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| Title: | Advances in Children's Health Research: 5th Annual Meeting of the EPA/NIEHS Centers of Excellence for Children's Environmental Health Research and Disease Prevention |
| Date: | |
| Location: |
Grand Hyatt Washington See Logistics below for information regarding hotel reservations. |
| Contact: | Nigel Fields, (202) 564-6936 or fields.nigel@epa.gov Tina Conley (202) 564-3209 or conley.tina@epa.gov |
| Purpose: | Research results and insights from each Center's university scientists
and community partners will be featured at this year's annual meeting.
The meeting will include a review of research progress from each
Center and a special "lessons learned" workshop on the
science and ethics of conducting exposure assessments in children's
environmental health research. The meeting will conclude with an
EPA Forum on Children's Environmental Health that will include a
poster session for optimal interactions with the Center researchers.
In 1998, EPA's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), in cooperation with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), funded 8 Centers of Excellence for Children's Health and Disease Prevention Research. EPA and NIEHS expanded this program to 12 Centers in 2001. These Centers were focused on research to elucidate the role played by environmental exposures in asthma and developmental disease among children. The Centers provide an atmosphere for scientists to interact in establishing outstanding, state-of-the-art research programs addressing environmental contributions to children's health and disease. They also facilitate the translation of basic science knowledge into strategies that can reduce the incidence of environmentally related childhood disease. |
| Registration: | Registration is closed. |
| Logistics: | view Logistics Information |
| Agenda: | view Agenda |