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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2005. Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11179.
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Appendix A
STATEMENT OF TASK

Major Unit:

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Division, Office, or Board:

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Life Sciences

Subject Committee:

Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop

Staff Officer Name:

Roberta Wedge (BEST), Marilee Shelton-Davenport (BLS)

Statement of Task:

 

An ad hoc committee will be appointed under the auspices of the standing Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants to plan a 1-2 day workshop on communicating toxicogenomics information. In particular, the workshop will consider communication about toxicogenomics information with the public and other nonexpert audiences (workers, lawyers, health professionals, policy makers); communication surrounding some key social, ethical, and legal issues related to toxicogenomics and its

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2005. Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11179.
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eventual application; and how information related to toxicogenomics research and its social implications may be perceived by nonexperts and used to make decisions about risk. Following the workshop, the committee will prepare a short report of the workshop. This workshop will help identify where and what resources should be applied to improve communication between and among various public sectors and scientists working in toxicogenomics.

Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health

Date of Statement: December 22, 2003

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2005. Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11179.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Statement of Task." National Research Council. 2005. Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11179.
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Toxicogenomics, the study of how genomes respond to exposure to toxicants, may ultimately hold the promise of detecting changes in the expression of a person's genes if he or she is exposed to these toxicants. As the technology rapidly develops, it is critical that scientists and the public communicate about the promises and limitations of this new field. Communicating technical information to the public about a developing science can be challenging, particularly when the applications of that science are not yet well understood.

Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts is the summary of a workshop designed to consider strategies for communicating toxicogenomic information to the public and other non- expert audiences, specifically addressing the communication of some key social, ethical, and legal issues related to toxicogenomics and addressing how information related to the social implications of toxicogenomics might be perceived by nonexperts.

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