Institute of Medicine
Workshop
Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study
Thursday, April 14, 2005
AGENDA
Board Room
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Ave., NW (entrance­ 2100 C Street, NW)
9:30 am Meeting room opens
9:45 am David J. Tollerud, MD, MPH; Committee Chair
Welcome; goals and conduct of the workshop; introduction of participants
10:00 am Mark A. Brown, PhD
Director, Environmental Agents Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
10:30 am Michael Stoto, PhD
Chair, Ranch Hand Advisory Committee
11:00 am Albert Kingman, PhD
Chief Biostatistician and Head of the Biostatistics Core
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH
11:30 am Teri Manolio, MD, PhD
Director, Epidemiology and Biometry Program
Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
12:00 pm Richard M. Suzman, PhD
Associate Director, Behavioral and Social Research Program,
National Institute on Aging, NIH
12:30 am Lunch break
(food is available for purchase at the Refectory of the National Academies)
1:30 pm Marie Haring Sweeney, PhD
Health Attache, United States Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam
2:00 pm Mary Ellen McCarthy
Minority Staff Director, House Veterans Affairs Committee,
Subcommittee on Benefits
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Shannon Middleton
The American Legion
3:15 pm Rick Weidman
Vietnam Veterans of America
3:45 pm Input from observers
4:15 pm Discussion among workshop participants
Moderator: David J. Tollerud, MD, MPH; Committee Chair
5:00 pm Workshop adjourns