BROADWAY NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY APPOINTS NEW TEAM OF COVID-19 SAFETY CONSULTANTS

Actors’ Equity has hired a new team of public health consultants to advise the union on COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill, a physician who has consulted for GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson on recent virus outbreaks, leads the team, which includes Dr. Laura S. Welch, an occupational medicine specialist and Dr. Steven J. Anderson, a sports medicine doctor. 

The union had been working with Dr. David Michaels, a former assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, since the start of the pandemic. Michaels is stepping away from the position due to a new public health project.

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