Surgeon General’s Workshop

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Surgeon General's Workshop

On

Healthy Indoor Environment

Preliminary Agenda

January 12 and 13, 2005

Natcher Conference Center

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, land

The Workshop will be open to the public. There is no registration

fee but pre-registration is strongly

encouraged as space is limited, and registrations are accepted on a

first-come, first-served basis. Onsite

registration will be available, if space allows.

You can register for the Workshop via the internet at

http://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/library/healthybuildings/ or by

calling the conference

registration line between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST

at (215) 569-2300 or toll free at

(877) 569-2300. The deadline for pre-registration is January 7, 2005.

A government-issued identification (e.g., driver's license) is

required for entry on the National

Institutes of Health campus. In addition, there is very limited

parking available for the public at the

National Institutes of Health Bethesda campus. Therefore, it is

strongly advised that people use

METRO (Red Line – Medical Center station).

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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

8:00- 8:05 AM Welcome & Introductions

• RADM C. , P.E., DEE, US Public Health

Service Chief Engineer

8:05 – 8:20 AM Charge and Goals

• VADM H. Carmona, MD, MPH., FACS, United

States Surgeon General

8:20 – 10:00 AM What is the scientific evidence for health problems

associated

with the indoor environment?

Overview:

• Jack Spengler, ScD, Harvard. The Akira Yamaguchi

Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation

in the School of Public Health's Department of

Environmental Health

Asthma and Allergic Effects:

• A.E. Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, Professor of

Medicine, Division Head of Asthma and Allergic Disease,

University of Virginia Health System

Non-Asthma and -Allergic Building-Related Health Effects:

• Clifford , MD, MPH, s Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health

• Hodgson, MD, Department of Veterans Affairs

Building-Related Health Effects and Potential Economic Impact:

• Eileen Storey, MD, MPH, University of Connecticut,

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,

Center for Indoor Environments and Health

10:00-10:15 AM Break

10:15 – 12:00 PM What are the challenges to bringing about health

promoting

changes in indoor environments?

• J. Fisk, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Eileen Storey, MD, University of Connecticut, Division of

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Center for

Indoor Environments and Health

• Peyton Eggleston MD, Hopkins University

• Hal Levin, BArch, Research Architect. President of Indoor

Air 2002, the 9th International Conference in Indoor Air

Quality and Climate

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• Woods, PhD, PE, The Building Diagnostics

Research Institute, Inc.

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 – 3:30 What are the research needs related to public health and

the

indoor environment?

i) Research Needs from the National Academies, Institute of

Medicine Report on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health

• Noreen , PhD, Dean of Michigan University School

of Public Health

• Peyton Eggleston MD, Hopkins University

ii) Priority Research Needs for Improving the Health of Workers in

Indoor Environments

• -Ganser, PhD. National Institute of Occupational

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

iii) Energy-Related Indoor Environmental Quality Research: A

Priority Agenda

• Professor Vivian Loftness, Carnegie Mellon University

iv) CDC's Agenda for Research, Training, and Outreach to

Minimize Adverse Exposures in Indoor Environments

• Clive Brown, MD, MPH. National Center for

Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

3:30 – 3:45 PM Break

3:45 – 4:15 PM The importance of collaborative efforts between the

building,

medical and public health communities to achieve health

promoting changes in indoor environments

• Samet, MD, MS, Professor and Chairman,

I. and Irene B. Fabrikant Professor of Health, Risk, and

Society, s Hopkins Univeristy, Bloomberg School of

Public Health

• Girman, MS, Indoor Environments Division, EPA

4:15 – 5:00 PM Afternoon speakers convene for questions and

discussion

5:00 – 5:15 PM Wrap-up of the day's activities and overview of plans

for

tomorrow

• RADM C. , P.E., DEE, US Public Health

Service Chief Engineer

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

8:00 – 8:30 PM Introductions and summation of the first day's

activities and

today's charge

• RADM C. , P.E., DEE, US Public Health

Service Chief Engineer

8:30 – 10:30 AM Federal Agency Panel, Session 1 - Review of federal

research

and development and outreach activities (summarizing goals,

scope, and effort)

• R. Holmstead, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency

• Henry Falk, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

• H. , M.D., National Institutes of Health

• s, Ph.D., Department of Housing and Urban

Development

• Jim Hill, Ph.D., National Council on Science and

Technology

• TBA, Department of Energy

• TBA, General Services Administration

• J. Fisk, (Panel Chair) Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory

10:30 – 10:45 AM Break

10:45 – 11:30 AM Federal Agency Panel, Session 2 – Members of the

previous

session discuss the following questions?

1. Does this problem require a federal response?

2. How can we improve federal response?

3. How can federal agencies fill the identified gaps and

address the limitations (e.g., health research, physical

environment research)?

4. What is the role, if any, for regulations, standards, and

guidelines?

5. How should federal agencies and non-federal organizations

coordinate their activities?

6. How could federal agencies coordinate and implement

outreach and education activities?

7. How could federal agencies address the lack of resources

for research and outreach activities?

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch

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12:30 – 4:00 PM Vision for the Future

Moderators: Kathleen Kreiss, MD, NIOSH, CDC and Redd, MD,

NCEH, CDC

Workshop coordinators, speakers, and pre-registered audience members

discuss possible

conclusions and recommendations that may appear in the Workshop

Summary Report.