February 22, 2011, noon-1:00 pm, Particulate Matter and Patient Health,
Module 2 (see agenda below, 1 hour of continuing education
credit--pending)

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (ATSDR/CDC) and the American College of Medical
Toxicology (ACMT) are sponsoring these two webinars. Participants are
welcome to register for either or both of these events. All you will
need is a connection to the Internet and a phone line to participate in
these live events. During the live broadcasts on February 15 and 22,
you will have the opportunity to ask questions of leading experts in
this field. Afterwards, these webinars will be archived on the ACMT
website (www.acmt.net).

The first hour will focus on what is particulate matter, how it gets
into the environment, trends in air quality, air quality regulations,
where to find air quality information and how air quality affects the
health status of a community. The second hour will focus on clinical
impacts of particulate matter in the environment, sensitive populations
and appropriate interventions.

If you have any questions or you would like to let us know that you plan
to attend, please contact Lora Siegmann Werner, ATSDR Region 3 at
215-814-3141, lkw9@cdc.gov or Tarah Somers, ATSDR Region 1 at
617--918-1493, tsomers@cdc.gov. Thank you!

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Particulate Matter and Public Health Module 1 - February 15, 2011 at
12pm (Eastern Time)
Particulate Matter and Public Health Module 2 - February 22, 2011 at
12pm (Eastern Time)

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Particulate Matter and Patient Health – Module 1
Patrick Breysse, MHS, PhD, CIH (25 minute presentation )
Objective: Describe sources of particulate matter (PM) and how it
affects air quality
--Types of pollutants that affect air quality
-- Description of how PM settles in atmosphere and characteristics that
determine location of deposition in airways
--Importance of fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in
diameter (PM 2.5)

Ronald H. White, MST   (20 minute presentation)
Objective: Appraise air quality trends and interpret their relevance for
exposures and health effects
--Sources of PM and PM 2.5 (indoor and outdoor sources of PM)
--Air quality trends
--Testing for PM 2.5 in the environment
--National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM 2.5 and how they
are set

Patrick N Breysse, MHS, PhD, CIH (15 minute presentation)
Objective: Identify available resources to investigate and manage
particulate matter exposures
--What do local medical practitioners need to know about local air
quality data
--The Air Quality Index
--Where to find local air quality conditions

Particulate Matter and Patient Health – Module 2
Andrew Stolbach, MD (20 minute presentation)
Objective: Explain the clinical impact of fine particulate matter on
health
--Health effects of PM 2.5 (pulmonary, extrapulmonary, acute, and
chronic)
--Acute & chronic exposure evidence
--Pathophysiology of PM 2.5 injury

Ronald H. White, MST (15 minute presentation)
Objective: Recognize populations particularly susceptible to particulate
matter exposures
--Special population considerations (elderly, pediatric)

Andrew Stolbach, MD (25 minute presentation)
Objective: Describe approaches to management and interventions regarding
particulate matter exposures
-- Reduction of PM 2.5 exposure at the level of the community and the
individual patient
--Management of exposure to PM 2.5
--Case studies – Intervention studies

Information on Webinar Faculty:

Dr. Patrick Breysse is currently the Director of the Division of
Environmental Health Engineering and is the Director of the ABET
accredited Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Academic Program at
Johns Hopkins University. He is also the Director the Center for
Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment. His research focuses on the
evaluation and control of chemical, biological, and physical factors
that can impact health or well being. In this context, Dr. Breysse's
research concentrates on risk/exposure assessment. Exposure assessment
research includes pollutant source characterization, exposure
measurement and interpretation, development and use of biomarkers of
exposure/dose/effect, and evaluating relationships between sources,
exposures, doses and disease. Dr. Breysse's research currently includes
studies of indoor and outdoor air pollution and childhood asthma. He is
also researching secondhand smoke exposure assessment methods using
airborne and hair nicotine. Dr. Breysse previously collaborated on a
large health effects study evaluating the health impact of the 1990 Gulf
War on the citizens of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has also
collaborated on a follow-up study of World Trade Center clean-up
workers. Dr. Breysse co-directed a medical screening program for former
Department of Energy Workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This
program offers screening to former atomic bomb workers based on a
historical assessment of exposure to a wide variety of agents including
ionizing radiation, beryllium, solvents, asbestos, lead, and noise. He
is currently working on a project to extend the former workers program
to Sandia National Laboratory.

Dr. Andrew Stolbach is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Medical
Toxicology. He leads the Johns Hopkins University Toxicology training
Curricula and works clinically at both Howard County and Johns Hopkins
Hospital. He was a Magna cum laude graduate of Pennsylvania State
University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Life Science along with a
minor in history. He furthered his education at the University of
Maryland, School of Medicine and received his Doctorate of Medicine
Degree in 2002. Dr. Stolbach completed his Emergency Medicine Residency
at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City from 2002-2005
where he was Chief Resident. He completed his Fellowship in Medical
Toxicology at Bellevue Medical Center and New York University School of
Medicine.

Ronald White Ronald H. White is Associate Scientist in the Department of
Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public
Health in Baltimore, Maryland, where he serves as Deputy Director of the
Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute. He previously served as
Assistant Executive Director, Education, Research, and Community Affairs
at the National Osteoporosis Foundation and in several positions at the
American Lung Association National Office, culminating in Assistant Vice
President, National Policy. He earned his Master of Science in
environmental studies from Antioch University, and his Batchelor of
Science in environmental science from Clark University. Prior to joining
the American Lung Association, he was senior transportation/air quality
planner and then public participation coordinator for air quality
planning at the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission in New York. Mr.
White currently serves as a member of the External Science Advisory
Committee for the National Environmental Respiratory Center, and has
served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on
Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, and as a consultant
to the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee for the Particulate
Matter NAAQS review. He has also served as a member of the Integrated
Human Exposure Committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board, as well as
on the EPA Blue Ribbon Panel to review the use of oxygenates in
gasoline. He serves as project director for a U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency contract with Johns Hopkins University to prepare a
report “State of the Science: Low Dose-Response Extrapolation
Approaches”.

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Lora Siegmann Werner, MPH
Senior Regional Representative
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Region 3
Department of Health and Human Services
1650 Arch Street, 3HS00, Philadelphia, PA 19103
phone: 215-814-3141, fax: 215-814-3003
cell: 215-588-9778
email: lkw9@cdc.gov

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