D. Warner North :: Experience :: NRC
Dr. North was designated as a National Associate of the National Research Council in 2003. Such designation is for "extraordinary contributions" to the work of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine. A National Associate has the privilege of using the Members Library of the National Academies. Less than 1000 people have been so designated. There are about 6500 people who have been elected to membership and foreign affiliate status in the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Some of these have also been designated as National Associates. Assignments for the National Research Council and other parts of the National Academies (partial list):     Commission on Natural Resources Consultant to Committee, 1972-1974, for analysis in Chapter 9 of report, AIr Quality and Stationary Source Emission Controls, published by U.S. Government Printing Office for the Senate Committee on Public Works, March 1975.     Commission on Life Sciences Member, Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health, 1981-1983; report, Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process published in 1983.     Committee on Health and Ecological Effects of Synfuels Industries Member, 1982-1985.     Committee on Demilitarizing Chemical Munitions and Agents Member and Assistant Chairman, Stockpile Assessment Panel, l983-1984, Disposal of Chemical Munitions and Agents, 1984..     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Consultant to Board for review of DOE methodology for high-level nuclear waste repository site selection (1985-1986).     Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources Member, Committee on Risk Perception and Communication, 1987-1989; report, Improving Risk Communication published in 1989.     Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Member, Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology, 1989-1992; report, Issues in Risk Assessment, published in 1993.     Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Member, Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants, 1991-1994; report, Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment published in 1994.     Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Member, Committee on Risk Characterization; 1994-1996; report, Understanding Risk: Informing Decisons in a Democratic Society published in 1996     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Member, 1995 - 1999; Member of Working Group that prepared the report, Technologies for Environmental Management: The Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology, published in 1999.     Transportation Research Board Chair, Committee to Review Federal Estimates of the Relationship of Vehicle Weight to Fatality and Injury Risk; Letter Report to Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1996.     Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference on Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade; Member of Organizing Group for 1999 Conference; Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference, published in 2000.     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Chair, Steering Committee and Advisory Committee, Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste through Geological Isolation: Development, Current Status, and Policy Challenges; International Workshop, November 4-5, 1999; report, Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges published in 2001.     Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter Reviewer, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: IV. Continuing Research Progress, 2004.     Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Reviewer, Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities, 2005.     Board on Radioactive Waste Management Reviewer, Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste, 2005.     Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Report Review Coordinator, Review of Testing and Evaluation for Biological Point Detectors, 2005. Reviewer, Test and Evaluation of Biological Standoff Detection Systems, 2008, and A Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols, 2008.     National Academy of Engineering Reviewer, Accident Precursor Analysis and Management: Reducing Technological Risk through Diligence, 2004, and Fourth Report of the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects: Review of the IPET Volume VIII, 2008.     Board on Life Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences Committee Member, Technical Input on the National Institutes of Health's Draft Supplementary Risk Assessments and Site Suitability Analyses for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University: A Letter Report, 2007.     Board on Life Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences Committee Member, Technical Input on Any Additional Studies to Assess Risk Associated with Operation of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University: A Letter Report, 2008.     Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Panel Member, 2004-2008; report, Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, 2008.     Board on Life Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences Committee Member, Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Phase 1, April 2010; > Phase 2, November 2010; Phase 3, December, 2011.     Division of Earth and Life Sciences. Reviewer. Preparing for Future Products of Biotchnology, 2017.     Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Reviewer. A Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results Program, 2017.	Main Publications Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges National Academy Press 212 pages, 2001. Public Particpation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making National Academy Press 322 pages, 2008 Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society National Academy Press 249 pages, 1996 Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment National Academy Press 651 pages, 1994 Improving Risk Communication National Academy Press 331 pages, 1989 Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process National Academy Press 191 pages, 1983