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
NCBLRDC supports UMWA request for a more robust COVID-19 response from MSHA
Attached is a letter from the National Coalition of Black Lung & Respiratory Disease Clinics Inc. (NCBLRDC) to the Mine [...]
‘I’m Just Praying’: Miners Fear the Impacts Covid-19 Could Have in Coal Country
Dr. Leonard Go, Assistant Director of the MinER Center, was quoted in this 3/25/20 Gizmodo article: I’m Just Praying’: Miners Fear [...]
Coronavirus & Black Lung: What to Know
What We Know: Coronavirus or officially known as COVID-19 is a new infectious respiratory virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 [...]