Due to technical difficulties, our conference call provider did not record this call as we had requested. The presentations were excellent, and we had certainly hoped to capture those comments so that colleagues at NIEHS and elsewhere could listen the the MP3 file at later time.
Update 4/28/11: Written call notes are now available under the "Slides & Resources" link above.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has invited the public to submit visionary ideas regarding environmental health research by April 30th as part of NIEHS’s strategic planning process. Though a number of colleagues already plan to submit suggestions from their respective institutions and organizations, CHE hosted this call to underscore the need for more research using systems-based approaches in order to better elucidate multiple and cumulative impacts on health as well as potential public health interventions. On the call, several invited researchers briefly described their recommended priorities for NIEHS (see list of speakers below). In addition, we invite other participants to highlight ideas either verbally or in writing on CHE’s blog either during or prior to the call (please see the blog link above). Please note we are inviting senior NIEHS staff involved in the strategic planning process to listen in on the call.
Featured Speakers
Richard Clapp, DSc, MPH, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health and Adjunct Professor at U. of Mass.- Lowell. Prof. Clapp is an epidemiologist with over forty years of experience in public health practice, research, teaching and consulting. He has an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health and a D.Sc. in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health. He served as the founding Director of the Massachusetts Cancer Registry from 1980-1989, and worked in two environmental health consulting groups. Prof. Clapp was an Associate Editor of Environmental Health Perspectives from 2005-2010 and a member of several professional societies. His research has included studies of cancer around nuclear facilities, in workers and military veterans, and in communities with toxic hazards. In 2008, he received the Research Integrity Award from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.
Madeleine Kangsen Scammell, DSc, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Scammell's research includes the use of qualitative methods in the area of community-driven environmental health and epidemiologic studies, mapping and monitoring community-identified environmental health hazards, and analyzing cumulative exposures to chemical and non-chemical stressors. Madeleine directs Community Outreach and Research Translation Cores of the Boston University Superfund Research Program. She is also Director of Partnerships and Collaborations for the Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center (PHH-PRC) at Boston University.
Mark Mitchell, MD, MPH, President, Mitchell Environmental Health Associates. Dr. Mitchell is the principal of Mitchell Environmental Health Associates, a consulting firm on environmental health and environmental justice issues. Dr. Mitchell is also founder and Senior Policy advisor for the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice. He is currently a member of the U.S. EPA’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology, as well as Chair of the Community Advocacy, Leadership, and Research Subgroup of the U.S. CDC/ATSDR’s National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures.
Frederica Perera, DrPH, Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health and Professor of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Dr. Perera pioneered the field of molecular epidemiology, beginning with studies of cancer and is now applying molecular techniques within studies of pregnant women and their children. Her areas of specialization include prevention of environmental risks to children, molecular epidemiology, cancer prevention, environment-susceptibility interactions in cancer, developmental damage, asthma, and risk assessment.
Jennifer Sass, PhD, Senior Scientist, Health and Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council. Dr. Sass is a senior scientist in NRDC's health and environment program, working on scientific issues relevant to federal chemical regulations. Jennifer directs the scientific integrity project and the nanotechnology project. Jennifer received her doctorate degree from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a postdoctoral fellowship in toxicology from the University of Maryland.
Visionary ideas can be submitted directly to the NIEHS.
This call was moderated by Elise Miller, MEd, CHE Director.