List of BRAG/SRA-NE Officers New England Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis

Calendar of Seminars & Events

SRA-NE Seminar dates highlighted in bold. Seminars are free and open to all.
Click on the links for more detailed information.

This page also links to summaries of recent seminars, with handout material, when available.

May 2010

April 2010

  • April 1, 2010
     What: SRA NE 2010 Poster Session. Poster abstracts here. More info about the event here.
  • April 15, 2010
     What: Joint LSP/SRA-NE seminar: Decision Analysis for Sediment Remediation Sites
    Who: Igor Linkov of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station
    When: 6:00 PM
    Where: The Westin Hotel in Waltham, MA

March 2010

  • Additional Upcoming Event
    What: Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment, and Management
    When: March 16-19, 2010
    Where: At the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health,
    Boston, MA
    More info: This program covers the science and analysis of human health risk. Participants learn how to apply the science behind risk-based decision making, examine complex problems involving chemicals in the environment, discuss emerging analytic approaches, and have an opportunity to review important issues with leaders in the field.

November 2009

  • Thursday, November 19, 2009
     What: “"Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Health Effects"”
    Who:
    • Maria Costantini, Health Effects Institute (HEI). Presentation.
    • Doug Brugge, associate professor of public health and family medicine at Tufts Medical School
    • John J. Godleski, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the Harvard EPA Particle Center. Presentation.
    When: 3:30 pm
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health
    FXB Building Room G-12
    651 Huntington Ave
    Further details: In the November Meeting Announcement.

September 2009

  • Thursday, September 17, 2009
     What: “Risks and Rationality: Challenges to Sound Decisionmaking” Intro slides. Slides also available at the SRA website.
    Who:
    • James K. Hammitt, Harvard School Of Public Health "POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS" Slides.
    • David I. Laibson, Economics Department, Harvard University, "HOW ARE PREFERENCES REVEALED?" Slides.
    • Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy School Of Government, "THE FIVE NEGLECTS: RISKS GONE AMISS" Slides.
    When: 3:30 pm
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health in the Kresge Building, Room G-2.
    For more info: See the September Meeting Announcement.

April 2009

  • April 28, 2009
     What: “Using a Risk Management Approach to Guide the Response to Climate Change: A Review of Key Concepts and New Applications” (presentation) and "Decision-making under uncertainty with application to climate change issues" (presentation). A recording of the seminar is available here.
    Who: Jim Neumann of Industrial Economics and Mort Webster of MIT.
    When: 3:30 pm
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health in the Kresge Building, Room G-2.
    For more info: See the April Newsletter.
  • April 9, 2009
     What: "The Dirty Business of Assessing and Managing Risks from Contaminated Sediments", at the joint meeting with the LSPA.
    Who: Todd Bridges, Director of the Center for Contaminated Sediments, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg Mississippi When: 6pm
    Where: The Westin Hotel in Waltham

March 2009

  • March 5, 2009
     What: New Researcher Poster Session Contest.
    See abstracts, a picture of the winners, of them receiving their awards, and a picture of the event.

January 2009

  • January 27, 2009
     What: Joint Nanotech Seminar
    with NACSETAC. (More information at the link.)

November 2008

  • November 19, 2008
     What: Nanotechnology and Risk Assessment
    Who: Jo Anne Shatkin of CLF Ventures (presentation), Christopher Long of Gradient Corporation (presentation), and Joe Brain of Harvard School of Public Health.
    When: 3:30 pm.
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Building I, Room 1302.

May 2008

April 2008

  • April 8, 2008 - Joint Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis - New England Chapter and the Licensed Site Professional Association
    What: Vapor Intrusion: "Maybe the data are telling us something"
    Who: Dr. Henry Schuver, USEPA.
    When: Pre-meeting reception 5:30, General business 6:00, and Presentation begins at 6:30 pm.
    Where: Doubletree Hotel in Waltham
  • Additional upcoming events:
    What:The Male Predicament: The Role of the Environment.
    Who: Theo Colborn, PhD, TEDX.
    When: April 10, 2008, 12:00 to 1:30 pm.
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge Building, Room 502.

    What: Kuwaiti Oil Fires: risk evaluation in support of the State of Kuwait’s Public Health Claim. Who: Dr. John Evans of the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kuwait Public Health Project.
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Room 414a.
    When: May 21, 2008, 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

February 2008

January 2008

Also in January 2008

  • January 23, 2008 - SRA-NE Planning Meeting
    Participate in Planning the Future of SRA-New England. Join our planning committee now. The committee will develop chapter bylaws, including election procedures, and define our chapter’s goals and new initiatives. Thanks to Dr. Igor Linkov’s efforts, we have funding that provides us with the opportunity to explore new initiatives beyond our regular schedule of events. Our first meeting will take place at 2:30pm on January 23rd at the Landmark Center, Room 414a immediately before our regularly scheduled event. Please email Amy Rosenstein (ARosenstein[at]icfi.com) if you are interested in participating.

October 2007

  • October 10, 2007 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What: Assessing Health Risks: Role of Philosophy, Judgment and Uncertainty
    Who: Lorenz Rhomberg, Ph.D., Gradient Corporation (presentation here and paper here), and Douglas Crawford-Brown (presentation here, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    When: Refreshments 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Presentations 3:45 pm – 6:30 pm
    Where: Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Room 414a West

June 2007

  • June 19, 2007 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What: Childrens Exposures and Risk Issues - Where Are Things Going?
    Who: Panel of Dr. Sandra Baird (presentation here), Dr. Gary Ginsberg (presentation here), and Dr. Helen Goeden (presentation as powerpoint here and as pdf here).
    When: 4:30-6:45pm
    Where: MIT, Cambridge. Room E51-145.
    Phone info: A conference phone and call-in line have been arranged for the meeting. Note that this is not a toll-free line.
    Conference Dial-in Number: 712-775-7000
    Access Code: 891197#
    Instructions: "3" exits the call, "4" provides call instructions, and "6" mutes and unmutes the caller.
    The conference phone will be used in a small auditorium so that pickup of audience questions and comments during the discussion period may not be optimal. The moderator will endeavor to repeat audience questions for the benefit of phone participants.

May 2007

  • May 29, 2007 - SRA-NE Joint Sponsorship of Continuing Education Course
    What: Risk Assessment for Nanomaterials: Current Developments and Trends
    Who: Organized by Igor Linkov (Intertox), Mike Ellebecker (MA Toxics Use Reduction Institute), Sam Lipson (City of Cambridge Public Health Department)
    Where: MIT, Cambridge. Room 10-250.
    Website: http://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/events/nano_workshop.php

April 2007

  • April 12, 2007 - SRA-NE Seminar & Joint Meeting with MA Licensed Site Professioals Association
    What: A Case Study of Arsenic Regulations by a Local Board of Health Regarding Redevelopment in a Former Orchard
    Who: Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin & Mr Don Cooper, Esq.
    When: 6:00 pm
    Where: Westin Hotel, Watertown, MA

February 2007

  • February 15, 2007 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What: Recent Trends in Multi-criteria Decision Making
    Who: Dr. Jose Rui Figeuira
    When: 4:30 - 5:15 pm
    Where: ICF International, 33 Hayden Ave, Lexington

February 2006

March 2006

  • March 8, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What:Cleanups under RCRA Corrective Action -- Risk Assessment vs. State Standards
    Who: Dr. Mary Ballew
    When: 4:30 - 6:30 pm
    Where: Conference Room, CDM, One Cambridge Place, 50 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA

April 2006

  • April 12, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What:Temporal Patterns of Mercury in Fish Tissue
    Who: Dr. Michael Hutcheson
    When: 4:30 - 6:30 pm
    Where: Conference Room, CDM, One Cambridge Place, 50 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA

May 2006

  • May 23, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What:The changing nature of regulation in Europe
    Who: Ragnar Lofstedt
    When: 4:30 - 6:30 pm
    Where: Conference Room, CDM, One Cambridge Place, 50 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA

September 2006

  • September 13, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What:A Preliminary Operational Classification System for Non-Mutagenic Modes of Action for Carcinogenesis
    Who: Dr. Dale Hattis
    When: 5 pm
    Where: Building E51, Room B85, MIT

October 2006

  • October 11, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
    What:Mercury in the Environment: Pattern and Process
    Who: Dr. Michael Bank
    When: 5 pm
    Where:Building 1, Room 150, MIT

November 2006

December 2006

  • No NE-SRA Meeting
  • SRA National Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.