April 10, 2002

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 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

Paul Rogers, Roundtable Chair, Partner, Hogan and Hartson

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8:40 a.m. Remarks from the Institute of Medicine

Susanne Stoiber, M.P.A., M.S., Executive Officer

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8:55 a.m. Remarks and Charge to Participants

Lynn Goldman, M.D., Roundtable Vice-Chair, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health

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Session I:  Broad Overview of Environmental Health Monitoring

9:10 a.m. Bridging the Environment and Health:  A Congressional Perspective

The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senator, NY

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9:30 a.m. Monitoring Environmental Health:  A View from the Environmental Protection Agency

Paul Gilman, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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9:50 a.m. Environmental Health:  A View from the Department of Health and Human Services

Eve Slater, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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10:10 a.m. Break

10:40 a.m. The Common Ground: The Critical Role of Indicators and Tracking in Shaping the Future of Environmental Health

Thomas Burke, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health

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11:10 a.m. The Interaction with the Global Community

Tord Kjellstrom, MME, Med. Dr., Professor, Australian National University

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11:40 a.m. Audience Discussion

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12:10 p.m. Lunch

Session II: How Deep is the Chasm?

Moderator:  Roger Bulger, M.D., President and CEO, Association of Academic Health Centers

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1:00 p.m. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Approach to Disease Surveillance

Michael A. McGeehin, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Director, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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 1:30 p.m. What Earth Science Technology Can Do To Assist Public Health

P. Patrick Leahy, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Information

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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2:00 p.m. Understanding the State of the Environment: Moving Beyond the Process to True Outcome Indicators

Kimberly Nelson, M.P.H., Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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2:30 p.m. Environmental Health Monitoring in the Workplace:  Safeguarding Workers and Advancing Public Health

Kathleen Rest, Ph.D., M.P.A., Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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3:00 p.m. Audience Discussion

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3:30 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m. The Local Community: Environmental Challenges and Recommendations

Mark Horton, M.D., M.S.P.H., Deputy Agency Director for Public Health Services, Health Officer, Health Care Agency, Orange County, CA

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4:20 p.m. Environmental Health Monitoring: A View from Industry

Carol Henry, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., Vice President for Science and Research, American Chemistry Council

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4:40 p.m. Yes…But Will the Public Care?

Morris “Bud” Ward, President, Morris A. Ward, Inc.

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5:10 p.m. Web-Based Information Services

William Pease, Chief Technology Officer, GetActive Software

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5:30 p.m. Audience Participation

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 6:00 p.m. Adjourn to Reception

April 11, 2002

8:30 a.m. Welcome Back

Lynn Goldman, M.D., Roundtable Vice-Chair

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Session III: Where Do We Go from Here?

Moderator:  Howard Frumkin, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H., Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

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8:35 a.m. The Health Tracking Vision Versus Implementation–The Challenges Ahead

Shelley Hearne, Dr.P.H., Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health

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9:00 a.m. Ensuring Usability in Environmental Health Monitoring

Baruch Fischhoff, Ph.D.,  Professor of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

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9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion

9:30 a.m.  Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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9:45 a.m.  Henry Falk, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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10:00 a.m.  Harold Zenick, Ph.D., Associate Director for Health, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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10:15 a.m.  Samuel Wilson, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health

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10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. General Discussion

11:30 a.m. Audience Discussion

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12:00 p.m. Summation

Lynn Goldman, M.D., Roundtable Vice-Chair, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health

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12:30 p.m. Adjournment