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Vicky Buchan, PhD, Professor, Director
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Session V: Ergonomics of Industrialized Dairy Operations (co-chair)

Sam Byrd, Director
Center for Community Justice
Boise, Idaho
Panel: Working with Populations at Risk: Challenges & Lessons Learned

Joseph Doan, Commercial Fishing Owner/Operator
Abbevill, Louisiana
Panel: Working with Populations at Risk: Challenges & Lessons Learned

Eva Doyle, PhD, MsEd, CHES, Director
Department of Health, Human Performance & Recreation
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Applying Communty-Based Participatory Research Principles: Cultural Considerations;
Panel: Working with Populations at Risk: Challenges & Lessons Learned

David Douphrate, PhD, Graduate Research Assistant
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Livestock-Handling Injuries

Richard Fenske, PhD, MPH, Professor, Director
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Welcome; Session IV: Air Quality & Pulmonary Pathways to Disease
(co-chair); Review of Conference Goals & Results

Mike Gempler, Executive Director
Washington Growers League, Yakima, Washington
Labor Policy - Immigration, Guestworker Programs & Housing

Dan Hair
Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA)

Bruce Hammock, PhD, Professor
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis California
Panel: Biomonitoring State of the Science - Where is New Technology Going?

Kim Harley, PhD
Center for Children's Environmental Health Research
University of California, Berkeley

Marcy Harrington, MPA, Manager
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Breakout Sessions: Roundtable Discussions & Workshops (chair)

Jon Hofmann, MPH , Doctoral Candidate
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Determinants of Cholinesterase Inhibition in Pesticide Handlers


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Helen R. Holmquist-Johnson, MSW, Research Associate
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Session V: Ergonomics of Industrialized Dairy Operations (co-chair)

Helen H. Jensen, PhD, Professor
Agricultural Economics
Iowa State University, Ames
Biological Threats to Agriculture Production and Workers - New Paths to Risk
Analysis & Response

Joel Kaufman, MD, MPH, Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle
Fine Particulates and Cardiovascular Disease

Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Professor
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Keynote; Panel: Biomonitoring State of the Science - Where is New Technology Going?

Jeffrey Levin, MD, MSPH, Director, Professor
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education
Tyler, Texas
Session I: Engaging Populations at Risk in Research and Education (chair);
Panel: Working With Populations at Risk: Challenges & Lessons Learned

Carol McCormick, Outreach Worker
Columbia Valley Community Health Services
Wenatchee, Washington
Ag Tour: Community Health Workers as Partners in Research

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J. Scott Meschke, PhD, JD, MS, Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle
Panel:Bioaerosols in Dairy Barns

Frank Mitloehner, PhD, Air Quality Extension Specialist
Department of Animal Sciences
University of California, Davis
Panel:Bioaerosols in Dairy Barns

Noa Roman-Muniz, PhD, DVM, MS
Integrated Livestock Management
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Panel: Working with Populations at Rish:Challenges & Lessons Learned

Helen Murphy, BS, MHS, Director of Outreach
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Session II: Pesticides - New Findings & Technology (chair and moderator)

Matt Nonnenmann, PhD, CIH, Assistant Professor
Occupational Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center
Tyler, Texas
Changing Demographics of the Western UW Agricultural Workforce; Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Exposure to Knee Flexion Among Dairy Farmers

Kent Pinkerton, PhD, Director, Professor
Center for Health & the Environment
University of California, Davis
Session IV: Air Quality & Pulmonary Pathways to Disease (chair); New Understandings
in Nose to Brain Connections, Panel: Bioaerosols in Dairy Barns (moderator)

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Stephen Reynolds, BA, MS, PhD, Professor
High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Panel:Bioaerosols in Dairy Barns

John Rosecrance, PhD, MS, BS, Director, Associate Professor
Prevention/Intervention, High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health & Safety Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Erognomics of Dairy Operations

Marc Schenker, MD, MPH, Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of California, Davis
Welcome; Inorganic Dust Exosure in Western Agriculture-Not Just a Nuisance

Nargess Shadbeh, Director
Oregon Law Center
Woodburn, Oregon
Panel: Working with Populations at Rish:Challenges & Lessons Learned
Indigenous Project (chair)

Chris Simpson, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
University of Washington, Seattle
Panel: Biomonitoring State of the Science - Where is New Technology going?

Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega, MS, Migrant Health Coordinator, Social Worker
Quincy Community Health, Quincy, Washington
Ag Tour: Community Health Workers as Partners in Research

PNASH, pnash@u.washington.edu, (206) 616-1958, (800) 330-0827
University of Washington - School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences


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