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As part of its ongoing commitment to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide periodic independent reviews of the federal response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as it relates to the surveillance and monitoring of acute and long-term physical and behavioral health effects, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened the Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. As part of its work, the committee planned a workshop to bring together experts to review and make comments on the Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study for Oil Spill Clean-Up Workers and Volunteers (GuLF) study protocol, which was published on the IOM website just before the conference. This document highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred during the workshop, which was held on September 22, 2010, in Tampa, Florida.

Contents

• The National Academies
• Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
• Reviewers
• Introduction
• GuLF Study Design
• Tapping Existing Resources
• Administrative and Data Oversight Details
• Exposure Assessment Challenges
• Selecting Appropriate Controls
• Predicting Outcomes
• Planning for Lower Enrollment
• Engaging the Local Community
• Establishing Referral Networks
• Planning for Legal Issues
• Additional Health Endpoints for Study
• Final Remarks
• Appendix

This study was supported by Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Suggested citation:

IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2010. Review of the Proposal for the Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study: Highlights from the September 2010 Workshop: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.