PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE — Shale Drilling and Public Health: A Day of Discovery
Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222 (5th Floor)
Saturday, November 23, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
This event is free and open to the public: Register here.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9 a.m. Arrival and Check-In
9 a.m. — Welcome, Susan Carty, President, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, and Karen Hacker MD, MPH, Director, Allegheny County Health Department
9:15 — Opening Remarks, Bernard Goldstein MD, Emeritus Dean & Professor Pitt Graduate School of Public Health
9:45 — Impacts on Animal and Human Health, Michelle Bamberger DVM & Robert Oswald PhD, Cornell University Veterinary Medicine
10:30 — Well Engineering and Health, Anthony Ingraffea PhD, Cornell University — Engineering
11:15 — Previewing Future Health Research, Reynold Panettieri MD, University of Pennsylvania Medicine – CEET
Noon – 5:00 HEALTH EXHIBITS OPEN – Hallway
12:01 p.m. — Health Effects of Industrial Noise, Cynthia Richburg PhD, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania — Audiology
12:35 – Stress, Lenore Resick PhD FNP, Duquesne University Nursing FNP Program & Lydia Greiner APMHNP-BC, Fairfield University School of Nursing
1:10 — Worker Health, John Snawder PhD DABT, Natl. Inst. of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
1:45 — Shale Industry Best Practices, Andrew Place, EQT Corp./Ctr. For Sustainable Shale Development
2:20 — How to Protect Yourself, David Brown ScD, SWPA-Environmental Health Project
3:00 — Best Practices for Health Professionals/Medical Tool Kit, Leslie Walleigh MD, SWPA-Environmental Health Project
3:45 — Shale and the Foodshed, moderated by Gretchen Sneegas, Chatham Food Studies Program; Plants, Soil Quality — Mary Beth Adams PhD, US Forest Service; and Animals — Michelle Bamberger DVM
4:30 –CLOSING RECEPTION
The List Of Exhibitors is here. And a Poster is here.
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