The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction

April 30, 2012 - May 1, 2012
(8:00 AM Eastern)
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Day 1

Opening Remarks

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Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D.
President
Institute of Medicine

Lynn Goldmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair
Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine

Christopher Portier, Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Regulation

Session 1: Setting the Stage

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David Cole, M.S.
Regional Discipline Leader - Production Technology/Chemistry
Shell Upstream Americas

Aaron Wernham, M.D., M.S.
Project Director
Health Impact Project
PEW Charitable Trusts

Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAOHN
Dean
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University

   
Moderator: Lynn Goldman    

Session 2: Geographic Footprint

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Michael Focazio, Ph.D.
Assistant Program Coordinator
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
U.S. Geological Survery
Charles Groat, Ph. D.
Professor of Geological Sciences and Public Affaird
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: Anne M. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Rural Public Health
texas A&M University

Session 3: Occupational Health

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Eric J. Esswein, M.S.P.H.
Senior Industrial Hygienist
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderator: Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAOHN

Session 4: Community Impacts

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Roxana Witter, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S.
Assistant Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health

Timothy Kelsey, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Economics
State Program Leader, Economic Community Development
The Pennsylvania State University

Moderator: Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N. FAAN, FAAOHN

Session 5: Air

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Allen Robinson, Ph.D.
Professor
Engineering and Public Policy
Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Michael Honeycutt, Ph.D.
Toxicology Division Director
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

John Adgate, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health

Bernie Goldstein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Moderator: Richard Fenske, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assicate Chair and Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Washington

Session 6: Water

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Deborah L. Swackhamer, Ph. D., M.S.
Professor, Co-Director of the Water Resources Center
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Robert B. Jackson, Ph. D., M.S., M.S.
Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change, Nicholas School of Environment
Professor, Department of Biology
Duke University

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, Ph.D.
Director, National Exposure Research Laboratory
Office of Reseach and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Bernie Goldstein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh

Day 2

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Sustainable Energy For All

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Lynn Goldman , M.D., M.P.H.

Steven Hamburg, Ph.D., M.F.S. Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

Daniel S. Greenbaum, M.S. President, Health Effects Institute

     
   
     

Panel I: Research Community

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M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D. Director Weis Center for Research
Geisinger Health Center

M.B. Ch.B., MFOM Vice President of Health Shell Oil Company

     
 
Bernie Goldstein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
M.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health
 

Panel II: Federal Representatives

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Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Director, Center for Risk Science and Public Health
School of Public Health and Health Services
The George Washington University
M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Advisor for Public Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Ph.D.
Deputy Director
United States Geological Survey - Water and Science
United States Department of the Interior
     
David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Environmental Health and
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
     






 
Bob Perciasepe, M.Pl., M.P.A.

Deputy Administrator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Frank Loy, LL.B.

Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine

U.S. Representative to the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
 

The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction

This workshop will focus on shale gas extraction to explore the health impacts of emerging energy technologies and the use of health impact assessments to assess and identify ways to mitigate potential health impacts.

Workshop Information: http://www.iom.edu/frackingHIA

Workshop Agenda: http://www.iom.edu/frackingHIAagenda

Questions: [email protected]