Agenda. Rebuilding for Health, Sustainability, and Disaster Preparedness in the Gulf Coast Region
Rebuilding for Health, Sustainability, and Disaster Preparedness in the Gulf Coast Region
Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The Diboll Auditorium
1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
June 1-2, 2006
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, the National Research Council's (NRC) Disasters Roundtable, and the NRC Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability.
Hosted by the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
June 1, 2006
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Pierre Buekens, Dean, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks: The National Academies
William Hooke, Chair, Disasters Roundtable
Larry Papay, Member, Roundtable on Sustainability
9:25 a.m. Setting the Stage on the Road to Recovery
Maureen Lichtveld, Professor and Chair, Freeport MacMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
What Have We Accomplished Since August 29th
Laura Steinberg, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tulane University
9:50 a.m. Integrating Science: Disasters, Health and Sustainability
Richard Jackson, Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkley
10:20 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. The Need for Science During Rebuilding
Jim Sullenger, Disaster Recovery Organizer, Restoration Point
Strengthening Our Preparedness
Panel 1: Short- and Long-term Issues: Improving Integration
Moderator: Margaret Davidson, Director, Coastal Services Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
11:05 a.m. Comprehensive Local Emergency Planning: Evacuation, Sheltering, and Infrastructure
Juan Ortiz, Emergency Management Coordinator, Tarrant County Office of Emergency Management, City of Fort Worth, Texas
11:25 a.m. Outreach to Vulnerable Populations
JoAnne Darlington, Professor, University of Louisiana
11:45 a.m. From Silos to Systems: Stakeholder Preparedness
Reverend Lester Shaw, Pastor, Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church
Lori Ryerkerk, General Manager, ExxonMobil
12:15 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
12:45 p.m. Lunch
Panel 2: Long-term Issues: From Bayou to Concrete
Moderator: Leslie Carothers, President, Environmental Law Institute
1:30 p.m. Acceptable Risk: Balancing Risk and Quality of Life Issues
Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1:55 p.m. Steps to Restore the Natural Coastal Systems
P. Patrick Leahy, Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2:20 p.m. Integrating Levee/ Wetland Restoration
Edmond J. Russo, Jr., Chief, Coastal Engineering Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2:40 p.m. Forecasting Environmental Change: Reducing Risks and Scientific Uncertainty
Robert Twilley, Professor and Director, Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology, Louisiana State University
3:00 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
3:30 p.m. Break
Cornerstones of Revitalization: Building Resilient Individuals and Communities
Panel 3: Short- and Long-term Issues: Where we live
Moderator: Monica Schoch-Spana, Senior Fellow, Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburg Medical Center
3:50 p.m. Building Safe Homes Post Hurricane Katrina
Robert B. Anderson, President, Robert B. Anderson Consulting Engineers, Inc.
4:10 p.m. Environmental Health Issues—Past, Present and Avoiding Future Ones
LuAnne White, Director, Center of Applied Environmental Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
4:30 p.m. The Environmental Effects of Katrina—What Has Been Done, What Still Needs to Be Done
Wilbert Jordan, Assistant Secretary, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
4:40 p.m. KERRN and the Resilient Urban Ecosystem Project
Doug Meffert, Deputy Director of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University
5:00 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
5:30 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
June 2, 2006
9:00 a.m. Welcome Back
What Can We Learn from Other Communities Who Have Recovered and Rebuilt after Disasters
9:05 p.m. Robert Olshansky, Associate Department Head and Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cornerstones of revitalization: Building Resilient Individuals and Communities (Continued)
Panel 4: Short and Long-term Issues: The Social Determinants of Health
9:20 a.m. When Communities Are Dismembered by Disaster: The Importance of Resilience and the Social Fabric for Rebuilding Health & Sustainability
Stephen Thomas, Director, Center for Minority Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
9:40 a.m. Mental Health during Recovery
Cheryl Bowers-Stephens, Assistant Secretary, Office of Mental Health, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
10:05 a.m. Rebuilding Healthcare
Jeff Tully, Vice President, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
10:20 a.m. General Discussion with Audience
10:40 a.m. Break
Panel 5: Long-term Issues: Building More Sustainabilty
Moderator: John R. Harrald, Professor, The George Washington University
11:00 a.m. Building Smarter
Reed Kroloff, Dean, School of Architecture, Tulane University
11:30 a.m. More Sustainable and Resilient Communities
Jae G. Park, Chief Policy Analyst, MS Governor's Office of Recovery and Renewal
11:50 p.m. Building Green for Preparedness, Health and Sustainability
Myrtle J. Phillips, Mayor’s Office, Grand Bayou Families United
John Pine, Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University
12:05 p.m. Challenges for the Lower Ninth Ward: Rebuilding and Rehabitating
Pamela Dahiells, President, Holy Cross Homeowners Association
12:20 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
12:45 p.m. Lunch
Challenges for the Community
Panel 6: Reactants community Discussion
Moderator: Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans
1:45 p.m. Monique Harden, Co-Director, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Father Luke Nguyen Hungdung, Parochial Vicar, Mary Queen of Vietnam Church
Ed Flynn, Director of Security, Safety & Health Affairs, Louisiana Chemical Association
Darryl Malek-Wiley, Associate Representative, Grassroots Organizer, Environmental Justice, Sierra Club (invited)
2:10 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
Response from Science
Panel 7: Panel Discussion Followed By General Audience Discussion
Moderator: Jerry Keusch, Assistant Provost for Global Health, Boston University Medical Campus and Associate Dean for Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health
2:35 p.m. Maureen Lichtveld, Professor and Chair, Freeport MacMoran Chair of Environmental Policy, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
Shirley Laska, Professor of Sociology, Director, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART). University of New Orleans
Rebecca James, MD, District VI Health Officer, Mississippi
Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer and Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
3:05 p.m. General Discussion with Audience
Closing
3:15 p.m. Remarks for The National Academies
Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
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