Conference Agenda

SBRP Annual Meeting Research Translation and Megasites
January 12-13, 2006, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York

Annual Meeting Agenda

Thursday, January 12

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8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30	Welcome Jeremiah Barondess, M.D., New York Academy of Medicine Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., Mount Sinai School of Medicine William Suk, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9:00	Opening Address "Perspective on the SBRP: Past and Future" Samuel H. Wilson, M.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9:30	Keynote Address "Molecular Mechanisms of Multistage Carcinogenesis: Relevance to the Mission of the NIEHS Superfund" I. Bernard Weinstein, M.D., Columbia University
10:15	Break
10:40	Session One. Megasites in Region 2: Overview and Geochemistry Moderator: Richard Bopp, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "EPA and Megasites" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/southerland.pdf) (152KB) Betsy Southerland, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Connecting the Upper Hudson Basin and the Western Harbor" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/bopp_1.pdf) (2.1MB) Richard Bopp, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Hydrogeological Investigations at Pump and Treat Superfund Sites" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/stute.pdf) (1.5MB) Martin Stute, Ph.D., Barnard College "Contaminant Transport Modeling" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/farley.pdf) (1.6MB) Kevin J. Farley, Ph.D., Manhattan College "Iron (II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Arsenic(III) in a Sediment Column" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/rader.pdf) (155KB) Kevin J. Rader, University of Delaware
12:10	Session One Discussion
12:30	Lunch Student Lunch with Program Directors
1:30	Session Two. Molecular Biology and Megasites Moderator: Max Costa, Ph.D., New York University "Role of Inflammation in Chemical Carcinogenesis" Michael Karin, Ph.D., UC San Diego "Arsenic as a Carcinogenic Enhancer" Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D., New York University "Chromate and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Interactions" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/puga.pdf) (612KB) Alvaro Puga, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine "Hypoxia Signaling in Nickel Carcinogenesis" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/costa.pdf) (2.2MB) Max Costa, Ph.D., New York University "CYP1A1-GFP Transgenic Mouse Model: Fluorescent Biomarker of Toxicant Exposure" Theresa Operana, University of California, San Diego
3:00	Session Two Discussion
3:30	Poster Session and Reception
5:00	Adjourn
6:00	Director's Dinner "The Budget Outlook for 2006 and Beyond" David Mallino, Mallino Government Relations, Washington, D.C.

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Friday, January 13

8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:30	Session Three. Epidemiology, Vulnerable Populations and the Implications for Public Health Moderator: Joseph Graziano, Ph.D., Columbia University "Molecular Epidemiology of Arsenic and Bladder Cancer" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/kelsey_3.pdf) (460KB) Karl Kelsey, PhD, Harvard University "Environmental Risk Factors for Parkinson's Disease" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/checkoway_3.pdf) (662KB) Harvey Checkoway, Ph.D., University of Washington "Exposure Levels of Chlorinated Compounds in Urban Anglers" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/morland.pdf) (748KB) Kimberly Morland, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine "The Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study: 10 Years of Experience in Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/metayer.pdf) (3.4MB) Catherine Metayer, M.D., Ph.D., UC Berkeley School of Public Health "Molecular Epidemiology and Prevention of Health Effects of Arsenic: A Multidisciplinary Approach" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/ahsan.pdf) (480KB) Habibul Ahsan, M.D., M.Med.Sc., Columbia University "Folate and Arsenic Metabolism: A Double-blind Placebo Controlled Folate Supplementation Trial in Bangladesh" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/pilsner.pdf) (152KB) J. Richard Pilsner, Columbia University
10:30	Session Three Discussion
10:50	Break
11:10	Session Four. Exposure Assessment and Site Characterization Moderator: Dominic Di Toro, Ph.D., University of Delaware "Intellectual Approach to the Problems of Megasites" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/tollerud.pdf) (4.3MB) David Tollerud, M.D., University of Louisville "Statistical Considerations in Characterization of Megasites" Louise Ryan, Ph.D., Harvard University "Modern Sediment Quality Criteria for Metals and Applications to Superfund Sites" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/ditoro.pdf) (775KB) Dominic Di Toro, Ph.D., University of Delaware "Pb Accumulation and Effects in Deer Mice: Competition and Antagonism by Co-Occurring Essential Metals in Lab and Field Studies" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/mcbride.pdf) (1.1MB) Tobias J. McBride, Texas Tech University
12:20	Session Four Discussion
12:30	Lunch "Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award Presentation" Presenter: Anne P. Sassaman, Ph.D., Director, NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training "Monomethylarsonous Acid Transforms Human Bladder Cells" Tiffany G. Bredfeldt, University of Arizona
2:00	Session Five. Research Translation and Policy Development Moderator: Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine "Special Recognition, Dr. Milt Gordon" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/gordon_tribute.pdf) (950KB) David L. Eaton, Ph.D., University of Washington "The NIEHS Katrina/Rita Response Portal" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/miranda.pdf) (30.5MB) Mark Ellisman, Ph.D., UC San Diego Marie Lynn Miranda, Ph.D., Duke University "Research Translation: What Does That Mean?" David Ozonoff, Ph.D., Boston University "Environmental Health Literacy: Can the Public Be Healthy Without It?" (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/sbrpamrt/agenda/docs/zarcadoolas.pdf) (1.5MB) Christina Zarcadoolas, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
3:10	Session Five Discussion
3:30	Adjourn

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