2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 4 Sunday, 22 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: Auditorium Lecture Hall

P6. Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Earth and Health Scientists Working Together to Identify Potential Health Issues and Improve Outcomes

Geoffrey S. Plumlee and Gabriel Filippelli, Presiding
  Paper #Start Time
  8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
 4-18:10 AM THE EMERGING ROLE OF THE EARTH AND NATURAL SCIENCES IN HUMAN HEALTH--CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS: LEAHY, P. Patrick, Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, pleahy@usgs.gov
4-28:40 AM ERRORS REVEALED IN NEW ORLEANS BY HURRICANE KATRINA: MARGINS OF SAFETY AND URBAN HEALTH: MIELKE, Howard W., Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Xavier University and Tulane University, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, howard.mielke@gmail.com
4-39:00 AM PRE-HURRICANE KATRINA MULTIDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH AND ITS APPLICATION DURING THE CATASTROPHE: VAN HEERDEN, Ivor Ll., Center for the Study of Public Health impacts of Hurricanes, Louisiana State University, Suite 3214 CEBA, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, exnatalia@aol.com
4-49:20 AM RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY: LESSONS FROM THE PAST, FOR THE FUTURE: FILIPPELLI, Gabriel, Department of Earth Sciences, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, gfilippe@iupui.edu and SOUCH, Catherine, Department of Geography, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132
4-59:40 AM WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH?: PARKER, Cindy Lou, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., E2146, Baltimore, MD 21205, ciparker@jhsph.edu
  10:00 AM Break
 4-610:10 AM ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: THE KEY ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS: KEIM, Mark, Acting Associate Director, NCEH/ATSDR Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS-F29, Atlanta, GA 30341, mjk9@cdc.gov
 4-710:40 AM A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO SOLVING THE EARTHQUAKE PROBLEM: GRANT, Lisa, Program in Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Science & Policy, University of California, 262 SE1, Irvine, CA 92697-7070, lgrant@uci.edu
 4-811:00 AM DETERMINING THE NATURE OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN LANDSLIDE DISASTERS: BULMER, Mark H.1, BOND, Michele C.1, and BISSELL, Richard A.2, (1) Landslide Observatory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Acd Bld IV A Wing, Baltimore, MD 21250, mbulmer@jcet.umbc.edu, (2) Department of Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Acd Bld IV A Wing, Baltimore, MD 21250
4-911:20 AM AN EARTH SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE ON ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF MATERIALS GENERATED BY DISASTERS: PLUMLEE, Geoffrey S., Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gplumlee@usgs.gov and MEEKER, Gregory P., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 DFC, MS973, Denver, CO 80225-0046
4-1011:40 AM TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR DISASTER AND TERRORISM RESPONSE: FURLONG, Kevin P., Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, kevin@geodyn.psu.edu and CHERRY, Robert A., Department of Surgery, Trauma Program, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
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