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 2009-2010 series are currently planned for:

November 19, 2009

"Climate Change, Air Quality and Human Health"

Patrick Kinney, Ph.D.
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Room W4030, Bloomberg School of Public Health
12:15-1:20pm
**Lunch will be served**


December 7, 2009

"Assessing the Public Health Risks from Chemicals: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities"

Brenda Barry, Ph.D., American Chemistry Council
Lynn Flowers, Ph.D., U.S. Enivornmental Protection Agency
Jennifer Sass, Ph.D., Natural Resources Defense Council

Room W3008, Bloomberg School of Public Health
5:00-6:30
**Light refreshments?will be served**

December 8, 2009

TBA

Gregory Kiker, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
University of Florida

Room TBA, Bloomberg School of Public Health
12:30-1:30
**Lunch will be?served**


December 9, 2009

TBA

Daniel Krewski, Ph.D., M.H.A.
Professor and Director
McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment
University of Ottawa

Room W3008, Bloomberg School of Public Health
5:00-6:30
**Light refreshments?will be served**


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