School of Public Health and Community Medicine - University of Washington - Autumn 2007

Departmental researchers or alumni are in bold-faced type

International Biomass Smoke Health Effects Conference
August 21-22, 2007, University of Montana

Allen R. Evaluating the exposure and health impacts of a woodstove changeout program in British Columbia

Sheppard L. Estimation of health effects: Roles of exposure variation and study design

Simpson C. Application of woodsmoke exposure biomarkers

Simpson C. Biomarkers of exposure

Vedal S. Observational evidence on biomass smoke health effects

6th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC6)
August 21-25, 2007, Tokyo, Japan

Yu X. In vitro 3-D sertoli cell/gonocyte co-culture model in screen male reproductive toxicants

Xiaozhong Yu's paper won the WC6 Young Scientist Award. He is director of laboratory research & public health translation at the UW Institute of Risk Assessment & Risk Communication.

Pacific Northwest Society of Toxicology
September 14, 2007, Seattle, WA

Cai B. MAP kinase mediates apoptosis through activation of FOXO3a and induction of Bim transcription

Cai B, Mohar I. Gender and glutamate cysteine ligase modifier subunit as modulators of acetaminophen-induced liver damage in mice: Further evidence for the "oxidative phase" hypothesis

Poulton E-J. Identification of residues important in ligand specific activation of the Pregnane X-Receptor (PXR)

Governor's Conference on Health and Safety
September 26-27, 2007, Tacoma, WA

Gleason R. Near misses and root causes: The basics of accident prevention

Gleason R. Accident and injury costs for small businesses

Jauquet J, Hanford F, Silverstein M. Providing for the aging workforce

Short Course: Safety and health training: What's new, what works, what's needed? (sponsored by our Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety).

Darren Linker, manager of our School to Work program, organized a day of activities for high school students, highlighted by a personal protective equipment (PPE) fashion show.

EPA Protecting the Pesticide Workforce
October 2-4, 2007, Arlington, VA

Galvin K. NIOSH pesticide interventions project

Keifer M. Cholinesterase monitoring in Washington state

Marcy Harrington and Helen Murphy staffed a PNASH center display.

Washington State Public Health Association
October 8-10, 2007, Yakima, WA

Treser C. Effectiveness of the Clallam County household hazardous waste campaign 1999-2005.

Senior Lecturer Chuck Treser received the 2007 John P. Nordin Outstanding Sanitarian Award. Link.

19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health
October 9-12, 2007, Banff, Canada

Neitzel R. Subjective estimation of occupational noise exposure

International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
October 9-12, 2007, Sendai, Japan

Kavanaugh TJ. Modulating GSH synthesis using glutamate cysteine ligase

Associate Professor Evan Gallagher and PhD student Isaac Mohar also attended.

International Society of Exposure Analysis
October 14-18, 2007, Research Triangle Park, NC

Adar SD, Spziro A, Davies H, Allen RW. Predicting spatial variation in community noise levels

Allen RW, Mallach G, Davies H, Cohen M, Kaufman J, Adar SD. The relationship between traffic generated air pollution and noise in two US cities

Bradley AE, Cardenas A, Curl C, Schoof R. Developing and utilizing questionnaire data in building an exposure model for lead

Fenske R, Keifer MC. Community considerations with human subjects research

Fenske R, Tolbert L, Galvin K, Winters M, Yost MG. Pesticide drift in rural agricultural communities

Kissel JC. Biomarker interpretation: Use of biomarker data to inform modeling of dermal exposure

Meschke JS. Assessment of microbial exposures from water: Appropriate strategies for risk-based protection for public health (Symposium chairman)

Meschke JS, Kissel JC. Marine/estuarine water quality and assessment of risk from shellfish

Professor Richard Fenske delivered the opening plenary address, "For good measure: Origins and prospects of exposure science." Fenske is this year's winner of Jerome J. Wesolowski Award. Link.

Northwest Occupational Health Conference
October 17-19, 2007, Seaside, Oregon

Carter S. Welding processes and exposure assessment

Ceballos D. Isocyanate surface sampling in the Puget Sound collision repair industry

Daniell B. Noise exposure and hearing loss prevention after twenty years of regulations: Lessons learned and implications for other workplace hazards

Runnion V. Recognition, evaluation, and control of composite exposures: Basics for safety professionals

Spielholz P. Edwards S. The TIRES Project: Assessing needs and developing solutions for reducing injuries in the trucking industry

Research Industrial Hygienist Venetia Runnion received the Distinguished Industrial Hygienist Award for 2007. Link.

Short Course: It's not your father's workplace: Promoting wellness in the changing workplace and diverse workforce (sponsored by our Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety)

Society of Risk Analysis Annual Meeting
December 9-12, 2007, San Antonio, Texas

Faustman EM, Yu X, Griffith WC. Toxicogenomics: Realizing the promise

Faustman EM, Griffith WC. Toxicodynamic considerations in PBPK models

Griffith WC, Ramaprasad J, Faustman EM. Simulating the effects of polymorphisms and abundance of CYP-450 enzymes in metabolism of chlorpyrifos

Vigoren EM, Griffith WC, Krogstad FTO, Coronado GD, Thompson B, Faustman EM. Formal uncertainty analysis in the interpretation of organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations

Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Noah Seixas. Photo by Ly Pham.

Professor Noah Seixas will be giving Winter Quarter's Distinguished Faculty Lecture for the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, titled Occupational exposure assessment and the evolution of work organization. It will be Feb. 26, from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Health Sciences Building, Room T-625. Refreshments will follow.

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