Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE) 10th Annual Conference
Date and Location
When (Date/Time)
September 21, 2012, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMWhere
University of Maryland School of Medicine Southern Management, 621 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD
Agenda
8:00– 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 am Welcome
Jerome Paulson, MD- Director of Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the
Environment
TBD, EPA Region 3
Cynthia Bearer, MD- University of Maryland School of Medicine
8:45-9:45 am Keynote- Transforming our Food Environments to Promote Children's Health and a Healthy Food System
Louise Mitchell, PT, Food and Children’s Health
Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment- University of Maryland School of Nursing
9:45-10:00 am Break
10:00-11:00 am Breakout sessions
An Update on the Prevention and Management of Lead Poisoning
Megan Sandel, MD, MPH- Boston University School of Medicine
Healthy Buildings #1 – Environmental Assessment of Healthy Childcare
Carol Stroebel-Children’s Environmental Health Network
Risk Communication – Managing Difficult Conversations about Environmental Health: Unconventional Gas Extraction, Food Choices, Flame Retardants, and Climate Change
Perry Sheffield, MD- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Built Environment and Obesity among School-Aged Children
Erin Hager, Ph.D- The University of Maryland School of Medicine
11:05 am-12:05 pm Breakout sessions
Heavy Metals in Donor Blood- A problem for our patients?
Cynthia Bearer, MD, PhD-University of Maryland School of Medicine
Healthy Buildings # 2- Greening the NICU
Denise Chioniere, RN- University of Maryland School of Medicine
Climate Change
Jerome Paulson, MD- Director of MACCHE
The Poison Center Perspective on Children’s Environmental Health
Kevin Osterhoudt, MD, Philadelphia Poison Control Center
12:15-1:00 pm LUNCH
1:05-2:05 pm Breakout sessions
An Update on the Prevention and Management of Lead Poisoning
Meagan Sandel, MD, MPH- Boston University School of Medicine
Healthy Buildings #2- Environmental Assessment of Healthy Childcare
Carol Stroebel- Children’s Environmental Health Network
Risk Communication – Managing Difficult Conversations about Environmental Health: Unconventional Gas Extraction, Food Choices, Flame Retardants, and Climate Change
Perry Sheffield, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Built Environment and Obesity Among School Aged Children
Erin Hager, PhD-University of Maryland School of Medicine
2:10-3:10 pm Breakout sessions
Heavy Metals in Donor Blood- A problem for our patients?
Cynthia Bearer, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Healthy Buildings # 2- Greening the NICU
Denise Chioniere, RN, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Reducing Asthma Disparities in Baltimore City
Kate Scott, MPH, Baltimore City Health Department
The Poison Center Perspective on Children’s Environmental Health
Kevin Osterhoudt, MD- Philadelphia Poison Control Center and CHOP
3:10-3:20 pm Break
3:20-4:00 pm Potential Health Impacts of Unconventional Gas Extraction
Jerome Paulson, MD, Director of Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the
Environment
4:00-5:00 pm Do Organic Foods Benefit Children?
Joel Forman, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
5:00 pm Adjourn
