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Health Effects Institute
2009 Annual Conference


Portland, Oregon
May 3 – 5, 2009
Hilton Portland & Executive Tower



Program Book with Abstracts    

Attendees List PDF


Please click on a speaker name in the agenda below to access the presentation (PDF format; all files are less than 2 MB unless otherwise indicated).
 

Program Overview

 
Sunday, May 3
   
1:00 PM      The HEI Critical Review of the Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Chairs: Ira Tager, University of California–Berkeley, and Kenneth Demerjian, State University of New York–Albany
In 2007 the HEI Board of Directors appointed a special panel to conduct a literature review of the health effects of traffic-related air pollution. Its report addresses the question: Does “near-source” air pollution from traffic cause health effects that are separate from those due to background regional pollution from transport and secondary processes? In this session, members of the HEI Traffic Review Panel will present the major findings and conclusions of the report.

   1:00 PM Introduction
Maria Costantini Health Effects Institute
   1:20 PM Approaches to Estimate Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution
Michael Jerrett
(3.4 MB)
University of California at Berkeley
   1:50 PM Synthesis of the Evidence from Epidemiology
Ira Tager
   2:20 PM Synthesis of the Evidence from Toxicology
Mark Frampton University of Rochester
   2:50 PM Overall Summary and Conclusion
Ira Tager
   3:15 PM Comments and Discussion
   
4:15 PM Poster Session 1
   
6:00 PM Opening Reception and Dinner
 
Monday, May 4                                                       
   
8:00 AM Progress at HEI
Chairs: Homer Boushey, University of California–San Francisco, and Mark Utell, University of Rochester
A recently completed HEI-funded study of the Congestion Charging Scheme in London, UK, will be presented, followed by a discussion by members of the HEI Review Committee. Recipients of the 2008 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award will also be introduced.
   8:00 AM Committee Introductions and Brief Update
Mark Utell, Homer Boushey
   8:10 AM Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award: 2008 Recipients
Annemoon van Erp, Health Effects Institute
Thomas Barker Georgia Institute of Technology
Jiu-Chiuan Chen University of Southern California
   8:30 AM Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study Update
Phase 1 Results – Comprehensive Emissions Characterization of 2007-Compliant Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines.
Chris Tennant
Coordinating Research Council
Phase 3 – Chronic Bioassay: Initial Emissions Characterization for Animal Exposures.
Joe Mauderly
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
   9:00 AM Congestion Charging Scheme in London: Assessing Its Impact on Air Quality
Research Findings
Frank Kelly
King's College, London
HEI Review Committee's Comments
Armistead Russell
Georgia Institute of Technology
   
10:15 AM Are Health Screening Tools Available for Evaluating Emissions from New Fuels and Technologies?
Chairs: Joe Garcia, University of Chicago, and John Hoidal, University of Utah
The surge of interest in the use of new fuels and technologies raises anew questions about the assessment of their emissions for potential health effects. This session will address both in vitro and in vivo biologic methods and approaches that may be useful for health effects screening.
   10:15 AM Introduction
Rashid Shaikh Health Effects Institute
   10:30 AM Screening for Oxidative Stress and Lung Injury: Endpoints and Methods for Exposing Cells
Robert Devlin
US Environmental Protection Agency
   11:00 AM  Screening for Cardiovascular Effects: Endpoints and Cellular Systems
Aruni Bhatnagar
(2.2 MB) University of Louisville
   11:30 AM Screening for Genotoxicity: Genomic Approaches
Avrum Spira
Boston University
   12:00 PM Discussion
   
1:30 PM Poster Session 2
 
3:30 PM Ultrafine Particles: State of the Science and Implications for Regulation
Chairs: Michael Brauer, University of British Columbia, and Daniel Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute
Regulation of emissions of particulate matter from mobile sources has been based on particle mass. However, motor vehicles emit large numbers of very small particles that, although they contribute little to PM mass, may impact both air quality and health in important ways. Speakers will review how changes in fuel composition and emission controls have affected emissions of particles, and what is known about particle distribution in urban air and health effects. A panel discussion of the scientific issues and implications for emerging regulation based on numbers of particles will follow.
   3:30 PM Introductory Remarks
   3:45 PM How Are Emissions of Nuclei-Mode Particles Affected by New PM Control Technologies and New Fuels?
Matti Maricq Ford Motor Company
   4:15 PM Where Are People Exposed to Ultrafine Particles?
Fred Lurmann
Sonoma Technology, Inc.
   4:45 PM What Is New About the Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles?
Mark Utell
   5:15 PM Panel Discussion
   
5:30 PM Evening Free
 
Tuesday, May 5     
   
8:30 AM Evaluating Actions to Improve Air Quality
Chairs: Bert Brunekreef, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Kenneth Demerjian, State University of New York–Albany
This session will provide an overview and the first results of studies funded by HEI and others to evaluate the effects of actions to improve air quality. Methodologic issues and challenges will be addressed using the framework of the 2003 HEI Communication 11, Assessing Health Impact of Air Quality Regulations: Concepts and Methods for Accountability Research. Types of interventions to be discussed include larger national or statewide efforts to improve air quality, measures to reduce traffic, and changes in fuels.
   8:30 AM Introduction
Kenneth Demerjian
   8:45 AM California Programs to Improve Air Quality and Health
Bart Croes California Air Resources Board
   9:15 AM Evaluating Efforts to Reduce Traffic and High-Emitting Vehicles in London
Frank Kelly
  10:00 AM Impact of Improved Air Quality During the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games on Multiple Cardiovascular and Respiratory Outcomes
Jennifer Peel
Colorado State University
  10:20 AM Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United States
Arden Pope Brigham Young University
  11:00 AM General Discussion
Bert Brunekreef
   
12:30 PM Discussion of the HEI Strategic Plan 2010-2015
Chairs: Dan Greenbaum, Robert O’Keefe, and Rashid Shaikh, Health Effects Institute
A draft of the HEI Strategic Plan for 2010 through 2015 will be presented and discussed. Conference participants are encouraged to contribute their views on priorities for HEI research over the next 5 years.
  Dan Greenbaum
   
3:30 PM Conference Adjourns

Contact Information
Robert Shavers
Health Effects Institute
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Boston, MA 02110-1817, USA
Telephone: +1-617-488-2308
Fax: +1-617-488-2335
E-mail: rshavers"at"healtheffects.org

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