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