Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting, November 2020
Agenda
Biomonitoring California
Scientific Guidance Panel Meeting
November 12, 2020: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
This meeting will be held by webinar.
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All times shown below are approximate and subject to change.
Welcome
Lauren Zeise, PhD, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Overview of the Meeting
Meg Schwarzman, MD, MPH, Chair, Scientific Guidance Panel (SGP)
AB 617 Biomonitoring Update: Biomarker Research and Potential Study Designs (~10:10 am)
Background document: Selected references related to AB 617 biomonitoring
Presentation: Susan Hurley, MPH and Julia Varshavsky, PhD, OEHHA
Panel Questions
Public Comment
Panel Discussion and Input
Program Update and Overview of Biomonitoring Surveillance Issues (~11:20 am)
Background reference: Public Health Surveillance Systems: Recent Advances in Their Use and Evaluation
Presentation: Nerissa Wu, PhD, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Panel and Audience Questions
Lunch (~12 pm)
Afternoon Session: Challenges in Biomonitoring Surveillance Studies
Response Rates for Population-Based Surveys (~1 pm)
Presentation: Brian Wells, PhD, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Panel and Audience Questions
Remarks from Other State Biomonitoring Programs (~1:45 pm)
Presentation: Amanda Cosser, MPH, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Panel and Audience Questions
Presentation: Rachel Long, MSPH, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Panel and Audience Questions
Presentation: Jessica Nelson, PhD, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health
Panel and Audience Questions
Break (~2:45 pm)
Afternoon Discussion Session (~3 pm)
Introduction: Nerissa Wu, PhD, CDPH
Discussion: Panel, Guest Speakers, and Audience
Possible Topics for 2021 SGP Meetings (~4 pm)
Presentation: Sara Hoover, MS, OEHHA
Panel and Public Comment
Open Public Comment (~4:15 pm)
Wrap-up and Adjournment (by 4:30 pm)
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Meeting Participation and Comment
The order of items on the agenda is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.
Members of the public and representatives of organizations are invited to participate in the SGP meeting via the webinar. To ensure that the meeting proceeds on schedule and all commenters have the opportunity to speak, public comments may be subject to time limits. Comments on an agenda item can be submitted through the webinar platform during the meeting, or sent to biomonitoring@oehha.ca.gov.
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