Pittsburgh 2005:
Health and the Environment Conference
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Regional Meeting

Preventing Toxic Threats to Child Development

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Herberman Conference Center
Saturday, April 9, 2005

Sponsored by:
The Heinz Endowments
The John Merck Fund
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Organized by:
Learning Disabilities Association's Healthy Children Project
Institute for Children's Environmental Health

8:30 a.m. Registration/Coffee

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview of LDDI

Elise Miller, MEd, Executive Director, Institute for Children's Environmental Health

9:30 a.m. Science Panel: Toxic Threats to Child Brain Development

Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network
Herb Needleman, MD, Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Laura Hewitson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. From Science to Advocacy: State and Local Efforts on Protecting Children from Toxic Exposures

Kathy Lawson, Healthy Children Project Coordinator, Learning Disabilities Association of America
Myron Arnowitt, Western Pennsylvania Director, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund
Amy Stiffey, MA, Community Services Manager , Healthy Home Resources

Noon Next steps for Further Collaboration in Pennsylvania
Plenary discussion

12:30 p.m. Adjourn