BLCOE Mission
To improve the medical surveillance, treatment, and medicolegal services provided by black lung medical providers, advocacy organizations, and governmental agencies who provide care to coal miners.
WHO ARE WE?
The University of Illinois Chicago, in collaboration with National Jewish Health, established the Black Lung Center of Excellence (BLCOE) in 2014, with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy. Since then, the BLCOE has provided services to many HRSA Black Lung Clinics grantees. In 2020, HRSA funded the establishment of the Black Lung Data & Resource Center (BLDRC).
In The News
Covering Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Topics
UMWA Letter to President Trump – MSHA COVID-19 Safety Standard
On April 17th a letter was sent to President Trump by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin III (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), [...]
‘I’ve already got infected lungs’: for sick coal miners Covid-19 is a death sentence”- The Guardian
“This extra impairment would be enough to kill them which is why we’re trying to be so careful in not [...]