Notice: Human Exposure Assessment Workshop

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/6569

[Federal Register: August 31, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 168)]
[Notices]
[Page 47511-47512]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Workshop on "The Role of Human Exposure Assessment in the Prevention of Environmental Disease," Doubletree Hotel, l750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, September 22-24, 1999.

Overview

Knowledge of human exposures to agents of potential public health concern is critical for a successful and scientifically sound approach to the evaluation of human health risks resulting from environmental and occupational exposures. This workshop will focus on the exposure-dose-response-disease paradigm and will describe current opportunities and challenges in exposure assessment research, provide usable information on disease-specific chemical exposures that will enhance integration of exposure assessment with epidemiology and toxicology studies, and highlight approaches for further research and the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies. The two and one-half day workshop is structured so that most of the time will be spent in organized breakout sessions on the state of the science and case studies that will gain focus from the plenary sessions. A Workshop Proceedings Report summarizing the workshop and sessions, and report/recommendations from the breakout groups is planned.

The meeting is open to the public, limited only by space available. The program includes time for open discussion. In addition, time will be allotted to persons wishing to make oral comments. The time allotted for each presenter will be dependent on the number of speakers. Those wishing to speak are encouraged to pre-register. A poster session will be held the first evening of the workshop. Those interested in presenting a poster must submit an abstract. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Tuesday, September 7, 1999.

Co-sponsors for the workshop include the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Rare Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Cancer Institute; the National Toxicology Program; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and National Center for Environmental Health; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development; and the American Industrial Health Council.

The preliminary program follows:

Wednesday, September 22

7:30 AM	Registration
8:45 AM	Welcome -- Dr. Kenneth Olden, NIEHS
9:00 AM	Opening Remarks: Human Exposure Assessment and Environmental Disease -- Dr. Samuel Wilson, NIEHS
9:15 AM	Workshop Charge: Utility and Applications of Exposure Assessment Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS Dr. Scott Masten, NIEHS
9:30 AM-12:15 PM	Plenary Session I: Exposure Assessment in Perspective Chair: Dr. Noorine Noonan, USEPA
9:30 AM	Exposure Assessment: Present and Future -- Dr. Paul Lioy, UMDNJ, EOHSI
10:15 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Human Exposure Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities for improving the Linkage between Exposure and Disease -- Dr. Howard Hu, Harvard University
11:30 AM	Exposure Assessment: Regulatory and Legislative Issues Dr. Lynn Goldman, Johns Hopkins University and NIEHS
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM-3:30 PM	Plenary Session II: Emerging Issues in Exposure Assessment Chair: Dr. John Spengler, Harvard University
1:30 PM	Sensitive Populations at Risk -- Dr. Philip Landrigan, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
2:10 PM	Gene-Environment Interactions: Bringing Together Molecular Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment -- Dr. John Groopman Johns Hopkins University
2:50 PM	Disease Prevention and Intervention: Role of Exposure Assessment Dr. Richard Jackson, NCEH
3:30 PM	Break
4:00 PM-5:30 PM	Plenary Session III: Some Federal Initiatives in Exposure Assessment Chair: Dr. Ken Sexton, University of Minnesota
4:00 PM	National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS): Opportunities and Lessons Learned -- Dr. Judith Graham, USEPA
4:30 PM	A National Occupational Exposure Survey: Planning and Implementation-- Dr. DeLon Hull, NIOSH
5:00 PM	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): A National Biomonitoring Strategy -- Dr. Larry Needham, NCEH
5:30 PM- 7:30 PM	Poster Session and Reception

Thursday, September 23

7:30 AM	Registration
8:30 AM- 5:30 PM	Breakout Group Sessions (concurrent) Group 1: Aggregate and Cumulative Exposure and Risk Assessment Group 2: Disproportionate Exposures and Disease Impact Group 3: Assessing Environmental Influences on Children’s Health Group 4: Integrating Exposure, Dose, Response, and Susceptibility Group 5: Exposure Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
8:30 AM	Introduction and Charge -- Breakout Group Chairs
8:40 AM	Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion
10:00 AM	Break
10:30 AM	Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued
3:00 PM	Break
3:30 PM	Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued

Friday, September 24

7:30 AM	Registration
8:00 AM	Public Comments
9:15 AM-1:15 PM	Plenary Session IV: Conclusions Chair: Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS
9:15 AM-	Closing Address: A Public Health Perspective -- Dr. Bernard Goldstein, UMDNJ, EOHSI
10:00 AM	Break
10:30 AM	Conclusions and Recommendations Summary of Plenary Sessions Breakout Group Reports Open Discussion
1:00 PM	Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks -- Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS
1:15 PM	Workshop Adjourns

To register or for additional information, please access the NIEHS homepage at http://www.niehs.nih.gov or contact Anna Lee Sabella at (919) 541-4982 or e-mail to sabella@niehs.nih.gov.

Dated: August 23, 1999

____________________________
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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