The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative, Exposure Biology Program, 2nd Annual Grantees Meeting
January 13 - 15, 2009
Natcher Conference Center
Building 45
Day 1, January 13
8:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Gwen Collman, Interim Director, Division of Extramural Research & Training, NIEHS
VALIDATION TALKS & DISCUSSION
Plenary presentations on strategies for the validation of exposure metrics and biomarkers for application in population based studies; perspectives, pitfalls, and strategies for success
Chair: Daniel Shaughnessy, NIEHS
9:05 am
An Introduction to PROMIS and Opportunities to Standardize Phenotyping of Patient-Reported Measures Validating Biomarkers for Human Population Studies
David Cella, Northwestern University
9:30 AM
Novel Strategies for Environmental Biomarkers
John Groopman, Johns Hopkins University
9:55 AM
Validation of Dietary Assessment Instruments
Amy Subar, National Cancer Institute
1015 AM
BREAK
10:35 AM
Validation of Wearable Physical Activity Monitors
Patty Freedson, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
11:00 AM
Data Validation Can Be Rewarding (and Interesting!) - A Proposed Integration Model into GEI Data Bases and Examples from RTI Exposure Studies
Charles Rodes, RTI
11:30 AM
FIRST POSTER SESSION
12:30 PM
Lunch (on your own)
FEEDBACK ON SENSORS, TOOLS, & BIOMARKER FROM END USERS
Panel discussion on implementing new biomarkers or tools for assessing exposures to environmental stressors, diet, physical activity and exposure to psychosocial stress and addictive substances in population studies
Moderator: Catherine (Cay) Loria, NHLBI
1:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Panelists
Rob McConnell, University of Southern California
Charles Matthews, Vanderbilt University
Linda Van Horn, Northwestern University
Arun Karlamangla, University of California, Los Angeles
James Lockey, University of Cincinnati
3:00 PM
Second Poster Session IRB/CONSENT SESSION
Presentations on topics covering IRB approvals and participant consent for devices that collect real-time data, particularly location data, protection of privacy for non-participants, protecting the privacy of research study participants, and legal protections for substance users
Chair: Jeffrey Schulden, NIDA
4:00 PM
Big Data or Big Brother: Working through Confidentiality, Privacy, and IRB issues in Large Scale Data Systems
Brad Hesse, National Cancer Institute
4:30 PM
Experience with Participatory Sensing in Urban, Social, and Personal Spaces
Mani Srivastava, University of California, Los Angeles - Center for Embedded Network Sensing
5:00 PM
ADJOURN
Day 2, January 14
DATA ANALYSIS - COPING WITH LARGE & COMPLEX DATASETS
Talks on analysis methods for complex data sets, integrating different types of data, dealing with rapid streams of data, real-time processing, and data storage, discussions of processing algorithms, statistical analyses, and storage infrastructure
Chair: David Balshaw, NIEHS
8:30 AM
Novel Strategies for Data Integration, Feature Selection, and Model Optimization in Environmental Health Research
Gary Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc.
9:00 AM
Coping with Data
Greg Farber, National Center for Research Resources
9:30 AM
Challenges and Rewards of Multivariate Time Series: Acquisition, Storage, and Analysis of Data with Implications for Models of Dynamical Systems
Steven Boker, University of Virginia
10:00 AM
BREAK
10:15 AM
THIRD POSTER SESSION
11:15 AM
WRAP-UP SESSION
Program Goals & Successes, 2009 Opportunity Fund, Future of GEI and Exposure Biology
David Balshaw, NIEHS
12:00 PM
ADJOURN
INDIVIDUAL STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Room Assignments:
Chemical Sensors - Room F1/F2
Diet and Physical Activity - Room E1/E2
Biological Response Indicators - Room D
Network on Exposure to Psychosocial Stress and Addictive Substances - Room A
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