Friday, February 20, 2009

Searle Conference Center, Duke University

9:00-9:15am

Welcome and Introduction

Edward Levin, Ph.D. and Michael Merson, M.D.

9:15-10:15am

Can We Manage Our Toxics? From Science To Policy To Politics

Miriam Diamond, Ph.D., University of Toronto

10:15-10:30am

Break

10:30-11:15am

Clean Air: Air Pollution and Health: The Emergence of Anthropogenic Particulate Matter as a Global Health Concern

Daniel Costa, Ph.D., US-EPA

11:15-12:00pm

Clean Air: Bioaerosol Exposures and Asthma: Effects of a Changing Climate

Peter Thorne, Ph.D., University of Iowa

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00-1:45pm

Pure Water: Economics of Water & Sanitation

Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Ph.D., Duke University

1:45-2:30pm

Pure Water: Poisons in the Well:  Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic and Manganese in Bangladesh

Joseph H. Graziano, Ph.D., Columbia University

2:30-2:45pm

Break

2:45-3:30pm

Safe Food: The Rise in Global Agricultural Trade and Challenges For Food Safety

Jason Carver, USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service

3:30-4:15pm

Safe Food: Global Harmonization of Pesticide Regulation

Jeff Herndon, Ph.D., US-EPA

4:15-4:45pm

Summary and Discussion