ADAO 2011 ADAO International Asbestos Awareness Conference
“Asbestos: Impact on Public Health, Environment, and Economy”
| Meet and Greet with Jordan Zevon and Jordan Summers — Friday, April 1st | ||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and Continental Breakfast — Saturday, April 2nd | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome & Opening Remarks: Linda Reinstein, ADAO President/CEO and Co-Founder; Arthur Frank, MD, PhD, Chair of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair; Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.), ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair; Elizabeth Katz, External Marketing and Communications Associate, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | |
| Distinguished Opening Presenter | ||
| 9:00 – 9:20 | Celeste Monforton, MPH, DrPH, Occupational Safety and Health Education: Protecting Workers and Families 40 Years After OSHA’s Asbestos Standards | |
| Session I | Asbestos Impact on Public Health – Chairperson: Arthur Frank, MD, PhD | |
| 9:20 – 9:30 | Julie Gundlach, The Power of Public Health Advocacy: A Patient’s Perspective | |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid, MD, MSc, PhD, Mexico, Latest Research Developments in Mexico: Progress for Hope | |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Brad Black, MD, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD), Asbestos Screening and Health Effects: Observations of Interest | |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Raja Flores, MD, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, The Emerging Trends in the Treatment of Mesothelioma | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Primary Care Doctors and a Health Insurer Partner to Identify Asbestos-Related Disease | |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Question and Answer Session | |
| Session II | Asbestos Impact on the Economy – Chairperson: Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH | |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Heather Von St James, Mesothelioma Patient, The Value of My Life in Dollars and Tears | |
| 11:25 – 11:40 | Paul Zygielbaum, Mesothelioma Patient, Dust into Gold: Banning Asbestos is Good Business | |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | ADAO Asbestos Awareness Conference Awards | |
| The Honorable Max Baucus, United States Senator: Tribute of Hope Award | ||
| Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid, MD, MsC, PhD: Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Environmental Information Association: Tribute of Unity Award | ||
| Sugio Furuya, Asian Ban Asbestos Network – Japan: Tribute of Inspiration Award | ||
| Ronald Cyrus, honored posthumously: Warren Zevon “Keep me in Your Heart” Memorial Tribute | ||
| Julie Gundlach, Mesothelioma Patient: Alan Reinstein Award | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Keynote: Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, President of the American Public Health Association (APHA), “The Voice of Public Health” | |
| Session II (con’t) | Asbestos Impact on the Economy | |
| 1:15 – 1:35 | James S. Webber, PhD, Asbestos: The Real Monster in Your Attic | |
| 1:35 – 1:55 | Kathleen Ruff, Right on Canada, Canada, The Human Cost of Canada’s Asbestos Industry to Asia | |
| 1:55 – 2:15 | Joachim Rösler, MD, MPH, Facharzt für Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmediziner, Germany, Impact on surveillance, treatment and rehabilitation in Germany | |
| Session III | Effect of Asbestos on the Environment – Chairperson: Linda Reinstein | |
| 2:40 – 2:55 | Marilyn Amento, Mesothelioma Widow and ADAO Volunteer: Ambler: The Town That Asbestos Built | |
| 2:55 – 3:15 | Barry Castleman, ScD Environmental Consultant, The Criminal Trial of Stephan Schmidheiny | |
| 3:15 – 3:35 | Arthur Frank, MD, PhD, Chair of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, Update from Asia | |
| 3:35 – 3:55 | Sean Fitzgerald, PG, Scientific Analytical Institute, Inc., From Rocks in the Ground to Poisons in the Air: Understanding the Nature of Asbestos | |
| 3:55 – 4:15 | Aubrey Miller, MD, MPH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Risks Associated with Non-Occupational Asbestos Exposure | |
| Session IV | Action, Today’s Information in Tomorrow’s World – Chairperson: Stephen M. Levin, MD | |
| 4:25 – 4:40 | Linda Reinstein, ADAO President/CEO and Co-Founder, Maximizing Education, Advocacy, and Community through Social Media Advocacy | |
| 4:40 – 4:55 | Brent Kynoch, Environmental Information Association, Identifying Asbestos Dangers in the Home | |
| 4:55 – 5:20 | Distinguished Panel: Barry Castleman, ScD Environmental Consultant, ADAO Science Advisory Board; Arthur Frank, MD, PhD, Chair of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair; Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.), ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair The Human Cost of Inaction | |
| 9:30-11:30 | Unity and Remembrance Brunch – Sunday, April 3rd | |
| Keynote: Jordan Zevon, ADAO National SpokespersonKristen Olson and Kim (Olson) Sebesta, ‘With Love Comes Hope’ | ||
ADAO Asbestos Awareness Conference Interviews:
2011 ADAO AAC: Interview with Dr. Linda Rae Murray
2011 ADAO AAC: Interview with Dr. Aubrey Miller
2011 ADAO AAC: Interview with Dr. Raja Flores