Susan M. Moore

Motivated executive professional with over two decades of experience in research and technology development, specializing in clinical and occupational applications. Proven track record of achieving organizational goals through effective program leadership, development, adaptation, and advancement on a large scale. Committed to driving innovation and delivering results that contribute to the company's success.

• Developed new, multi-million-dollar program area within a government agency for PPE conformity assessment; included scoping, strategic direction, stakeholder relations, acquisition of funding, and internal operations activities.
• Managed multi-million-dollar program to commercialize technologies used to protect or enable workers including various respirator technologies and person wearable monitors for hazardous gases, tracking devices, and communication devices.
• Developed roadmaps, agendas, action plans, evidence packages, and other strategic documents and demonstrated the downstream value of these efforts (e.g., NIOSH Healthcare Personal Protective Technology Targets for 2020 to 2030).
• Obtained millions of dollars in external funding for field- and laboratory-based intervention research by authoring, leading, coaching, or rewriting research proposals.
• Coordinated and led stakeholder partnerships related to mining breathing air supplies, personal protective equipment stockpiles, lifecycle requirements for firefighter turnout gear, and the trusted and secure exchange of information amongst hospitals and emergency response entities.
• Designed and executed research activities leading to the distribution of hundreds of millions of N95 respirators past their shelf-life to address shortages during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Published 100+ journal articles, conferences proceedings, book chapters, patents, and government documents.

• National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Healthcare and Social Assistance Council Meeting, Invited Speaker to provide an overview of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Healthcare Personal Protective Technology Targets for 2020 to 2030, September 2024.
• National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Public Safety Sector Council Meeting, Invited Speaker to provide an overview of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's research related to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), September 2023.
• U.S. Fire Administrator's Summit on Fire Prevention and Control, Facilitator for Post-Summit Action Planning; Emmitsburg, MD; 2022, 2023, and 2024.
• Truman Fire Forum, Invited Speaker to discuss evidence that creates impact, Independence, MO, on August 16, 2022.

• NIOSH, Bullard-Sherwood Award for Research to Practice, Knowledge Category, Winner, presented to F Kilinc-Balci, C Coby, D Rottach, SM Moore, L Greenawald, P Yorio, R Shaffer, and M D'Alessandro. NIOSH applauds your project Updating ASTM Standards F2407 and F3352 to Ensure Healthcare Personnel Are Adequately Protected for its invaluable contribution to the health and safety of workers, 2023.
• NIOSH, Bullard-Sherwood Award for Research to Practice, Honorable Mention, Knowledge Category presented to G Walbert, SM Moore, W Monaghan, and J Simons. NIOSH applauds your project NIOSH Long-Term Field Evaluation Study for its invaluable contribution to the health and safety of workers, 2023.
• NIOSH, Bullard-Sherwood Award for Research to Practice, Honorable Mention, Intervention Category presented to L Greenawald, SM Moore, F Kilinc-Balci, and P Yorio. NIOSH applauds your project Research that Highlights Quality Concerns and the Need for Post-Market Quality Assurance Requirements for Surgical Gowns to Protect Healthcare Personnel for its invaluable contribution to the health and safety of workers, 2023.
• NIOSH, Bullard-Sherwood Award for Research to Practice, Intervention Category Winner presented to L Greenawald, SM Moore, P Yorio. NIOSH applauds your project Coordinating Research to Practice: Activities that Informed the Release and Authorized Use of Millions of Expired Respirators from U.S. Stockpiles for its invaluable contribution to the health and safety of workers, 2021.
• CDC/ATSDR Honor Awards, 69th Annual Event, Excellence in Emergency Response: Toby Merlin Award - Domestic presented to Susan Moore. COVID-19 Emergency Response Staff for unparalleled commitment to protecting the public's health and resolutely responding to one of the most devastating epidemics in American history, 2021.
• CDC/ATSDR Honor Awards, 69th Annual Event, CDC Director's Award for Excellence in Public Health Impact presented to Susan Moore. NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program for steadfast, dedicated, and impactful personal protective equipment research, evaluation, conformity assessment, and intervention actions to support the COVID-19 response, 2021.
• CDC/ATSDR Honor Awards, 69th Annual Event, Excellence in Surveillance and Health Monitoring - Domestic presented to Susan Moore. Data, Strategy and Execution Work Group, Joint Coordination Cell, Washington DC for leading interagency efforts to provide comprehensive and timely data to support federal decision-making efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021.
• NIOSH, Alice Hamilton Award Honorable Mention for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Category, presented to PL Yorio, AS Laney, CN Halldin, DJ Blackley, SM Moore, K Wizner, LJ Radonovich, and LA Greenawald for their leadership through science by publishing Interstitial lung diseases in the U.S. mining industry: Using MSHA data to examine trends and the prevention effects of compliance with health regulations, 1996-2015. Risk Anal 38(9): 1962:1971, 2019.
• NIOSH, Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Category, presented to PL Yorio and SM Moore for their leadership through science by publishing Examining factors that influence the existence of Heinrich's Safety Triangle using site-specific H&S data from more than 25,000 establishments, 2018.

• Foreman, A.M., Omari, A., Marks, K.J., Troeschel, A.N., Haas, E.J., Moore, S.M., Fechter-Leggert, E., Park, J., Cox-Ganser, J.M., Damon, S.A., Gooch, J., Soileau, S., Maser, C., Bakshi, A., Chew, G. (under review). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to mold remediation following Hurricane Ida in Southeast Louisiana. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, 2024 Oct 25; 21 (11): 1412; doi: 10.3390/ijerph21111412.
• NIOSH [2023]. Verifying Shelf Life for NIOSH Approved® Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs). By Greenawald LA, Moore SM, Schall J, Powers JR. Pittsburgh, PA. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-128, https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023128.
• NIOSH, Pennsylvania Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians [2023]. Personal Protective Equipment Recommendations for Response to Chemical Suicide Incidents. By Attwood WR, Kiederer M, Greenawald L, Niemeier RT, Lyons B, Tantlinger C, and Moore S. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-129, https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023139.
• Haas, E.J., Yoon, N.K., Furek, A., Casey, M., & Moore, S.M. (2023). The role of emergency incident type in predicting first responders' health exposure risks. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience, 4, 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnlssr.2023.01.001
• NIOSH [2022] PPE CASE: Performance of Stockpiled Level 3 Surgical Gowns Sampled from Six Stockpile Facilities. By Greenawald, LA, Susan M. Moore, Selcen Kilinc-Balci, Patrick L Yorio. Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NPPTL Report Number P2022-0101.
• Haas, E.J., Casey, M., Furek, A., Moore, S.M. (2022). Exploring U.S. healthcare and public safety workers' perceptions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professional Safety, 67(5), 16–21.
• Haas, E.J., Casey, M., Furek, A., Aldrich, K., Ragsdale, T., Crosswy, S., & Moore, S. M. (2021). Lessons learned from the development and demonstration of a PPE inventory monitoring system for U.S. hospitals. Health Security, 19(6), 10 p. doi:10.1089/hs.2021.0098.
• NIOSH [2021] PPE CASE: Evaluation of Fit and Strap Extension Performance of Stockpiled Filtering Facepiece Respirators from One U.S. Facility. By Greenawald LA, Moore SM, and Yorio PL. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NPPTL Report Number P2021-0102.
• Haas, E.J., Furek, A., Casey, M., Yoon, K.N., & Moore, S.M. (2021). Applying the Social Vulnerability Index as a leading indicator to protect fire-based emergency medical service responders' health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Issue on Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being in the USA, 18, 8049. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158049.
• Greenawald, L.A.; Moore, S.M.; Wizner, K. “Developing a Methodology to Collect Empirical Data that Informs Policy and Best Practices for Stockpiled Personal Protective Equipment”. American Journal of Infection Control, 2020.
• Yorio, P.L., Haas, E.J., Bell, J.L., Moore, S.M., & Greenawald, L.A. (2020). Lagging or leading? Exploring the temporal relationship among lagging indicators in mining establishments 2006-2017. Journal of Safety Research, 74, 179–185.
• Moore, S.M., Yorio, P.L., Haas, E.J., Bell, J.L., & Greenawald, L.A. (2020). Heinrich revisited: A new data-driven examination of the safety pyramid. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 37(6), 1857–1863.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Overall Performance of Nearly 4,000 Respirators Sampled from Ten Stockpile Facilities,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 25, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Ten of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Nine of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Eight of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Seven of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Six of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Five of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Four of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Three of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, and PL Yorio. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility Two of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and revention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• LA Greenawald, SM Moore, PL Yorio, and K Wizner. “NIOSH PPE CASE: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators: Facility One of Ten,” Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, March 1, 2020.
• PL Yorio and SM Moore. "Examining Factors that Influence the Existence of Heinrich's Safety Triangle using Site-Specific Health and Safety Data from More than 25,000 Establishments," Risk Analysis, Accepted June 28, 2017.
• DP Snyder, JF Burr, SM Moore, and R Fernando. "MINER Act Technology; Past, present and future," Mining Engineering, December 2016, 45-54.
• PL Yorio, DR Willmer, SM Moore. "Health and Safety Management Systems through a Multilevel and Strategic Management Perspective: Theoretical and Empirical Consideration," Safety Science, February 2015, 72, 221-228.
• SM Moore, JL Kohler, GR Wagner. "Safety and Health in Mining in the United States," Arbete och Hllsa (Work and Health), University of Gothenburg, nr2013; 47(2), 137-149. SM Moore, JP Pollard, ME Nelson. “Task-Specific Postures in Low-Seam Underground Coal Mining,” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2012, 42(2), 241-248.
• SM Moore, PG Dempsey, JJ Sammarco, TM Ruff, J Carr, WL Porter, M Reyes. “Understanding and Mitigating Equipment-Related Injuries,” Book Chapter in Design and Selection of Material Handling Equipment and Systems: Mining, Mineral Processing, Port, Plant and Excavation Engineering Volume II, 2011, Edited by: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Wide Publishing, Samar Sarani, Kolkata, India, 243-283.
• JP Pollard, SM Moore, C Mark. “Reduced Workers' Compensation Costs with Roof Screening,” Journal of Safety, Health and Environmental Research, 2011, 7 (2), 23-29.
• SM Moore, J Torma-Krajewski, LJ Steiner. “Practical Demonstrations to Enhance Ergonomics Training,” Government Publication – Report of Investigations, 2011: DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-191; RI-9684: 1-68.
• SM Moore, JP Pollard, WL Porter, S Gallagher, AG Mayton. “Demands on the Knee during Kneeling and Squatting Activities Common to Low-seam Mining,” 2011: DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-176; RI-9681: 1-47.
• B Ellis, N Drury, SM Moore, PJ McMahon, JA Weiss, RE Debski. “Finite Element Modeling of the Glenohumeral Capsule Can Help Assess the Tested Region During a Clinical Exam,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 1476-8259, 13(3), First published 2010: 413-418.
• SM Moore, JP Pollard, SK Bhatt, C Mark. “Potential of Roof Screening to Reduce Workers' Compensation Costs,” Mining Engineering Magazine, Dec 2010, 49-54.
• SM Moore, JP Pollard. “Evidence that Reducing Knee Injuries in Underground Mining may have a Substantial Impact on Mine Company Finances,” Journal of Safety, Health and Environmental Research, Winter 2010,6(3), Feature 4.
• WL Porter, AG Mayton, SM Moore. “Pressure distribution on the anatomic landmarks of the knee and the effect of kneepads,” Applied Ergonomics, 2010, 42: 106-113.
• SM Moore, B Ellis, JA Weiss, PJ McMahon, RE Debski. “The Glenohumeral Capsule Should be Evaluated as a Sheet of Fibrous Tissue: A Validated Finite Element Model,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2010, 38(1): 66-76.
• SM Moore, WL Porter, PG Dempsey. “Fall from Equipment Injuries in U.S. Mining: Identification of Specific Research Areas for Future Investigation,” Journal of Safety Research, 2009, 40: 455-460.
• S Gallagher, SM Moore, PG Dempsey. “An Analysis of Injury Claims for Low-Seam Mines,” Journal of Safety Research, 2009, 40: 233-237.
• SM Moore, J Stehle, EJ Rainis, PJ McMahon, RE Debski. “The Current Anatomical Description of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Does Not Correlate with its Functional Role,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2008 Dec: 26(12): 1598-604.
• SM Moore, LJ Steiner, ME Nelson, K Fitzgerald, J Huber, AG Mayton. “Keeping Knees Healthy in Restricted Work Spaces: A Look at Low-seam Mining,” 2008: (NIOSH) 2008-130; IC-9504.
• SM Moore, ER Bauer, LJ Steiner. “Prevalence and Cost of Cumulative Injuries over Two Decades of Technological Advances: A Look at Underground Coal Mining in the U.S,” Mining Engineering, 2008 January: 46-50.
• RE Debski, SM Moore, EJ Rainis. “Mechanical Testing of Ligaments and Tendons,” In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 2006: Editors: Gary L. Bowlin, Gary Wnek, New York, Taylor & Francis.
• J Stehle, SM Moore, DA Alaseirlis, RE Debski, PJ McMahon. “Acromial Morphology: Effects of Suboptimal Radiographs,” Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2007 March: 16(2): 135-142.
• BJ Ellis, RE Debski, SM Moore, PJ McMahon, JA Weiss. “Methodology and Sensitivity Studies for Finite Element Modeling of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Complex,” Journal of Biomechanics, 2007: 40(3): 306-12. Epub 2006 March 31.
• V Musahl, SM Moore, PJ McMahon, RE Debski. “Orientation Feedback during Simulated Simple Translation Tests has Little Clinical Significance on the Magnitude and Precision of Glenohumeral Joint Translations,” Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, 2006 November: 14(11): 1194-1199.
• RE Debski, JA Weiss, WJ Newman, SM Moore, PJ McMahon. "Stress and strain in the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament during a simulated clinical exam,” Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2005 Jan-Feb: 14 (1 Suppl S): 24S-31S.
• SM Moore, M Thomas, S L-Y Woo, MT Gabriel, R Kilger, RE Debski. “A Novel Methodology to Reproduce Previously Recorded Six-Degree of Freedom Kinematics on the Same Diarthrodial Joint,” Journal of Biomechanics, 2005 May: 39(10): 1914-1923.
• SM Moore, PJ McMahon, E Azemi, RE Debski. “Bi-directional Mechanical Properties of the Posterior Region of the Glenohumeral Capsule,” Journal of Biomechanics, 2005 June: 38(6): 1365-1369.
• SM Moore, PJ McMahon, RE Debski. “Bi-directional Mechanical Properties of the Axillary Pouch of the Glenohumeral Capsule: Implications for Surgical Repair,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2004 Apr;126(2):284-288.
• SM Moore, V Musahl, PJ McMahon, RE Debski. “Multi-directional Kinematics of the Glenohumeral Joint during Anterior and Posterior Drawer Tests: Impact on Clinical Diagnoses,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2004 Jul: 22(4): 889-894.
• RE Debski, SM Moore, JL Mercer, MS Sacks, PJ McMahon. “The Collagen Fibers of the Anteroinferior Capsulolabrum Have Multi-axial Orientation to Resist Shoulder Dislocation,” Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2003 May-Jun;12(3):247-52.
• CG Chee, SM Moore, ED Ward II. “Rotatable Mirror Assembly for Optical Path Reversal in a Laser Scanning Machine,” Patent No. US 6,199,990 B1, March 13, 2001.