Event

See logistics link below for sleeping room reservations under the EPA room block, which closes on December 17, 2008.

1. recommendations for several research areas that fit ORD’s capabilities to evaluate the public health impacts of risk management decisions;
2. information needed to develop an implementation plan for conducting the needed research within ORD.

This two-day workshop will provide participants with background information during a plenary session on January 22 and will address a series of charge questions in parallel break-out sessions on January 23. Some topics to be addressed during the plenary include: an overview of the framework document and the Report on the Environment; connections between public health and ecosystem services; lessons learned from ecological monitoring on indicator development and application; linking source to exposure and exposure to effects; CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program; and ORD's pilot accountability projects. Additionally, STAR grantees recently funded to develop public health outcome indicators will present their research plans during a poster session on January 22.

This meeting will be open to the public on January 22, however space will be limited. Participation on January 23 is by invitation only.