October 9, 2006
CONTACT: Rick Cushman
(215) 349-5659
rick.cushman@uphs.upenn.edu
Invitation to Cover:
Penn to Host Inaugural Symposium at New Center of Excellence
in Environmental Toxicology
Center First of Its Kind in Pennsylvania
| WHAT: | Members of the media are invited to attend The Environment,
Health and Disease, a symposium hosted by the new Center for Excellence
in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine. The Center is the first of its kind in
Pennsylvania and will bring together world-renowned experts from the
field of environmental toxicology. Topics to be addressed include
lung and airway disease, endocrine and reproduction disruption, oxidative
stress injury, genes and the environment, and biomarkers. The symposium
will also focus on: collaborative research; translational research;
grants and initiatives; training health care professionals; and community-based
advocacy.
Several Penn scientists will be presenting new and updated research. This updated information will include recent discoveries in the area of asthma treatment, biomarkers for mesiothelioma (the “silent killer”), melanoma susceptibility genes, and gene-environment interactions and preterm birth. Scientists will discuss new initiatives to identify lung cancer susceptibility genes and the link between ozone and asthma. The symposium will also provide a forum in which scientists and stakeholders can discuss how to tackle environmental health issues that pervade our urban region. The Center represents a partnership between research scientists
and communities in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its mission is to
understand the mechanism by which environmental exposures lead to
disease. Understanding these processes can lead to early diagnosis,
intervention, and prevention strategies. The goal of the center
will be to improve environmental health and medicine in the region. |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, October 17 7:30 am – 5:30 pm |
| WHERE: | University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Research Building II/III: Auditorium 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA |
Agenda:
| 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Welcome - Dean, School of Medicine |
| 8:15 | CEET and its Mission: Dr. Trevor Penning |
| 8:30 | Lung and Airway Disease: Tackling Asthma |
| 9:00 | Endocrine and Reproduction Disruption: Role of Endocrine Disruptors on Male Reproductive Tract Development |
| 9:30 | Oxidative Stress and Stress Injury: Oxidative Stress-Mediated Cellular Toxicity |
| 10:00 | Genes and the Environment: Susceptibility to Melanoma |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Toxicogenomics: Gene-environment interactions and preterm birth |
| 11:20 | Toxicoproteomics: Assembling a sperm tail |
| 11:40 | Biomarkers: Mesothelin as a marker for mesiothelioma |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Collaborative Research with Environmental Health Science Centers |
| 2:00 | Translational Research and Environmental Medicine |
| 2:30 | Grants and Initiatives in Environmental Health Sciences |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:30 | Building Ties with Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics |
| 4:00 | Integrative Health Facility Core |
| 4:30 | Training Health Care Professionals |
| 5:00 | Community Based Participation in CEET |
| 5:30 | Reception |
Editor's Note: Registration is required to attend. If you plan on attending this event, contact either Mary Webster, at (215) 746-3031 or Webster@mail.med.upenn.edu, or Rick Cushman, at (215) 349-5659 or Rick.Cushman@uphs.upenn.edu.
Nationally recognized speakers to include: Dr. William Martin, Associate Director for Translational Biomedical Research, who will speak on “Translational Research and Environmental Medicine” and Dr. Anne Sassaman, Director of Extramural Research and Training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences who will discuss “Grants and Initiatives in Environmental Health Sciences."
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