CONFERENCE - November 13, 1998 - Baltimore, Maryland HEALTH OF THE BAY — HEALTH OF PEOPLE Sponsored by
The Center for a Livable Future and The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
NB: Links below are to PDF files of articles published in a special issue of Environmental Research and also available from the Publications section of this website. Description Environmental threats have plagued the Chesapeake Bay environment for decades and taken an enormous toll on the Bay’s ecosystem. As scientists world-wide learn more about how human health is inextricably linked to the environment, it has become clear that not enough is known about how the Bay’s problems affect the health of watershed residents. This one-day colloquium will bring together a diverse group to discuss these critical issues. The Colloquium will focus on three areas: examples of environmental threats to the bay that are also threats to human health; research and policy needs for adequately assessing the health of the bay as it relates to human health; and the possible development of measurable parameters to serve as indicators of environmental and human health threats. "Health of the Bay — Health of People" is the first organized public discussion of human health as it relates to the health of the Bay. During this working colloquium, participants will have the opportunity to join in the discussions and deliberations. Papers were published in a Special Edition of Environmental Research. Agenda MORNING PROGRAM
SETTING THE STAGE Health Of The Bay
William C. Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Health Of Bay Residents
John D. Groopman, PhD, Chairman, Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
EXAMPLES OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HEALTH OF THE BAY AND HUMAN HEALTH Pfiesteria – The Environment Strikes Back
Ellen K. Silbergeld, PhD
Director, University of Maryland Program in Human Health and the Environment
Professor, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, U. of Maryland School of Medicine;
Adjunct Professor, Health Policy and Environmental Health Sciences, JHU SPH Susceptibility of the Chesapeake Bay to Environmental Contamination with Cryptosporidium Parvum
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, M.Sc, PhD, Assistant Scientist,
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Toxic Chemicals: Can What We Don’t Know Harm Us?
Peter L. DeFur, PhD, Affiliate Associate Professor
Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
LUNCH TALK
Roger Lyons, President, The Baltimore Urban League
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Measuring the Health of the Bay: Toward Integration and Prediction
Donald F. Boesch, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland
President, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies
Chairperson, Pfiesteria Technical Advisory Committee
Framework for a Report Card for the Bay; Implications for Public Policy
Thomas A. Burke, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management;
Co-Director, Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Next Steps - Discussion
Robert S. Lawrence, MD
Associate Dean for Professional Education and Programs at JHU School of Public Health,
Professor of Health Policy; and Director, Center for a Livable Future
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