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Notice: Human Exposure Assessment Workshop
[Federal Register: August 31, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 168)]
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[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 Healths Office of Rare Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Cancer Institute; the National Toxicology Program; the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and National Center for Environmental Health; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys 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 |
9:30 AM-12:15 PM |
Plenary Session I: Exposure Assessment in Perspective |
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 |
12:15 PM |
Lunch |
1:30 PM-3:30 PM |
Plenary Session II: Emerging Issues in Exposure Assessment |
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 |
2:50 PM |
Disease Prevention and Intervention: Role of Exposure Assessment |
3:30 PM |
Break |
4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Plenary Session III: Some Federal Initiatives in Exposure Assessment |
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) |
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 |
9:15 AM- |
Closing Address: A Public Health Perspective -- Dr. Bernard Goldstein, UMDNJ, EOHSI |
10:00 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM |
Conclusions and Recommendations |
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
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Kenneth Olden, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
[Billing code 4140-01-P]
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