Mission and Values Statement
We value the roles of our University Community (faculty, staff, students). We strive to provide them with resources/expertise which will allow them to develop and implement their own ergonomics program.
The key to implementing a successful ergonomics program is offering ongoing resources, educational training, and worksite analysis to promote a healthy and productive working environment.
- survey awareness (or lack of) of Ergonomics within the University community
- identify and assess needs and risk factors at worksites
- provide training & education to faculty, staff and students
- provide resources to UVa faculty, staff and students so that they may be empowered to proactively implement changes to improve safety, comfort, and function at their worksites
- assessing needs through surveys and requests
- coordinating individual worksite analysis
- providing group education/workshops, and
- supplementing with ongoing updates/resources
Our task force combines expertise from a variety of areas within our University's academic and medical communities to achieve excellence in providing comprehensive information. We seek to create an ergonomically informed workforce and to promote a culture wherein employees and students are encouraged to make reasonable improvements at their worksites.
We remain dedicated to help our University Community develop and implement an Ergonomics program which will comply with impending Federal Regulations and will be specific to the users within each department.
Taskforce Members
| Karen Allen, PT, CEES (Chair) Ergonomics, Occupational Safety Environmental Health & Safety e-mail: karen@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 982-4913 fax: (434) 982-4915 |
Garth Anderson Resource Center Manager Facilities Management e-mail: ga9p@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 982-5367 fax: (434) 982-4628 |
Winston Barham Administrative & Office Specialist III Music Library Old Cabell Hall e-mail: wkb5j@Virginia.edu phone: (434)243-8700 |
Rebecca (Becky) Bowers Audiovisual Technician Nursing School e-mail: rdb7w@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-0133 fax: (434) 982-1809 |
| Lorraine Jordan Administrative & Program Specialist III Alderman Library 519 Program Support Tech. Sr. e-mail: lf@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-7261 fax: (434) 924-1431 |
Wilma Lynch Administrative Services Manager Health Sciences Library e-mail: wjl5u@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 982-3605 fax: (434) 982-4238 |
David Moyer, D.C. Laboratory Specialist Senior Cell Biology e-mail: dgm4n@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-1896 fax: (434) 982-3912 |
Lori Ponton, ASID Senior Buyer/Designer Procurement Services e-mail: lp3s@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-4216 fax: (434) 924-7615 |
| Rose Salmon Administrative Assistant Acquisitions Department Alderman Library e-mail: ras@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-3024 fax: (434) 243-7756 |
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David Villiott Project Architect Facilities Management e-mail: drv8n@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 982-5908 fax: (434) 982-4628 |
Penny Walkup Administrative & Office Specialist III InterLibrary Services Alderman Library e-mail: prw3p@Virginia.edu phone: (434)924-3875 |
| Sue Wharam Facilities Coordinator Curry School of Education e-mail: stw2f@Virginia.edu phone: (434) 924-7162 fax: (434) 924-7300 |