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Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics - Workshop Summary
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES DECISION MAKING:RISK MANAGEMENT, EVIDENCE, AND ETHICS
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
January 15, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, J.D.
Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Partner, Hogan & Hartson
8:35 a.m.
Overview of Environmental Health Science Decision Makingand Workshop Objectives
Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Vice-Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health
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Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics - Workshop Summary
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES DECISION MAKING: RISK MANAGEMENT, EVIDENCE, AND ETHICS
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
January 15, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, J.D.
Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Partner, Hogan & Hartson
8:35 a.m.
Overview of Environmental Health Science Decision Making and Workshop Objectives
Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Vice-Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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SESSION I: OVERVIEW OF DECISION MAKING
Moderator:
Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
8:45 a.m.
Human–Environment Network: Challenges to Environmental Health
Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Office of Risk Assessment Research, NIEHS
9:05 a.m.
Alternatives Assessment as a Strategy for Decision Making
Mary O’Brien, Ph.D.
Oregon Toxics Alliance
9:25 a.m.
Beyond Precaution
Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D.
Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
9:45 a.m.
Discussion
10:20 a.m.
Break
SESSION II: WEIGHING EVIDENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DECISION MAKING
Moderator:
Myron Harrison, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Health Adviser, ExxonMobil Corporation
10:35 a.m.
Evaluating Weights of Evidence for Decision Making
J. Michael McGinnis, M.D., M.P.P.
Senior Scholar
Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
Institute of Medicine
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10:55 a.m.
The Role of Uncertainty and Susceptible Populations in Environmental Health Decision Making
Dale B. Hattis, Ph.D.
Research Professor
George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University
11:15 a.m.
The Use and Misuse of Science in Decision Making
Rena Steinzor, J.D.
Jacob A. France Research Professor of Law
University of Maryland School of Law
11:35 a.m.
Rationale for Revisiting an Environmental Health Decision: NTP as a Case Study
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., Sc.D., L.H.D.
Principal Investigator
The Metastasis Group, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS
11:55 a.m.
Discussion
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
SESSION III: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH: CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BIAS, AND ETHICS
Moderator:
Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H.
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Health Services Division, University of California, Berkeley
1:15 p.m.
Ethics, Values, and Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Health Sciences Research
Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D.
President
The Hastings Center
1:40 p.m.
Managing Conflict of Interest (Including Transparency)
Vincent Cogliano, Ph.D.
Head of the Monographs Programme
International Agency for Research on Cancer
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2:00 p.m.
Discussion
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Reactant Panel Discussion: Challenges of Environmental Health Science Research and Policy
David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director
The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
Associate Chairman, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Myron Harrison, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Adviser
ExxonMobil Corporation
John Balbus, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Environmental Health Program
Environmental Defense Fund
William H. Farland, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Colorado State University
4:15 p.m.
Discussion
CLOSING
4:55 p.m.
Closing Comments
David Eaton, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Health and Occupational Health Sciences
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of Washington
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
