Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary (2005)

9:00–9:30 a.m.

Introduction to Risk Communication Workshop Mark A. Rothstein, committee chair, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Robert Griffin, committee member, Marquette University (outline objectives of workshop)

9:30–9:45 a.m.

Overview of toxicogenomics: William Greenlee, committee member, CIIT Centers for Health Research

9:45–10:15 a.m.

Speaker: Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin (Perceptual communication issues; what an individual might perceive as issues in decision making; information needs; psychological factors such as variability in perception, discuss what kinds of information are used by public in making risk decisions and risk perceptions; how info gets to public and how public reactions get back to scientists/regulatory agencies)

10:15–10:30 a.m.

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10:30–11:15 a.m.

Panel Speakers (~15 minutes each): Julie Downs, Carnegie Mellon University Craig Trumbo, University of Vermont David Ropeik, Harvard University

11:15–12:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion with audience participation

12:00–1:00 p.m.

LUNCH available in basement cafeteria

1:00–1:30 p.m.

Speaker: William Freudenburg, University of California, Santa Barbara (How to translate reality of individual risk perception to societal decision making arena; inequality issues related to access to toxicogenomic technologies and information)

1:30–2:15 pm

Panel speakers (~15 minutes each): Deirdre Lawrence, National Cancer Institute

K. Viswanath, Harvard School of Public Health Susanna Hornig Priest, Texas A&M University

2:15–3:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion with audience participation

3:00–3:15 p.m.

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3:15–4:30 p.m.

Summary Discussion with all panel members

4:30–5:00 p.m.

Open discussion with audience participation

5:00 p.m.

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