Conference Summary

Global Environmental Health Conference

The vision of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is to prevent disease and improve human health by using environmental sciences to understand human biology and human disease. To achieve this vision and to have the greatest impact on preventing disease and improving human health; the NIEHS focuses on basic science, disease-oriented research, population-based research, and multidisciplinary training and career development for researchers. As part of its new strategic plan, NIEHS has prioritized Global Environmental Health (GEH). To consider the opportunities in GEH, on January 10, 2007, the NIEHS convened a distinguished panel of scientists in San Francisco, California, to participate in a working conference on global environmental health. The overall goal of this conference was to provide advice and guidance to NIEHS Senior Staff on potential research strategies as they enter into this new arena of environmental health science.

Read the full Conference Summary (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2007/global/docs/GEH-Overview-Summary.pdf)   (581KB).