Appendix C
Public Agendas
Committee for Review of the DOD’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report
First Meeting: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Room 208, Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Public Agenda
1:45 p.m. |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mark Utell, Chair NRC Committee for Review of the Army’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report |
2:00 p.m. |
Overview of Force Health Protection Issues Related to Particulate Matter Dr. Coleen Baird, Program Manager, Environmental Medicine U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
2:30 p.m. |
Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance (EPMS) Mr. James Sheehy, Project Environmental Engineer, CENTCOM Project Officer Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
3:30 p.m. |
Overview of Health Outcome Studies Using EPMS Data Dr. Joseph Abraham, Epidemiologist, Environmental Medicine Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
4:30 p.m. |
Overview of Respiratory Function Assessment to Date in Deployed Units LTC Ronald Ross, M.D., Environmental Medicine Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
5:00 p.m. |
Overview of Inhalational Toxicology Studies Using EPMS Particulate Matter LCDR Michael G. Stockelman, Scientific Director, Naval Health Research Center Environmental Health Effects Laboratory Wright Patterson Air Force Base |
5:30 p.m. |
Public Comments |
5:45 p.m. |
Adjourn Public Session |
Second Meeting: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Room 110, Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Public Agenda
1:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mark Utell, Chair, NRC Committee for Review of the Army’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report |
1:05 p.m. |
Overview of Sampling Design and Methodology for the Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Dr. Alan Gertler – Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute |
1:40 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Committee Members: Experiences with conducting exposure assessment and health surveillance in military personnel in the Middle East |
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Dr. Alan Peterson – Professor, Deputy Chair for Military Collaboration; Director, STRONG STAR Multidisciplinary PTSD Research Consortium; Deputy Chair for Military Collaboration - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
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LTC William Darby – Combat Developer, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School |
2:30 p.m. |
Public comments |
2:40 p.m. |
Adjourn Public Session |