November Meeting - Ethics in IH (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Presenter: Danielle Gullotta, CIH, CSP, CIT - Metro NY AIHA Local Section President
Topic: Ethics in IH

NEIHce 2026 (Friday, December 04, 2026)

Fri, 04 Dec 2026 12:15:00 GMT

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA

Morning

• Opening Remarks – Danielle Gullotta, CIH, CSP, CIT / AIHA Metro New York Local Chapter President, Director at Chubb Risk Consulting

• AIHA National Update – Vanessa Brady, MS, CIH, CSP / Global Director at Charles River Laboratories

• Cleanroom Bioburden in Context: A Case Study on Microbial Trends in Sterile Compounding – Dr. Michael Berg / Program Manager, Healthcare at Pace Analytical Services

• Reorganizing OSHA, EPA, and NIOSH in 2029, Out of Their Ashes – Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D., CIH / Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan, Former OSHA Director of Standards and Regional Administrator

• Impact of the Current Administration on IH – John Surma, Partner at Fisher Phillips

• OSHA Update: Special Emphasis Program 2026 – Richard Mendelson / NYC Regional Administrator, and Holly Canally / Assistant Regional Administrator

Afternoon
• Reconstructing the Past: The Role of Retrospective Exposure Assessment in Occupational Disease Investigation – Bernard L. Fontaine, Jr., D.B.A., M.Sc., CIH, CSP, FAIHA, Managing Partner of The Windsor Consulting Group, Inc.

• AI in IH: Current Use, Limitations, and the Future of Technical Practice – Hillary Waterhouse, MPH, CIH / Owner, Waterhouse technical Reports & Case Documentation, LLC (Interactive session. Bring your phone with ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude installed to build AI prompts you can use in your own work)

• Separating Signal from Noise in Microplastics Science – Adam J. Gushgari / Senior Director, Emerging Contaminants at Eurofins Environmental Testing

• Concluding Statements and Door Prizes – Erin Stolz, MSP, CIH / Senior Technical Director at AKRF

All Day
Start with a continental breakfast alongside our vendors, and stop by the exhibits during the coffee breaks and lunch. Stay for the end of the day, because door prizes are drawn at close.

Whether you're looking for regulatory insight, new technical approaches, or a chance to catch up with colleagues, we hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Danielle Gullotta at danielle.gullotta@chubb.com.

For Exhibitors/Sponsorships contact Ralph Coppola at rcoppola@pennoni.com.

See you in Princeton!

Metro New York AIHA upcoming events

November Meeting - Ethics in IH (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)

NEIHce 2026 (Friday, December 04, 2026)