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Pittsburgh 2005:
Health and the Environment Conference
Agenda
All plenaries take place in the Main Conference Room, Herberman Conference
Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh
Thursday, April 7, 2005
6:30 p.m. Registration and Reception
7:00 - 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address, Teresa Heinz, Chairman,
Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Opening Plenary "Confirming the Evidence:
Health and Environmental Toxicants"
Chair: Ronald Herberman, M.D., Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute
Bernard Goldstein, M.D., "The Unity of Health and the Environment" Dean,
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Ken Olden, Ph.D., Sc.D., L.H.D., "The Need for Innovative Technologies
in Environmental Health" Director (retired), National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences
Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., "When Smoke Ran Like Water - what past
pollution episodes teach us about the future" Director, Center for Environmental
Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Phil Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., "Environmental Threats to the Health of
Children: New Epidemiologic Approaches," Chair, Department of Community and
Preventive Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital
9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Reception honoring panelists and Dr.
Herbert Needleman, Pittsburgh pioneer in lead poisoning research and
health advocacy.
Friday, April 8, 2005
8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Plenary "Emerging Themes in
Environmental Science & Health"
Chair: Charlotte Brody, R.N., Commonweal
Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., "Overview of Existing and Emerging Science," Science
Director, Science and Environmental Health Network and Boston Medical Center
Herbert Needleman, M.D., "Lead and Crime: A Little Known Effect," Professor
of child psychiatry and pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pete Myers, Ph.D., "Environmental Exposures Altering Gene Expression:
New Opportunities for Disease Prevention," CEO, Environmental Health Sciences
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Plenary "Filling in the Gap: An Environmental
Health Research Agenda
Chair: Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., Dean, University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public Health
Adolfo Correa, M.D., Ph.D., "Environmental Birth Defects Tracking," Medical
Epidemiologist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Robbie Ali, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P.M., "Towards an Inventory of Pittsburgh's
Environmental Health," Director, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities,
Pitt-GSPH
Shelley A. Hearne, DrPH, "Chronic Disease Tracking Systems and Policy
Implications," Executive Director, Trust for America's Health
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Workshops
Learning Disabilities (Conference Room A)
chair: Elise Miller, M.Ed., Exec. Director, Institute for Children's
Environmental Health
Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Director, Science and Environmental
Health Network
Carol Utay, M.D., Executive Director, Total Learning Centers
Michelle Gagnon, Director, American Association on Mental Retardation
Environmental Health Initiative
Breast Cancer (Conference Room B)
chair: Jo Ann Meier, Executive Director, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation, Pittsburgh Affiliate
Julia Brody, Ph.D., Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute
Nancy Evans, Health Science Consultant, The Breast Cancer Fund
Air Pollution (Conference Room C)
chair: Rachel Filippini, Executive Director, Group Against Smog and
Pollution
Roger Westman, Ph.D., Allegheny County Health Department Air Quality
Program
Neil M. Donahue, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
and Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Evelyn Talbott, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
Claire Barnett, Executive Director, Healthy Schools Network
Endocrine Disruptors (Main Conference Room)
chair: Jane Browning, Executive Director, Learning Disabilities Association
of America
Tom Zoeller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Pete Myers, Ph.D., CEO, Environmental Health Sciences
Adolfo Correa, M.D., Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Disease Control
and Prevention
Pesticides (West Wing Meeting Room C)
chair: Viv Shaffer, Education Director, Rachel Carson Homestead Association
Monica Moore, M.S., Co-Director, Pesticide Action Network North America
Bill Couzens, Executive Director, Next Generation Choices Foundation
Glenn F. Smartschan, Ed.D., Former Superintendent of Schools, Mt. Lebanon
Methods of Community Engagement (West Wing Auditorium)
chair: Steffi Domike, Coordinator, CHE-Penn
Amy Stiffey, Community Services Manager, Healthy Home Resources
Myron Arnowitt, Western Pennsylvania Director, Clean Water Action
Fred Brown, Interim Executive Director, Environmental Justice Institute
Jan Jarrett, Vice President, PennFuture
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closing Plenary (Main Conference
Room): "Building New Partnerships for Environmental Health Advocacy"
chair: Elise Miller, M.Ed., Executive Director, Institute for Children's
Environmental Health
Richard Wiles, Ph.D., "Engaging the Public," Senior Vice President,
Environmental Working Group
Diane Heminway, "Re-engaging Workers: Beyond Occupational Health," Environment
Programs, United Steelworkers of America
Jane Browning, "LDA as a Model," Executive Director, Learning Disabilities
Association of America
Ellen Dorsey, Ph.D., "Calling for Prevention & Precaution," Program
Officer, The Heinz Endowments, Environment Programs
5:45 p.m. Closing Comments
Steffi Domike, "Next Steps for Pennsylvania" Coordinator, Collaborative
on Health and the Environment in Pennsylvania, CHE-Penn
Michael Lerner, Ph.D., Moderator, final discussion, President, Commonweal
6:45-8:00 p.m. Reception, Courtyard by Marriott, corner of Centre & Aiken |