Meetings & Events Archive
20th Anniversary of the China Benzene Study
To honor our collaborators in China the NCI celebrated the anniversary of our 20th year of collaboration on an important study of cancer risks in benzene workers with a scientific meeting on December 4-5, 2006. Attending were our Chinese collaborators and foreign dignitaries including the current and former Directors of the Chinese Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control (IOHPC), Beijing as well as a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C and NCI scientists.
The meeting agenda was as follows:
| 1:30 p.m. |
Welcome |
Dr. Martha Linet
Chief REB, NCI |
| 1:40 p.m. |
Introduction:
Epidemiological Studies in China |
Dr. Richard Hayes
OEEB, NCI |
| 1:55 p.m. |
Occupational Benzene Exposure in China and Collaborative China CDC-NCI Studies of Cancer |
Dr. Songnian Yin
IOHPC, China CDC, Beijing, China |
| 2:25 p.m. |
Introduction:
Biomarker Studies in China |
Dr. Nat Rothman
OEEB, NCI
Dr. Martyn Smith
University of California; School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Collaborative China CDC-NCI Cross-Sectional Biomarker Studies of Occupational Benzene Exposure |
Dr. Guilan Li
IOHPC, China CDC, Beijing, China |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Epidemiological Studies of Occupational Benzene Exposure in the United States |
Dr. Robert Rinsky
Office of Public Health Science, HHS, Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Reports |
| 3:35 p.m. |
Importance in Regulatory Efforts of Chinese and U.S. Epidemiological Studies of Occupational Benzene Exposure |
Dr. Babasaheb Sonawane
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., USA |
| 3:55 p.m. |
Importance of the Collaborative China CDC/NCI Study for Protective Measures and Regulation in China |
Dr. Chunming Chen
IOHPC, China CDC, Beijing, China |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Closing Comments and Presentation of Awards |
Dr. Joseph Fraumeni, Jr.
Director, DCEG, NCI |
| 4:45 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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