Sponsored by:
The National Research Council’s Disasters Roundtable
and
The Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

June 22, 2004
500 5th Street. NW
The National Academies
Washington, DC
 

8:30 a.m.          Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Objectives
William Hooke, Chair, Disasters Roundtable
Paul Rogers, Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

 8:45 a.m.          Session 1: Linking Hazards and Public Health (part 1)
Moderator:      Yank Coble, President-Elect, World Medical Association

 8:50 a.m.          Communicating Science to the Public
Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 9:10 a.m.          Health Effects Following Terrorism
Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

9:30 a.m.          Questions and discussion

10:00 a.m.        Break

10:15 a.m.        Linking Hazards and Public Health (part 2)
Moderator:      Joseph Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University

10:20 a.m.        Disaster-Public Health Nexus
Linda Bourque, Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, University of California, Los Angeles

10:40 a.m.        Social and Health Effects During Heat Waves
Eric Klinenberg, Assistant Professor, New York University

 11:00 a.m.        Infrastructure Loss as a Public Health Risk
Rae Zimmerman, Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems New York University

11:20 a.m.        Complex Disasters and Public Health
Jean Luc Poncelet, Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Pan American Health Organization

11:40 a.m.        Questions and discussion

12:10 p.m.        Lunch break (cafeteria available)

1:20 p.m.          Special Address: Public Policy Issues Involved in Mitigating the Effects of Health Disasters: View from the Hill
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives

1:50 p.m.          Preparing for the Future: Capacity Building and Lessons Learned (part 1)
Moderator:      Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University

1:55 p.m.          Which Part of “Emergency” Didn’t You Understand? 
William Raub, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services

2:15 p.m.          Public Health Monitoring and Training Needs 
Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

2:35 p.m.          Capacity Building to Respond
Lew Stringer, Senior Medical Advisor, Department of Homeland Security

2:55 p.m.          Rapid Assessment of Health Effects During Disasters
Carol Rubin, Chief of the Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control 
 

3:15 p.m.          Questions and discussion

3:45 p.m.          Break

 4:00 p.m.          Preparing for the Future: Capacity Building and Lessons Learned (part 2)
Moderator:       Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., Manager, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Preparedness Department

4:05 p.m.          Practical Look at Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management: Protecting Workers and Continuing Essential Services
Jack Azar, Senior Vice-President, Health and Safety, Xerox Corporation

4:25 p.m.          NGO’s Role in Capacity Building of the Public
Rocky Lopes, Manager, Community Disaster Education, American Red Cross

4:45 p.m.          Local Partnerships Role in Capacity Building
J. R. Thomas, Director, Emergency Management Office for Franklin County Ohio

5:05 p.m.          Questions and discussion

5:35 p.m.          Wrap up
Bernard D. Goldstein, Dean School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

 6:00 p.m.          Adjourn