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The Health Effects Institute
"A Partnership of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and Industry"
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HEI Annual Conference
2006
Celebrating 25 Years of Trusted Science
for Better Air Quality Decisions
San Francisco, California
April 9–11, 2006
Palace Hotel
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Annual
Conference Program Book (PDF,
440 KB)
Poster List Attendees
list
Final
Program |
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Presentations
available
Please click on the links in the program below to download presentations (6
slides per page for easy printing). All files are secure PDF and are less than
2 MB unless indicated otherwise.
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Sunday, April 9
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| 1:00 pm |
Science and Standard Setting |
Chairs:
Alan Lloyd, California Environmental Protection Agency, and Robert
Maynard, Department of Health, London
How are health effects studies interpreted by different local,
national, and regional regulatory organizations (such as the California
Air Resources Board, US Environmental Protection Agency, European Union,
International Agency for Research on Cancer, and World Health Organization)?
How are the resulting standards and guidelines used to (1) estimate and
communicate risk, and (2) improve air quality and protect human health?
These questions are discussed with a focus on particulate matter
(PM) standards. |
| 1:00 pm |
The
use of ambient air standards: a
global overview – Robert Maynard |
| 1:30 pm |
Issues of reporting
standards vs. concentration response functions – Kirk
Smith, University of California, Berkeley, and HEI International Scientific
Oversight Committee |
| 2:00 pm |
Using
epidemiological evidence and air quality data to inform air pollution
guidelines – Sverre
Vedal, University of Washington and HEI Review Committee. The
views presented by Dr. Vedal in this presentation should not be taken
to represent the views of CASAC. |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
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Setting
and using ambient air standards to improve air quality around the world |
| 2:50 pm |
Asia – Supat
Wangwongwatana, Thailand Pollution Control Department (4.8 MB) |
| 3:05 pm |
Europe – Michal
Krzyzanowski, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (2.4
MB) |
| 3:20 pm |
United States – Lydia
Wegman, US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 3:35 pm |
Discussion |
| 3:50 pm |
Concluding
Remarks – Alan Lloyd |
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| 4:00
pm |
Poster
Session 1 |
| Posters
highlight ongoing HEI research on particulate matter, gaseous
pollutants, diesel exhaust, and
air toxics; these studies are complemented with research supported by other
organizations. |
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| 6:15
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Opening
Reception, Dinner, and Celebration: |
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25
Years of Trusted Science for Better Air Quality Decisions |
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Monday, April 10 Back
to top
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| 8:10 am |
Hot Topics: Breaking News |
Chairs:
Mark Utell, University of Rochester Medical Center and Chair, HEI
Research Committee; and Daniel Tosteson,
Harvard Medical School and Chair, HEI Review Committee
New HEI programs and projects are highlighted, as are emerging
technologies that may affect future vehicular emissions. |
| 8:10 am |
Introduction –
Chairs |
| 8:20 am |
Preview
of special report on Mobile-Source Air Toxics – Tom Kensler,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| 9:00 am |
Upcoming
HEI reports – Sverre
Vedal |
| 9:25 am |
New
HEI research programs: accountability, PM, testing of advanced diesel
engines (ACES) – Jane Warren, HEI |
| 9:50 am |
Emerging
technologies |
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• Engine
and after-treatment technologies to reduce diesel emissions – Wayne
Eckerle, Cummins Inc. (2.6 MB) |
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• California
diesel retrofit program for vehicles – Annette
Hebert, California
Air Resources Board |
| 10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:50 am |
Poster
Session 2 |
| Posters
highlight ongoing HEI research on particulate matter, gaseous pollutants,
diesel exhaust, and air toxics; these studies are complemented with
research supported by other organizations. |
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| 1:00
pm |
Lunch |
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| 2:00 pm |
Transboundary Migration of Air Pollution |
Chairs: Kenneth
Demerjian, SUNY Albany and HEI Research Committee; and Michael
Brauer, University of British Columbia and HEI International
Scientific Oversight Committee
Atmospheric pollutants recognize no borders or boundaries. Thus, pollution from
one region or country may influence the levels of pollution and affect health
in other areas. This session will examine global and regional atmospheric pollution,
and the nature of long-range pollutant transport that spans cities,
states, countries, and continents. Recent advances in spatial modeling and impact
analysis, as they apply to micro and macro scale distances, will be described.
Case studies that showcase research on transboundary areas will be presented.
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| 2:00 pm |
Introduction – Kenneth Demerjian |
| 2:10
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Spatial
movement of pollution – Dan
Jaffe, University of
Washington |
| 2:40
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Source and receptor models to understand air pollution transport –
Jeffrey Brook, Environment Canada |
| 3:10
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Health
implications of long-range transport of air pollutants – Denise
Mauzerall, Princeton University |
| 3:45 pm |
Break |
| 4:10 pm |
Transboundary
studies |
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Amanda
Wheeler, Health Canada |
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John
Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health |
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Fernando
Holguin, Emory University and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| 5:15
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Concluding
remarks – Michael Brauer |
| 5:30
pm |
Adjourn |
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free |
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Tuesday, April 11 Back
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| New Research on the Health Effects of Air Pollutants: Part 1 |
| 8:00 am |
PM and Gaseous Pollutants |
Chairs: Mark
Utell, and Ross Anderson, University
of London and HEI Review Committee
Different perspectives will be presented on the possible roles of gaseous pollutants
that have emerged from recent studies of the health effects of air pollutants.
Among the topics to be discussed are the results of studies
and analyses that suggest that ozone's effects are independent from those of
PM; a review of current knowledge about the effects of sulfur dioxide; and
the atmospheric chemistry of nitrogen dioxide and contrasting views
on its
role as an air pollutant. |
| 8:00 am |
Introduction:
Possible pathways of injury by air pollutants – Mark
Utell |
| 8:15 am |
Ozone:
Short-term effects on mortality – Michelle
Bell, Yale University |
| 8:45
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Ozone:
Long-term exposure and lung function |
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A
study in young adults – Ira Tager, University of California,
Berkeley |
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The
Southern Califonia children's health study – John
Peters, University
of Southern California |
| 9:25 am |
Discussion |
| 9:45 am |
Break |
| 10:15
am |
Update
on sulfur dioxide: its health effects and its role
as a surrogate exposure index for other toxicants – Morton
Lippmann, New York University |
| 10:45 am |
Nitrogen
dioxide: a surrogate of traffic or a pollutant in its own right?
A brief review of evidence – Frank
Kelly,
University of London |
| 11:15 am |
Nitrogen
dioxide: sources, air quality, and chemistry in the atmosphere – Kenneth
Demerjian |
| 11:45 am |
Concluding
remarks – Ross Anderson |
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| 12:00 noon |
Lunch |
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| New Research on the Health Effects of Air Pollutants: Part 2 |
| 1:00
pm |
PM
Components |
Chair:
Rogene Henderson, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Recent systematic efforts by HEI and others aim to examine and compare
the toxicity of different PM components and characteristics. Speakers will
discuss the diverse mechanisms and outcomes that have been associated with exposures
to chemical components and physical characteristics of particles in epidemiologic
and experimental studies. The session concludes with a perspective on how to
integrate infromation on the effects of gaseous pollutants and PM into a common
framework.
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Cardiovascular
effects of components –
Mark Frampton, University of Rochester Medical Center |
| 1:30
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Effects
of metals – Dan Costa, US
Environmental Protection Agency |
| 2:00
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Effects
of coarse particles –
Michael Lipsett, California Department of Health Services |
| 2:30
pm |
Integrating
the effects of pollutant gases and PM components –
Mary Ross, US Environmental Protection
Agency |
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| 3:00
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Conference
adjourns |
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