Agenda

The 11th James L. Whittenberger Symposium

November 14, 2008 ◊ 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

The Rotunda, 3rd Floor, Joseph P. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School

FETAL ORIGINS OF CHRONIC DISEASE: EFFECTS OF PERINATAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES 

Honoring James L. Whittenberger (1914 - 2007) 

A symposium to honor the contributions of Professor James L. Whittenberger to the field of environmental health.
Please join us as we celebrate his remarkable life.

The Rotunda, 3rd Floor, Joseph P. Martin Conference Center

Harvard Medical School

AGENDA (download a printable copy here)

• 1:30 pm - Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • James H. Ware, Ph.D., Dean for Academic Affairs, HSPH

  • Douglas W. Dockery, Sc.D., Chair, Department of Environmental Health, HSPH

• 1:40 pm – Perinatal Programming of Infant Stress Reactivity and the Atopic Phenotype
  

  • Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH

• 2:10 pm – Neonatal Dendritic Cells Mediate Maternal Transmission of Asthma Risk
  

  • Alexy Fedulov, MD, PhD

• 2:40 pm - Prenatal PCB Exposure and Subsequent Development

  • Susan Korrick, MD, MPH

• 3:10 pm – Break

• 3:30 pm – Introduction to the James L. Whittenberger Lecture

  • Douglas W. Dockery, Sc.D., Chair, Department of Environmental Health, HSPH

• 3:40 pm

 THE JAMES L. WHITTENBERGER LECTURE

Nutrition in the Womb: The Origins of Chronic Disease

presented by

David J. P. Barker, MD, PhD, FRS

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Southampton, UK

and

Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

• 4:30 pm – Reception – 2nd Floor Lounge

To reserve your place please respond to ENVHLTH@hsph.harvard.edu by Monday, November 10th.