APPENDIX A
Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects
FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Keck Building, Room 203
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC
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Welcome, opening remarks, and discussion of agenda for open session
Jonathan Samet, M.D.
Committee Chair
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Charge to the committee
Rose Marie Martinez
Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
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Mineralogical properties of asbestos influencing its toxicity
Jeffrey Post, Ph.D.
Department of Mineral Sciences
Smithsonian National Museum of National History
Washington, DC
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Extra-pulmonary exposure to asbestos
Ronald Dodson, Ph.D., F.C.C.P., F.A.H.A.
ERI Consulting
Tyler, Texas
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Mechanisms of fiber-induced toxicity
Agnes Kane, Ph.D., M.D.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Keck Building, Room 109
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC
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Opening remarks, discussion of agenda for open session
Jonathan Samet, M.D.
Committee Chair
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Properties of asbestos involved in mechanisms of action leading to mesothelioma
Brooke Mossman, Ph.D.
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
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Molecular biology of carcinogenesis in gastrointestinal tissues (particularly of the esophagus, stomach, colon, and rectum)
Karl Kelsey, M.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts
THIRD PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
NAS Building, Room 150
2101Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC
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Opening remarks, discussion of agenda for open session
Jonathan Samet, M.D.
Committee Chair
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Meta-analysis issues
Steve Goodman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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Synopsis concerning animal studies
Ernest E. McConnell (response presented by Rogene Henderson)
ToxPath, Inc
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Dosimetry of asbestos fibers
Frederick Miller, Ph.D.
Fred J. Miller and Associates LLC
Cary, North Carolina
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Observed fiber counts in tissues: respiratory versus non-respiratory
Victor Roggli, M.D. (by teleconference)
Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina