Talk:John Howard (NIOSH director)

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Updates

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I have some updates and corrections for this article. These are all pretty straightforward biographical details, but since I'm a paid Wikipedian-in-Residence of NIOSH, I'm listing the changes here.

In the infobox:
- |known_for = Director of NIOSH, Chief of Cal/OSHA
- |education = MD, Loyola University; MPH, Harvard; JD, UCLA; LLM and MBA, George Washington University
- |work_institutions = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, University of California
Add to end of lead: "In 2011, Howard became the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program. In 2016, he became the first person to be appointed to a third 6-year term as NIOSH director.^[1]"
Add archive URL for Ref 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20140117060537/https://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/09/20090903d.html
Education section: change "Master of Occupational Health" to "Master of Public Health" and add to the list "Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management, also from George Washington University, in 2016.^[1]"
Department of Industrial Relations, California section: change "beginning in 1991" to "from 1991 to 2002.^[1]"
World Trade Center responders section: add at end of paragraph, "With the enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, Howard in 2011 became Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program.^[1]^[2]"
Reappointment at NIOSH section: add at end of paragraph, add "In 2016, Howard became the first person to be appointed to a third 6-year term as NIOSH director.^[1]"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ Reynolds, Aline (2011-05-18). "Howard to return as W.T.C. Health Program director". Downtown Express. Retrieved 2017-06-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 16:24, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Please doublecheck my edits. Also note, |archive-url= requires |archive-date=; I didn't fill in this parameter as I didn't know which date to use. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:37, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, thanks! John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 05:32, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[NIOSHbio-1] "Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[2] Reynolds, Aline (2011-05-18). "Howard to return as W.T.C. Health Program director". Downtown Express. Retrieved 2017-06-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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