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Suggested Citation:"B Speakers and Panelists." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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Speakers and Panelists


Cecilia Arnold

Mental Health Director

Ligutti Rural Community Support Program


John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas

Administrator, Commission of Latino Affairs

Iowa Division of Latino Affairs


Sandra Charvat Burke

Research Scientist

Iowa State University


Erroll Davis

CEO

Alliant Energy


Rita Gergely

Chief

Bureau of Lead Poisoning Prevention

Iowa Department of Public Health


Bernard Goldstein

Dean

School of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh


Neil Harl

Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished

Professor in Agriculture

Iowa State University


Jane Hoppin

Environmental Epidemiologist

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institute of Health


Ellen Huntoon

Rural Development Coordinator

Office of U.S. Senator Tom Harkin


John Lowe

Professor and Head

Department of Community and Behavioral Health

Suggested Citation:"B Speakers and Panelists." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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Donald Mattison

Senior Adviser to the Directors of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Center for Research for Mothers and Children

National Institutes of Health


James Merchant, M.D.

Dean, School of Public Health

University of Iowa


Robert Mulqueen

Project Coordinator

Iowa Department of Public Health


Michael Noble

Executive Director

Minnesotans for Energy-Efficient Economy


David Osterberg

Associate Professor

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

University of Iowa


Mark Ritchie

President

Institute of Agricultural and Trade Policy


Ricardo Salvador

Professor

Iowa State University


Jerald Schnoor

Allen S. Henry Chair of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Iowa


Jackie Stumpff

Coordinator

Nebraska Environmental

Partnerships Program

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality


Peter Thorne

Director

Environmental Health Sciences

Research Center

University of Iowa


Mary Wakefield

Director

Center for Rural Health

School of Medicine and Health Sciences

University of North Dakota

Suggested Citation:"B Speakers and Panelists." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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Throughout much of its history, the United States was predominantly a rural society. The need to provide sustenance resulted in many people settling in areas where food could be raised for their families. Over the past century, however, a quiet shift from a rural to an urban society occurred, such that by 1920, for the first time, more members of our society lived in urban regions than in rural ones. This was made possible by changing agricultural practices. No longer must individuals raise their own food, and the number of person-hours and acreage required to produce food has steadily been decreasing because of technological advances, according to Roundtable member James Merchant of the University of Iowa.

The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29 and 30, 2004, to look at rural environmental health issues. Iowa, with its expanse of rural land area, growing agribusiness, aging population, and increasing immigrant population, provided an opportunity to explore environmental health in a region of the country that is not as densely populated. As many workshop participants agreed, the shifting agricultural practices as the country progresses from family operations to large-scale corporate farms will have impacts on environmental health.

This report describes and summarizes the participants' presentations to the Roundtable members and the discussions that the members had with the presenters and participants at the workshop.

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