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Earth Science and Public Health
Second National Conference on USGS Health-Related Research
Feb 27-March 1, 2007
Tuesday, February 27 | |
| 10:00 – 1:00 | Registration |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Opening Oral Session
Mark Myers, Director USGS Tim Petty, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dept of Interior |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | |
| 2:15 – 3:00 | Keynote speaker – Catherine Skinner, Yale University |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | Keynote speaker – Jose Centeno, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology “Integrating Earth Sciences and Public Health - Examples from a Successful DoD – USGS Collaboration” |
| 3:45 – 6:00 | Group Mixer and General Topical Poster Session
Potential Contaminants and Pathogens in Air, Dusts, and Soils Drinking Water Exposure to Chemical and Pathogenic Contaminants Animals as Sentinels of Human Health Human Consumption of Bioaccumulative Contaminants Pathogen Exposure through Recreational Waters Vector Borne and Zoonotic (animal to human) Diseases |
Wednesday, February 28 | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Brief Introduction |
| 8:15 – 9:30 | Potential Contaminants and Pathogens in Air, Dusts, and Soils
Sarah Noble, NASA Geoffrey Plumlee, USGS |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Break |
| 9:45 – 11:00 | Drinking Water Exposure to Chemical and Pathogenic Contaminants
Kenneth Cantor, National Cancer Institute Mike Focazio, USGS |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Animals as Sentinels of Human Health
Robert Cook, Wildlife Conservation Society Rick Kearney, USGS |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch (nothing scheduled) |
| 1:30 – 4:00 | Breakout/discussion sessions on these three topical areas |
| 4:00 – 6:00 | Scientific poster session |
Thursday, March 1 | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Brief Introduction |
| 8:15 – 9:30 | Human Consumption of Bioaccumulative Contaminants
Kate Mahaffey, EPA William Orem, USGS |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Break |
| 9:45 – 11:00 | Pathogen Exposure through Recreational Waters
Toni Glymph, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Donna Francy, USGS |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Vector Borne and Zoonotic (animal to human) Diseases
Marguerite Pappaionou, University of MN Erik Hofmeister, USGS |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch (nothing scheduled) |
| 1:30 – 4:00 | Breakout/discussion sessions on these three topical areas |
| 4:00 | End of Conference |
U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://health.usgs.gov/conference_agenda.html
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