanda is a part-time employee in our Richland, Wash., office and a student at Hanford High School in Richland. Her parents are both also Dade Moeller employees. Mom Trish Bump works in our IT department, and dad Steve Bump is our Vice President for Operational Integration.
We will be at the Veterans Job Fair at the Worksource in Kennewick, Washington, today from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Stop by and say hello! Roshelle Pavlin (pictured) and Tracey Shinsato will be at our booth.
