Conferences & Seminars

International Workshop on Uncertainty and Variability in Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Models: October 31 - November 2, 2006

Risk assessments for chemicals increasingly utilize pharmacokinetic models, particularly physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models. Characterizing the uncertainty in PBPK model parameterization and estimation of dose metrics for use in risk assessment is essential. In addition, human variability is an important factor to be characterized to appropriately describe human populations. View the Web site for links to PDF versions of many of the presentations.

Nanotechnology applications in environmental health: Big plans for little particles.

The Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies (ORCAS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cosponsored a workshop entitled “Nanotechnology applications in environmental health: Big plans for little particles” at the EPA Research Triangle Park campus in Durham, North Carolina, on April 20, 2006. The full-day meeting convened top nanotechnologists and environmental and ecosystems health researchers for a discussion about the use of nanotechnology, particularly nanosensors, in environmental health, human exposure research, and ecosystems research. The workshop was novel in bringing together environmental health and product discovery researchers. The purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum for nanotechnology researchers to learn about needs and concerns, and for those working with sensing applications to learn about nanotechnology as a tool.