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Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics - Workshop Summary
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 toEnvironmental 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 INENVIRONMENTAL 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
