S. Elizabeth Clay, Professional Staff Member, Committee on Government Reform, United States House of Representatives

11:00–11:30 a.m.

Perspectives on Vaccine Safety

Louis Cooper, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, and Vice-President, American Academy of Pediatrics

11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Perspectives on Vaccine Safety

Barbara Loe Fisher, President and Co-Founder, National Vaccine Information Center

12:00–12:30 p.m.

Current Vaccine Safety Data Sources

Robert T. Chen, M.D., M.A., Chief, Vaccine Safety and Development Activity, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:30–2:00 p.m.

Causality Assessments in IOM Vaccine Safety Studies

Richard B. Johnston, Jr., M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado

2:00–2:30 p.m.

Methodological Considerations in Evaluating Evidence

David Tollerud, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Public Health, Medicine, and Community and Preventive Medicine (EOH), Director, Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, MCP Hahnemann University

2:30–3:00 p.m.

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: The Case of Iodine-131

Robert S. Lawrence, M.D., Edyth Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine and Professor of Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

3:15–3:45 p.m.

Risk Assessment and Management Under Uncertainty: Lessons From Swine Flu and HIV in Blood Products

Michael Stoto, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, George Washington University