Surveillance & Extramural Programs by HHS Region

The information on this page shows where extramural funded activities occur within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) regions. Specifically, the table below details the areas covered by NIOSH surveillance activities, including the extramurally funded state surveillance programs, and other NIOSH extramural programs. These include the multidisciplinary centers: Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health [Ag Centers], Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health (TWH) and Education and Research Centers (ERCs), along with the Training Project Grants.

NIOSH Extramural State Surveillance Programs and Focus Areas and Other Extramural Programs
			National Surveillance Programs*				Surveillance*	NIOSH Centers and Service Areas			Specialty Training Programs
HHS Region	State	NIOSH Extramural State Surveillance Programs	ABLES	BRFSS (2013-2018)	NOMS (1999- 2014)	SENSOR Pesticides	Workers’ Comp Research	ERCs²	Ag Centers	TWH	Training Project Grants
1	Connecticut	Fundamental-Plus, Chemical Inhalation and Non-Inhalation Exposure, COVID Outcomes by Industry and Occupation	X	X				Harvard University	NY	University of Connecticut	Yale University University of Connecticut
	Maine		X						NY
	Massachusetts	Expanded, FACE, Occupational Respiratory Disease, Healthcare Workers	X	X			X		NY	Harvard, University of Connecticut	UMass Lowell
	New Hampshire	Expanded, Workers with Disabilities	X	X	X				NY
	Rhode Island		X	X	X				NY
	Vermont		X	X	X				NY
2	New Jersey	Fundamental-Plus, Inclusion and Analysis of Industry and Occupation (I/O) Variables, Enhance Current Syndromic Surveillance System	X	X	X			Mount Sinai	NY
	New York	Expanded, FACE	X	X					NY		SUNY Buffalo
	Puerto Rico								FL		University of Puerto Rico
	U.S. Virgin Islands								FL
3	Delaware							Johns Hopkins	FL NY
	District of Columbia										AOEC IAFF
	Maryland	Expanded, Opioids in the Workplace Surveillance	X	X					NY	Johns Hopkins
	Pennsylvania	Fundamental	X	X					NY		Millersville University University of Pennsylvania
	Virginia								KY		Virginia TechExternal
	West Virginia			X	X				KY NY		West Virginia University
4	Alabama		X					University of Alabama Birmingham University of South Florida University of Kentucky University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	FL KY		University of North Alabama
	Florida		X	X	X	X			FL KY
	Georgia	Fundamental-Plus, Work-related Suicides, Work-related Asthma	X	X	X				FL KY
	Kentucky	Expanded, FACE, Occupational Motor Vehicle Injury Surveillance	X		X				KY		Murray State University Western Kentucky University
	Mississippi			X					FL KY
	North Carolina	Fundamental	X	X	X	X			FL KY	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	South Carolina		X		X				FL KY
	Tennessee		X	X			X		KY		Meharry Medical College
5	Illinois	Expanded, Pesticides, Linking Occupational Surveillance with OSHA Enforcement Activities	X	X		X		University of Illinois Chicago University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Cincinnati	IA	University of Illinois Chicago
	Indiana		X		X						Purdue University
	Michigan	Expanded, FACE, Pesticides, Occupational Respiratory Disease	X	X	X	X	X
	Minnesota	Fundamental-Plus, COVID Outcomes by Industry and Occupation, Agriculture Safety Policies and Mental Health Interventions	X	X					IA MN NE
	Ohio		X				X				Ohio State University Ohio University University of Toledo
	Wisconsin³	Expanded, Occupational Respiratory Disease, Electronic Case Reporting and Data Capture, Infectious Diseases	X	X	X				IA MN WI³		University of Wisconsin-Stout
6	Arkansas							University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX
	Louisiana	Expanded, FACE, Heat-related Illness	X	X	X	X			TX		Tulane University
	New Mexico	Fundamental-Plus, COVID Outcomes by Industry and Occupation, Infectious Diseases	X	X	X	X			TX
	Oklahoma		X						TX		University of Oklahoma
	Texas	Fundamental	X		X	X			TX		Texas A&M UT-Tyler
7	Iowa		X	X		X		University of Iowa	IA MN NE	University of Iowa
	Kansas		X	X	X				IA NE
	Missouri		X						IA KY NE
	Nebraska	Expanded, Health Informatics – Infectious Diseases and Poisonings		X	X	X			IA MN NE
8	Colorado		X	X	X			University of Colorado Denver University of Utah	CO	Colorado School of Public Health
	Montana	Fundamental-Plus, Surveillance System for Work-related COVID, Total Worker Health Data With Focus on Mental Health	X	X					CO		Montana Tech
	North Dakota			X	X				CO IA MN NE
	South Dakota								CO IA MN NE
	Utah		X	X	X				CO	University of Utah
	Wyoming		X	X					CO
9	American Samoa							University of Utah University of California Berkeley University of California Los Angeles
	Arizona		X			X ¹			CA		University of Arizona
	California	Expanded, FACE, Pesticides, Occupational Respiratory Disease	X	X		X	X		CA	University of California, San Francisco
	Hawaii		X	X	X				CA
	Nevada				X				CA
10	Alaska		X	X				University of Washington	WA		AMSEA
	Idaho			X	X				WA
	Oregon	Expanded, FACE	X	X		X			WA	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland State
	Washington	Expanded, FACE, Occupational Respiratory Disease	X	X	X	X			WA
FACE: Fatality Assessment, Control & Evaluation.			¹Arizona participated in the past.					²There are 18 ERCs with impacts that may reach beyond their respective HHS region.
			* “X” indicates NIOSH extramural activity.
Fundamental Programs: Create state employment profile; collect, analyze, interpret a minimum of 15/24 Occupational Health Indicators (OHIs); participate in ABLES, use the OHIs to plan investigations, interventions, policy or rule changes; incorporate health informatics where they can; address underserved populations; and conduct evaluation, communication/translation, and partnerships/collaboration.			Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)					³The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety located in Wisconsin is national in scope.
Fundamental-Plus: Conduct Fundamental Program activities plus adds 2 projects: 1) An in-depth or follow-back investigation activity based on findings from surveillance data analyses or OHIs, and 2) a policy or intervention activity in collaboration with state partners, other state grantees, or other external partners that can impact the surveillance of an identified occupation, industry or population.			Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Expanded Programs: Conduct enhanced Fundamental Program activities plus propose up to 4 expanded projects in priority areas of their choosing.			National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)
			Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR)