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Program of the Conference
Sunday, October 22
| 9:00-17:00 | Workshop 1 – Risk Assesment and Management; Symphony Hall |
| 13:00-17:00 | Workshop 2 – Environmental Health Melody Hall |
| 16:00 – 20:00 | Registration Boardroom 3 & Foyer |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Opening Reception Melody & Symphony Halls Information Fair Foyer |
Monday, October 23
| 7:30-21:00 | Registration Boardroom 3 | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Opening plenary Symphony and Rhapsody HallsM. Sulcova, Slovak RepublicR. Kriezenbeck, United StatesJ. Stencl, Slovak Medical UniversityA. Gatchett, United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 1 – P. Part, Italy: “Environment and Health in Europe.” Keynote 2 – T. Trnovec, Slovak Republic: “Effects of PCB Exposures in Slovakia.” | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break Grand Foyer | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Keynote 3 – P. Preuss, United States: “Where is Risk Assessment Going?” Keynote 4 – M. Petcu, Romania: “Old Burdens and Remediation in Romania: Legislation and Applied Measures.” | |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 1 | ||
| 13:30-16:00 | Track 1: Risk Management, Policy Issues | Track 2: Environmental Health, Policy Issues |
| 13:30-14:00 | M. Isobaev, Academy of Sciences Republic of Tajikistan: “Eco-Hygienic Aspects in Improvement of Environmental Situations in Rural Areas.” | N. Bican-Brisan, Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Romania: “Public Health and Salt Environment in Some Salt Mines in Transylvania (Romania).” |
| 14:00-14:30 | I. Korsakova, Tajik State Medical University: “Review of Sanitary – Hygiene State of Open Water Reserves and Perspectives of Water Quality Improving in the Region of Central Asia.” | O. Sfetcu, Public Health Authority of Hunedoara District, Romania: ”Avian Influenza Intervention Plan – Multidisciplinary Approach.” |
| 14:30-15:00 | K. Mahutova, CALIBRE, United States: title reserved | I. Rusyn, University of North Carolina, United States: title reserved |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 2 | ||
| 15:30-17:00 | Track 1: Contaminated Site Assessment | Track 2: Air Pollution and Health |
| 15:30-16:00 | L. Blaha, Centre for Cyanobacteria and their Toxins (Institute of Botany, CAS & RECETOX, Masaryk University): “Cyanobacterial toxins in the reservoirs of the Czech Republic – levels, (eco)toxicology and health risks.” | R. Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic: “Impact of Air Polution on Biomarkers of Genetic Damage.” |
| 16:00-16:30 | A. Ozunu, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania: “South Eastern Europe and the shift to environmental security – priority issues and challenges in SEE countries”. | I. Neamtiu, Environmental Health Center, Romania: “Personal Monitoring in Lead Exposure in an Occupational Environment.” |
| 16:30-17:00 | S. Rapant, Geological Survey of Slovak Republic: “Medical Geochemistry Research in SGR Mts., Slovakia.” | J. Topinka, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic: “Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Respiratory Morbidity in Children.” |
| 17:30-19:30 | Poster Session and Evening Mixer Session A – Remediation Session B – Health Effects | |
Tuesday, October 24
| CONCURRENT SESSION 3 | ||
| 08:30-10:00 | Track 1: Remediation and Risk Assessment | Track 2: Children’s Health |
| 08:30-09:00 | A. Fulop, North University Baia Mare, Romania: “Soil Contamination and Health Concerns in Baia Mare Region, North-West Romania.” | R. Finnell, Texas A&M; University Health Science Center, United States: title reserved |
| 09:00-09:30 | S. Peterson, Environmental Protection Agency, United States: “Mercury Concentration in Fish from Streams/Rivers Throughout the Western United States.” | A. Sharshenova, Scientific and Production Centre for Preventive Medicine, Kyrgyzstan: “Study of Trace Element Composition of the Hair in the Population of the Mercury Biogeochemical Province.” |
| 09:30-10:00 | A. Gatchett, Environmental Protection Agency, United States: “U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group: An International Collaboration in Revitalizing Contaminated Land” | D. Carpenter, Institute for Health & the Environment, United States: title reserved |
| 10:00-10:30 | Poster Session and Break Session C – Remediation Session D – Health Effects | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 4 | ||
| 10:30-12:00 | Track 1: Student Priority I – Risk Assessment and Remediation | Track 2: Student Priority II – Environmental Health |
| 10:30-11:00 | K. Donnelly, Texas A&M; Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, United States: “Remediation and Risk Assessment of PAH Mixtures.” | E. Craft, NIEHS, United States: “Post-Translational Modifications of MTF-1: Regulation of Gene Expression.” |
| 11:00-11:30 | L. German, Ukraine: “Health effect of exposure to contaminated water:case from Boyarka, Ukraine.” | D. Hill, Texas A&M; University Institute for Biosciences and Technology, United States: “Arsenic-Induced Metabolic Disruption and Neural Tube Defects in a Mouse Model.” |
| 11:30-12:00 | T. McDonald, Texas A&M; Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, United States: “Remediation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.” | A. Gruia, West University of Timisoara, Chemistry – Biology – Zoology Faculty, Romania: “Study Regarding the Toxicity of Aristolochia in Traditional Medicine Recipes: Quantitative Analysis of Aristolochic Acid in Some Therapeutical Extracts.” |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 5 | ||
| 13:30-15:30 | Track 1: Remediation and Technology | Track 2: Exposure and Epidemiology Studies |
| 13:30-14:00 | K. Markiewicz, Centers for Disease Control, United States: “Vapor Intrusion as a Risk Factor at Contaminated Sites.” | H. Lehocka, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic: “Relationship Between Occupational Exposure and Genotoxic Risk in Department of Clinical Pathology.” |
| 14:00-14:30 | D. Baciu, North University Baia Mare, Romania: “The Impact of the Settlement of a New District with Flats and Houses on the Former Tailing Pond Meda, Baia Mare City, Romania, On the Public Health.” | E. Fabianova, Regional Authority of Public Health, Slovakia: “Occupation, Environment and Lung Cancer – Multicentric Case Control Study; the Slovak Part.” |
| 14:30-15:00 | A. Gogolakova, The Constantine Philosopher University, Slovakia: “Ceratodon Purpureus – Potential Hyperaccumulator of Toxic Metals from Contaminated Soil.” | K. McCarty, Yale University, United States. “GST Polymorphisms, PAH-DNA Adducts, Smoking and Breast Cancer Risk.” |
| 15:00-15:30 | Z. Drobna, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States: “The Role of Arsenic (+3 Oxidation State) Methyltransferase in Arsenic Metabolism.” | M. Fickova, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovakia: “In Vitro Cytotoxic Effects of Phenol-Phtalate Mixtures in Two Cell Lines.” |
| 15:00-15:30 | Poster Session (final) and Break | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 6 | ||
| 15:30-17:00 | Track 1: Student Panel – Remediation and Risk Characterization | Track 2: Student Panel – Environmental Health |
Wednesday, October 25
| CONCURRENT SESSION 7 | ||
| 09:00-10:20 | Track 1: Student Priority III – Risk Assessment | Track 2: Student Priority IV – Environmental Health |
| 09:00-09:30 | D. Costin, Babes Bolyai University, Romania: “Environmental Risks Associated to Acid Mine Drainage in Baia Mare Mining Region, Romania.” | C. Tatu, Department of Immunology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania: “Study Regarding the Toxicity of Aristolochia in Traditional Medicine Recipes: The Activity of Traditional Aristolochia Clematitis Recipes on Cell Cultures.” |
| 09:30-10:00 | C. Naspinski, Texas A&M; University, United States: “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in House Dust in Regions of China, Azerbaijan, and Texas.” | M. Lukan, Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia: “Emerging Tick-borne Parasites in Slovakia.” |
| 10:00-10:20 | T. Stefanovska, Natural Agricultural University, Ukraine: title reserved | B. Pachkowski, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States: “Using Laboratory and Epidemiologic Data for Determining Gene-Environment Interactions: XRCC1 Polymorphisms, Pending Acceptance Breast Cancer, and Smoking” |
| 10:20-10:40 | Break | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION 8 | ||
| 10:40-12:00 | Track 1: Remediation, Case Studies | Track 2: Environmental Toxicology, Persistent Pollutants |
| 10:40-11:00 | J. Aston, SC Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Romania: “What is the Rosia Montana Project?” | W. Jedrychowski, Jagiellonian University, Poland: “Quantification of Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to Dog and Cat Allergens in Early Childhood, Krakow Inner City Area Study.” |
| 11:00-11:30 | H. Avram, SC Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Romania: | F. Ingel, A.N.Sysin Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene of Russian Academy, Russia: “Environmental Pollution, Quality of Life, Heredity, and Human Genome Instability.” |
| 11:30-12:00 | J. Aston, SC Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Romania | S. Safe, Texas A&M; University, Faculty of Toxicology, United States: “PAHs Induce Antiestrogenic and Estrogenic Activity Through Independent Pathways.” |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:30 | Closing plenary Moderator and Closing: W. SukM. Sulcova, Slovak RepublicE. Gurzau, RomaniaStudent Panel Conclusions – B. Anderson, United StatesStudent Appreciation and Recognition – K. Donnelly, United States | |
