Day 1 - Second Annual NW Environmental Health Conference

Agenda for Day 1

8:00 - 9:00: Registration

9:00 - 9:15: Welcome and Introductions   

9:15 - 9:45: Keynote Address: Ted Schettler, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Schettler has worked extensively with community groups and non‐governmental organizations throughout the United States and internationally, addressing many aspects of human health and the environment. He has published a number of articles on environmental health topics in peer‐reviewed journals and is a co‐author of Generation at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press 1999), In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child (GBPSR 2000) and most recently, Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging: With a Closer Look at Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Disease (GBPSR & SEHN 2008). Dr. Schettler earned a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, a M.P.H. from Harvard University, and practiced medicine for over 30 years.

LINK to Dr. Schettler's Keynote Presentation

9:45 - 10:00: Break

10:00 - 11:15: Concurrent Session A    

Link to Session A Presentations.

• A1. Built Environment, Nature, & Health
• A2. Community Collaboration & Social Justice
• A3. Greening Your Facility
• A4. Chemical Policy

11:15 – 11:30: Break

11:30 - 12:30: Lunch Speaker Barbara Sattler, R.N., Dr.P.H., F.A.A.N.

Dr. Sattler has been working in the fields of occupational and environmental health for almost 30 years with experience in the non‐profit/advocacy world, having worked for a labor union, and currently in an academic position for 20 years. She directs the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland which hosts the only graduate program for nurses that focuses explicitly on environmental health. She has served on IOM committees on environmental health information, on the Maryland State Environmental Justice Commission, and is currently serving on the Children's Health Protection Policy Advisory Committee to the US EPA. Dr. Sattler helped to found the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, a national consortium of individual nurses and nursing organizations, which addresses education, practice, research, and policy/advocacy issues associated with environmental health.

LINK to Dr. Sattler's Lunch Presentation

12:30 - 1:30: Concurrent Session B

Link to Session B Presentations.

• Emerging Science & Research: Climate Change & Public Health Role
  
• Community Programs: Environmental Health Concerns & Schools
  
• Practice & Facilities Management: Pediatric Environmental Health
  
• Environmental Health Policy: Food Systems & Policy
  

1:30 – 1:45: Break

1:45 – 2:45: Concurrent Session C    

Link to Session C Presentations.

• Emerging Science & Research: Pesticide Concerns
• Community Programs: Eco-Healthy Child Care
• Clinical Practice & Facilities Management: Environmental Health & the Clinician
• Environmental Health Policy: Land Use Policy & Walkability in Rural Communities
  

2:45 – 3:00    Break

• Emerging Science & Research: Environmental Drivers of Chronic Disease
• Community Level Programs: Local Health Equity Efforts
• Clinical Practice & Facilities Management: The Future of Environmental Health & Nursing
• Environmental Health Policy: Public Health Assessments & Climate Change

4:15 – 5:00 Community Session, Call to Action