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Conference Agenda

Bioavailability Workshop

 Wednesday, November 9
8:30 am Continental Breakfast/Registration
9:30 am Opening Remarks
William Suk, Director, NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program
Richard Paiste, Senior Technical Advisor - Ecological and Human Health Risk, US EPA Region 3
 
Session One - Common Ground
Moderator: Michael Beringer, US EPA Region 7
9:45 am Modern Water and Sediment Quality Criteria: Toxicological and Chemical Interactions (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/ditoro.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (1.41 MB)
Dominic Di Toro, University of Delaware
10:15 am Ecotoxicological Implications of Bioavailability (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/chapman.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (3.19 MB)
Peter Chapman, Golder Associates
10:45 am Break
11:15 am Evaluating Bioavailability/Bioaccessibility of Soil-Borne Contaminants: A U.S. EPA Perspective (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/maddaloni.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (129 KB)
Mark Maddaloni, US EPA Region 2
11:45 am Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch

Luncheon Presentation: The Importance of Bioavailability - A Case in Point
Edward A. Emmett, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
 
Session Two - Environmental Exposure and Human and Ecological Health Effects
Moderator: Margaret James, University of Florida
2:00 pm Xenobiotic Bioavailability: Role of Intestinal Disposition (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/cook.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (539 KB)
Thomas Cook, Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey
2:30 pm Xenobiotic Bioavailability: The Importance of Dermal Exposure
Leena Nylander-French, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Body Burden Levels and Associated Health Effects In Vulnerable Populations (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/hicks.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (1.21 MB)
Heraline Hicks, ATSDR
4:00 pm Discussion

Thursday, November 10
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Session Three - Exposure Mapping and Data Integration
Moderator: David J. Marchetto, Pennsylvania Department of Health
8:30 am GIS as a Tool for Exposure Assessment and Disease Mapping (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/vieira.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (3.37 MB)
Veronica Vieira, Boston University
9:00 am Integrating Chemical Measures of Hydrocarbon Bioavailability into Risk-Based Management Strategies for Soils and Sediments (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/biowork/docs/kreitinger.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (1.75 MB)
Joe Kreitinger, The RETEC Group, Inc.
9:30 am Regional Patterns of Mercury Bioaccumulation and Transfer in Aquatic Food Webs
Celia Chen, Dartmouth College
10:00 am Discussion
10:30 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm      Integration (Discussion)
Martin Alexander, Cornell University

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