2005 Air Pollution Research Symposium

Powerpoint Slide Presentations

AGENDA: UW/EPA NW Research Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health
Six Year Air Pollution Research Symposium

MONDAY, January 24, 2005
Location: Magnuson Health Sciences Bldg. Hogness Auditorium - Room A420

9:30 Introduction Jane Koenig, PhD

10:00 Exposure Assessment Moderator: Michael Brauer, ScD

• PM2.5 Characterization and Exposure Assessment:Lessons Learned from the Seattle Panel
  Studies Tim Larson, PhD
  
• Use of molecular markers in biological and environmental monitoring of woodsmoke
  exposure Chris Simpson, PhD
  
• Estimating source-specific health effects Thomas Lumley, PhD
  
• Discussion Phil Hopke, PhD

11:00 Epidemiology & Health Effects Moderator: Richard Burnett, PhD

• Case Crossover Studies of PM Effect on Cardiac Events Jeffrey Sullivan, MD
  
• Case-Crossover study of infant bronchiolitis and fine particulate air pollution Catherine Karr, MD, PhD
  
• Women's Health Initiative Kristin Miller, MS
  
• Association between personal levels of PM2.5 and heart rate variability Jeffrey Sullivan
  
• Exhaled nitric oxide Jane Koenig
  
• Discussion Jim Zidek, PhD

1:30 Toxicology & Diesel Health Effects Moderator: David Warheit, PhD

• Diesel Exhaust Controlled Exposure Facility and Human Studies Carol Trenga, PhD
  
• Diesel Exhaust and Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability Michael Rosenfeld, PhD
  
• Cardiopulonary Toxicity of Seattle PM in the Apolipoprotein E Knockout Transgenic Mouse Daniel Luchtel, PhD
  
• A Pilot Study on Exposure and Health Assessment from Diesel Bus Exhaust Joellen Lewtas, PhD
  
• Discussion Joe Mauderly, DVM

3:00 Future Studies

• MESA Air Pollution Study: A New Prospective Cohort Study of Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease Joel Kaufman, MD, MPH
  
• Border Air Quality Study Jane Koenig
  
• Future Directions: Health Effects and PM Combustion Sources and Components Joellen Lewtas
  
• Discussion Phil Hopke

4:00 - 5:00 General Discussion