Calendar of Seminars & Events

SRA-NE Seminar dates highlighted in bold. Seminars are free and open to all.
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This page also links to summaries of recent seminars, with handout material, when available.

May 2008

• May 28, 2008
  What: Public Health Impacts of the Kuwait Oil Fires
  Abstract and Bio
  Who: John Evans, Sc.D.
  When: Pre-meeting refreshments 4:15-4:30pm, Presentation 4:30-6:00pm.
  Where: Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Room 414a West
  

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

• February 14, 2008 - Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar Series together with SRA-NE
  What: Applications of Relative Risk Modeling
  Who:
  Wayne G. Landis, Ph.D., "Risky Business: Ecological Risk Assessment at Regional Scales for Chemical and Non-chemical Stressors"
  - Charlie Menzie, Ph.D. and Theodore W. Wickwire, MFS, "Relative Risk Modeling for Oyster Management in Chesapeake Bay"
  When: 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  Where: Harvard School of Public Health, FXB G-13, 618 Huntington Avenue.
  Note! Not the Landmark Building!
  RSVP: By February 7th to Katherine von Stackelberg (kvon@hsph.harvard.edu).
  

January 2008

• January 23, 2008 - SRA-NE Seminar
  What: Innovative Environmental Epidemiology Research and Applications to Risk Assessment
  Who:
  - Roberta F. White, Ph.D., Boston University School of Public Health - "Assays of Brain Structure and Function: Integrating Methods for Neurotoxicology".
  - Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D., DABT, Gradient Corporation - "Determining Risks to Background Arsenic Using a Margin of Exposure Approach". The work presented in these slides will be published in HERA soon.
  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
  

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

• February 9, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar & Joint Meeting with LSPA
  What: Improvement in Correlation Between Chemistry and Toxicity Using the 28-Day Sediment Toxicity Test by Dr. Ken Finkelstein and MassDEP’s Technical Update on Sediment Toxicity Testing by Tom Angus
  When: 6:00-8:00 pm
  Where: Westin Hotel, Waltham, 70 Third Avenue Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 - Phone (781) 290-5600

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

• November 15, 2006 - SRA-NE Seminar
  What:The Ocurrence, Health Effects, and Regulations of Perchlorate in Massachusetts
  Who: Dr. Tsedash Zewdie
  When: 5 pm
  Where:Building 1, Room 150, MIT

December 2006

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