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The National Academies
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model
Second Meeting
April 30 – May 1, 2007
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Agenda
Monday, April 30, 2007
Room 110
Open Session
1:30 p.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
1:45 p.m. VA Data Resources Relevant to Use of the Agent Orange Exposure
Model
Han Kang, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Epidemiology Service
Director, War-Related Injury and Illness Study Center
Department of Veterans Affairs
Presentation
Discussion
2:30 p.m. Review of the CDC Agent Orange Exposure Index and Validation Study
Thomas H. Sinks, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Environmental Health/ATSDR
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation
Discussion
3:15 p.m. Accessing Military Unit Records at the College Park Archives
Richard Boylan
National Archives and Records Administration
Discussion
3:45 p.m. Accessing Service Member Personnel via the IOM Medical Follow-up Agency
William Page, Ph.D., and Harriet Crawford, B.S.
Institute of Medicine Medical Follow-up Agency
Presentation, Handout #1, Handout #2
Discussion
4:15 p.m. General Discussion
4:30 p.m. Adjourn Open Session
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Room 110
Open Session
8:30 a.m. Introductory remarks
David Savitz, Ph.D.
Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure
Reconstruction Model
8:45 a.m. Environmental Fate of TCDD: Relationships to Human Exposure in
Vietnam
Alvin L. Young, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Institute for Science and Public Policy
The University of Oklahoma
John P. Giesy, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology
University of Saskatchewan
Presentation
Discussion
9:30 a.m. Michigan’s Dioxin Exposure Study: Findings of Interest for Agent Orange
Exposure Assessment
David H. Garabrant, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
The University of Michigan School of Public Health
Presentation
Discussion
10:00 a.m. Perspectives on Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction in Vietnam
Marie Haring Sweeney, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Surveillance Branch
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations & Field Studies
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Presentation
Discussion
10:45 a.m. Points to Consider When Evaluating the Stellman Model
John H. Ross, Ph.D., DABT
Director, Environmental Sciences
Infoscientific.com, Inc.
Michael E. Ginevan, Ph.D.
M.E. Ginevan & Associates
Presentation
Discussion
11:15 a.m. General Discussion
11:45 a.m. Adjourn Open Session
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