Roundtable Workshops

Roundtable Workshop 11: A Workshop Sponsored by the Disasters Roundtable and the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

June 22, 2004

The National Academies
Room 100
500 Fifth Street
Washington, DC

About this Roundtable

AGENDA 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Workshop Objectives
William Hooke, Chair, Disasters Roundtable
Paul Rogers, Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

8:50 AM Linking Hazards and Public Health (part 1)
Moderator: Yank Coble, President-Elect, World Medical Association

9:00 AM Communicating Science to the Public (Download Presentation)
Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disase Control and Prevention

9:20 AM Health Effects Following Terrorism (Download Presentation)
Lynn Goldman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

9:40 AMQuestions and discussion

10:00 Break

10:15 AM Linking Hazards and Public Health (part 2)
Moderator: Joseph Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University

Disaster-Public Health Nexus (Download Presentation)
Linda Bourque, Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, UCLA

10:40 AM Social and Health Effects During Heat Waves
Eric Klinenberg, Assistant Professor, New York University

11:00 AM Infrastructure Loss as a Public Health Risk
Rae Zimmerman, Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems New York University

11:20 AM Complex Disasters and Public Health (Download Presentation)
Jean Luc Poncelet, Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Pan American Health Organization

11:40 PM Questions and discussion

12:10 PM Lunch break

1:20 PM Preparing for the Future: Capacity Building and Lessons Learned (part 1)
Moderator: Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University

1:25 PM Scientific Input During Disasters (Download Presentation)
William Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services

1:45 PM Public Health Training Needs (Download Presentation)
Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

2:05 PM Capacity Building to Respond (Download Presentation)
Lew Stringer, Jr., Senior Medical Advisor, Department of Homeland Security

2:25 PM Rapid Assessment of Health Effects During Disasters (Download Presentation)
Carol Rubin, Chief of the Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control

2:45 PM Questions and discussion

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Preparing for the Future: Capacity Building and Lessons Learned (part 2)

Moderator: Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., Manager, City of Los Angeles, Emergency Preparedness Department

3:35 PM Practical Look at Emergeny Preparedness and Crisis Management: Protecting Workers and Continuing Essential Services (Download Presentation)
Jack Azar, Senior Vice-President, Health and Safety, Xerox Corporation

3:55 PM NGOs Role in Capacity Building of the Public (Download Presentation)
Rocky Lopes, Manager, Community Disaster Education, American Red Cross

4:20 PM Local Partnerships Role in Capacity Building (Download Presentation)
J. R. Thomas, Director, Emergency Management Office for Franklin County Ohio 4:40 PM Questions and discussion

5:00 PM Wrap up
Bernard D. Goldstein, Dean School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

5:30 PM Adjourn