Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Women's Health Symposium

HHS Office on Women's Health

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Women's Health Symposium

July 18th - 19th, 2023

AGENDA

Goal of Workshop: The HHS Office on Women’s Health will host a virtual symposium to convene federal and non-federal stakeholders in the fields of research, prevention, and treatment focusing on the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on women’s health and to explore actionable solutions addressing evidence to policy and practice gaps.

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Tuesday, July 18th

DAY 1

9:00 – 9:15 AM

WELCOME

Department of Health and Human Services

9:15 – 10:00 AM

INTRODUCTION TO EDCS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON WOMEN

Andrea Gore, Ph.D.
Professor and Vacek Chair in Pharmacology
University of Texas at Austin

10:00 – 11:00 AM

NIH RESEARCH PANEL

Anne Marie Jukic, Ph.D.
Investigator, Fertility and Reproductive Health Group
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

Francesco DeMayo, Ph.D.
Chief, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

Carmen Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Chief, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

Janet Hall, M.D., M.S.
Chief, Clinical Research Branch
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

11:00 – 11:15 AMMORNING BREAK
11:15 AM – 12:15 PMVIRTUAL POSTER SESSION @ GATHER.TOWN
12:15 – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 – 1:45 PM

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

Jodi Flaws, Ph.D.
Professor in Comparative Biosciences
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Natasha Mesinkovska, Ph.D., M.D.
Vice Chair, Clinical Research, Department of Dermatology
University of California, Irvine

1:45 – 2:50 PM

BREAST CANCER RISK

Elizabeth Boham, M.D.
Medical Director
The Ultrawellness Center

Michele La Merrill, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Toxicology
University of California, Davis

Lindsey Treviño, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Health Equities and Department of Population Sciences
City of Hope

2:50 – 3:00 PMAFTERNOON BREAK
3:00 – 3:50 PM

MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH RISKS AND RISK REDUCTION

Carmen Messerlian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Rita Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition
Michigan State University

Christine Langton, Ph.D. (recording)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Women’s Health Group, Epidemiology Branch
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

3:50 – 4:00 PMDAY 1 CLOSING REMARKS

Wednesday, July 19th

DAY 2

9:00 – 9:10 AM

WELCOME

Department of Health and Human Services

9:10 – 10:10 AM

SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS TO AMELIORATE THE IMPACT OF EDCs

Linda Giudice, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

10:10 – 10:50 AM

ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY

Tamarra M. James-Todd, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Tonya Sharmaine Lane, M.S. (recording)
Cosmetic Chemist
Curly Chemistry

10:50 – 11:15 AMMORNING BREAK
11:15 AM – 12:30 PMVIRTUAL POSTER SESSION @ GATHER.TOWN
12:30 – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 PM

HHS Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) Innovator Award Competition Awardees

Alexandra Destler
SafetyNEST

Robin Dodson, Sc.D.
Silent Spring Institute

Emily Hilz
Individual

Tiffany St. Bernard, Ph.D.
My Hair Days

Dr. Greg Hall, M.D.
National Institute for African American Health (NIAAH)

Erin Speiser
Hackensack University Medical Center

Jacqueline Brown
Empowerment Resource Center, Inc.

2:00 – 2:15 PM

SIMPLE WAYS PATIENTS CAN LIMIT EXPOSURE TO EDCS

Leonardo Trasande, MPP, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  
2:15 – 2:45 PMAFTERNOON BREAK
2:45 – 3:35 PM

WORK ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT

Catherine Aubee, M.S, M.P.A.
Senior Advisor for Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs

Sue Fenton, Ph.D.
Reproductive Endocrinology Lead
NIEHS National Toxicology Program

Tucker Patterson, Ph.D.
Director
FDA National Center for Toxicological Research

3:35 – 3:50 PM

STATE INTERVENTIONS

Christine Papagni, M.A.
Supervising Environmental Scientist, Safer Consumer Products Program
California Department of Toxic Substances Control

3:50 – 4:00 PM

DAY 2 CLOSING REMARKS

Office on Women’s Health