The 4th International Academic Conference on Environmental and Occupational Medicine

 

( Kunming Hotel, Kunming, China)

 

CONFERENCE  SCHEDULE

 

 

Oct.16, 2006

 

Registration

 

Oct.17, 2006

 

8:30-9:00

Opening Ceremony

  •  Prof. Zhang Sheng-nian, chairman of this conference, director of SCDC, to give the opening speech.

  • Prof. Jiang Run-sheng, president of Kunming University of Medicine Science, to give the speech of welcome.

  • Dr. Richard Kreutzer, official of California DPH, USA, to give a speech.

             (Taking photos for memory)

Presiders:

Dr. Lu Wei

Prof. Liu Ping

Plenary session                                                              Presiders:  Dr. Richard. A. Kreutzer

(a.m.)                                                                                                       Prof. Chen Bing-heng

9:15-9:40

  • Gene-environment interactions in the development of complex phenotypes.     

Dr. Kenneth Olden

Presentation Slides

USA

9:40-10:05

  • Issues of Occupational Health and Primary Occupational Health Service in Developing Countries.   

Dr. Li De-hong

   Presentation Slides

China

10:05-10:30

  • Urban sprawl and human health.  Presentation Slides

     Dr. Howard Frumkin

   Presentation Slides

USA

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

10:50-11:15

  • Advances in environmental health in China.

    Dr. Chen Xue-ming

Dr. Lu Wen-qing

China

11:15-11:40

  • Emergency response communications for chemical events.

  Dr. Raymond Neutra

Presentation Slides

USA

11:40-12:05

  • Assessing deficits of central nervous system functions in the detection of eventual environmental and occupational health hazards.

Dr. Michael Bornhausen

Presentation Slides

Germany

12:10-13:30

Lunch

Plenary session                                                                  Presiders:  Dr. Kenneth Olden

(p.m.)                                                                                                          Dr. Li De-hong

13:30-13:55

  • Prevention and control of diseases caused by environmental and occupational hazards.

Dr. Lu Wei

China

13:55-14:20

  • Global climate change and health.

Dr. John Petterson

Presentation Slides

USA

14:20-14:45

  • Air pollution and health: old problem or new challenge?

Prof. Chen Bing-heng

China

14:45-15:10

  • Socio-cultural backgrounds in occupational health and safety management.

Dr. Domyung Paek

Korea

15:10-15:35

Coffee Break

15:35-16:00

  • Assessing the public health impact of contaminated sites

Dr. Rick Kreutzer

Presentation Slides

USA

16:00-16:25

  • Rural areas, agriculture and farmer’s health — our challenge and strategy.

Prof. Liu Ping

China

16:25-16:50

  • Computational toxicology: New approaches to improve environmental health protection.

Dr. Robert  Kavlock

Presentation Slides

USA

16:50-17:15

  • Progress in study on chemical acute lung injury in China

Prof. Zhao Jin-yuan

China
       18:00

Dinner

 

 

Oct.18, 2006  

Environment and Health forum                                      Presiders:  Dr. Howard Frumkin , Dr. Lu Wen-qing                              

8:30-9:00

  • Research of Epidemiology and Toxicology on Sand Storm.

             Dr. Meng Zi-qiang

China

9:00-9:30

  • GIS-Augmented Environmental Health Research

            Dr. F. Benjamin Zhan

USA

9:30-10:00

  • Potential Role of Cytochrome P450 2A13(CYP2A13) in Humm Lung Cancer Induced by Environmental Carcinogens

            Dr. Jun-yan Hong

USA

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break                                    Presiders:  Dr. David Koh,  Dr. Shilu Tong

10:30-11:00

  • The impact of fathers’ physical and psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among their children.

             Dr. Aleck Ostry

Canada

11:00-11:30

  • Measurement of Psychosocial Factors in workplace

             Dr. Li Jian

       Presentation Slides

China

11:30-12:00

  • In utero Dioxin Exposure and Reproductive Endpoints of Male Offspring.

             Dr. Seiichiroh Ohsako

Japan

12:00-13:30

Lunch

 

 

 

Oct.18, 2006

Occupational Medicine forum                              Presiders:  Prof. Mario Di Gioacchino, Prof. Zheng Yu-xin

8:30-9:00

  • Molecular Epidemiologic Research of Allergic Dermatitis by Trichloroethylene.

             Prof. Zheng Yu-xin

China

9:00-9:30

  • Development of umbilical cord haematopoietic stem cell model as potential human transformation assay for carcinogenesis

            Prof. Mario Di Gioacchino

Italy

9:30-10:00

  • Critical Information Exchange in Emergency Chemical Events.

            Prof. Jin Xi-peng

China

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break                                 Presiders:  Prof. Domyung Paek, Prof. Hu Tian-xi

10:30-11:00

  • Legislation of Occupational Health in China.

            Prof. Liang You-xin

China

11:00-11:30

  • Saliva Biomarker for Pesticide Exposures

            Dr. Chensheng Lu

USA

11:30-12:00

  • GST Polymorphisms may be a modifier of occupational exposure effect on urothelial cell cycle of dye workers in Taiwan

            Dr. Ching-Ying Yeh

Tai-wan, China

12:00-13:30

Lunch

 

  

Oct.18, 2006

Health Toxicology forum                                               Presiders: Dr. B. Sharma, Dr. Jin Tai-yi

8:30-9:00

  • Response Protein and Cytotoxicity

                Dr. Jin Tai-yi

China

9:00-9:30

  • Negative biological impacts of nanoparticle assessed by molecular profiling

                Dr. Fanqing Chen

USA

9:30-10:00

  • A comprehensive study on neurotoxicity of aluminum.

                Prof. Niu Qiao

China

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break                                Presiders:  Dr. Seiichiroh Ohsako, Prof. Pu Yue-pu

10:30-11:00

  • On the Neurotoxicity of Carbofuran in Mammalian Systems

              Dr. B. Sharma

            Presentation Slides

India

11:00-11:30

  • Variation of checkpoint gene (ATM) protein expression and DNA repair capacity in lung cancer patients.

              Prof. He Ji-liang

            Presentation Slides

China

11:30-12:00

  • Chemical Measurements in Drinking Water: Their Use in Monitoring Disinfection and its Consequences

             Dr. Kusum Perera

            Presentation Slides

USA

12:00-13:30

Lunch

 

 

Oct.18, 2006

 

Plenary session                                                               Presiders:   Dr. Aleck Ostry

(p.m.)                                                                                                        Dr. Jun-yan Hong

13:30-13:55

  • Challenges and opportunities for global environmental health research.

               Dr. Mark Robson

              Presentation Slides

USA

13:55-14:20

  • Complex illness caused by the exhaust gases from the plastic garbage.

              Prof. Sanae Matsuzaki

Japan

14:20-14:45

  • Indoor Chemical Emissions in Homes and Children’s Health

                Dr. Mark Mendell

               Presentation Slides

USA

14:45-15:10

  • Coffee Break

 

 

15:10-15:35

  • Investigating environmental health concerns about river pollution.

               Dr. David Koh

Singapore

15:35-16:00

  • Ecological environment and human health

               Dr. Shilu Tong

Australia

16:00-16:25

  • Health risk assessment: The most important and popular program components for health management at worksites.

               Dr. Louis Yen

USA

16:25-16:50

Closing  Ceremony

Dr. Kenneth Olden, former director of NIEHS,USA, to give a speech of conclusion.

Prof.Lu Wei, chairman of this conference, to give the closing speech.

Presiders:

Prof. Jin Xi-peng

Dr. Liu Zhuo-bao

18:00

Dinner