Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was featured in an article published by Dualboot Partners, the software development company that ECU (Dr. Balanay and Dr. Sinan Sousan [Assistant Professor, ECU Department of Public Health]) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) collaborated with to develop the AIHA Heat Stress App (released this month for beta testing). The article described how the idea of creating the new heat stress app came about and how it was developed, including Dr. Balanay’s involvement. The article stated:

The Thermal Stress Working Group put together an RFP and began the process of finding a development firm.

AIHA received several solid proposals, but the strongest came from within the working group. Jo Anne Balanay, PhD, a professor of environmental and occupational health in the environmental health sciences program at East Carolina University and an AIHA member, had developed an algorithm that used Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT). WBGT is a technology that measures more than just air temperature to more accurately calculate heat stress risk level.

“Essentially, they had the heart and the soul of the app already developed,” Sloan said.

Access the full Dualboot Partners article to learn more: AIHA Heat Stress App