Spring 2007 Seminars
Scavenger Receptors and Lung Defenses vs. Particles and PathogensJanuary 11, 2007 3:30-4:30PM
Building 1 1302
Lester Kobzik
Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Boston Air Pollution: Where does it come from? What is it doing to you?
January 18, 2007 12:00-1:00PM
Building 3 G2
Douglas Dockery
Chair, Department of Environmental Health
Biomechanics of Low back Loading: Effects of Task Variables, Lifting Technique, and Their Interaction
January 19, 2007 11:30-12:30
Landmark 3rd Floor East, Room 006
Idsart Kingma
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrie Universiteit, Amsterdam
Assessing Exposures to Particulate and Gaseous Air Pollutants
February 2, 2007 3:30-4:30
Building 1 1302
Petros Koutrakis
Professor of Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Health
Free Radicals in Biology; Chaos of Exquisite Control of Cell Signaling
February 6, 2007 9:30-10:30 AM
Building 1 1302
Victor M Darley-Usmar
Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama Medical School
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality in Diesel Exposed Railroad Workers
February 9, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Building 3 502
Jaime E Hart
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Environmental Health
The Seven Deadly Sins of Occupational Epidemiology and the Precautionary Virtues
February 12, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Building 3 502
Philippe Grandjean
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health
Effects of External Mechanical Loads on Cell Contractility
February 20, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Building 1 1302
Rama Krishnan
Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health
Petrochemical Exposure and Glutathione S-Transferase Pi Ile105Val Polymorphism in Relation to Childhood Leukemia in Southern Taiwan
February 23, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Building 1 502
Chen-Yu Liu
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Environmental Health
Post-Transcriptional Nucleotidyltransferase Activity Mediates Cytokine Expression
February 27, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Building 1 1302
Matt Jones
Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health
Occupational Lung Disease: Discussion on Silicosis and Screening for Occupational Lung Cancer with Low Dose CT
March 2, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Building 3 502
Jessie Geibe and Robert McCunney
Resident, Department of Environmental Health; Research Scientist, Biological Engineering, MIT
Deuterium Oxide as a Tool for Ddetermining the Role of Water in Cell Mechanics
March 6, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Building 1 1302
Guillaume Lenormand
Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health
Molecular Epidemiology of Acute Lung Injury
March 8, 2007 3:30-4:30
Building 1 1302
David Christiani
Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Depression and Occupational Injury; Vascular Effects of Metal-Rich Particulate Exposures: Acute Changes in Arterial Stiffness Among Welders
March 9, 2007 12:30-1:30PM
Building 1 502
Jaeyoung Kim
Doctoral Candidate, Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Shona Fang
Doctoral Candidate, Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
First Responder Monitoring & Hazard Mitigation for CBRNE incidents - Applied Experience from CBIRF
March 12, 2007 12:30-2:00PM
Building 3 G-2
Illy Dominitz
Medical Officer, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), US Navy
Young Worker Health and Safety in Massachusetts
March 16, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Building 3 502
Karen Huyck and Letitia Davis
Resident, Department of Environmental Health; Director, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Mass Dept of Health
Managing Potential Risks Associated with Nanotechnology
March 19, 2007 3:30-5:00PM
Landmark 414A
Elen Stokes
Research Fellow, University of Manchester Law School
Understudied Areas in Lung Biology
March 20, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Building 1 1302
Joseph Brain and John Reilly
Drinker Professor, Department of Environmental Health; Clinical Director, BWH
The Role of Scavenger Receptor-A in Double-Stranded RNA Induction of Lung Inflammation
March 27, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Building 1 1302
Farhad Imani
Group Leader, Immunology Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, NIEHS
Role of the Liver in Sepsis
April 3, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Kresge 1302
Gary Hunninghake
Sterba Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa
Using Biomarkers to Link Environmental Exposures with Disease and Disability in Children
April 4, 2007 12:30-2PM
Landmark 3rd Floor East, Room 006
Bruce Lanphear
Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
Grand Rounds: Association of Silica with Autoimmune Diseases
April 6, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Kresge 502
Belayneh Abejie and Rose Goldman
Chief Resident, Department of Environmental Health; Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine
War and Military Health: The Mind/Body Dichotomy and Other Challenges
April 9, 2007 12:30-1:20AM
FXB G12
Roberta F. White
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Interpretation of Biomonitoring Results
April 9, 2007 3:30-5:30PM
Landmark 414A
Melvin Andersen
Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Genetics and Environmental Health Breakfast
April 10, 2007 8:00-9:15 AM
Kresge 110
Jack Spengler
Petros Koutrakis
Chronic Low-Level Exposure to Lead in Relation to Cognitive Functioning in Older Women
April 10, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Landmark 414A
Jennifer Weuve
Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health
Global Burden of Injuries
April 12, 2007 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
FXB G12
Kavi Bhalla, Bell Fellow, Harvard Initiative for Global Health and David Kriebel, Full Professor, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Landmark Methods Group
April 13, 2007 10:00AM
Room 446, 4 WEST Landmark
Global Gene Expression Profiling in Whole Blood Samples from
Individuals Exposed to Complex Heavy Metal Fumes
April 13, 2007 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Kresge 502
Zhaoxi (Mike) Wang, M.D., Ph.D
Research Associate, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program
Occupational Lung Disease: Discussion on Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
April 20, 2007 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Kresge 502
Jesse Geibe
Resident, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
New Initiatives for Worker Health and Safety in Massachusetts: a presentation and discussion by state occupational health leaders
April 23, 2007 6:00-9:00PM
Kresge 110
Letitia Davis, Director, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nancy Comeau, Supervisor, Occupational Hygiene/Indoor Air Quality Program, Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety
Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH)
Epithelial Wound Healing: Who Leads the Crowd?
April 24, 2007 9:30-10:30AM
Kresge 1302
Xavier Trepat
Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health
Global Gene Expression Profiling in Whole Blood Samples from
Individuals Exposed to Complex Heavy Metal Fumes
April 24, 2007 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 414A
Zhaoxi (Mike) Wang, M.D., Ph.D
Research Associate, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program
Genetics and Environmental Health Breakfast
April 25, 2007 8:00-9:15 AM
Kresge 110
Xihong Lin
Severe Acute Work-related Hand Injuries in the People's Republic of China; Arsenic Exposure and DNA Methylation: Pilot Data from Reproductive Health Project in Bangladesh
April 27, 2007 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
FXB G-13
Kezhi Jin, Research Fellow, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program ; and Molly Kile, Research Fellow, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program
High Resolution 3D Visualization of Lung Parenchyma: Do New Images Force Us to Rewrite Lung Development?
May 1, 2007 9:30-10:30 AM
Building 1, Room 1302
Johannes Schittny
Cardiovascular Health Effects of Particles
May 8, 2007 9:30-10:30 AM
Building 1, Room 1302
Edgar Diaz
Modeling Chronic PM10 Exposure for the Nurses' Health Study
May 8, 2007 12:30-1:20 PM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 414A
Jeffrey Yanosky
Genetics and Environmental Health Breakfast
May 9, 2007 8:00-9:15 AM
Kresge 110
Alexandra Shields
Does Control of Air Pollution Lead to Measurable Improvements in Public Health?
May 10, 2007 3:30-4:30 PM
Building 1, Room 1302
Douglas Dockery
Landmark Methods Working Group - Missing Data
May 11, 2007 10:00 AM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 446
Peter Kraft
Employees' Risks associated with Exposure to Anti-neoplastic Agents in the Oncology Clinic: Past and Present Experience
May 11, 2007 12:30-1:20 PM
Kresge 502
Belayneh Abejie and Elpidoforos Soteriades
Landmark Methods Working Group- Grants
May 11, 2007 10:00AM
Room 403Q, 4WEST Landmark
Children's Health and the Environment: The Problem and the Solution
May 16, 2007 12:30-2:00PM
Landmark 3rd Floor East, Room 006
Philip Landrigan
Characterization of Weather Conditions in Relation to Emission Exposures at Six Trucking Terminals; Arsenic Exposure and Birth Weight: Pilot Data from Reproductive Health Project in Bangladesh
May 18, 2007 12:30-1:20
Kresge 502
Victoria Jackson and Karen Huyck
Exposure Biology Working Group
May 22, 2007 3:30PM
Landmark 403Q
Managing Risk Communications
May 23, 2007 3:30PM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 414A
Baruch Fischhoff
Prenatal maternal cortisol response predicts increased total IgE in pregnant women and their children enrolled in an inner-city asthma birth-cohort: Project ACCESSh
June 5, 2007 12:30-1:20PM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 414A
Rosalind Wright
The Role of Rho Kinase Isoforms in Murine Allergic Airway Responses
June 12, 2007 9:30AM
Building 1 Room 1302
Ming Zhu
Improving Exposure Science through Discoveries in Human Dosimetry Research
June 12, 2007 10:00-11:00AM
FXB-G12
David Kim
T cell regulation at birth--can it be related to in utero environmental exposures?
June 12, 2007 3:30-4:30PM
Building 1, Room 1302
Diane Gold
Advanced Techniques for the Detection and Quantification of Bioaerosols
June 14, 2007 12:00-1:00
FXB-G12
James McDevitt
Source Apportionment of ambient PM10 and PM2.5 at Santiago, Chile: 2004
June 15, 2007 11:00AM
Landmark 4th Floor West, Room 414A
Hector Jorquera, Ph.D.
Luksic Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS / Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Aerosol Studies on Diesel Exhaust Emissions Including Nano Particles
June 26, 2007 10:00AM
Landmark 4th Floor West
David Kittleson, Ph.D.
Occupational Asthma Following Exposure to Organic Acid Anhydrides: Experimental Studies in Animal Models
July 16, 2007 12:00-1:00 PM
Kresge 502
Xing-Dong Zhang, Research Associate
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Passive Sampler for Aerosols
July 23, 2007 10:30 AM
Kresge 502
David Leith (ScD HSPH '75)
Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health