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8th Annual Conference on Children's Health & the Environment
Agenda

Date: Friday, September 24, 2010
Location: Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington DC.
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Time
Agenda Item
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:15 am
Welcome and Orientation
Jerome Paulson, MD & Ben Gitterman, MD
Co-directors
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
9:15 - 10:15 am
Keynote – Children’s Environmental Health Policy
Dave Jacobs, PhD
Research Director
National Center for Healthy Housing
10:15 – 10:45 am
Morning Break and Networking
10:45 – 12:00 pm Track 1
A1
The Home Environment
Ben Gitterman, MD
Co-director
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE)

Track 2
A2
BPA & Phthalates
Naomi Luban, MD
Chief
Division of Laboratory Medicine and Director of Transfusion Medicine/ Edward J. Miller Donor Center
Children’s National Medical Center  
  Track 3
A3
Environmental Assessment of Child Care Facilities
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH
Executive Director
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)

Track 4
A4
Healthy Schools - EPA Healthy SEAT & Other Activities
Bob Axelrad
Senior Policy Advisor
Indoor Air Quality Division, US EPA
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch/Keynote Presentation
Interagency Task force on Healthy Homes

Matt Amon, MS
Deputy Director
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Kathy Seikel, MBA
Director of Communications
Office of Children’s Health Protection, US EPA
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Track 1
B1.
The Home Environment
Stella Tarnay
Senior Policy Officer for Green Building
District Department of the Environment

Michael Boeck, JD
IPM Manager
Healthy Homes and Communities Division, Baltimore City Health Department

Track 2
B2. 
Chemicals Management Policy
Jerome Paulson, MD
Co-director
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE)

Track 3
B3.
Environmental Assessment of Child Care Facilities
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH
Executive Director
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)

Track 4
B4.
EPA Healthy SEAT
Cristina Schulingkamp, MSEH
Senior Environmental Engineer
Radon and Indoor Air Quality/Tools for Schools Program Coordinator, Region 3-USEPA
2:30 –3:00 pm
Afternoon Break & Networking
3:00 – 4:15 pm
Town Hall Meeting
The goal of this session is for participants to discuss their plans for using the information learned during the day. Participants will also have an opportunity to engage with speakers to discuss any questions or concerns that were not covered during the breakout sessions. 
Moderator: Janet Phoenix, MD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
4:15 -4:30 pm
Final word and Evaluation (Online)
Benjamin Gitterman, MD
Co-director
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
Prentiss Ward
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