Seminars and Workshops

We offer seminars for scientists and policy makers regarding scientific issues of direct public health significance. Seminars are offered on a regular basis. Participants come from all sectors and a variety of disciplines. 

We also can provide technical, hands-on workshops tailored to meet a variety of professional objectives. Workshops are taught by School faculty and external associates. They are typically one to three days in length. 

Seminars in the 2007-2008 series are currently planned for:

October 19, 2007

"EPA Risk Assessment Research for Homeland Security"

Dr. Deborah McKean
Acting Director, Threat and Consequence Assessment Division
National Homeland Security Research Center
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Room W4030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm 

November 8, 2007

"The Health Benefits of Air Pollution Control in China: An International Perspective"

Dr. Maureen Cropper
Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
Room W4030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm 

November 29, 2007

"Looking into the future of quantitative risk assessment: State of the science workshop on low dose-response extrapolation"

Dr. Mary Fox and Ronald White
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Room W2008, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm 

December 3, 2007

"Public Health Risk Decision-making and Chemical Toxicity Data: What Do We Know and Where do We Need to Go?"

A Panel Featuring:
Dr. Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Health and Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Clifford Mitchell, Director, Environmental Health Coordination & Public Health Residency Programs, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Mr. James Solyst, Principal Consultant, ENVIRON International Corporation.Room W3030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
Room W3030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

February 6, 2008

"Toxicity Testing for Hazard ID and Dose Response in Risk Assessment: Current Practice and Strategy for the Future"

Dr. James Yager and Dr. Alan Goldberg
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Room W3030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm

March 5, 2008

"Supporting Risk-based Decision Making at FDA for Inspections, Sampling, and Imports"

Dr. Kara Morgan
Senior Advisor for Risk Analysis, Office of Regulatory Affairs
United States Food and Drug Administration
Room W3008, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm

April 14, 2008

"Microbial Dose-Response: Lessons from Agents of Homeland Security Interest"

Dr. Charles N. Haas
LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering
Department Head- Civil, Arch., & Environ. Engineering
Drexel University
Anna Baetjer Room, W1030, Wolfe St. Bldg.
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm 

Workshops

Past workshops have included the following:

• The Evolving Practice of Risk Assessment
• The Role of Epidemiology
• Risk Assessment and Regulatory Reform
• How to Assess Risk
• Working with Risk Assessors and Risk Assessments
  

We have held workshops in

• Washington, DC, in conjunction with the American College of Epidemiology annual meeting
• Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the NIOSH-sponsored Education and Research Center in Occupational Health and Safety
• Seattle, WA, at the Society for Epidemiological Research annual meeting
• Madrid, Spain, at the Escuela Nacional de Sanidad
• Pretoria, South Africa, as part of the Community Medicine Training Program at the University of Pretoria