Childhood lead poisoning, second hand smoke, and mold in homes are
some of the environmental health issues
affecting families today. The National
Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) has selected the
University of Cincinnati’s Center for
Environmental Genetics to co-host the
"Your Home, Your Health, Your Voice"
Town Hall Meeting on September 15,
2008. This conference, to be held at
the National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center, will focus on not only
providing the latest research of various
issues affecting families and children,
but will give the community a chance to
voice their concerns about hazards in
the home.
NIEHS Director and other key decision makers from that agency
will be on hand to listen to concerns
about how the things in the environment
can keep you healthy or make you sick.
“This is a
unique opportunity for the Greater
Cincinnati community and others
throughout the region because this will
be the only NIEHS Town Hall Meeting of
this kind in 2008, and program attendees
have the opportunity to have direct
input on the decision-making process for
how NIEHS allocates its funding
opportunities for the upcoming fiscal
year”, states Elizabeth Kopras, CEG
Junior Research Associate and Town Hall
Meeting Program Coordinator.
This Town Hall Meeting goes a step further, by providing practical
methods by which the community can get
involved to become informed citizens,
and be equipped with the tools to
develop effective community
partnerships. Erin Haynes, DrPH, MPH,
University of Cincinnati, and Caroline
Beidler, a resident of Marietta, Ohio
will present how they formed a
partnership to address critical
environmental health issues that were
impacting many Marietta families and
children.
The NIEHS Town Hall Meeting will be held September 15, 2008 from 9
am – 4 pm at the National Underground
Railroad Freedom Center located at 50
East Freedom Way in downtown
Cincinnati. The $15 registration fee
includes a box lunch. For more
information and/or to register, please
contact Elizabeth Kopras at (513)
558-3625 or at
Koprasej@uc.edu.
A PDF
file of the
brochure is available here.
The Integrative Health
Sciences Core will offer a follow-up
workshop:
"Issues and Ethics:
Reporting Back Personal Exposure
Biomonitoring Results"
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Kehoe Auditorium
University of Cincinnati
A PDF file of the
brochure is available here.
Please contact
Dr. Susan Pinney,
Director IHS Core, for additional
information
susan.pinney@uc.edu
513.558.0684