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Superfund Spring Celebration & Kick-Off:
Moving Forward in Partnership to Protect Health

5 May 2006 | Berkeley City Club

Presentations

Keynote

Research Translation in Health Sciences | Robert Tjian, Faculty Director, Berkeley Health Sciences Initiative

Inveestigator plans to use cutting-edge methods to better understand environmental disease and to prevent and remediate contamination

acrobat New methods to understand environmental causes of diseases including leukemia in children | Patricia A. Buffler, Professor of Epidemiology and Dean Emerita
 
Application of new "omics" technologies to remediation strategies | Gary Andersen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 
listen acrobat Profiling of genes that add to susceptibility | Chris Vulpe, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
 
listen acrobat Improving monitoring of environmental contaminants using nanotechnology | Donald Lucas, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
 
listen acrobat Arsenic biomarker epidemiology | Allan H. Smith, Professor of Epidemiology
 
listen acrobat Use of oxidants to improve contaminant remediation | David Sedlak, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

How can we translate research findings and results to improve health and environment?

Lauren Zeise, Chief, Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal EPA and Member of the External Advisory Board
 
Rick Kreutzer, Chief, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Health Services
 
Winona Victery, Science Policy Advisor, US EPA, Region IX
 
Joan Reinhardt Reiss, Public Policy Consultant, The Breast Cancer Fund
 
Tracey J. Woodruff, US Environmental Protection Agency and UCSF
 
Melanie Marty, Chief, Air Toxicology and Epidemiology Branch, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal EPA

Current findings and results: short presentations by students and post-docs

Parental smoking and the risk of childhood leukemia | Jeffrey Chang, MD, MPH, doctoral c andidate, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
 
acrobat Health Effects From Particles: Does the route of exposure matter | Amara Holder, MS, doctoral c andidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
 
Proteomics: A tool for biomarker discovery | Christine Hegedus, doctoral candidate, Molecular Epidemiology and Toxicology Laboratory, School of Public Health
 
acrobat Application of comparative genomics and transcriptomics to optimize microbial reductive dehalogenation | Kimberlee West, MS, doctoral c andidate, Environmental Engineering

Plans for outreach and translation

listen acrobat Translating scientific knowledge for policy and stakeholder audiences | Amy D. Kyle, School of Public Health
 
listen acrobat Research translation: scaling between the laboratory and the field | James R. Hunt, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Photos

Amy Kyle, Wendel Brunner and Joan Reinhardt-Reiss Pat Buffler
Dr. Amy Kyle, UC Berkeley, Dr. Wendel Brunner, Contra Costa County Health Services and Ms. Joan Reinhardt-Reiss, Breast Cancer Fund Dr. Patricia Buffler, UC Berkeley
 
Catherine Koshland Don Lucas
Vice Provost Catherine Koshland, UC Berkeley Dr. Don Lucas, LBL
Robert Tjian Rick Kreutzer
Dr. Robert Tjian, Director of the Berkeley Health Sciences Initiative Dr. Rick Kreutzer, CDHS
 
Gary Andersen Sandrine Dudoit and Mark van der Laan
Dr. Gary Andersen, LBL Drs. Sandrine Dudoit and Mark van der Laan, UC Berkeley
 
Allan Smith and John Balmes Luoping Zhang and Chris Skibola
Dr. Allan Smith, UC Berkeley and Dr. John Balmes, UC Berkeley/UCSF Drs. Luoping Zhang and Christine Skibola, UC Berkeley
   
Lauren Zeise and Tracey Woodruff Jim Hunt and Bill Mabey
Dr. Lauren Zeise, Cal/EPA and Dr. Tracey Woodruff, US EPA Dr. James Hunt, UC Berkeley and Dr. Bill Mabey, TechLaw Inc.
 
Mark Miller and John Balmes Bob Spear and Al Burlingame
Dr. Mark Miller, Cal/EPA and Dr. John Balmes, UC Berkeley/UCSF Dr. Robert Spear, UC Berkeley and Dr. Al Burlingame, UCSF
 
Martyn Smith Chris Vulpe
Dr. Martyn Smith, Director Berkeley Superfund Program Dr. Chris Vulpe, UC Berkeley
 
David Sedlak Martyn Smith and Christine Hegedus
Mr. Kevin Scallan, UC Berkeley/LBL and Ms. Amara Holder, UC Berkeley Dr. Martyn Smith, Director Berkeley Superfund Program and Ms. Christine Hegedus, UC Berkeley
 
Garvin Heath and Robert Spear Jeffrey Chang and Catherine Metayer
Mr. Garvin Health and Dr. Robert Spear, UC Berkeley Mr. Jeffrey Chang and Dr. Catherine Metayer, UC Berkeley
 
meeting begins Bobbye Smith and Robert Tjian
Meeting begins Dr. Bobbye Smith, US EPA and Dr. Robert Tjian, UC Berkeley
 
Don Lucas and Cathy Koshland Michael Endicott and Bobbye Smith
Dr. Don Lucas, LBL and Vice Provost Catherine Koshland, UC Berkeley Mr. Michael Endicott, Tres Amigos Verdes and Dr. Bobbye Smith, US EPA
 
Mark Miller, Winona Victery, and Kevin Marsee  
Dr. Mark Miller, Cal/EPA, Dr. Winona Victery, US EPA and Mr. Kevin Marsee, UC Berkeley  

Participants

Dr. George Alexeeff Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA
Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Gary Andersen Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. John Balmes University of California, San Francisco
Ms. Janice Barlow Breast Cancer Research, Marin Breast Cancer Watch
Dr. Anamika Basu School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Wendel Brunner Public Health Division, Contra Costa County Health Services
Dr. Patricia Buffler Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Al Burlingame Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
Ms. Deni Chambers Northgate Environmental Management Inc.
Mr. Jeffrey Chang School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Dave Dauphine School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Rula Deeb Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Dr. Fiona Doyle Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Sandrine Dudoit School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Michael Endicott Tres Amigos Verdes
Ms. Helene Feil Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Michael Gill Superfund Division, US EPA
Ms. Neela Guha School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Bob Gunier Environmental Epidemiology, Northern California Cancer Center
Ms. Jill Hardin Northern California Cancer Center
Mr. Garvin Health Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley
Ms. Christine Hegedus School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Ms. Francia Hirsch USEPA R9 Lab, US EPA
Ms. Amara Holder Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. James Hunt Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Steve Hui Cal/EPA
Mr. William Jo Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Michael Kavanaugh Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Dr. Catherine Koshland School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Rick Kreutzer Environmental Health Investigations Branch, CDHS
Dr. Amy Kyle School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Patrick Lee Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Joe Lovenitti Weiss Associates
Mr. Richard LBL Total Maximum Daily Load Program, Regional Water Quality Control Board
Dr. Donald Lucas Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Bill Mabey TechLaw Inc.
Mr. Kevin Marsee Joint Medical Program, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Melanie Marty Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA
Dr. Catherine Metayer School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Mark Miller Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA
Ms. Joan Reinhardt-Reiss The Breast Cancer Fund
Ms. Jehan Rihani Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Martha Sandy Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA
Mr. Kevin Scallan Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley and LBL
Mr. Joshua Schnabel CED-1, US EPA
Dr. David Sedlak Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Christine Skibola School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Allan Smith School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Bobbye Smith US EPA
Dr. Martyn Smith School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Lydia Sohn Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Robert Spear School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Craig Steinmaus School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Ms. Brynn Taylor Program and Policy Division, The Breast Cancer Fund
Dr. Robert Tjian Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Mark van der Laan Group in Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Winona Victery Policy and Management Division, US EPA
Dr. Ondine von Ehrenstein School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Chris Vulpe Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Janet Weiss Toxicology, The ToxDoc
Ms. Kimberlee West Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Tracey Woodruff US EPA
Dr. Lauren Zeise Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA
Dr. Luoping Zhang School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
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