Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report (2010)
Chapter: Appendix C: Public Agendas
Appendix C
Public Agendas
Committee for Review of the DOD’s Enhanced Particulate MatterSurveillance Program Report
First Meeting: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Room 208, Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Public Agenda
1:45 p.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mark Utell, Chair NRC Committee for Review of the Army’s EnhancedParticulate Matter Surveillance Project Report |
2:00 p.m. | Overview of Force Health Protection Issues Related to Particulate Matter Dr. Coleen Baird, Program Manager, EnvironmentalMedicine U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and PreventiveMedicine |
2:30 p.m. | Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance (EPMS) Mr. James Sheehy, Project Environmental Engineer,CENTCOM Project Officer Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and PreventiveMedicine |
3:30 p.m. | Overview of Health Outcome Studies Using EPMS Data Dr. Joseph Abraham, Epidemiologist, EnvironmentalMedicine Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and PreventiveMedicine |
4:30 p.m. | Overview of Respiratory Function Assessment to Date in Deployed Units LTC Ronald Ross, M.D., Environmental Medicine Program U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and PreventiveMedicine |
5:00 p.m. | Overview of Inhalational Toxicology Studies Using EPMS Particulate Matter LCDR Michael G. Stockelman, Scientific Director, NavalHealth Research Center Environmental Health Effects LaboratoryWright Patterson Air Force Base |
5:30 p.m. | Public Comments |
5:45 p.m. | Adjourn Public Session |
Second Meeting: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Room 110, Keck Center of the National Academies
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Public Agenda
1:00 p.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mark Utell, Chair, NRC Committee for Review of the Army’sEnhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Project Report |
1:05 p.m. | Overview of Sampling Design and Methodology for the Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Dr. Alan Gertler – Research Professor, Division ofAtmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute |
1:40 p.m. | Panel Discussion with Committee Members: Experiences with conducting exposure assessment and health surveillance in military personnel in the Middle East |
| Dr. Alan Peterson – Professor, Deputy Chair for MilitaryCollaboration; Director, STRONG STAR MultidisciplinaryPTSD Research Consortium; Deputy Chair for MilitaryCollaboration - University of Texas Health Science Center atSan Antonio |
| LTC William Darby – Combat Developer, U.S. Army MedicalDepartment Center and School |
2:30 p.m. | Public comments |
2:40 p.m. | Adjourn Public Session |
