Children's Environmental Health Institute Biennial Scientific Symposium on Children's Health as Impacted by Environmental Contaminants

November 1-2, 2002

United States Airforce School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City Base, San Antonio Texas

Symposium 2002 Agenda

Friday, November 1

8:00 - 12:30
Registration

8:30 - 11:30
Pre-Symposium Policy Forum — Interdependence of Economic Opportunities, Population Growth and Healthy Environments for Children and Families

- Moderator and Opening Remarks

• Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH Director, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
  
  

- City/County

• The Honorable Nelson W. Wolff, JD, Bexar County Judge
  
  
• Howard Peak, Former Mayor of San Antonio

- Questions & Answers

- State/Federal

• Eduardo Sanchez, MD, Commissioner, Texas Department of Health
  
  
• Evelyn Daniels, MPA, Regional Children's Environmental Health Coordinator, Region VI Environmental Protection Agency

- Public/Private Sector

• Mike Wells, AIA, Urban Planner for Children's Spaces, Principal, ROFDW Architects, Dallas, TX, Board Member, Children's Environmental Health Institute

- Questions and Answers

11:30-12:30
Lunch - On Your Own

• TOUR: Hyperbaric Chamber and Human Centrifuge Operations Tour

Biennial Scientific Symposium on Children's Health as Impacted by Environmental Contaminants

12:30-12:45
Welcome and Introductions

• Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH, Director, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

12:45-1:30
"Tox for Docs: Recognizing and Preventing Environmental Triggers of Disease in Children"

• Rob Amler, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

1:30-2:30
"What Physicians Can Gain From National Children's Research Studies"

• Introductions and Moderator — Claudia Miller, MD, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

The National Children's Study

• Woodie Kessel, MD, MPH, Senior Child Health Advisor, Office of the Secretary, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research

• Allen Dearry, PhD, Chief of the Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

2:30-2:45
Questions and Answers

2:45-3:00
BREAK

3:00-3:40
Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer

• Melissa Bondy, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

3:40-4:20
"Endocrine Disruption"

• Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D., Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Director, Experimental Gynecology/Endocrinology, Head, Cancer Nutrition Research Group, Director, Center for Research on Minority Health, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  

4:20-5:00
"The Role of Air Pollutants and Environmental Factors in Childhood Asthma"

• Pamela R. Wood, MD, Professor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas health Science Center at San Antonio

5:00-5:40
"The Role of the Environment and Genes in Birth Defect Etiology"

• Laura Mitchell, PhD, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
  

5:40-6:25
Ethics Session: "Why not have a perfect child live a perfect life for 125 years?"

• Jim Wild, PhD, Professor Biochemistry, Genetics, and Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University

6:25-6:30
Wrap Up and Evaluation

6:30
DINNER

Saturday, November 2

8:00-8:45
Overview of Threats to Children's Health

• Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH, Department of Environment Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

8:45-9:45
Panel: Chemical-Biological Terrorism

• Introductions and Moderator — Robert H. Carpenter, DVM, MS, Board Member, Children's Environmental Health Institute

Update on Bioterrorism Preparedness

• Ronald Blanck, DO, President, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Chemical-Biological Terrorism: Impact on Children and the Role of Pediatricians

• Sophie J. Balk, MD, Pediatric Academic Associates, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

9:45-10:45
"What We Can Learn From the Military"

• Introductions and Moderator — Bill Shelton, MD, Board Member, Children's Environmental Health Institute
  
  
• Adam Antwine, Chief, Air Force Base Conversion Agency
  
  
• Kenneth L. Cox, Lt Col, USAF, MC, SFS, Brooks Air Force Base
  
  
• Sam Sanchez, Environmental Health Administrator, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

10:45-11:00
Question and Answer Session

11:00-11:15
BREAK

11:15-12:30
Panel: Nationwide Health Tracking Network

• Introductions and Moderator — Evelyn Daniels, MPA, Regional Children's Environmental Health Coordinator, Region VI Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• W. Randolph Daley, DVM, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health
  
  
• Laura Rasar King, MPH, CHES, Outreach Director, Environment and Health Program, Physicians for Social Responsibility

12:30-12:45
Question and Answer Session

12:45-1:15
LUNCH

1:15 - 1:45
Luncheon Speaker — "Dedicated to the health of children? Then call yourself an environmentalist."

• Michael L. Fischer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

1:45-2:00
BREAK

2:00-3:45
Panel: Sources, Pathways and Effects of Contaminants/Toxicants In Relation to Clinical Practice

• Introductions and Moderator — Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH, Department of Environment Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

Mold Contamination in Buildings: Putting the Causes, Pathways and Health Effects into Perspective

• Vince Torres, PE, Texas Institute for the Indoor Environment, The University of Texas at Austin

Heavy Metals (Mercury, Lead, Arsenic)

• Claudia Miller, MD, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Sources and Pathways of Childhood Exposure to Pesticides

• Kirby C. Donnelly, PhD, Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University

3:45-4:00
Question and Answer Session

4:00-4:30
"What Local Public Health Can Offer the Clinician in Regard to Children's Environmental Health"

• Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH, Director, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

4:30-4:45
Question and Answer Session

4:45-5:00
Closing Summary

• Martin Lorin, MD, Director of Medical Education , Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine