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Appendix
A
Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the
Committee to Review the Health Effects
in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to
Herbicides (Seventh Biennial Update)
FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, March 27, 2008
National Academies of Science, Room 150
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Presentations
• Welcome; Goals and Conduct of the Public Meeting; Introduction
Richard Fenske, PhD, Committee Chair
• Charge to the Committee
Mark Brown, PhD, US Department of Veterans Affairs
• IOM Veterans and Agent Orange Reports: A Brief History
Daid Butler, PhD, Institute of Medicine
• Report of the Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange
Reconstruction Model
Lois Joellenbeck, PhD, Institute of Medicine
• Possibility of Epigenetic Mechanisms for Dioxin, Particularly for
Transgenerational Effects
Barbara R. Migeon, MD, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Hospital
Michael K. Skinner, PhD, Washington State University (by phone)
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664 VETERANS AND AGENT ORANGE: UPDATE 2008
• Activities Involving the Vietnamese Population
Vaughan C. Turekian, PhD, Chief International Officer, AAAS and
representative to US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin
SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Hyatt Regency San Antonio
123 Losoya Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Presentations
• Welcome; Goals and Conduct of the Public Meeting; Introduction
Richard Fenske, PhD, Committee Chair
• Toxicity of Organic Arsenic
Samuel Cohen, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Placido Salazar, State Veterans’ Affairs Officer, American GI Forum
Alberto Zambrano, Colonel USAF (retired)
• Possible Association Between Parkinson’s Disease and the Herbicides
Sprayed in Vietnam
Stee Fiscus, President, US Military Veterans with Parkinson’s (USMVP)
Alan Oates, Director Special Projects, USMVP
Lorenzo Gonzalez, VP, USMVP
Christopher Reid, MD, PhD, Charles Drew University of Medicine and
Science
• Genetic Implications
Isaac D. Brown, III, PhD, AMVETS & DAV
• Delayed Onset of Symptoms
Don Wilson, Military Order of the Purple Heart
• Conditions Not Covered
Alexander Hill, Vietnam Veterans of America
• Blue Water Navy Issue
John Wells, Esq., Commander USN (retired)
• Air Force Health Study
Joel E. Michalek, PhD, University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio
• Written Statements Received
Jon Anderson, Concerning PD and use of dieldrin in Vietnam
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APPENDIX A
Ronald Denbow, Concerning possible role of compromised immune system
increasing sensitivity to dioxin toxicity
Jerry Dittmer, Concerning renal cell carcinoma
Michael Eckstein, Concerning nerve disorders and birth defects
Michael J. Harris, Concerning child with fascioscapular humeral dystrophy
THIRD PUBLIC MEETING
December 8, 2008
Beckman Center
100 Academy Rd.
Irvine, CA
Presentations
• Welcome; Goals and Conduct of the Public Meeting; Introduction
Richard Fenske, Committee Chair
• Effects of Dioxin on Mitochondria and What the Implications Might Be
for Dioxin’s Carcinogenic Potential and for Inducing Other Chronic or
Transgenerational Adverse Health Outcomes
Doug Wallace, Uniersity of California, Irine
