Foodborne Disease and Public Health: Summary of an Iranian-American Workshop (2008)

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Appendix A Workshop Agenda Food Safety and Microbiology: An Exchange of Ideas and Experiences The National Academies 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, DC November 13–15, 2007 Objective: A forum for Iranian and American experts to exchange ideas on: • Food Safety and Microbiology • Potential Association of Foodborne and Chronic Diseases • Further Collaboration to Advance in Areas of Interest November 13—Lecture Room 9:00 a.m. Welcome Glenn Schweitzer, Director, Office of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council Linda D. Meyers, Director, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine Mohammad Reza Zali, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Michael Doyle, Co-Chair, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine 79 

80 FOODBORNE DISEASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SESSION 1: FOOD SAFETY AND MICROBIOLOGY Moderator: Mohammad Mehdi Aslani, Department of Microbiology, Institute Pasteur of Iran 9:30 a.m. Progress on the Iranian Foodborne Disease Surveillance Pilot Project Ali Ardalan, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Mehdi Aslani, Institute Pasteur of Iran Fereshteh Jafari, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Hosein Dabiri Jaldebakhani, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Nahid Arjmand Kermani, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Ehsan Nazemalhoseini Mojaradn, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Maryam Sanaei, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 10:20 a.m. BREAK 10:45 a.m. Foodborne Disease Surveillance in the United States Robert V. Tauxe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11:15 a.m. PulseNet Jennifer A. Kincaid, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11:30 a.m. Discussion 12:30 p.m. LUNCH (Members Room) 2:00 p.m.  Current Technical and Scientific Aspects of Foodborne Diseases in Iran Mohamad Mehdi Aslani, Department of Microbiology, Institute Pasteur of Iran 3:00 p.m. Burden of Gastrointestinal Disease in Iran Mohammad Reza Zali, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 3:30 p.m. Discussion 4:30 p.m. Adjourn 

APPENDIX A 81 November 14—Lecture Room SESSION 2: RISK ASSESSMENT: METHODOLOGIES APPLICATION TO FOOD MICROBIOLOGY Moderator: Karl R. Matthews, Rutgers University 9:00 a.m. Risk Assessment Methodologies Robert Buchanan, Food and Drug Administration 9:30 a.m. Evaluation of Risk–Risk Trade-Offs Richard A. Forshee, University of Maryland 10:00 a.m. Discussion 11:00 a.m. Break SESSION 3: POTENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF FOODBORNE AND CHRONIC DISEASES Moderator: J. Glenn Morris, Jr., University of Florida 11:30 a.m. Signaling Pathways in Cancer Ali Ardalan, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Ali Ghanbari Motlagh, Cancer Center, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University Razieh Yazdanparast, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran Narges Zali, Cancer Center, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University 12:30 p.m. LUNCH (Members Room) 2:00 p.m. Characterization of Intestinal Flora and Its Relationship to Cancer Volker Mai, University of Florida 2:30 p.m. Human Microbiome Project Lu Wang, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health 2:45 p.m. Discussion 3:45 p.m. Break 

82 FOODBORNE DISEASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SESSION 4: APPROACHES TO HEALTH EDUCATION Moderator: Ali Ardalan, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 4:00 p.m.  Vision for Integrated Medical Research Training at A UCSF Keith Yamamoto, University of California, San Francisco 4:30 p.m. Health Education Approach in Iran Mohammad Reza Zali, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 5:00 p.m. Discussion 5:30 p.m. Adjourn November 15—Lecture Room SESSION 4: HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S. VISIT AND FURTHER COLLABORATION TO ADVANCE IN AREAS OF INTEREST Moderators: Michael Doyle and Mohammad Reza Zali 9:00 a.m. Future Needs for an Effective Surveillance System 10:00 a.m. Future Opportunities for Collaboration 11:00 a.m. Closing Remarks 11:30 a.m. Adjourn