Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop Summary (2005)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B
COMMITTEE ON EMERGING ISSUES AND DATA ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS
Sixth Meeting - April 22-23, 2004
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C St., NW
Washington, DC 20418
AGENDA
Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts: A Workshop
Thursday, April 22nd
OPEN SESSION, Lecture Room
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9:00–9:30 a.m. |
Introduction to Risk Communication Workshop Mark A. Rothstein, committee chair, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Robert Griffin, committee member, Marquette University (outline objectives of workshop) |
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9:30–9:45 a.m. |
Overview of toxicogenomics: William Greenlee, committee member, CIIT Centers for Health Research |
Panel 1: Toxicogenomics communication and individual decision-making (committee member leads: Robert Griffin, Patricia Buffler)
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9:45–10:15 a.m. |
Speaker: Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin (Perceptual communication issues; what an individual might perceive as issues in decision making; information needs; psychological factors such as variability in perception, discuss what kinds of information are used by public in making risk decisions and risk perceptions; how info gets to public and how public reactions get back to scientists/regulatory agencies) |
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10:15–10:30 a.m. |
BREAK |
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10:30–11:15 a.m. |
Panel Speakers (~15 minutes each): Julie Downs, Carnegie Mellon University Craig Trumbo, University of Vermont David Ropeik, Harvard University |
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11:15–12:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with audience participation |
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12:00–1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH available in basement cafeteria |
Panel 2: Toxicogenomics communication and social deliberations (committee member leads: Linda Fentiman, William Greenlee)
OPEN SESSION Continued, Lecture Room
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1:00–1:30 p.m. |
Speaker: William Freudenburg, University of California, Santa Barbara (How to translate reality of individual risk perception to societal decision making arena; inequality issues related to access to toxicogenomic technologies and information) |
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1:30–2:15 pm |
Panel speakers (~15 minutes each): Deirdre Lawrence, National Cancer Institute |
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K. Viswanath, Harvard School of Public Health Susanna Hornig Priest, Texas A&M University |
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2:15–3:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with audience participation |
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3:00–3:15 p.m. |
BREAK |
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3:15–4:30 p.m. |
Summary Discussion with all panel members |
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4:30–5:00 p.m. |
Open discussion with audience participation |
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5:00 p.m. |
ADJOURN |
