Accepted symposia
Title of the symposium, people proposing, symposium chairs (if different) and description
14 September:
- Sustainable transport and health: results, experiences and challenges from integrated assessments for shifting the paradigm for cycling and walking. Sonja Kahlmeier, Zurich, Switzerland. Chairs: Sonja Kahlmeier, Zurich, Switzerland and Audrey de Nazelle, Barcelona, Spain. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Emerging Evidence on Early Life Arsenic Exposure, Biomarkers and Clinical Response. Yu Chen, New York and Margaret Karagas, Dartmouth, USA. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Assessment of long-term exposure to air pollution in 37 study areas in Europe using a harmonized approach: the ESCAPE Project. Gerard Hoek. Rob Beelen and Kees de Hoogh. Utrecht, The Netherlands. Chairs: Tom Bellander, Stockholm, Sweden and Michael Jerrett, Berkeley, USA. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- In utero bisphenol a exposure and children’s health. Kim Harley, Berkeley, USA. Chairs: Kim Harley, Berkeley, USA and Robin Whyatt, New York, USA. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- What will be the role of epidemiological research in future air-quality management? Jonathan Samet, Los Angeles, USA. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- Lessons Learned 25 Years post-Chernobyl: Health Effects of Early Life and Later Exposures. Elisabeth Cardis, Barcelona, Spain and Maureen Hatch, Rockville, USA. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- Ubiquitous and participatory sensing for exposure assessment in Environmental Epidemiology. Michael Jerrett, Berkeley, USA. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Effects of transportation-related noise in light of correlated exposures to air pollution. Nino Künzli, Basel, Switzerland and Maria Foraster, Barcelona, Spain. Chairs: Barbara Hoffmann, Essen, Germany and Nino Künzli, Basel, Switzerland. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Studying long-term health effects of environmental disasters: lessons from the past. David Savitz, Brown University, USA and Erik Lebret, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Room 8 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- Challenges and Oportunities for using data for multiple pollutants in air pollution epidemiological studies. Helen Suh, Boston, USA and Ron Wyzga, Palo Alto, USA. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- Organophosphate Pesticides & Neurodevelopment: Finding from NIEHS/EPA Funded Children's Environmental Health Centers. Stephanie Engel, Chapel Hill, Brenda Eskenazi, Berkeley and Virginia Rauh, New York, USA. Chair: Bruce Lanphear, Burnaby, B.C, Canada. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (and Joan, Bart, Xavier2): An overview of Barcelona and its public health issues. Francesco Forastiere, Rome, Italy and Bart Ostro, CREAL, Barcelona, Spain. Room 3 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- Research on environmental health in the EU (organised by the European Commisssion). Chair: Tuomo Karjalainen (EU, Brussels). Room 4 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- Understanding Air Pollution in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies. Nicole Probst- Hensch, Basel, Switzerland and Francine Francine Kauffmann, Paris, France. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- New health and exposure findings from a large US population exposed to high levels of PFOA. Kyle Steenland, Atlanta, USA. Chair: Beate Ritz, Los Angeles, USA. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- Scientific Inference and Public Policy. Richard Clapp, Boston University School of Public Health, USA. Room 8 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Climate change and Health in the Mediterrranean. Bettina Menne, WHO, Rome, Italy. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Prenatal exposure to POPs and age of puberty. Tony Fletcher, London, UK. Chairs: Brenda Eskenazi, Berkeley, USA and Tony Fletcher, London, UK. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 9:30-11:00 hrs
- Heat or heat waves? Does it matter which epidemiologists study? Ben Armstrong and Antonio Gasparrini, London, UK. Chair: Joel Schwartz, Boston, USA.Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- Prevention of asthma and allergies in early life: the farm effect. Juha Pekkanen, Kuopio, Finland. Chairs: Juha Pekkanen, Kuopio, Finland and Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Basel, Switzerland. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 11:30-13:00 hrs
- Facing (and overcoming) exposure assessment challenges in studies on water pollution and cancer. Cristina Villanueva, Barcelona, Spain. Chairs: Margaret Karagas, Dartmouth, USA and Jonh R. (Jay) Nuckols, Fort Collins, USA. Room 11 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
- An interactive discussion of the newly-revised draft ISEE ethics guidelines: key principles, case studies, and approaches to ethical challenges. Shira Kramer, Hunt Valley, USA. Chairs: Shira Kramer, Hunt Valley, USA and Wael K. Al-Delaimy, La Jolla, USA. Room 12 (Palau de Congressos de Barcelona) Time: 16:30-18:00 hrs
