Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model

First Meeting
March 8–9, 2007

The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC

Agenda

Thursday, March 8, 2007 Room 110  

Open Session

10:00 a.m.         Introductory remarks

                        David Savitz, Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the 
                        Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model

                        Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees
10:15                Study Context and Goals, Sponsor Perspective 
                        Mark Brown, Ph.D., Director, Environmental Agents Service
                        Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

                        Discussion

10:45                An Overview of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model
                        Jeanne Mager Stellman, Ph.D.
                        Steven Stellman, Ph.D.
                        Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
                        Presentation

                        Discussion

12:30 p.m.        Working lunch in meeting room

1:15 p.m.          An Introduction to VA Data Resources Relevant to Use of the Exposure
                        Model
                        Mark Brown, Ph.D., Director, Environmental Agents Service
                        Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

                        Discussion

1:45                  The Work of the Joint Services Records Research Center 
                        Don Hakenson, Director, Joint Services Records Research Center

                        Discussion

2:15                  General Discussion                           

3:00                  Opportunity for Public Comment

4:00 p.m.          Adjourn Open Session