1st Annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference--2009

Day 1 - Friday Conference: Healthcare Professionals

Day 1 - Friday Conference: Healthcare ProfessionalsKeynote Address: Michael A. McGeehin, PhD, MSPH, Director, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Breakout Session A: Emerging Science and Research

Track 1: Global Climate Change: Understanding local impacts and the implications for health and health-care

• Catherine Thomasson, MD, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility;
  
• Bob Doppelt, MS,  University of Oregon, Climate Leadership

Track 2: Prevention First: Examining environmental health research and how we educate, empower and inform our clients

• William Lambert, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
  

Track 3: Impacts of Chemicals of Concern in the Healthcare Setting

• Richard Grady, MD, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and University of Washington
• Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD, MPH, Harborview Medical Center
  

Track 4: Sustainable Food Systems: What is health-care's role in creating healthier, more sustainable food systems?

• David Wallinga, MD, MPA, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Breakout Session B: In Practice - Patient Care and Facility Management

Track 1: Environmental Health Toolkits: Information and Resources for Patient Care Setting:

• A) Environmental Health Care Toolkit: Promoting Environ-mental Health and Justice in Alaska, Sarah Petras and Colleen Keane, Alaska Community Action on Toxics

• B) Pediatric Toolkit, Jenny Pompilio, MD, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
  

Track 2: Creating a Healthier Planet: Increasing patient's awareness of exposure to pesticides and the impact of their food choices:

• A) Pesticides and Health: Adverse impacts measurable at the cell biology level, Kenneth Welker, MD; Joseph Morgan, MD; Roderick Capaldi, DPhil; Lisa Arkin, Oregon Toxics Alliance;
  
• B) Our Food Choices, our Health, and the Health of our Planet: How are they connected?, Erika Frank, MD, MPH, University of British Columbia

Track 3: Environmental Public Health Tracking: A tool to keep patients and providers informed about the connection between pollutants and our health

• Nancy Goff, BS, MPH, Oregon Public Health Division;
  
• Mandy Green, BA, MPH, Oregon Public Health Division;
  
• Rebecca Thompson, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University
  

Track 4: Environmentally Preferred Purchasing: Understanding how purchasing decisions on items from medical devises to food, can create healthier environments for patients, staff and community:

• A) “Getting Started on Chemicals Policy Reform: Ten Steps to Choosing Safer Products and Chemicals at Your Institution”, Cheyenne Chapman, Health Care Without Harm;
  
• B) Sustainable Food Procurement and Policies in Healthcare, Emma Sirois, Oregon Center for Environmental Health
  

Lunch and Lunch Speaker

Maria Gilson Sistrom, RN MSN PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing. Lost in Translation: Ideas of Population Health Determinants in the American Policy Arena.

Breakout Session C: In Policy - Engaging in Policy to Support Environmental Health

Track 1: Environmental Health & Energy Policy -  Connecting Coal and Nuclear Energy with community health impacts and improved policy:

• A) Policy Options to Prevent New Coal Burning Power Plants, Catherine Thomasson, MD, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Bill Burns, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility;
  
• B) Childhood Leukemia & Nuclear Reactors, Rudi H. Nussbaum, PhD, Portland State University

Track 2: Environmental Justice: Understanding the practitioner's role in environmental health hazards in our affordable housing and busi-nesses:

• A) Housing and Health, Safina Koreishi, Multnomah County Health Department and Oregon Health & Science University
• B) Oregon Collaborative for Health Nail Salons, Patricia Huback, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Joan Rothlein, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University; Launa Rae Mathews, School of Nursing, OHSU; Russell Frankel, Doctor of Chiropractic, MS, CIH, CSP, Oregon OSHA; Kraig Bohot, Oregon Health Licensing Agency

Track 3: The Built Environment and Health:  Examining the impacts of transportation, land use and other policies on our health:

• A) Health Impact Assessment of Columbia River Crossing, Noelle Dobson, Community Health Partnership; Nancy Goff, MPH, Oregon Department of Human Services; Molly J. Haynes, MPH, RD, LD, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region;
  
• B) Transportation Policy: Bicycle Boulevards, Greg Raisman, Portland Office of Transportation

Track 4: Chemical Policy Reform in Oregon and Washington: Developing a Bridge to a Healthier Future Chemical Policy Reform

Renee Hackenmiller Paradis, PhD, MPH,Oregon Environmental Council; Dona Hippert, Oregon Toxics Alliance; Celeste Janssen, Oregon Center for Environmental Health; Maye Thompson, PhD, RN, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility