General environmental health: educational programs.Poster Session Monday, June 27 8:00-11:30am NEHA NEHA National Environmental Health Association NEHA National Executive Housekeepers Association NEHA Northern Estates Homeowners Association (Indianapolis, Indiana) is pleased to offer again this year the wildly successful and tremendously educational Poster Session. With posters covering a broad spectrum of EH issues, this session is sure to have something of interest for everyone. Please visit www.neha.org for a listing of posters being presented. Ambient Air Quality Monday, June 27 1:00-1:50pm Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation (PHASE): Air Quality Evaluation for Environmental Public Health Tracking Mark A. Werner, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, WI; Vickie Boothe, Environmental Engineer, EH Tracking Branch, EHHE/NCEH/CDC, Atlanta, GA; and Susan Lyon Stone, M.S., EH Scientist, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, USEPA USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , NC 2:45-3:35pm Understanding Biodiesel Basics, Current Development, and Implementation Opportunities Russell Teall, Founder and President, Biodiesel Industries, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 3:45-4:35pm Environmental Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollutants on Older Adults Andrew M. Geller, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Laboratory Director for Human Health, National Health, and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC Children's Environmental Health Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am Childhood Asthma Panel * 9:00-9:25am Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Asthma Indoor Air Quality Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The IAQ may be compromised by microbial contaminants (mold, bacteria), chemicals (such as carbon monoxide, radon), allergens, or any mass or energy stressor Improvement Project--Realistic Measures for Reduction of Indoor Asthma Triggers Jacqueline Spain, M.D., Director of Pediatrics, Holyoke Health Center, Holyoke, MA * 9:25-9:50am Breatheasyville--An Indiana Environmental Asthma Tool Patricia A. Daniel, Director, Children's EH, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Indianapolis, IN 10:00-11:50am Childhood Lead Poisoning Panel * 10:00-10:25am Associations Between Childhood Lead Poisoning and Childhood Asthma Development * 10:25-10:50am Geographic Distribution of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Southeastern Florida Janvier Gasana, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Kristy A. Siegel, M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Research Associate, Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database Stempel School of Public Health, Miami, FL * 11:00-11:25am Childhood Lead Poisoning: Not Just a Paint Problem ... Diane G. Eckles, Children's EH Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
* 11:25-11:50am Using Prevention Measures to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning Emily C. Smathers, M.P.H., R.S., Surveillance Coordinator, EH Services, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) is the state's leading stewardship agency for the preservation and protection of natural resources and public health. , Raleigh, NC 1:00-1:50pm Walkability, Youth, and Smart Development Patterns: Lessons from Smart Growth and Children's Environmental Health Case Studies Kevin M. Nelson, A.I.C.P., Policy Analyst, USEPA, Washington, DC 2:00-2:50pm Walking & Modeling in the Sidewalk Rangers Program: A Collaborative Project Supporting Street-Safe Walking Among Children Adenike C. Bitto, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., C.H.E.S., F.R.I.P.H., Associate Professor, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 3:00-3:50pm The Role of Environmental Health to Increase Childhood Immunizations in Childcare Centers Cindy L. Mooney, M.P.H., R.E.H.S., EH Field Supervisor and Victoria Yeatts, R.N., Clinical Services Manager, City of Garland Health Department, Garland, TX 4:00-4:50pm Are Perceptions Reality? How Parents Perceive the Health of the Environment and the Health of Their Children Michele Morrone, Ph.D., R.S., Associate Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH Drinking Water Quality Sunday, June 26 1:00-1:50pm Wouldn't YOU Want to Know??? Keeping the Public Informed Laura M. Barnthouse, R.E.H.S., N.D., Environmental Risk/Community Outreach Specialist, Sonoma County EH, Santa Rosa, CA 2:00-2:50pm Groundwater Supply Wells: Perspectives of a Contractor Turned Regulator Russell Tell, Environmental Specialist, National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH 3:00-3:50pm Public Water and Public Health Karen M. Emde, M.Sc., Water Quality Specialist, Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 4:00-4:50pm U.S. Cross-Connection Incidents 1901-2000: An Analysis and Risk Assessment on a Subset of Data--Overfeed Events Paula M. Tanner, M.P.H., R.E.H.S., Epidemiologist, Jack in the Box Restaurants, San Diego, CA Monday, June 27 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1:00-1:50pm Community Risk Associated with Incremental Municipal Water Treatment Process Changes Gary S. Silverman, D.Env., R.S., Professor and Director, EH Program, Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. , Bowling Green, OH 2:45-3:35pm Public Water Supply Security & Emergency Response: An Envronmental Laboratory Perspective Laura Snell, Marketing Analyst, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., South Bend, IN 3:45-4:35pm A Review of the Issues and Current State of Drinking Water Security and Distribution System Monitoring in the U.S. Robert J. Ferguson, M.B.A., C.H.S.-III, Vice President, Water Systems, NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI Emerging Pathogens Tuesday, June 28 1:00-1:50pm Preparing Your Local Community to Combat Smallpox: Experience of Midland County, Michigan Midland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 82,874. The county seat is Midland6. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,367 km² (528 mi²). , in Preparing for a Smallpox Outbreak Michael Krecek, R.S., M.A., Director and Health Officer, and Charles Lichon, R.S., M.P.H., EH Director, Midland County Department of Public Health, Midland, MI 2:00-2:50pm Raccoon raccoon, nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. Parasites--A Public Health Perspective and Community Health Implications Joyce L. Tuttle, R.E.H.S., Quest Environmental Consulting, Diamond Springs, CA 3:00-3:50pm Conservation Medicine--Wildlife Populations and Impact on Human Health Mark Pokras, D.V.M., Director, Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 4:00-4:50pm Wound Infection--Ship Outbreak LT Ramzy Azar, M.P.H., Navy CBRNE CBRNE Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (US DoD) CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Enhanced Conventional Weapons Fellow, EH Officer, 20th Support Command (CBRNE), U.S. Navy, Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. , MD Wednesday, June 29 9:00-9:50am Vibrio vulnificus in Florida Roberta M. Hammond, Ph.D., Statewide Coordinator of Food and Waterborne Disease, Division of EH, Florida Department of Health Florida Department of Health is a category of Government of Florida. Orange County Health Department is one of the branches of Florida Department of Health and Government of Florida. , Tallahassee, FL 10:00-10:50am Recovery and Inactivation inactivation /in·ac·ti·va·tion/ (in-ak?ti-va´shun) the destruction of biological activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat or other agent. of MRSA MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. See MARSA. and VRE VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. VRE Vancomycin-resistent enterococcus, see there on Environmental Surfaces Kristin L. Cunningham, Graduate Student, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 11:00-11:50am Environmental Health Practice and Veterinary Medicine: An Emerging Collaboration to Improve Public Health CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. Hugh Mainzer, M.S., D.V.M., D.A.C.V.P.M., USPHS USPHS United States Public Health Service. USPHS abbr. United States Public Health Service , Senior Preventive Medicine Officer/Epidemiologist, CDC/ATSDR Veterinary Liaison Officer, EEHS/NCEH/CDC, Atlanta, GA 1:00-1:50pm Foodborne Salmonella Outbreaks in Florida: Classic Outbreaks and Emerging Vehicles Roberta M. Hammond, Ph.D., Statewide Coordinator of Food and Waterborne Disease, Division of EH, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL and Dean Bodager, R.S., D.A.A.S., M.P.A., Regional Environmental Epidemiologist, Division of EH, Florida Department of Health, Orlando, FL 2:00-2:50pm Field Epidemiology: Diagnostic Laboratory Techniques for Bacteria--Brucella, Francisella, and Yersinia pestis Jane Wong, M.S., Retired Public Health Microbiologist, Berkeley, CA 3:00-3:50pm USDA/FSIS Initiatives to Counter Pathogens of Concern in Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Bonnie Buntain, D.V.M., M.S., Chief Public Health Veterinarian, USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. Food Safety and Inspection Service The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is charged with ensuring that all meat, poultry, and processed egg products in the United States are safe to consume and accurately labeled. , Washington, DC Environmental Health Leadership Development Monday, June 27 1:00-1:50pm Accountable Environmental Health Practice: The Need for a Structured Process to Evaluate and Disseminate the Evidence Base Sarah B. Kotchian, Ed.M., M.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Director, University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. Institute for Public Health, Albuquerque, NM 2:45-4:35pm The Art and Science of Inspection Robert W. Powitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.S., C.F.S.P., D.L.A.A.S., Forensic Sanitarian sanitarian /san·i·tar·i·an/ (san?i-tar´e-an) one skilled in sanitation and public health science. san·i·tar·i·an n. A public health or sanitation expert. , R.W. Powitz & Associates, PC, Old Saybrook, CT Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am The First Essential Service: The Future of Environmental Health Depends on It CAPT Patrick O. Bohan, M.S., M.S.E.H., R.S., USPHS (Ret.), Assistant Professor, East Central University, Ada, OK 10:00-10:50am Creating Effective Messages About Environmental Health Michele Morrone, Ph.D., R.S., Associate Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH and Alejandra Tres, M.P.A., Executive Director, Association of EH Academic Programs, National EH Science and Protection Accreditation Council, Portland, OR 11:00-11:50am Integration: A New Approach in Environmental Health Gary Hague, C.F.S.P., R.E.H.S., M.S., Environmental Specialist, Broomfield Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS , Broomfield, CO 1:00-1:50pm Quality Assurance--An Essential Environmental Health Program Ron de Burger, Director, Healthy Environments, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2:00-2:50pm Staffing Up and Leading Forward: Environmental Health Recruitment and Retention Strategies and Leadership Development Sharunda Buchanan, Ph.D., Chief, EH Services Branch, CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation , Atlanta, GA 3:00-3:50pm Innovative Leadership: Building Partnerships for Workforce Development in New England Daniel Merrigan, Ed.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is Boston University's graduate School of Public Health. It is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan. , Boston, MA; Kathleen MacVarish, R.S./R.E.H.S., M.S., Project Manager, New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and James N. Hyde, Jr., M.A., S.M., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine The Tufts University School of Medicine is one of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. Located on the university's health sciences campus in the Chinatown district of Boston, Massachusetts, the medical school has clinical affiliations with thousands of doctors and . Boston, MA 4:00-4:50pm Environmental Health: The Future is Now CAPT Patrick O. Bohan, M.S., M.S.E.H., R.S., USPHS (Ret.), Assistant Professor, East Central University, Ada, OK Environmental Health Research Sunday, June 26 1:00-1:50pm The Utilization of a Questionnaire to Predict Environmental Health Professionals' Career Satisfaction and Success D. Gary Brown, Dr.P.H., C.I.H., Assistant Professor, Department of EH, Eastern Kentucky University Student Life The Eastern Kentucky University Office of Student Life works closely with Registered Student Organizations (RSO's), Greek Life, and Thursday Alternative Getaway (TAG). , Richmond, KY 2:00-2:50pm Homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. Senior Citizens' Food Safety Knowledge Ken Pearson, Ed.D., C.F.S.P., Environmental Specialist Trainer, Knox County Health Department, Knoxville, TN 3:00-3:50pm Effect of Personal Protective Equipment On Rapid Patient Assessment and Treatment During a Simulated Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or Attack Selim Suner, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 4:00-4:50pm Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Definition Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide gas is inhaled. CO is a colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas that is produced by incomplete combustion. in Wisconsin Kaia Johnson, Research Analyst/Graduate Student, Wisconsin Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, Altoona, WI Tuesday, June 28 1:00-1:50pm Monitoring for Organophosphate Pesticide Exposures in Children by Biological and Environmental Toxicological Investigation Aaron L. Hilliard, Ph.D., Environmental Administrator, Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, FL 2:00-2:50pm Sabbatical Presentation--Sharing Environmental Health Practices in the North American Arctic: A Comparative Analysis of Sanitation Facility Operations in Rural Alaska and the Canadian Northwest Territories LT Troy L. Ritter, R.E.H.S., EH Officer, USPHS/IHS/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK 3:00-3:50pm A Solid Waste Characterization Study of the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Navy Regional Bases in the Norfolk, Virginia, Area A. James English, Jr., M.Sc., R.E.H.S., Professor and Director of EH Programs, Old Dominion University “ODU” redirects here. For other uses, see ODU (disambiguation). The university was recently named one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. , Norfolk, VA General Environmental Health Tuesday, June 28 1:00-1:50pm Environmental Health Legal Update--Emerging Common Law Trends for Environmental Professionals Thomas A. Wilczek, J.D., C.E.M., Attorney, Robinson & Wood, Inc., Las Vegas, NV 2:00-2:50pm Flying Pigs: Policy and Environmental Public Health--Enlightening State Legislators Glen Andersen, M.S.P.H., Program Principal, National Conference of State Legislatures The abbreviation NCSL redirects here. For the British educational institution see National College for School Leadership. The National Conference of State Legislatures , Denver, CO 3:00-3:50pm Television and Public Health Rick Porso, R.S., Public Health Manager, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, WA 4:00-4:50pm Wireless Primer for Environmental Health Professionals Maria Mayes, Marketing Director, Decade Software Company, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Fresno, CA Wednesday, June 29 9:00-9:50am Environmental Public Health Tracking: Turning Vision into Reality Through Innovative Projects, Partnerships, and Alliances Becky Smullin, Senior Analyst, EH Policy, ASTHO ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials , Washington, DC, and Peter O. Edwards, M.P.A., Deputy Chief, EH Tracking Branch, EHHE/NCEH/CDC, Altanta, GA 10:00-10:50am Environmental Public Health Professionals and Land-Use Planning Karen Roof, Principal Consultant, Kroof EnviroHealth Consulting, Vail, CO and Andrew L. Dannenberg, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, EEHS/NCEH/CDC, Atlanta, GA 11:00-11:50am Collaborating at the Interface Between Environmental Public Health and Land-Use Planning: Local Strategies and Initiatives Valerie Rogers, M.P.H., Program Manager, NACCHO NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials , Washington, DC; Marya Morris, A.I.C.P., Senior Research Associate, American Planning Association The American Planning Association (APA) is a professional organization representing the field of city and regional planning in the United States. The APA was formed in 1978 when two separate professional planning organizations, the American Institute of Planners and the American , Chicago, IL; and Susan Sutherland, R.S., EH Assessment Coordinator, Delaware General Health District, Delaware, OH [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Wednesday, June 29 1:00-1:50pm E-Health Rochelle L. Meacham, M.S.A., User Support Specialist II and Mark Hansell, R.S., M.S., EH Supervisor, Oakland County Health Division, Pontiac, MI 2:00-2:50pm Environmental Public Health Tracking in Florida: Using GIS to Link Environmental Hazard Data with Health Outcome Data David Johnson, M.D., M.S., D.A.B.T., F.A.C.O.E.M., Executive Medical Director, Division of EH, and Gregory D. Kearney, Environmental Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 3:00-3:50pm Agroterrorism: A 2-D/3-D GIS Solution Neil P. Moseman, Manager, Business Development, SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. , Omaha, NE Hazardous Materials and Toxic Substances Tuesday, June 28 1:00-1:50pm Chemicals as Potential Weapons of Terrorism: Analysis of Data from the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance System, 1993-2002 Perri Ruckart, M.P.H., Epidemiologist, ATSDR ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry , Atlanta, GA 2:00-2:50pm Developmental Disabilities and Environmental Toxics: Collaborating for Action Michele N. Gagnon, M.P.H., EH Director, American Association on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC 3:00-3:50pm Mechanism of Methamphetamine Neurotoxicity neurotoxicity /neu·ro·tox·ic·i·ty/ (noor?o-tok-sis´it-e) the quality of exerting a destructive or poisonous effect upon nerve tissue. and Preliminary Identification of a Human Exposure Standard Erik R. Janus, M.S., Toxicologist, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI 4:00-4:50pm Managing Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Substances: Fundamental Values and Concepts Kate Davies, M.A., D.Phil., Core Faculty, Environment and Community Program, Antioch University, Seattle, WA Wednesday, June 29 9:00-9:50am Explosive Destruction System--A Treatment System for Recovered Chemical Warfare Items David Hoffman, Group Leader, U.S. Army Chemical Material Agency, and Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Material, Pylesville, MD and Peggy H. Robinette, M.S.P.H., Senior Environmental Specialist, SAIC, Abingdon, MD 10:00-10:50am The King County Dental Project: Pollution Prevention Through Educational Outreach Olivia L. Chamberlain, R.E.H.S., Health and Environmental Investigator, Public Health-Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA 11:00-11:50am Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: The Medical and Psychological Consequences of Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Toxic Industrial Materials Keith K. Burkhart, M.D., F.A.C.M.T., F.A.A.C.T., F.A.C.E.P., Regional Medical Toxicologist, Division of Regional Operations, ATSDR; and State Medical Toxicologist, Division of EH Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA 1:00-1:50pm Speaker and Topic TBA TBA See: To be announced 2:00-2:50pm 2001-2002 Report on Anhydrous an·hy·drous adj. Without water, especially water of crystallization. anhydrous (anhī´drus), adj without water. anhydrous containing no water. Ammonia Releases in Iowa Debbi Cooper, Senior Environmental Specialist, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA 3:00-3:50pm Why World Class Hazmat Compliance Does Not Need to Cost a Fortune Jess Kraus, President and Founder, 3E Company, Carlsbad, CA Indoor Air Quality Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am Artificial Christmas Trees: How Real are the Lead Exposure Risks? Richard P. Maas, Ph.D., Co-Director, Environmental Quality Institute, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC 10:00-10:50am Stop Blowing Smoke--The Health Effects of Short Term Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Christopher A. Squier, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.C. (Pathology), Associate Provost for Health Sciences, University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. , Iowa City, IA 11:00-11:50am Clinician's Guide to Mold Paula Schenck, M.P.H., Assistant Director, Center for Indoor Environments and Health Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center The University of Connecticut Health Center is located on the site of the old O'Meara farms in the Farmington Heights section of Farmington, Connecticut. It is home to the University of Connecticut's schools of medicine, dental medicine, and graduate school in biomedical science. , Farmington, CT and Laura Kolb, EH Scientist, USEPA, Washington, DC 1:00-1:50pm Distribution of Mold Reports in NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Maureen K. Little, M.P.H., Public Health Epidemiologist, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 2:00-2:50pm General Principles and New Trends in Mold Remediation Philip R. Morey, Ph.D., C.I.H., Vice President & Principal Scientist, Air Quality Sciences, Inc., Gettysburg, PA 3:00-3:50pm Building Investigations for Mold/Moisture and Remediation Terry Brennan, President, Camroden Associates, Inc., Westmoreland, NY 4:00-4:50pm A Tool to Assess Vulnerability of High Risk Buildings to Dispersal of an Airborne Contaminant contaminant /con·tam·i·nant/ (kon-tam´in-int) something that causes contamination. contaminant something that causes contamination. Alfred J. Cabral, Supervising Industrial Hygienist and Stephan McDonagh, Industrial Hygienist, Indoor Air Quality Program, Office of Occupational and Radiological Health, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI Wednesday, June 29 9:00-9:50am NEHA/USEPA Radon Excellence Award Winners Discuss Their Innovative Programs Moderator: Laura Kolb, EH Scientist, USEPA, Washington, DC 10:00-10:50am Residential Radon Exposure--A Leading Environmental Health Risk: What is the Evidence? R. William Field R. William Field is an American Academic Scholar and Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology within the College of Public Health[1] at the University of Iowa. , M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 11:00-11:50am Enacting and Sustaining a Comprehensive Clean Indoor Air Resolution Rick Porso, R.S., Public Health Manager, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, WA 1:00-1:50pm Damp Indoor Spaces and Health--Findings of a National Academy of Sciences Study David A. Butler, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC 2:00-2:50pm Bio-Hygienics: The Control of Indoor Air Quality, Odors, and Industrial Air Emissions Using Compact, Portable Bio-Oxidizers Sam Sofer sofer or sopher In Judaism, a scholar-teacher of the 5th–2nd centuries BC who transcribed, edited, and interpreted the Bible. The first sofer was Ezra, who, with his disciples, initiated a tradition of rabbinical scholarship that is still central in , Ph.D., P.E., President, Air & Water Quality Solutions, Inc., Clifton, NJ 3:00-3:50pm Implementation of Tools for Schools in a Northern New England Community Dan Wellington, R.E.H.S., C.F.S.P., Code Enforcement Officer, City of Bangor The City of Bangor was a steamer on the Great Lakes during the early 20th century. Originally designed to carry ore, in 1925 she was converted into an automobile carrier. It was with this type of cargo that she met her icy demise, on November 30, 1926. , ME Injury Prevention/Occupational Health Wednesday, June 29 9:00-9:50am An Introduction to Improvised Explosives Martin V. Thone, M.S., Ph.D., Division Director, Casper-Natrona County Health Department, Casper, WY 10:00-10:50am Why Can't They See Risk? Don Groover, C.I.H., C.S.P., Vice President, BST (convention) BST - British Summer Time. The name for daylight-saving time in the UK GMT time zone. , Inc., Ojai, CA 11:00-11:50am The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb? Hazardous Materials in Museum Collections Patty J. Taliaferro, R.E.H.S., M.P.H., D.A.A.S., Manager, Food Safety Education, LLC, Loveland, CO 1:00-1:50pm Evaluation of Carbon Monoxide and Fire Safety Risk Factors in a Rural Arizona Indian Reservation Kelli D. Stamper, EH Officer, Indian Health Service The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an Operating Division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. , Northern Native American Health Alliance, Hayward, WI 2:00-3:50pm Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Panelists: Scott Damon, Health Communication Specialist and Kevin Dunn, Industrial Hygienist, NCEH/CDC, Atlanta, GA; Robert Baron, M.D., Co Director, Emergency Department, Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; and Janet Buyer, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD Institutions and Schools Environmental Health Sunday, June 26 1:00-1:50pm A Comprehensive Approach to School Environmental Health and Safety--Purpose and Use of the Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington State Richard E. Ellis, J.D., R.E.H.S., President, EH and Safety, Inc., Spokane, WA and Charles D. Leaf, M.E.S., R.S., Principal, Leaf EH Consultants, Tumwater, WA 2:00-2:50pm H2E: Helping Reduce Healthcare's Environmental and Public Health Impacts Sarah D. O'Brien, Champion Coordinator, Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E), Lyme NH 3:00-3:50pm Industrial Hygiene Challenges at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Walter Reed Army Medical Center, major hospital complex in Washington, D. C., and Forest Glen, Md.; est. 1923 and named for U.S. army surgeon Walter Reed. It is composed of seven units including a general hospital and a research institute. There are several thousand beds. , Washington, DC Brian P. Kaiser, R.P.I.H., Chief, Industrial Hygiene, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 4:00-4:50pm Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine Support to the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas CAPT Ronald Henely, Environmental Science Officer, Chief of EH, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, KS [Invited] Monday, June 27 1:00-1:50pm Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting Kevin M. Nelson, A.I.C.P., Policy Analyst, USEPA, Washington, DC 2:45-3:35pm Safer Rhode Island Schools Rhode Island schools Note: The schools of Providence County, Rhode Island, USA are in a separate table: Providence County, Rhode Island schools High schools See also School Name District County City Students* Due to Successful Removal of Hazardous Chemicals Stephen Morin, Director of EH and Safety, Brown University, Providence, RI 3:45-4:35pm The Development and Implementation of a Mandatory Multidisciplinary Course for Incoming Freshmen on Portals to Appreciating Our Global Environment A. James English, Jr., M.Sc., R.E.H.S., Professor and Director of EH Programs, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Solid Waste Sunday, June 26 1:00-1:50pm Speaker and Topic TBA 2:00-2:50pm How Efficacious is a Commercial Autoclave autoclave Vessel, usually of steel, able to withstand high temperatures and pressures. The chemical industry uses various types of autoclaves in manufacturing dyes and in other chemical reactions requiring high pressures. for Treating Human Pathological Waste? Edith Coulter, M.P.H., Environmental Manager, Bureau of Community EH, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 3:00-3:50pm Fish Out of Water J. Shannon Swann, Ph.D., R.S., R.E.H.S., Health and Safety Officer, Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). , Boulder City, NV 4:00-4:50pm Characterization and Treatment of Leachates from a Municipal Solid Waste “Municipal waste” redirects here. For other uses, see Municipal waste (disambiguation). Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a waste type that includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes collected by a Landfill Site in Ibadan, Nigeria Olufemi Oludare Aluko, M.P.H., Doctoral Student, Division of EH, Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and EH, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles (8 kilometres) from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria. It has over 12,000 students. The University was founded on its own site on 17 November 1948. , Ibadan, Nigeria Swimming Pools/Recreational Waters Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am Educational Programs for Health Inspectors--How to Inspect Swimming Pools and Spas Alex Antoniou, Ph.D., Director of Educational Programs, National Swimming Pool Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO 10:00-10:50am Preventing Recreational Water Illnesses in Disinfected Disinfected Decreased the number of microorganisms on or in an object. Mentioned in: Isolation Swimming Venues: Recommendations of a National Workshop, 2005 Michael J. Beach, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Team Leader--Water and Environment Activity, Division of Parasitic Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA 11:00-11:50am Environmental Health Systems Approach: Three Recreational Water Outbreak Investigations, 2004 CAPT Charles S. Otto, III, R.S., M.P.A., Team Leader--Training & Education, EH Services Branch/NCEH/CDC, Atlanta, GA Vector Control and Zoonotic Diseases Monday, June 27 1:00-1:50pm "Sleeping with the Enemy"--Biology and Control of Bed Bugs Jeffrey O'Neill, Northeast Regional Manager, Wellmark International, Zoecom Professional Products Division, Bear, DE 2:45-3:35pm Raccoon Rabies--Health Department Response to the First Case of Terrestrial Rabies in 40 Years, Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,334,544. Bryan W. Matthews, M.A., Assistant to the Director of EH, West Nile Virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. Program/Emergency Duty Administrator and John Ochwat, Public Health Sanitarian II, Nassau County Department of Health, Mineola, NY 3:45-4:35pm The Use of Advanced Technology to Identify Public Health Pests--Positioning Environmental Health to Aid in Bioterrorism Surveillance Alice Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, EH Sciences, East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, intensive research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statue and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina , Greenville, NC Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am Chronic Wasting Disease Noun 1. chronic wasting disease - a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings in Wildlife Jane Huffman, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 10:00-10:50am The Interim Report of the Mosquito Control Collaborative Jacquelyn A. Hakim, M.S., M.P.H., Director, Monroe County Vector Control, Stroudsburg, PA 11:00-11:50am Dead Deer Disposal as a Public Health Service and Related to Community Health Implications Adenike C. Bitto, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., C.H.E.S., Associate Professor, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA and Jacquelyn A. Hakim, M.S., M.P.H., Director, Monroe County Vector Control, Stroudsburg, PA Water Pollution Tuesday, June 28 9:00-9:50am USEPA's Beach Program: Protecting Public Health at Coastal and Great Lakes Beaches Matthew Liebman, Environmental Biologist, USEPA, Boston, MA 10:00-10:50am Impact of USEPA Drinking Water Regulations on Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Rebecca L. Calderon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Human Studies Division, USEPA/ORD/NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC 11:00-11:50am Florida's Waste Site/Well Testing Tracking System Bart Bibler, P.E., Bureau Chief, Water Programs, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL "An unbelievable experience each year!" Dean Bodager, R.S., D.A.A.S., M.P.A., Regional Environmental Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, Orlando, Florida The quality of the educational sessions is superior to any conference I Have attended." Carol Austerberry, Environmental Health Director, Monroe County Health Department, Monroe, Michigan |
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