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Clean Air Research Centers (CLARCs) Kick-Off Meeting
U.S. EPA
109 T.W. Alexander Dr.
Main Campus, Building C
Auditorium A and B
Durham, NC 27711
April 7 - 8, 2011
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| Day 1 - Thursday, April 7 | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome William H. Sanders III, Dr.P.H., Director, EPA National Center for Environmental Research |
| 8:40 a.m. | Goals: Collaborating on Air Quality and Health Research in a Multipollutant Context (view presentation ) (PDF) Dan Costa, Sc.D., DABT, EPA Interim National Program Director for Air , Climate & Energy |
| 9:00 a.m. | Great Lakes Air Center for Integrative Environmental Research (GLACIER) (view project abstract ), (view presentation ) (PDF) Jack R. Harkema, D.V.M., Ph.D., Center Director Sanjay Rajagopalan, M.D., Lead Investigator |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Harvard University Clean Air Research Center : Air Pollution Mixtures : Health Effects Across Life Stages (view project abstract ), (view presentation ) (PDF) Petros Koutrakis, Ph.D., Center Director Murray Mittleman, M.D., Dr.P.H., Lead Investigator |
| 11:00 a.m. | University of Washington Center for Clean Air Research (view project abstract ), (view presentation ) (PDF) Sverre Vedal, M.D., M.Sc., Center Director Joel Kaufman, Ph.D., Lead Investigator Tim Larson, Ph.D., Investigator Jake McDonald, Ph.D., Lead Investigator |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. | Southeastern Center for Air Pollution and Epidemiology ( SCAPE ) (view project abstract ), (view presentation ) (PDF) Paige E. Tolbert, Ph.D., Co-Center Director Ted Russell, Ph.D., Co-Center Director |
| 1:30 p.m. | EPA Research Laboratories (view presentation ) (PDF) Robert Devlin, Ph.D., EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2:15 p.m. | EPA, Air Quality, and Health Lydia Wegman, Director, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
| 2:25 p.m. | Science Policy Futures in a Multipollutant Framework (view presentation ) (PDF) Scott Jenkins, Ph.D., EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
| 2:45 p.m. | Introduction to Breakout Groups (What we want to accomplish) Dan Costa, Sc.D., EPA Interim National Program Director for Air , Climate & Energy |
| 2:55 p.m. | Break and Transition to Breakout Sessions |
| 3:10 p.m. | Breakout Session One: Finding Commonalities Among the Centers Goals: Learn who is doing what, recognize overlaps and opportunities. Identify questions and topics for collaborative projects and workshops. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Plenary: Report Back from Breakouts and Discussion Sherri Hunt, Ph.D. and Mel Peffers facilitating Outcome: List and create sign-ups for Day 2 Breakouts and identify group leaders |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 6:00 p.m. | Group Dinner, location TBD |
| Breakout Session Groups - Day 1 | |
| Building C Room 300A Measuring and Modeling Air Pollution and Exposure in a Multipollutant World (continuous methods, measuring ROS, etc.) Discussion Leaders: Petros Koutrakis and Rodney Weber Building C Room 300C Animal Models of Susceptibility with Human Susceptible Populations Discussion Leaders: Jack Harkema and David Diaz Sanchez Building C Room 500A Endpoints and Mechanisms in Observational and Controlled Exposure Cardiovascular Studies Discussion Leaders: Sanjay Rajagoplan and Joel Kaufman Building C Room 600A Planned Multipollutant Epidemiologic and Controlled Exposure Studies Opportunities for Collaboration Discussion Leaders: Paige Tolbert and Bob Devlin Building E Room E101 Statistical Challenges in Analyzing Multipollutant Studies Discussion Leaders: Brent Coull and Lianne Sheppard |
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| Clean Air Centers (CLARCs) Kick-off Meeting - Day 2 - Friday, April 8 | |
| 8:10 a.m. |
Introduction to Day 2 Dan Costa, Sc.D., EPA Interim National Program Director for Air , Climate & Energy |
| 8:15 a.m. | Results from Multipollutant Science and Risk Analysis Workshop (view presentation ) (PDF) Doug Johns, Ph.D., Senior Health Scientist, Acting Branch Chief, EMAG, EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment |
| 8:35 a.m. | HEI's RIOPA and Other Air Quality Databases (view project abstract ), (view presentation ) (PDF) Rashid Shaikh, Ph.D. Director of Science, Health Effects Institute |
| 9:00 a.m. | Detroit Multipollutant Pilot Project (view presentation ) (PDF) Neal Fann, Ph.D. and Karen Wesson, Ph.D., EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
| 9:30 a.m. | Instructions for Breakout Session Two Dan Costa, Sc.D., EPA Interim National Program Director for Air , Climate & Energy |
| 9:40 a.m. | Break and Transition to Breakout Groups |
| 10:00 a.m. | Breakout Session Two Purpose: To develop plans for specific collaborative projects identified in Day 1 Auditorium C111B, Auditorium C111C, Classroom C112, Classroom C113, Classroom C114 |
| 11:45 a.m. | Reports from Breakout Session Two Sherri Hunt, Ph.D. and Mel Peffers facilitating Outcome: Outline collaborative projects and identify CLARC leaders and participants |
| 12:30 p.m. | Working Lunch Logistics of Collaborative Projects (Conversation for CLARC and EPA leadership) |
| 2:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Next Steps Dan Costa, Sc.D., EPA Interim National Program Director for Air , Climate & Energy |