“ASBESTOS: IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY”

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8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome: Linda Reinstein, ADAO President/CEO and Co-Founder
8:40 – 8:50 Arthur Frank, MD, PhD, Chair of Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair
8:50 – 8:55 Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.), ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair
8:55 – 9:00 Michael Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP,  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute by video
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, 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
11:00 – 11:15 Break
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 by video
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), Voice of Public Health
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
Session II Asbestos Impact on the Economy  – Chairperson: Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
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
2:15 – 2:25 Question and Answer Session
2:25 – 2:40 Break
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 Sugio Furuya, Asian Ban Asbestos Network, Japan, Decades Later: The Impact of Asbestos in Asia
3:15 – 3:35 Fernanda Giannasi, Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto (ABREA), Brazil, Workers versus the Asbestos Industry in Brazil
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
4:15 – 4:25 Question and Answer Session
Session IV Action, Today’s Information in Tomorrows 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
5:20 – 5:30 Question and Answer Session
Closing
Sunday Unity and Remembrance Brunch
3-Apr-11 Keynote: Jordan Zevon, ADAO National Spokesperson
9:30-11:30 Kristen Olson and Kim (Olson) Sebesta, ‘With Love Comes Hope’

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