Program

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Programme

Monday, December 3, 2007


8.00-9.30 Bus transportation from Kuopio research centre Neulanen, Neulaniementie 4 (via airport) to Valamo
9.30-10.15 Registrations to hotel, coffee


SESSION I: Balancing risks and benefits
Chair: Prof.emerit. Jouko Tuomisto, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

10.15-10.25 Opening of the conference and the session
Prof.emerit. Jouko Tuomisto

10.25-11.10 Keynote: (EFSA view) Risks and benefits in food safety and nutrition
Dr. David Carlander (EFSA)

11.20-11.50 Assessing benefits and risks of fish consumption: Two approaches
Olli Leino and Anu Turunen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

12.00-13.45 Lunch break

14.45-14.10 Application of Bayesian Belief Networks in the benefit-risk assessment of fish consumption in the Beneris project
Patrycja Gradowska, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)



SESSION II: Burden of disease of environmental factors
Chair: Dr. Jouni Tuomisto, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

14.20-14.25 Opening of the session
Dr. Jouni Tuomisto

14.25-15.05 Keynote: Using DALYs for estimating burden of disease in the Netherlands
Dr. Erik Lebret, RIVM (Netherlands)

15.10-15.30 Uncertainties in environmental burden of disease estimates
Anne Knol, RIVM (Netherlands)

15.35-15.55  Burden of cancers diseases and their environmental factors
Prof. Anssi Auvinen, University of Tampere (Finland)

16.00-16.30 Coffee and poster viewing

16.30-17.00 Poster presentations (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)

Risk-benefit analysis for drinking water disinfection
Päivi Meriläinen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Levels of organotin compounds in the blood of Finnish Fishermen
Dr. Panu Rantakokko, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Evaluation of copper and nickel exposure and risk of adverse health effects in people living near a Cu-Ni smelter in SW Finland
Virpi Kollanus, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Neophobia in rats is an extremely sensitive endpoint of TCDD toxicity
Sanna Lensu, National Public Health Institute (Finland)


19.15- Dinner / Get-together

20.45- Sauna



Tuesday, December 4, 2007

8.00-9.00 Breakfast

SESSION III: Integrating epidemiology and toxicology in environmental health risk assessment
Chair: prof. Juha Pekkanen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)


9.00-9.05 Opening of the session
Prof. Juha Pekkanen

9.05-9.50 Keynote: Combining epidemiology and toxicology in practical risk assessments
Prof, Dr.Med. Helmut Greim, Technische Universität München (Germany)

10.00-10.15 A case study of combining epidemiology and toxicology in a systematic way:
TCDD-induced dental aberrations in humans and rats
Marjo Niittynen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

10.20-10.35 Environmental metal exposure and cancer risk in the proximity of the Harjavalta Industrial Park
Kari Pasanen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

10.40-11.10 Coffee and poster viewing

11.10-11.35 Applications of paradigm breaking non-targeted effects for radiation protection and risk estimates.
Dr. Oleg Belyakov, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland)

11.40-11.55 Risk and environmental induced germ-line epigenetic inheritance
Prof. Keith Baverstock, University of Kuopio (Finland)

12.00-12.25 Radionuclides from global nuclear fallout and Chernobyl accident in food and water in Finland - views on the long-term exposure assessment
Dr. Aino Rantavaara, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland)

12.30-14.30 Lunch break

14.30-14.45 Poster presentations: (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)

Genomic instability in C.elegans exposed to ionizing radiation
Katriina Korhonen, University of Kuopio (Finland)

Effects of radiofrequency radiation on cellular reactive oxygen species production and glutathione levels
Anne Höytö, University of Kuopio (Finland)



SESSION IV: New developments in environmental health
- Highlights from the Graduate School of Environmental Health.

Chair: Graduate student Jukka Luukkonen, University of Kuopio (Finland)

14.45-14.50 Opening of the session
Jukka Luukkonen

14.50-15.40 Keynote: Seeing the forest and the trees: a system approach to environmental health risk assessment
Ph.D., Associate director, Christopher Portier (NIEHS, USA)

15.50-16.05 Open participation in Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Mikko Pohjola, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

16.10-16.40 Coffee and poster viewing

16.40-16.55 Large-scale composting plants and odour annoyance in residential areas in Finland
Marja-Leena Aatamila, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

17.00-17.30 Poster presentations: (Each: 3 min + 4 min discussion)

Cytotoxic and inflammatory effects of hardwood combustion particles on mouse macrophage cell line
Pasi Jalava, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Associations between chemical composition of fine particulate matter from six European cities and inflammatory responses in mouse lung
Mikko Happo, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Air Pollution and Total Respiratory, Pneumonia and COPD Mortality and Morbidity among Elderly
Jaana Halonen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

Measuring mRNA expression by quantitative RT-PCR: Reproducible results
require precise reverse transcription and PCR
Jere Lindén, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Characterization of metal exposure in ecological risk assessment. 
Anne Holma (SYKE, Finland), Pauliina Ahtoniemi (University of Kuopio, Finland)


19.00- Conference dinner on Slavic style



Wednesday, December 5, 2007

7.30-8.30 Breakfast; check-out the rooms


SESSION V: Exposure analysis
Chair: Prof. Matti Jantunen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)


8.30-8.35 Opening of the session
Prof. Matti Jantunen


8.35-9.20 Key note: Exposure and risk assessment of fine particles
Dr., Acting director, Linda Sheldon, U.S.EPA (USA)

9.30-9.55 From toxicological research of urban air particles towards wider integration and problem solving
Dr. Raimo O. Salonen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

10.00-10.20 Coffee

10.20-10.35 Intake Fraction: An Emissions-to-Exposure Metric
Dr. Miranda Loh, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

10.40-10.55 Web based platform for exposure assessment: Integration of databases and exposure modeling tools
Dr. Arja Asikainen, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

11.00-11.15 Integrated risk analysis model to estimate health effects due to primary fine particle (PM2.5) emissions from different sectors
Marko Tainio, National Public Health Institute (Finland)

11.20-11.40 European approach to international environmental health indicators: ENHIS
Dr. Otto Hänninen, National Public Health Institute (Finland) / WHO, Regional Office for Europe (Germany)

11.45-12.00 Best poster award

Closing words, Prof. Matti Jantunen

12.00-13.00 Lunch


12.40-14.10 Quick minibus transportation (arrival at the Kuopio airport 13.40) for those who need to catch the flight at 14.40 from Kuopio-Helsinki.

13.30-15.00 Bus transportation from Valamo to Kuopio for the rest






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