Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices
Workshop
August 7-9, 2007
The National Academies
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Open Session
Room 100
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9:00 am |
Call to order Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members and Participants Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder Committee Chair |
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9:20 |
Perspective on Gaps in Research Needs Emilie van Deventer, World Health Organization |
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9:40 |
Questions and comments |
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Appendix C
Workshop Agenda
Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential
Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices
Workshop
August 7-9, 2007
The National Academies
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tuesday, August , 00
Open Session
Room 100
Call to order
9:00 am
Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members
and Participants
Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder
Committee Chair
Perspective on Gaps in Research Needs
9:20
Emilie van Deventer, World Health Organization
9:40 Questions and comments
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APPENDIX C
Session 1: Exposure and Dosimetry
Introduction by Moderator, Rüdiger Matthes
9:50
Om Gandhi, Rapporteur
Exposure Systems Presentation
9:55
Gernot Schmid, Austrian Research Centers
GmbH – ARC, Seibersdorf, Austria
10:15 Questions and comments
Dosimetry Presentation
10:20
Soichi Watanabe, National Institute of Information and Com-
munications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
10:40 Questions and comments
Comments on Exposure Issues
10:45
Ray Neutra, California State Department of Health
11:05 Questions and comments
Exposure Assessment
11:10
Joe Bowman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
11:30 Questions and comments
Panel Discussion—Session 1 Presenters and Moderator
11:35
12:00 pm LUNCH in Refectory
Session 2: Epidemiology
Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets
1:15
Naoko Ishibe, Rapporteur
Cancer Epidemiology
1:20
Dan Krewski, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population
Health, Ottawa, Canada
1:40 Questions and comments
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APPENDIX C
Noncancer Epidemiology
1:45
Anssi Auvinen, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere,
Finland
2:05 Questions and comments
Epidemiology Methods
2:10
Peter Inskip, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute
2:30 Questions and comments
Panel Discussion—Session 2 Presenters and Moderator
2:35
Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research Needs
3:05
(see sign-up sheet)
Adjourn Open Session for the Day
4:00
Wednesday, August , 00
Open Session
Room 100
Call to order
8:30 am
Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members
and Participants
Frank Barnes, Committee Chair
Session 3: Human Laboratory Session
Introduction by Moderator, Leeka Kheifets
8:45
Maila Hietanen, Rapporteur
Sleep, Cognition
8:50
Rodney Croft, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology,
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
9:10 Questions and comments
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EHS and Well-being
9:15
Martin Roosli, University of Bern, Switzerland
9:30 Questions and comments
Human Peripheral and Central Auditory and Cardiovascular
9:35
Systems
Paolo Ravazzani, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan,
Italy
9:50 Questions and comments
Panel Discussion—Session 3 Presenters and Moderator
9:55
Session 4: Mechanisms
Introduction by Moderator, Frank Barnes
10:25
Rüdiger Matthes, Rapporteur
Biology
10:35
Joe Roti Roti, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
10:55 Questions and comments
Biophysics
11:00
Guglielmo D’Inzeo, Department of Electronic Engineering,
University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy
11:20 Questions and comments
Need for Models to Improve Our Understanding of Electro-
11:25
magnetic Effects on Biological Systems.
James Weaver (via telephone), Harvard/Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technol-
ogy, Cambridge
11:40 Questions and comments
Panel Discussion—Session 4 Presenters and Moderator
11:45
12:15 pm LUNCH in Refectory
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APPENDIX C
Session 5: Animal and Cell Biology
Introduction by Moderator, Bernard Veyret
1:15
David McCormick, Rapporteur
In Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology
1:20
Zenon Sienkiewicz, Health Protection Agency, Radiation Pro-
tection Division, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
1:40 Questions and comments
In Vivo—Animal and Cell Biology
1:45
Henry Lai, Department of Bioengineering, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
1:55 Questions and comments
In Vivo—Animal Studies
2:00
Chiyoji Ohkubo, Department of Environmental Biology,
Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan
2:10 Questions and comments
In Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology
2:15
Vijayalaxmi, Department of Radiation Oncology, University
of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas (retired)
2:35 Questions and comments
In Vitro—Animal and Cell Biology
2:40
Dariusz Leszczynski, STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety
Authority, Helsinki, Finland
2:50 Questions and comments
Panel Discussion—Session 5 Presenters and Moderator
2:55
Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research
3:30
Needs
4:00 Adjourn Open Session for the Day
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APPENDIX C
Thursday, August , 00
Open Session
Room 100
Call to order
9:00 am
Description of Meeting, Introduction of Committee Members
and Participants
Frank Barnes, Committee Chair
Overarching Issues and Identification of Research Needs
Introduction of topic: 5 minutes
Open discussion: 15 minutes
Effects of Short-term vs. Long-term Exposure
9:15
Frank Barnes, University of Colorado at Boulder
Local vs. Whole-Body Exposure
9:35
Om Gandhi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
How Can the Knowledge of Biological Effects from Cur-
9:55
rent Signal Types and Exposure Patterns Be Extrapolated to
Emerging Exposure Scenarios?
Rüdiger Matthes, Federal Office for Radiation Protection,
Oberschleißheim, Germany
Are There Any Biological Effects That Are Not Caused by an
10:15
Increase in Tissue Temperature (Nonthermal Effects)?
Bernard Veyret, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac cedex,
France
Does RF Exposure Alter (synergize, antagonize, or potentiate)
10:35
the Biological Effects of Other Chemical or Physical Agents?
David McCormick, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Differences in Risk to Children
10:55
Leeka Kheifets, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles,
California
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APPENDIX C
Differences in Risk to Other Subpopulations Such as Elderly
11:15
and Individuals with Underlying Disease States
Maila Hietanen, FIOH, Helsinki, Finland
Opportunity for Public Comment on Gaps in Research
11:35
Needs
12:05 pm Adjourn Open Session