[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47511-47512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22556]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Workshop on ``The Role of
Human Exposure Assessment in the Prevention of Environmental Disease,''
Doubletree Hotel, l750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, September 22-24,
1999
Overview
Knowledge of human exposures to agents of potential public health
concern is critical for a successful and scientifically sound approach
to the evaluation of human health risks resulting from environmental
and occupational exposures. This workshop will focus on the exposure-
dose-response-disease paradigm and will describe current opportunities
and challenges in exposure assessment research, provide usable
information on disease-specific chemical exposures that will enhance
integration of exposure assessment with epidemiology and toxicology
studies, and highlight approaches for further research and the
development of effective prevention and intervention strategies. The
two and one-half day workshop is structured so that most of the time
will be spent in organized breakout sessions on the state of the
science and case studies that will gain focus from the plenary
sessions. A Workshop Proceedings Report summarizing the workshop and
sessions, and report/recommendations from the breakout groups is
planned.
The meeting is open to the public, limited only by space available.
The program includes time for open discussion. In addition, time will
be allotted to persons wishing to make oral comments. The time allotted
for each presenter will be dependent on the number of speakers. Those
wishing to speak are encouraged to preregister. A poster session will
be held the first evening of the workshop. Those interested in
presenting a poster must submit an abstract. The deadline for receipt
of abstracts is Tuesday, September 7, 1999.
Co-sponsors for the workshop include the National Institutes of
Health's Office of Rare Diseases, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences and National Cancer Institute; the National Toxicology
Program; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and National Center for
Environmental Health; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office
of Research and Development; and the American Industrial Health
Council.
The preliminary program follows:
Wednesday, September 22
7:30 AM Registration
8:45 AM Welcome
Dr. Kenneth Olden, NIEHS
9 AM Opening Remarks: Human Exposure Assessment and Environmental
Disease
Dr. Samuel Wilson, NIEHS
9:15 AM Workshop Charge: Utility and Applications of Exposure
Assessment
Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS
Dr. Scott Masten, NIEHS
9:30 AM-12:15 PM Plenary Session I: Exposure Assessment in Perspective
Chair:
Dr. Noorine Noonan, USEPA
9:30 AM Exposure Assessment: Present and Future
Dr. Paul Lioy, UMDNJ, EOHSI
10:15 AM Break
10:45 AM Human Exposure Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities for
improving the Linkage between Exposure and Disease
Dr. Howard Hu, Harvard University
11:30 AM Exposure Assessment: Regulatory and Legislative Issues
Dr. Lynn Goldman, Johns Hopkins University and NIEHS
12:15 PM Lunch
1:30 PM-3:30 PM Plenary Session II: Emerging Issues in Exposure
Assessment
Chair: Dr. John Spengler, Harvard University
1:30 PM Sensitive Populations at Risk
Dr. Philip Landrigan, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
2:10 PM Gene-Environment Interactions: Bringing Together Molecular
Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment
Dr. John Groopman, Johns Hopkins University
2:50 PM Disease Prevention and Intervention: Role of Exposure
Assessment
Dr. Richard Jackson, NCEH
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Plenary Session III: Some Federal Initiatives in
Exposure Assessment
Chair: Dr. Ken Sexton, University of Minnesota
4 PM National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS): Opportunities
and Lessons Learned
Dr. Judith Graham, USEPA
4:30 PM A National Occupational Exposure Survey: Planning and
Implementation
Dr. DeLon Hull, NIOSH
5 PM National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): A
National Biomonitoring Strategy
Dr. Larry Needham, NCEH
5:30 PM-7:30 PM Poster Session and Reception
Thursday, September 23
7:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM-5:30 PM Breakout Group Sessions (concurrent)
Group 1: Aggregate and Cumulative Exposure and Risk Assessment
Group 2: Disproportionate Exposures and Disease Impact
Group 3: Assessing Environmental Influences on Children's Health
Group 4: Integrating Exposure, Dose, Response, and Susceptibility
Group 5: Exposure Assessment in Occupational and Environmental
Epidemiology
8:30 AM Introduction and Charge
Breakout Group Chairs
8:40 AM Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion
10 AM Break
10:30 AM Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued
12 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued
3 PM Break
3:30 PM Breakout Group Presentations and Discussion continued
Friday, September 24
7:30 AM Registration
8 AM Public Comments
9:15 AM-1:15 PM Plenary Session IV: Conclusions
Chair: Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS
9:15 AM Closing Address: A Public Health Perspective
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Dr. Bernard Goldstein, UMDNJ, EOHSI
10 AM Break
10:30 AM Conclusions and Recommendations
Summary of Plenary Sessions
Breakout Group Reports
Open Discussion
1 PM Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
Dr. George Lucier, NIEHS
1:15 PM Workshop Adjourns
To register or for additional information, please access the NIEHS
homepage at http://www.niehs.nih.gov or contact Anna Lee Sabella at
(919) 541-4982 or e-mail to sabella@niehs.nih.gov.
Dated: August 23, 1999.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 99-22556 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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