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Updated February 8, 2010 | Mercury Exposure, Nutritional Deficiencies and Metabolic Disruptions May Affect Learning in Children
Tuesday February 9, 2010
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
Facilitation Skills for Scientists and Resource Managers
Tuesday through Thursday, February 9 - 11, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at NWETC Headquarters, 650 South Orcas Street, Suite 220 Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Facilitation skills are used by scientists and resources managers to form productive teams, to plan programs and projects, and to implement controversial projects and programs. Facilitators help groups to communicate productively, honoring diverse points of view and respectfully creating options that provide the richest suite of benefits for all. The success or failure of programs and projects often depends on the support of a variety of interested parties -- staff, management, agencies, environmental groups, the general public and other stakeholders -- with diverse perspectives. Productive communication among project stakeholders is essential for successful implementation. In some cases, worthy projects have been blocked by disenchanted stakeholders who felt they had no voice or had been treated badly by public officials. Perhaps as bad is a missed opportunity because of the loss of meaningful participation that could have improved a project's design and implementation. This course is intended to be a practical approach to improving group meetings. It is oriented specifically to the needs of scientists and resource managers. After core facilitation skills are practiced, the class will be tailored to the students' development needs. Participants will be asked to complete a pre-workshop skills profile. Students are presented with a wide array of tools and opportunities to practice new facilitation skills.
Price: $795 or $695 for Native American tribes; government employees; nonprofits; students; and NAEP, NEBC, NWAEP members
Website: http://nwetc.org/fac-301_02-10_seattle.htm Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 206-762-1976
Chemicals and Reproductive Health: The Male Predicament
Friday February 10, 2010
11:00 a.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment Fertility/Reproductive Health Working Group
Confirmed speakers will be Theo Colborn, PhD, president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) and professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville; Shanna Swan, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, associate chair of research, obstetrics and gynecology; professor of environmental medicine, and professor of community and preventive medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; and Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment.
Price: free
Website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/wg_calls/7072 Contact: Julia Varshavsky, julia@healthandenvironment.org
Air Pollution and Stroke: Timing Is Everything
Thursday February 11, 2010
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington School of Public Health, room HSB D-209 Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Murray Mittleman, DrPH, associate professor of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.
Price: free
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/envhlth/seminar580/index.php
Revitalizing Core Environmental Health Programs through the Environmental Health Specialists Network
Letters of Intent must be received by Friday February 12, 2010
Incorporating Health Impact Assessment into Community Design and Transportation Decisions
Tuesday February 23, 2010
noon - 1:00 p.m. Pacific time
Sponsor: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
The design of the built environment, including land-use and transportation decisions, affects health in many ways, including its impacts on physical activity, air quality, motor-vehicle and pedestrian injuries, social capital, mental health and environmental justice. Health impact assessment is a new tool that can improve communication between public-health professionals and urban planners, transportation planners, and other decision makers so that health issues are more likely to be considered in decisions about community design.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.nwcphp.org/training/hot-topics/2010-hot-topics/health-impact Contact: Sarah Paliulis, paliulis@u.washington.edu
Reducing PBDEs in the Columbia River Basin
Thursday February 25, 2010
Portland, Oregon at the Ambridge Events Center, 1333 NE Martin Luther King Drive Sponsor: Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group
This watershed-based workshop will provide a forum to discuss strategies for reducing toxic contamination in the Columbia River Basin and involve local watershed councils, communities, agriculture, industry, tribal, federal and state governments, and nonprofit organizations. Please preregister by February 15th.
Price: unknown
Website: http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/ECOCOMM.NSF/columbia/workshops Contact: Jason Braaten, 503-326-3250 or braaten.jason@epa.gov
Leadership In Green Health Care Course
February 27 - April 24, 2010
Sponsor: Teleosis Institute
Leadership In Green Health Care prepares health professionals to become leaders in the emerging discipline of Sustainable Medicine. Sustainable medicine recognizes the link between the environment, medicine and human health and seeks to provide better health care while protecting our limited environmental and medical resources. The Leadership in Green Health Care course reviews the most up-to-date theory and research behind sustainable medicine and introduces participants to the best practices for initiating green health care -- from greening their offices, to offering affordable and renewable medical treatments, and promoting community and environmental health. Participants collaborate online to exchange strategies and pioneer ideas for effecting change within their communities and medical practices. The online, interactive dialogue among like-minded professionals creates a supportive and inspiring learning environment. Continuing education credits are available for physicians and nurses.
Price: $945 for nonmembers, $695 for members of Practice Greenhealth, $350 for students in the health-care field
Website: http://www.teleosis.org/ghcp.php Contact: see the Contact page
Environmental Justice and Air Quality at the US-Mexico Border: Case Studies
Thursday March 4, 2010
12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington School of Public Health, room HSB D-209 Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The speaker will be Dr. PJE Quintana, associate professor at San Diego State University.
Price: free
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/envhlth/seminar580/index.php
Second Annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference
March 5 - 6, 2009
Portland, Oregon at Oregon Health and Sciences University Sponsor: Oregon Environmental Council, Oregon Student Nurses Association, Oregon Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Multnomah County Environmental Health Services, Health Care Without Harm and others
This conference will host leading scientists, researchers and healthcare professionals in the field of environmental health and will focus on stimulating robust dialogue regarding the impact of the environment on health and healthcare practices. March 5th will cover current basic science, new approaches to patient care, facilities management and community practice, as well as policy issues surrounding environmental health. March 6th will be comprised of workshops providing hands-on training utilizing environmental health technology and toolkits for practitioners, educators, and advocates.
Price: March 5th: $50 or $25 for students; CNE credits and/or parking are available for additional fees
March 6th: Workshops are $25 or $15 for students
Website: http://www.oeconline.org/our-work/kidshealth/healthprofessionals/second-annual-nw-environmental-health-conference
Elements of the New Economy: Green Chemistry in the Pacific Northwest
Monday and Tuesday, March 8 - 9, 2010
Seattle, Washington at the Edgewater Hotel, downtown Sponsor: The Bullitt Foundation, Kendeda Fund, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Advancing Green Chemistry, and Environmental Health Sciences
This is a special briefing for funders to explore green chemistry and its current and future contributions to the Pacific Northwest's economy. What would the Pacific Northwest economy look like if designed by Green Chemists? How would life in the Pacific Northwest be different if Green Chemistry were widely adopted?
Price: There is no cost to attend, though participants must cover their own travel and lodging.
Website: http://www.greenchempnw.org/Green_Chemistry_in_the_Pacific_Northwest/Welcome.html Contact: Advancing Green Chemistry, 434-220-3701 or registrar@advancinggreenchemistry.org
Community Action for a Renewed Environment
Tuesday March 9, 2010
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
CARE is a community-based program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources close to home. Through the CARE program local organizations, including nonprofits, businesses, schools, tribes, agencies and local governments, create partnerships that identify environmental priorities and implement local solutions to reduce releases of toxic pollutants and minimize people's exposure to them. The program works to improve human health and local environment into the future. EPA will award CARE cooperative agreements at two levels: Level I awards range from $75,000 to $100,000 and will help establish community-based partnerships to assess toxics problems in their community and consider options for reducing environmental risks. Level II awards, ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 each, will support communities that have established broad-based partnerships, have identified the priority toxic risks in the community, and are prepared to measure results, implement risk-reduction activities and become self-sustaining.
Price: $75,000 to $300,000
Website: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3449403A25149E41852576C0005BADBE Contact: 877-CARE-909
Human Health Risk Assessment Workshop: Practical Approaches to Estimating Risk and Developing Site-specific Cleanup Levels
Thursday and Friday, March 11 - 12, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kirkland, Washington at the Kirkland Computer Lab, Yarrow Bay Office Park, One North Building, 10604 NE 38th Place, Suite 118 Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Training Center
Risk assessments are now being performed at almost all sites, whether part of a Risk-Based Correction Action (RBCA) analysis, to determine remediation strategies, or for litigation support and prevention. This class is hands-on, covering each of the steps in a risk assessment. Emphasis will be placed on fate and transport modeling to estimate exposure point concentrations. RISC software will be used for classroom exercises, however the principles learned are can be applied to other risk-assessment software. Each participant will have their own computer workstation throughout the class.
Price: $945/$895
Website: http://nwetc.org/rem-402_03-10_kirkland.htm Contact: NWETC, 206-762-1976
A Conversation with Linda Birnbaum, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Monday March 15, 2010
10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Confluences: Water & Justice
Friday through Sunday, March 26 - 28, 2010
Portland, Oregon at the University of Portland Sponsor: see the Sponsors page
This symposium will bring together some of the nation's leading experts to examine various perspectives on water, including environmental justice, protection, science, theology, business, history, law, and the Native American perspective. Maude Barlow – author, activist, and senior advisor on water to the president of the UN General Assembly – gives the keynote address on Saturday night.
Price: The conference is free; tickets for Maude Barlow's keynote are $10 per person or free for ILLAHEE season ticket holders, conference hosts and sponsors, and University of Portland faculty, staff, and students.
Website: https://pilots.up.edu/web/confluences/1;jsessionid=89B8C216FE0B6598495FF6439F8C1F92 Contact: Amy Leisher, 503-943-7864 or leisher@up.edu
NADD Annual 27th Conference & Exhibit Show for 2010
Saturday May 1, 2010
Seattle, Washington Sponsor: National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
The conference is scheduled for November 3 - 5, 2010. Presentation categories include 1) Presentation/Skill Building Workshop, 2) Research Symposium and 3) Poster Session. Presentations are invited in a variety of topics, including environmental health.
Website: http://www.thenadd.org/cfp/index.shtml
Exploring New Air Pollution – Health Effects Links in Existing Datasets
Tuesday April 27, 2010
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to use existing datasets from health studies to analyze health outcomes for which the link to air pollution is not well established, or to evaluate underlying heterogeneity in health responses among subgroups defined by susceptibility or extent and/or composition of exposure.
Price: up to a total of $300,000, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of 3 years
Website: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_star_air_poll.html Contact: see the website
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 11th Conference
Wednesday through Saturday, May 12 - 15, 2010
Portland, Oregon Sponsor: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and Northwest Health Foundation
This conference will nurture a growing network of community-campus partnerships that are striving to solve our most pressing health, social and economic challenges. With its focus on Creating the Future We Want to Be, the conference seeks to empower individuals and partnerships to create a just and sustainable future, so that we need not be passive participants in the status quo or mere witnesses to the change determined by others. With its focus on Transformation through Partnerships, the conference seeks to highlight the power of partnerships to lead and inspire transformation at all levels.
Price: unknown; registration opens January 2010
Website: http://www.ccph.info/ Contact: CCPH, 206-666-3406 or ccphuw@u.washington.edu
Mechanisms Underlying the Links between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, the Brain and the Body
Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
This FOA encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research to elucidate the mechanistic links between psychosocial stress and health in aging, as well as how the aging process and age-related diseases affect the responses to psychosocial stressors. Generally, research should be focused on (1) aging and how neural mechanisms respond to psychosocial stress and affect other body systems; (2) characterizing the behavioral, psychological and social mechanisms and pathways involved in transducing psychosocial stressors into health outcomes; (3) how stressors modulate physiological process underlying lifespan, immune mechanisms, and metabolism; and (4) how psychosocial stress contributes to the development or progression of geriatric syndromes, chronic medical conditions, and disabilities in later life. Research is strongly encouraged that aims to identify appropriate targets for intervention, at any level of analysis, from societal to molecular. Research spanning multiple levels of analysis is particularly encouraged. Research focused on oxidative stress or on environmental or physical stressors of a non-psychosocial nature is not appropriate to this FOA.
Price: varies
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-216.html
Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention
Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
The aim of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to promote clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development. Another important aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between nutrition and epigenetic experts to study bioactive food components with cancer-preventive properties and to examine key epigenetic events in cancer processes (e.g., carcinogen metabolism, cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis) in order to begin to establish linkages between epigenetics, methylation patterns, and tumor incidences/behaviors.
Price: varies
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-234.html
Nutrition and Physical Activity Research to Promote Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health
Saturday September 8, 2012
Sponsor: US Department of Health and Human Services
This FOA encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations.
Price: varies
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-243.html
IFEH 11th World Congress on Environmental Health
Friday September 10, 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Sponsor: International Federation of Environmental Health
The theme "Global Health Protection From Sea to Sky" provides a broad platform from which we will explore universal challenges to environmental health in an era of increasing globalization.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.ifeh2010.org/
Health Impact Assessment Demonstration Projects
There is no deadline to submit a letter of interest. The Health Impact Project will accept applications on a rolling basis until all grant funds are committed.
Sponsor: The Health Impact Project
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) bring together relevant public input, available data and a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to anticipate the potential health consequences of a proposed policy, program or project. The goal of the CFP and subsequent HIAs is to improve health, demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal, and federal decisionmaking. Government agencies, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply.
Price: $25,000 to $150,000
Website: http://www.healthimpactproject.org/call
Please submit events and updates to info@healthandenvironment.org. To search for events outside the Pacific Northwest, please visit the searchable calendar from the Collaborative on Health and the Environment.
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