October 2001 Study Assembly Meeting Agenda 

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October 2001 Study Assembly Meeting Agenda 

October 15-16, 2001
Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner
Vienna, VA
 

Sunday, October 14, 2001

2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration and Information Desk Open Junior Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level

Monday, October 15, 2001-Workgroups

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration and Information Desk Open Junior Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Served Junior Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Opening Plenary Session
  Kenneth Schoendorf, M.D., M.P.H.
  CDC
  Amy Branum, M.S.P.H.
  CDC
  • Welcome
  • History and Background of Study
  • Charge to Workgroups
  • Procedures Resources
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Morning Break  
9:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Concurrent Workgroup Sessions
Individual groups break for lunch on own schedule
See workgroup assignment list for workgroup room location (in meeting packet)
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break  
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Reception (light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar) Capital Club, Mezzanine Level

Tuesday, October 16, 2001-Study Assembly

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration and Information Desk Open Junior Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. General Session
  • Welcome to the Assembly and Status of Longitudinal Cohort Study
       Peter Scheidt, M.D.,
       NICHD

  • Meeting Objectives
       Carole A. Kimmel, Ph.D.
       EPA

  • Portal Roll-out, Invitation To Use the Cyber Café, And Introduction of Study Name
       Sherry Selevan, Ph.D.
       EPA
       Sarah Keim, M.A.
       NICHD
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. General Session: Workgroup Progress Reports
(10-minute presentations followed by open comments)
Moderators:
      Pauline Mendola, Ph.D.
      EPA
      Mark Klebanoff, M.D., M.P.H.
      NICHD
  • Study Design
          Peter Gergen, M.D.
          Agency for Healthcare
          Research and Quality
          (AHRQ)

  • Development and Behavior
          Marc H. Bornstein, Ph.D.
          NICHD

  • Open Comments
Junior Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Morning Break  
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Ethics
      Diane Wagener, Ph.D.
      DHHS

Community Outreach and Communications
      Diane Dennis-Flagler, M.P.H.
      CDC

Health Disparities and Environmental Justice
      Allen Dearry, Ph.D.
      NIEHS

Open Comments
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. Introduction and Remarks
    Samuel (Woodie) Kessel, M.D., M.P.H.
    Office of the Secretary, DHHS

    Duane Alexander, M.D.
    Director, NICHD
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Own  
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.








1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
General Session: Continuation of Progress Reports

Moderators:
      MarcRigas, Ph.D.
      NICHD
      Amy Branum, M.S.P.H.
      CDC
Exposures to Chemical Agents
      Halûk Özkaynak, Ph.D.
      EPA
      Larry Needham, Ph.D.
      CDC
Sample Collection, Storage, and Archiving
      Mark Cosentino, D.P.M., Ph.D.
      BBI Biotech Research Laboratories
      Barbara Porter
      National Institute of Standards and Technology
Open Comments
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Social Environments
      Christine Bachrach, Ph.D.
      NICHD
Injury
      Fred Rivara, M.D., M.P.H.
      University of Washington
      Richard Schieber, M.D., M.P.H.
      CDC
      Ruth Brenner, M.D., M.P.H.
      NICHD
Open Comments
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
3:10 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.


3:40 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break

Gene-Environment Interaction
      Paula Yoon, Sc.D., M.P.H.
      CDC

Fertility and Early Pregnancy
      Germaine Buck, Ph.D.
      NICHD
Open Comments
Ballroom, Foyer, Lobby Level

Grand Ballroom,
Lobby Level
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. General Session:
Additional Public Comments
      Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D.
      CDC
      Adolfo Correa, M.D., Ph.D.
      CDC
Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level
5:30 p.m. Adjourn