Workshops to Support EPA's Development of Human Health Assessments: I. Artificial Intelligence and Open Data Practices in Chemical Hazard Assessment II. Triangulation of Evidence in Environmental Epidemiology

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Workshops to Support EPA's Development of Human Health Assessments: Artificial Intelligence and Open Data Practices in Chemical Hazard Assessment

May 25 - 26, 2022

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An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize two workshops on topics pertinent to the assessment of human health effects by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The second of these workshops will cover Artificial Intelligence and Open Data Practices in Chemical Hazard Assessment.

This two-day workshop will be held on:

May 25th, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM US ET
May 26th, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM US ET

A full agenda is posted at the bottom of this page.

Practical application of systematic review (SR) methods to the peer-reviewed literature and other data sources for chemical hazard identification is labor intensive and costly. Advances in artificial intelligence hold promise to ease those constraints through semi-automation of SR workflows. Computational approaches have been advanced to interrogate, retrieve, screen, organize, and extract information from published and publicly available data sources. However, study methods and findings reported in the literature are often recorded using highly variable natural language, which can obscure concepts and relationships needed for information retrieval and interpretation. Other limitations include the lack of high-quality training, test, and validation data.

Through presentations, discussions, poster sessions, and software tool demonstrations, workshop participants will consider the following questions:

What are the key practical hurdles for applying SR methods, especially with respect to data extraction, and what computational tools have been applied to address them?
What strengths and limitations have been identified through application of AI solutions in SR?
What are the key opportunities for furthering application of artificial intelligence in chemical hazard assessment?

This workshop will feature live panel discussions on various tools used to automate and streamline data extraction and evidence synthesis for systematic reviews. Below is a playlist of pre-recorded tool demonstrations to view prior to the workshop.

Contact

Kaley Beins

KBeins@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Workshops to Support EPA's Development of Human Health Assessments: Planning Meeting 2

January 28, 2022

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)

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This completely remote meeting is held in closed session. The committee will discuss preliminary planning activities including potential workshop participants and virtual platforms for holding the workshops.

Contact

Kaley Beins

KBeins@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Workshops to Support EPA's Development of Human Health Assessments: Planning Meeting 1

January 20, 2022

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EST)

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This completely remote meeting is held in closed session. Discussion will include committee composition and balance and preliminary workshop planning objectives.

Contact

Leslie Beauchamp

LBeauchamp@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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