GeoHealth I: Building Bridges Across the Geological and Health Sciences

The Geological Society of America and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are cosponsoring the meeting GeoHealth I: Building Bridges Across the Geological and Health Sciences at the USGS Headquarters in Reston, Virginia, on March 4-6, 2008. GeoHealth I is a meeting devoted to interdisciplinary research and applications that integrate geosciences and health sciences. The objective of the meeting is to improve communication across disciplines, and better inform policy and decision makers of the role of understanding the environmental and wildlife components of exposures to natural and anthropogenic contaminants and pathogens in addressing complex human-health problems.

Organizers

• Brenda Pierce, USGS,
• Deborah Imel Nelson, Geological Society of America,
• Herb Buxton, USGS,

General Meeting Information

• Geohealth I Home Page

More Geohealth Information

• USGS Human Health Web Site

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