BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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A. Decisionmaking in the Real World
1. Integrating Environment, Culture, and Well-being
Chair: Victoria Lee, The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Discussants:
Larry Murillo, Assistant Professor, OHSU Public Health and Preventative Medicine, One Sky Center
Rye Barcott , Carolina For Kibera
2. Risk and Decisionmaking
Chair:Gail Bingham, President, RESOLVE
Discussants:
Terry Davies, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Julia Gohlke, NIEHS
3. Population, Gender, Justice, and Health
Chair:Robert Engelman , Vice President for Research, Population Action International
Discussant:
Roger-Mark De Souza, Population Reference Bureau
Katie Redford, Executive Director, EarthRights International
Timothy Fields, Vice President for DC operations of Tetra Tech EM Inc.
4. The Natural Environment, Built Environment, and Social Environment
Chair: Bill Sullivan, Director, Environmental Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Discussants:
Kofi Boone, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University
Stephen R. Kellert, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Nancy Wells, Assistant Professor, Design and Environmental Analysis, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
5. Ecology of Water and Health
Co-chairs:
Milt Friend, Director Emeritus, USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Michael Cohen, Senior Research Associate, Pacific Institute
Faciliator:
Joan L. Aron, President, Science Communication Studies
6. Oceans and Human Health
Chair: Paul Sandifer, Senior Scientist, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA
Discussants:
Donald Anderson, Senior Scientist and Director, Coastal Ocean Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A. Fred Holland, Director, NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory
D. Jay Grimes, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Southern Mississippi
7. Biodiversity and Health
Co-Chairs:
Montira Pongsiri, Environmental Health Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
Joe Roman, Advancing Science Serving Society (AAAS) Felllow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Discussants:
Peter Daszak, Executive Director, Consortium for Conservation Medicine
Tony L. Goldberg, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Earth & Society Initiative on Emerging Disease & Ecosystem Health, University of Illinois
Thomas R. Gillespie, Director, Earth & Society Initiative on Emerging Disease & Ecosystem Health, Departments of Pathobiology & Anthropology, University of Illinois
Keith Alger, Vice President, Human Dimensions, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International
Brian F. Allan, Ph.D. candidate, Washington University, Department of Biology
Francesca T. Grifo, Senior Scientist and Director, Scientific Integrity Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
8. Health Benefits of a Healthy Urban Environment
Chair: Richard Joseph Jackson, Adjunct Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
Discussant:
Andy Dannenberg, Associate Director for Science, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9. Emerging Infectious Disease and other Health Implications of Global Changes and Ecological Trends
Co-Chairs:
Paul Epstein, Associate Director, Harvard University, Center for Health and the Environment
Gerald T. Keusch, Associate Provost for Global Health, Medical Campus; Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Public Health; and Director, Global Health Initiative at Boston University
Discussant:
James Marois, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
10. Children’s Minds: Environment, Development, and Mental Function
Chair: Elise Miller, Institute for Children’s Environmental Health
Discussants:
Leslie Rubin, Director, Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Assocaite Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University
Allison Davis, Director of Nursing, The Arc of Anne Arundel County
Stephen Kellert, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
11. Socially-Mediated Linkages between Resource Depletion and Health
Chair: Tee Guidotti, Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University
Discussants:
Kristie Ebi, Employee Staffing Services, LLC
Pamela Davidson, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and School of Public Policy and Public Administration (SPPA), George Washington University
12. Energy, Air Quality and Health
Chair: Mary Nichols, Director, UCLA Institute for the Environment
Discussant: Marty Spitzer, Director for Domestic Programs, Center for Clean Air Policy and Visiting Fellow, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
26. Health Impact Assessment of Development Policies, Programs, and Projects
Chair: Ben Cave, Chair of the Health Section of the International Association of Impact Assessment and Director, Ben Cave Associates
Discussants:
Rita Hamm, CEO, International Association of Impact Assessment
Aaron Wernham, Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Fellow, Columbia University Institute on Medicine as a Profession
B. Guiding and Fostering Multi-Disciplinary Research
13. Emerging Issues in Environmental Influences on Reproductive Health
Chair: Richard Liroff, Executive Director, Investor Environmental Health Network
Discussants:
Theo Colborn, President, The Endocrine Disruptor Exchange and co-author: Our Stolen Future
R. Thomas Zoeller, Professor and Chair, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts
Michael Fry, Director, Pesticides and Birds Program,American Bird Conservancy
Bernard Weiss, Professor of Environmental Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester
14. Setting Research Priorities for Health and the Environment
Co-Chairs:
Nathalie Valette-Silver, National Center for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA
Josephine Malillay, Associate Director for Science (Acting) in the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Discussant:
David Applegate, United States Geological Survey and Chair of the Office of Science and Technology of the President/Committee on environment and Natural Resources/Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction
Josephine Malillay, CDC
Nathalie Valette-Silver, NOAA
Respondants:
Claude De ville de Goyet, the Pan American Health Organization
Robert Correll, The Heinz Center
Mary Gant, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
15. Community-Based Health: Incorporating Social Sciences and Humanities
Co-Chairs:
Robert Wingfield, Director, Community Environmental Programs, Fisk University
Betty Cox, Chair, Department of Sociology, Texas Southern University
Discussants:
Vereda Johnson King, Associate Professor of Economics, North Carolina A&T State University
Myra M. Lewis, Assistant Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dillard University
Evangeline Franklin, Director, Clinical Services and Employee Health, Health Department, City of New Orleans
16. Medical Geology, Physical Sciences, and Health
Chair: Joseph E. Bunnell, Public Health Research Biologist, Energy Resources Team, USGS
Discussant:
Catherine Skinner, Lecturer, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Yale Medical School
Jose A. Centeno, Chief, Division of Biophysical Toxicology, Dept. of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
17. Ecology and Epidemiology
Chair: Jonathan Patz, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant:
Jim Collins, Director of Epidemiology, Dow Chemical
18. Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment
Chair: David Hassenzahl, Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, and Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Discussant:
Michael Murray, Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation
Ilene Ruhoy, Doctorial Candidate and EPA Volunteer, Environmental Chemistry Branch, Environmental Sciences Division, US EPA
C. Expanding Understanding: Information, Education, and Communication
20. Health Professionals' Education and the Environment
Chair: Leyla Erk McCurdy, Senior Director, Health & Environment, National Environmental Education Foundation
Discussants:
Marie-Noel Brune, Technical Officer, Public Health and the Environment, World Health Organization
Floyd J. Malveaux, Executive Director, Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc
Elisabeth Blackburn, Coordinator, Community Affairs and Outreach, Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education, Child and Aging Health Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
21. Bringing Health into Environmental Education
Chair: Richard Gragg, Associate Director, Environmental Sciences Institute, Florida A&M University
Discussants:
Lovell Jones, Director, Center for Research on Minority Health and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Diane Angell, Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Olaf College
Dave Edwards, Environmental Enforcement Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
22. Journalists, Mass Media, and Decisionmaking
Chair: Pete Myers, CEO/Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences
Discussants:
Dawn Fallik, formerly Medical and Science Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
23. Innovative Uses of Information Technology
Co-Chairs:
Cutler Cleveland, Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University
Phil Wexler, Technical Information Specialist, National Institute of Health
24. Designing for Complementarity among Programs Generating Environmental and Health Information
Chair: Sidney Draggan, Ecologist, Senior Science and Science Policy Advisor
Discussants:
Caryl Waggett, Pennsylvania Consortium on Intedisciplinary Environmental Policy, Program on Human Health and Environment, Allegheny College
Gladys Cotter, Associate Chief Biologist. U.S. Geological Survey
Stan Morain, Earth Data Analysis Center, University of New Mexico
William Sprigg, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona
25. Measuring the Outcomes of Policies and Programs
Co-Chairs:
Jill Engel-Cox, Battelle Memorial Institute
Jerry Phelps, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Discussants:
Bernard Goldstein, Dean Emeritus, University Of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
Dale Pahl , Assistant Laboratory Director for Research, Office of Research and Development, U. S.Environmental Protection Agency
Ben Van Houten, Chief, Program Analysis Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
