Meeting Agenda

Mold-related Health Effects: Clinical, Remediation Worker Protection and Biomedical Research Issues

2004 June 28-29
Washington Court Hotel
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Monday, June 28, Morning Session

Opening Plenary Session

Time Event
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome
Denny Dobbin, Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
Files: 6-28 Dobbin Opening Remarks
Pat Mastin, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
8:40 – 9:10 David Miller, Carleton University
Overview of Indoor Molds
Files: 6-28 Miller Plenary
9:10 – 9:25 David Butler, Institute of Medicine
IOM report on “Dampness, Indoor Spaces, and Health”
Files: 6-28 Butler Plenary
9:25 – 9:55 Clifford Mitchell, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Report of Clinicians’ Workshop, December, 2003
Files: 6- 28 Mitchell Clinical Perspectives
9:55 – 10:15 Susan Klitzman, Hunter College
Overview of worker protection and training recommendations from name of workshop at Hunter College
Files: 6-28 Klitzman Plenary
10:15 – 10:30 Break: Attendees go to Breakout Sessions

Clinical / Research and Worker Protection Breakout Sessions

Time Event
10:30 – 11:00 Clifford Mitchell, Johns Hopkins University
Clinical findings and clinical research on indoor mold exposure: Adults
Files: 6-28 Mitchell – Clinical Perspectives
11:00 – 11:30 Dorr Dearborn, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for buying adderall online
Clinical findings and clinical research on indoor mold exposure: Children
Files: 6-28 Dearborn – Clinical Perspectives
11:30 – 12:00 Harriett Ammann, Washington State Dept. Ecology Air Quality Program
Overview of the health effects of exposure to indoor mold
Files: 6-28 Ammann Toxicology
Files: 6-28 Ammann References

Worker Protection Track: Remediation Worker Protection Perspectives

Susan Klitzman, Session Chair

Time Event
10:30 – 11:00 Susan Klitzman, Hunter College
Discussion of protection of remediation workers
10:45 – 11:00 Chris D’Andrea, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Summary review of guidelines, exposures, work practices and respirator selection issues
Files:  6-28 D’Andrea Remediation Worker Protection
11:00 – 11:15 Bruce Lippy, National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training
Review of work categories and practices for mold remediation
Files: 6-28 Lippy Remediation Worker Protection
11:15 – 11:30 George Hilton III, MARCOR Environmental
Worker protection perspective from those engaged in remediation work
Files:  6-28 Hilton Remediation Worker Protection
11:30 – 12:00 Discussion
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Monday, June 28, Afternoon Session

Clinical / Research and Worker Protection Breakout Sessions

Time Event
1:00 – 1:30 James Pestka, Michigan State University
Immunotoxic properties of mold
Files: 6-28 Pestka – Immunology
1:30 – 2:00 Peyton Eggleston, Johns Hopkins University
Population and other human-based research on mold-induced allergy
Files: 6-28 Eggleston – Immunology
2:00 – 2:30 Marsha Ward, US Environmental Protection Agency
Animal models of molds allergy
Files: 6-28 Ward – Immunology
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:10 Dorr Dearborn, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Infants – Clinical update and concepts of mold mechanisms of pathogenesis
Files: 6-28 Dearborn Respiratory
3:10 – 3:35 Michael Hodgson, Veterans Administration
Upper airways: rhinitis, mucosal irritation, eye symptoms
Files: 6-28 Hodgson Respiratory
3:35 – 4:00 Nancy Fiedler, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Neurotoxic and neurobehavioral effects of indoor mold exposure
Files: 6-28 Fiedler Neurotoxicity
4:00 – 5:00 Panel Discussion, Speakers and attendees

Worker Protection Track: Remediation Worker Protection Perspectives

Glenn Paulson, Session Chair

Time Event
1:00 – 1:30 Glenn Paulson, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Assumptions and curriculum issues for training
1:30 – 2:00 Al DeVita, Laborer’s-AGC Education and Training Fund
Features of mold related training for remediation workers
Files: 6-28 DeVita Remediation Worker Protection Training
2:00 – 2:30 Discussion
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:15 Vin Coluccio, Vincent M. Coluccio & Associates, Inc.
Workshop report recommendations
Files: 6-28 Coluccio Remediation Worker Protection Training
3:15 – 5:00 Discussion

Tuesday, June 29, Morning Session

Clinical / Research Track

Time Event
8:30 – 9:00 Linda Stetzenbach, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Methods for measuring mold products in the environment
Files: 6-29 Stetzenbach Exposure Assessment
9:00 – 9:30 David Miller
Identification and validation of biomarkers for clinical and epidemiologic studies
Files: 6-29 Miller Biomarkers
9:30 – 10:15 Panel Discussion, Speakers and attendees

Worker Protection Track: Federal perspectives on remediation worker protection

Ted Outwater, Session Chair

Time Event
8:30 – 8:50 Ira Wainless, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA mold guidelines
Files: 6-29 Wainless Federal Perspectives
8:50 – 9:10 Jean Cox-Ganser, NIOSH
NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation and Research activities
Files: 6-29 Cox-Ganser Federal Perspectives
9:10 – 9:30 David Jacobs, Housing and Urban Development
Perspectives for National Housing Policy – Healthy Housing
Files: 6-29 Jacobs Federal Perspectives
9:30 – 9:50 Laura Kolb, USEPA
EPA Perspectives
Files: 6-29 Kolb Federal Perspectives
9:50 – 10:15 Discussion

Closing Plenary Session

Conference Overview Panel

Time Event
10:30 – 10:50 Clifford Mitchell, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Overview of Clinical and Research Discussions
Files: 6-29 Mitchell Plenary
10:50 – 11:10 Susan Klitzman, Hunter College
Overview of Worker Protection and Training Discussions
11:10 – 11:30 Pat Mastin, National Institute of Environmental Health Science
NIEHS research observations
11:30 – 11:50 Ted Outwater, National Institute of Environmental Health Science
NIEHS worker protection and training observations
11:50 – 12:00 Denny Dobbin, Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
Closing