Inaugural Symposium: 'Calculation to Communication'

Agenda

Thursday, September 15, 2005
**Location: Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

8:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - Welcome Kenneth Warner, Ph.D., Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health

8:45 a.m. - 'Reporting on Risk Science: Where Does the Story Lie?' Gina Kolata, M.S., Science Reporter, The New York Times

9:45 a.m. - 'The Future of Environmental Risk Science and Communication at the University of Michigan' Moderated by Victor Strecher Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Director, Cancer Prevention and Control program, University of Michigan

  • 'Case Study: The Dioxin Exposure Study' David Garabrant M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, UM SPH
  • 'Ecology and Risk Communication' Michaela Zint, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Education and Communication, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment
  • 'Indoor vs. Outdoor Intake Fraction and Risks of Organic Compounds' Olivier Jolliet, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Life Cycle Impact and Risks, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 'Community-Based Participatory Research' Edith Parker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan School of Public Health

11:45 a.m. - Roundtable and Q&A Discussion with the morning participants moderated by Barry Rabe, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Professor of Environmental Policy, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

12:15 p.m. - Lunch with the speakers (box lunches provided). Registration required.

1:45 p.m. - Colloquium: 'Risk Science and the National Landscape' John Graham, Ph.D., Administrator, Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, The Executive Office of the President

2:30 p.m.- 'On the Horizon: Nanotechnologies'' Moderated by David Losee, J.D., Environmental Attorney, Halloran and Sage

  • 'Nanobiotechnology' James R. Baker Jr., M.D., Ruth Dow Doan Professor of Biologic Nanotechnology and Director, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan Medical Center
  • 'Sensors and Therapeutic Agents - Toxicity' Martin Philbert, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Senior Associate Dean for Research, University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • 'Not Part of the Solution' The Unfulfilled Potential of Academic Risk Centers' Adam Finkel Sc.D., Visiting Professor of Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • 'The Global Future of Nuclear Energy' Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, M.P.H., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, USEC

4:45 p.m. - Roundtable and Q&A Discussion with the afternoon participants moderated by Teresa Bowers, Ph.D., Principal, Gradient Corporation

5:15 p.m. - Closing Remarks David Garabrant M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, UM SPH

6:00 p.m.- Reception and Banquet with John Henshaw, M.P.H., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 2001–2004. Registration required.

Friday, September 16, 2005
**Location: Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., President, University of Michigan

9:00 a.m. - Keynote Address John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House

9:45 a.m. - 'Poorly Characterized Environmental Risks' A moderated discussion with:

  • John Butenhoff, Ph.D., Corporate Toxicology and Regulatory Services, 3M
  • Paul Slovic, Ph.D., President, Decision Research, and Professor, Psychology, University of Oregon
  • Michael DeVito, Ph.D., Branch Chief, Pharmacokinetics, USEPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
  • Edward Calabrese, Ph.D., Professor of Toxicology, Environmental Health Sciences Program, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences
  • Melvin Andersen, Ph.D., Division Director of Computational Biology, CIIT Centers for Health Research

11:45 a.m.- Roundtable and Q&A Discussion with the morning participants moderated by Rita Loch-Caruso, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

1:00 p.m. - Remarks Dennis Paustenbach, Ph.D., President and Founder, ChemRisk, Inc.

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 - Late-breaking addition: Panel: 'Hurricane Katrina and Its Public Health Aftermath,' Discussion with academic experts and public health officials, some recently returned from New Orleans. Moderated by Matthew L. Boulton, M.D., M.P.H, UM SPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Practice