Calendar of Events

Join us for the monthly webinar series presenting the latest research findings in cumulative risk assessment and impacts. EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel along with EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research is currently developing guidelines on CRA to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities.

Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency’s CRA Guidelines.

The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly, and will be announced in two groupings, the first running through Dec. 2012, and the second to be announced in December 2012 and to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally.

The September Webinar will feature:

Speaker:	Neal Fann Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Air and Radiation After graduating from the Stanford School of Public Policy in 2003, Mr. Fann began work in the Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a Presidential Management Fellow, where he now characterizes the human health impacts, and monetized benefits, of changes in air pollution. Mr. Fann manages the environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP), the PC-based program that the EPA uses to estimate the health and economic benefits of air quality rules. His research interests include characterizing the magnitude, distribution and sources of air pollution risk across multiple pollutants and emission sectors. Mr. Fann’s current work uses source apportionment photochemical modeling to apportion by emission sector the health burden of current and projected fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone levels. He recently authored articles examining the current public health burden of fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone in the United States and a proof-of-concept approach for maximizing the public health benefits of air quality improvements while achieving a more equitable distribution of risk.
Institution:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Presentation:	"Characterizing Cumulative Air Pollution Risks" What you will learn: How the EPA estimates the human health impacts of air quality changes; The extent to which the EPA now can estimate the cumulative human health risks of air pollution with current methods and data; and Promising new approaches for characterizing the cumulative impacts of multiple pollutants and stressors.

For many reasons, children are likely to be more vulnerable than adults to the effects of environmental contaminants. To better understand the effects of these exposures on children's health, the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research ("Children's Centers") were established in 1998 to explore ways to reduce children's health risks from environmental factors. The program is jointly funded by EPA through the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants program, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) with additional expertise and low-cost laboratory services provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The long-range goals of the program include understanding how environmental factors affect children's health, and promoting translation of basic research findings into intervention and prevention methods to prevent adverse health outcomes. The program is designed to foster research collaborations among basic, clinical, and behavioral scientists with participation from local communities. Many factors are examined that may impact a child’s health and well-being including physiology, activities and behaviors and both chemical and non-chemical stressors.

Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers.

Featured Speakers:

Patricia Buffler University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health			Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE) - UC Berkeley
Catherine Metayer University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health		Global Perspectives on Childhood Leukemia Research - the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)	Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE) - UC Berkeley
Joseph Wiemels Columbia University		DNA methylation in blood cell development and leukemia : building a framework to study environmental effects on methylation	Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center: Formative Center - University of California, San Francisco
Todd Whitehead		Estimating Exposures to Indoor Contaminants using Residential Dust	Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE) - UC Berkeley

Richard Callan (callan.richard@epa.gov); 703-347-8051
Nica Louie (louie.nica@epa.gov); 703-347-8125

Join us for the monthly webinar series presenting the latest research findings in children’s environmental health from the EPA/NIEHS Children’s Centers.

The mission of the Children’s Centers program is to reduce children’s health risks, protect them from environmental threats and to promote children’s health and well-being in their communities.

This is an annual grantee research progress review. The Webinar will include presentations from the following principal investigators: Mary Ann Lila, Tim Ford and Mari Eggers.

Join us for the monthly webinar series presenting the latest research findings in cumulative risk assessment and impacts. EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel along with EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research is currently developing guidelines on CRA to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities.

Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency’s CRA Guidelines.

The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly, and will be announced in two groupings, the first running through Dec. 2012, and the second to be announced in December 2012 and to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally.

The October Webinar will feature:

Speaker:	Dr. Jonathan London Assistant Professor and Director of Center for Regional Change Jonathan K. London is the director (currently on sabbatical) of the Center for Regional Change and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human and Community Development. Jonathan conducts research on rural community development and environmental justice. He has extensive leadership experience in non-profit management, participatory research, and community engagement. He holds a Masters of City and Regional Planning and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from UC Berkeley.
Institution:	University of California-Davis, Center for Regional Change
Presentation:	"Environmental Hazards and Social Vulnerability in the San Joaquin Valley" For more information on the presentation see: Land of Risk (PDF)

This is an annual grantee research progress review. The Webinar will include presentations from the following principal investigators: Kathleen Sloan, Suzanne Fluharty and Jim Berner.

SBA's National SBIR Fall Conference will be held November 13 - 15, 2012, in Portland, Oregon for anyone wanting to learn more about key facets of the federal SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer) programs.

Join us for the monthly webinar series presenting the latest research findings in cumulative risk assessment and impacts. EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel along with EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research is currently developing guidelines on CRA to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities.

Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency’s CRA Guidelines.

The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly, and will be announced in two groupings, the first running through Dec. 2012, and the second to be announced in December 2012 and to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally.

The November Webinar will feature:

Speaker:	Krista Christensen National Center for Environmental Assessment Krista joined the National Center for Environmental Assessment (Washington division) in August of 2010, after completing her MPH and PhD in epidemiology at Emory University, and post-doc at the Universite de Montreal. Her research background is in environmental chemical exposure and impact on child health and pubertal development. As an epidemiologist in the Quantitative Risk Methods Group of NCEA, Krista works on the IRIS chemical assessments for Libby amphibole asbestos, phthalates, PCBs and beryllium. She also works on methods development for risk assessment.
Institution:	National Center for Environmental Assessment
Presentation:	"Assessing the Health Impact of Multiple Environmental Chemicals" What you will learn: What is cumulative risk assessment (CRA), and what are some methodological challenges when attempting to examine the effect of many environmental chemicals in relation to a health outcome Overview of a new statistical approach to examine the effect of many environmental chemicals in relation to a health outcome Example of implementing this new approach, using publicly available data