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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
48th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society
June 28–July 2, Monterey, CA

Scherer AC, Tsuchiya A, Monsivais P, Griffith WC, Faustman EM, Drewnowski A. Development of a composite toxicological nutrient profiling model for pregnant women consuming seafood

EPA’s Region X Air Toxics Summit
August 6, Boise, ID

Neitzel R, Naeher LP, Paulsen M, Dunn K, Stock A, Barr D, Simpson CD. Biomarkers of woodsmoke exposure among wildland firefighters

43rd UK Congress on Human Response to Vibration
September 12–14, Leicester, England

Blood R. Measuring hand arm vibration exposure with a wrist mounted actigraph Blood R. Whole body vibration exposure among transit workers in King County, Washington Johnson P. Whole body vibration exposures in forklift operators: Comparison of a mechanical and air-ride seat

Columbia University Conference on Mass Transit Noise
September 19, New York City, NY

Neitzel R, Gershon RRM, Zeltser M, Canton A, Akram M. NYC Mass Transit noise levels

Pacific Northwest Society of Toxicology
September 19–20, Corvallis, OR

Mohar I, White C, Kavanagh T. Gender-mediated determinants of acetaminophen-induced liver damage in mice

Smith W, Tracy J, White C, Bammler T, Kavanagh T, Eaton D. Uptake of quantum dots by HEPG2 cells

Youngblood L, Chakraverty D, Scherer A, Krogstad F, Tsuchiya A, Faustman E. Domoic acid risk assessment: Neurobehavioral implications for fetuses exposed in utero and neonates exposed via breastmilk

Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference
September 24-25, Spokane, WA

Gleason R. Comparing trucker worker compensation injuries to other Washington workers Runnion V. The new hexavalent chromium rule & what it means for welders

Washington State Medical Association Annual Meeting
September 26–28, Spokane, WA

Franklin G. Washington opioid dosing guidelines: The one year follow-up

Acoustics Week in Canada
October 6, Vancouver, British Columbia

Neitzel R, Daniell WE, Meschke H, Sheppard L, Davies H, Seixas NS. Comparison of perceived and quantitative measures of occupational noise exposure

9th Annual WorkSafeBC Physician Education Conference
October 11, Kelowna, British Columbia

Franklin G. Opioids for chronic, non-cancer pain: A rapidly changing landscape

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Analysis Conference
October 12–16, Pasadena, CA

Adar SD, Klein R, Klein B, Cotch M, Wong T, O’Neill MS, Shrager S, Siscovick D, Daviglus M, Kaufman J. Long-term exposures to air pollution and retinal micro-vascular caliber: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA)

Allen R, Leckie S, Millar G, Jackson P, Brauer M. The impact of woodstove technology upgrades on air quality in British Columbia homes Clark NA, Demers P, Karr C, Koehoorn M, Lencar C, Tamburic L, Brauer M. Childhood asthma and early life exposure to air pollution

Curl CL, Adar SD, Cohen MA, Hinckely Stukovsky K, Allen R, Mancera-Cuevas K, Nunn CL, Castro C, Christman C, Dwight C, Kaufman JD. An evaluation of time-location data: The Multi- Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)

De Roos AJ, Davis S, Colt JS, Blair A, Airola M, Severson RK, Cozen W, Cerhan JR, Hartge P, Nuckols JR, Ward MH. Residential proximity to industrial facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Hoare L. A community environmental health assessment in a Latino farm worker community

Jensen SS, Larson T, Kaufman J, KC D. Modeling intra-urban concentrations of tra=c-related air pollution in New York City for the US Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Kaufman J. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution: An update

Kim S, Sheppard L. Health effect estimates from kriged exposures depend on spatial structure

Liu L, Adar SD, Hallstrand T. Respiratory effects of exposures to diesel exhaust among children bus riders before and after the diesel bus engine retrofit

Miller-Schulze JP, Toriba A, Tang N, Hayakawa K, Tamura K, Dong L, Zhang X, Simpson CD. Nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in urban air particulate matter and their implications for source apportionment in Shenyang, China

Noonan CW, Ward TJ, Navidi W, Sheppard L. Changes in respiratory symptoms and health conditions among children during wood stove changeout program

Phuleria HC, Larson TV, Zielinska B, Ireson RG, Davey ME, Weaver CS, Ondov JM, Hesterberg TW, Liu LJS. Assessment of selfpollution of school buses with various retrofit technologies

Simpson CD, Miller-Schulze J, Paulsen M, Kameda T, Cassidy B, Aguilar-Villalobos M, Naeher LP. 1-Nitropyrene exposures in air and biomarker levels in urine amongst workers exposed to traffic-related air pollution in Trujillo, Peru

Stamper EE, Adar SD, Auchincloss A, Pearson AL, Diez Roux A, Yi M, Kaufman JD. Characterizing the spatial accuracy of geocoding for exposure assessment: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)

Strand MJ, Hopke PK, Zhao W, Vedal S, Gelfand EW, Rabinovitch N. An examination of methods to estimate personal exposures to ambient PM2.5 through data analysis

Stumbaugh KL, Shirai JH, Kissel JC. Estimation of skin permeability coefficients for aqueous chloroform from the Gordon et al. in vivo human trials: Impact on estimated relative contribution of dermal exposure

Szpiro AA, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Wilton D, Larson T, Lumley T, Adar SD, Kaufman J. Spatio-temporal modeling to predict intraurban variation in air pollution levels

Van Hee VC, Adar SD, Szpiro AA, Barr RG, Diez Roux A, Bluemke DA, Sheppard L, Gill EA, Bahrami H, Wassel-Fyr C, Sale MM, Mychaleckyj JC, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Kaufman JD. Genetic polymorphisms, proximity to traffic, and left ventricular mass: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

Wilson WE, Mar TF, Koenig JQ. The use of zip code level mortality data in community, time-series epidemiology yields higher and more significant associations of daily deaths with daily PM2.5 and demonstrates effect modifications from income level, proximity to roads, and distance from the monitor

Wilton D, Larson T, Gould T, Szpiro A. Including caline3 dispersion model predictions into a land use regression model for NOx in Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington

Northwest Occupational Health Conference
October 15-17, Seattle, WA

Antonchuck O. Evaluation of local exhaust ventilation for welding

Camp J. MRSA exposure and emergency response personnel

Camp J. Professional excellence: News from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene

Ceballos D. Development of a permeation test panel for the evaluation of protective gloves against aliphatic polyisocyanate paints used in the collision repair industry

Croteau G. Occupational hazards in the metal and glass arts

Croteau G, Reinhardt T, Dills R. Assessing exposure risk in the absence of a PEL or TLV

Firestone J. Harborview’s Center of Occupational Health Education– Improving care for catastrophically injured workers

Hecker S. An investigation of cabin air quality and flight attendant health

Monteith L. Recent developments with diffusive samplers

Parrette D. Particle size distribution and bioavailability of hexavalent chromium

Runnion V, Dills R. Potential metal exposures in an electronic recycling facility

Runnion V, McCarthy K, Johnson D, Kampa O, John-Andersch L, Peters P, Christenson C. Hexavalent chromium roundtable: An update

Smith-Weller T. Health service coordinators in Labor and Industries Centers for Occupational Health and Education (COHEs)

APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
October 25-29, San Diego, CA

Beima K, Riley C, Sharpe J, Hofmann J, Keifer M, Fryer-Edwards K. Decision making under uncertainty: A case study in returning individual genetic test results in a research context

Blecker HS, Seixas NS, Camp J, Hecker S, Lowry S, De Castro B. Development of a work health and safety curriculum for day laborers

Campe J, Hoare L, Keifer M. Occupational health and safety of Latino immigrant cedar block cutters on the Olympic Peninsula: An exploratory pilot study

Delp L, Silverstein M, Flynn E, Vossenas P, Silverstein BA. Ergonomics policy—looking back, moving forward

Fulton-Kehoe D, Egan K, Gluck JV, Zerr D, Franklin GM. MRSA trends in Washington State Workers’ Compensation

Fulton-Kehoe D, Franklin GM, Wickizer TM, Turner JA, Mootz R. Prevention of long-term disability in back injuries: Screening and intervention

Hecker S. Occupational health and safety training in the US: Is it effective? How would we know?

Hofmann J, Keifer M. Risk factors for cholinesterase inhibition among agricultural pesticide handlers in Washington state

Keifer M, Garcia R, Ybarra V, Hoare L, Wells S. Prodding awake a sleeping giant: The challenge of responding to a farmworker community’s many needs

Riley C, Beima K, Botta D, Kavanagh T, Sharpe J, Fryer-Edwards K. Framing scienti9c uncertainty: The importance of engaging in public dialogue regarding the advancement of nanotechnology

Sanchez YA, Silverstein M. Neglect in agricultural safety and health regulations: Separate and unequal

Silverstein M, Howard J, Murray LR. Future of occupational safety and health; A conversation with leadership

Sutherland LL, Weiler DM, Prengaman M, Keifer M, Hoare L. A grass-roots approach to develop a Hispanic wellness curriculum in rural Idaho

Health and Safety in Western Agriculture—New Paths
November 11-13, Cle Elum, WA (organized by PNASH)

Dunbar L, Gordor R, Novosselov I, Meschke JS. Collection efficiency and viability of aerosolized E. coli with a liquid impinger compared to agar impaction

Fenske R, Yost M. Community exposures to airborne pesticides— Public concerns and known risks

Galvin K. Fluorescent tracers manual: Pesticide safety education tool hands-on workshop

Hoare L, Campe J, Bocanegra JJ. Using community-based participatory research to identify and address occupational work hazards among contract forest workers

Hofmann J. Determinants of cholinesterase inhibition in pesticide handlers

Hofmann J. Risk factors for pesticide overexposure among agricultural pesticide handlers

Hofmann JN, Stevens R, MacCoss M, Goodlett D, Sherl AC, Keifer MC, Checkoway H, Kim JH, Richter RJ, Suzuki SM, Farin FM, De Roos JD, Furlong CE. Biomarkers of sensitivity and exposure in Washington state pesticide handlers

Johnson PW, Cheng H, Blood R, Studhalter M. Tools for ergonomic assessment of agricultural work

Johnson PW, Keifer M. Traumatic and musculoskeletal injuries— Workplace solutions

Kaufman J. Fine particulates and cardiovascular disease

Karr CJ, Postma J. Asthma and environmental factors in farmworker children: Current evidence, intervention strategies, and research needs

Keifer M. Biomonitoring phase II: A discussion of existing and potential technologies

Keifer M. New paths, New travelers

Krenz J, Fenske RA, Yost MG, Galvin K, Tchong-French M, Palmández P, Negrete M, Fitzpatrick C, Tsai MY, Crampton R. Pilot organophosphorus pesticide air monitoring project

Lee JK, Rohlik C, Ray L, Meschke JS. Validation of microbial recovery from surfaces by various sampling methods

Lewis K, Beaudreau M. New technologies in tree fruit production— Labor efficiency and safety—Mechanized fruit thinning, over-therow platforms for harvesting

Murphy H. Educating through games

Murphy H. How can we overcome the economic and cultural barriers to preventing and treating heat illnesses

Murphy H, Gee S, Keifer M, Simpson C. Biomonitoring state of the science: Where is new technology going?

Palmández P, Galvin K, Tchong-French M, Fenske R. Interventions to minimize worker and family pesticide exposure

Paulsen M, Simpson C. Development of a sensitive and specific exposure biomarker assay for organophosphate pesticides using HPLC and tandem mass spectrometry

Pinkerton K, Meschke S, Reynolds S, Schenker M. Bioaerosols in dairy barns

Rohlik C, Lee JK, Ray L, Meschke JS. Characterization of bioaerosols and bacterial surface contamination at a large Washington dairy operation

Studhalter M, Blood R, Johnson PW. Project to assess seats and whole body vibration in tractor drivers

Tchong-French M, Galvin K, Kibogy J, Fenske R. Assessment of chlorpyrifos exposure in agricultural workers during airblast applications

Treadwell R. Introduction of a portable cholinesterase monitoring kit in a clinical setting using a normalization process approach

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